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In that event, then I’d either;
a-use a script to affect all png images to match aspect ratio.
Simply select all graphics and apply at one shot. Were it me doing it, I’d place all png images related to the subtitles on one separate track and do a “select events to end.”
b-use a script in Photoshop to modify all related images to the correct aspect ratio.

More information does help answer the question efficiently.

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Your pngs are indeed a sequence. First clue is the way they’re numbered. When they’re all combined, they create some sort of animated image, yes?
Try this:
File/Import/Open Sequence
Click on first file (001.png), hold SHIFT and select last file XXXX.png).
Vegas will see this as one event, and you’ll be able to treat the group of pngs as one event, apply FX, color correction, etc as one event. If there is an embedded alpha channel, Vegas should see that too.

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By PNG image file, are you referring to a sequential PNG/series of frames?
ALL media dropped on the Vegas timeline is referred to as an “event.” Audio or video. Most app’s call these events “clips” but Vegas is different in that it treats virtually all media formats the same, hence it is an event. Additionally, video events can be individually processed.
So, in the case of your PNGs (assuming it’s a sequential file), you’ll import the sequence, and it will show as a sequence on the timeline and in the Project Media window.
A stream is just another term for a video file. Nothing special.
It used to be we’d define the ability of hardware by saying “It can manage 4 streams of video with 1 effect on each” or something similar. Now devices are CPU-based, not often third-party hardware based.
Hope this helps? Your question didn’t quite resonate with me, so maybe I missed your point.

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yes, Vegas will run just fine under Bootcamp. Look a few posts down, there are a few of us doing it.
For MXF/XDCAM, you’ll love it.

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1-Choose pan/crop icon on the event, when it opens, right click and choose “flip horizontally.”

2-You’ve docked a window in your docking area. Remove it/move it. Hold CTRL while moving to prevent it from docking. It will no longer dock there in the future until you dock it again.

3-To which HD format would you like to render? Sony YUV? XDCAM? HDV? AVCHD? MPEG 4?
Look at your MPEG templates and you’ll see the available options.
yes, you can render to 24p NTSC. There isn’t any way I can think of that those options would disappear. MPEG, yes. DV? Not reasonable to have them disappear.
FWIW, we have an HVX, I use Raylight, and it renders to whatever format I wish…check your templates again.

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If you can render to a reasonably high bitrate such as 8Mbps, output on DVD will be just fine for a 30′ presentation screening. It definitely doesn’t need to be HD, and unless your projector is HD-capable (few are) then you’re going to lose quality outputting HD vs gaining quality.

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Terry, you might find this article to be useful. In part, it’s the same information found in the VASST “Absolute Training” Volume Four, which covers Color Correction, studio monitoring, setup, calibration, etc.

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When you display color bars from Vegas, are they correct? If not, then your profile isn’t properly calibrated for video.
Additionally, there is a difference between Studio RGB and Computer RGB. Perhaps you’ve got your system set up for Computer vs Studio? if you’re not delivering DVDs, this is fine, but if you’re outputting to anything other than the web, you might want to rethink it.

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it may be that your video card doesn’t support the overlay. If it’s a newer vid card, it would surprise me that it doesn’t, but that would be my next check point. Sorry I can’t be more help.

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Well…with Pan/Crop, the beauty is that a Match Aspect Ratio script can be run, both Excalibur and Ultimate S offer this feature, or there is a free Match Aspect Ratio script on the VASST site that will batch process hundreds/thousands of images at one shot. Vegas makes this so very easy/fast…:-)

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