[Douglas Spotted eagle]

A-yes, I’m being a little harsh. I tend to get that way when people that are within our industry use our industrial tools to destroy the very works we create, usually out of love first, profit second.

B-There is no debate about the legality of bypassing DRM, there is no debate about the legality of editing a film. Neither is legal. Nothing much more to say there.

C-“TV” does not edit a film. No one in the industry edits a film, excepting for the director or his designees, unless a studio owns the master, at which point they designate how/what will be cut. Broadcast will/might say “This scene is not suitable for the hour in which we’d like to present it,” or “the movie is too long for the broadcast with comm spots, so please edit it for length.” No one at the television station or broadcast house cuts it without specific direction from the director or owner of the master. Usually the director will provide this cut anyway.

…. But there are a lot of people who, for moral reasons, don’t want to see the nudity, sexuality, and graphic violence. ….
Then don’t see it. Don’t watch it. I’m tremendously offended by people who smoke in public places, women who wear offensive perfumes, and men who pass gas in airplanes. But unlike those who would spray-paint a fur coat or toss water on a smoker, I merely avoid those situations as much as I can. I know which parts of Jerusalem in which I can walk at night and which parts I can’t. I’m smart enough to avoid those places, too. In other words, if I have a line in the sand about what is acceptable for me to see or experience, then it’s my responsibility to toe that line, not illegally modify the experience so that it fits the parameters of my own life.
Either gin up to it or don’t. But don’t force others to fit your morality mode. It may well happen to you one day. It has happened to me at a few different levels, ranging from a film scorist completely destroying my music (without license) to finding my own music on Ebay as part of illegal music compilations.
Maybe I’m a little harsh, but I can’t possibly imagine anyone in our industry, professional or not, supporting this kind of theft and moral abuse and infringement upon our property rights.
It’s often said “Those that don’t believe in protecting intellectual property have none.” I agree.

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

So to be sure I’m clear on what you’re asking;
)-you want to illegally rip a movie (apparently already accomplished)
)-you intend on editing the movie so it is no longer “300” but rather “250” so your parents can watch it with less blood,
)-you’ll deliver the “250” on an illegally copied DVD

And your LDS parents are OK with this?? If they’re honest, they’ll lose their temple recommends for watching/encouraging this activity.
There is a reason that the LDS faithful lost their lawsuit against the DGA. Get Zack Snyder’s permission first, maybe. You’re messing with his vision, his story.
Get some paint and paint clothing on the Venus di Milo while you’re at it?

BTW, yes, you can use Vegas to cut this movie up and remove some of the blood.

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

If you’re using an external drive or mixed drives whose letters have changed, I’ve seen it slow down loads by quite a bit. That’s one possible cause. Or, if the system has lost its .sfk files, it’ll take a while to rebuild them.

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

If the frames are predominantly static, ie; headshots, then Blend should be used. If they’re predominantly high motion, then use Interpolate.

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

For what purpose? Output to DVD? Output to BD? Archiving? Printing to tape?

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Bob, I’m out of the country at the moment, and no…have not updated the firmware past 2.6. Will do so on my return to the States. I’ll still be surprised if it plays em’ though.
FWIW, i didn’t experience the render problem you’re having, simply because we have a few external drives that are exclusively “render to” drives, and once the project is complete, we port the finished render back to the project drive(s). Provides for a faster render but more importantly, helps decrease risk of a project drive failure. This habit goes back to the early days of SloTools. Probably not necessary today…but it works.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

You’ll need to convert the video from Xvid to another codec supported in Vegas.

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

“9” on your ten key.

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Download Gspot to find out which codec was used for the instructional videos, and install that codec. Vegas should read it after doing so.
If they’re MJPEG for example, you’ll need an MJPEG codec installed (Vegas 8 has one, but not Vegas7)

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[Douglas Spotted eagle]

1)park cursor on white balanced clip
2)take snapshot to clipboard
3)Put cursor over non-white balanced clip
4)In Preview window, select the split screen button, and choose “From Clipboard” in the dropdown.
You’ll now see half the screen with the white balanced footage, and the other half is the non-white balanced.
5)Drop the color corrector on the non-white balanced footage.
Using the eyedropper, select colors from the white-balanced footage side of the preview window, and this will bring the non-white balanced footage fairly close, or it should.
6)Tweak as needed.

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