[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Jim

If you are going the way of multi cam angles then, by all means, go with the Pro stuff. For your tracking needs, do try the Hitfilm option. I found it to be extremely precise (with the proper settings of course) and really affordable.

Cheers !

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Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Jim

Are you looking for something like this ?

https://youtu.be/TwhjXnM5J4Q

I’ve put this together in less than 20 minutes using 3 different video sources plus the downloaded background. There are numerous places on the web where you can get these stock backgrounds for free. This is just one of them. That’s where I got the one above.

youtube.com/channel/UCcwCfzH2NUlg2WZP3u1IZkA/featured (I’ve got the second link like this because somehow, it just wont take)

Cheers !

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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Jim

You may want to look into Hitfilm for your compositing needs. Hitfilm and Vegas have been integrated so that you can have access to the compositing features in Hitfilm (motion tracking, SFX, etc…)

Gary Rebholz (Vegas Guru) made a video about this in 2014. A little dated but still relevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jkiso2FLnw

The beauty of this is that there is a free version of Hitfilm that should get you to places you haven’t gone before. Not to mention the added plugins you get in Vegas from installing Hitfilm Express. It opened up a whole new world of possibilities in my editing.

Granted, there is a leaning curve in order to ”get” Hitfilm but once you understand the workflow, you see that both software were made for each other.

Cheers !

PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz
Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
Vegas Pro 16, User since Vegas 3.0

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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Jeff

I second my colleagues. You can use this handy calculator to help you figure it out. This is one of many available for free out there.

https://www.videohelp.com/software/Bitrate-calculator

Cheers !

PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz
Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi James

Tom Brady posted this a while back but it’s still relevant.

https://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=56262#entry372768

Cheers !

PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz
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Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi George

Mea Culpa. You’re right. May have had to much of the hot coco…

Cheers !

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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Bob

Just curious as to what type of fade you are using. Here’s something else you may want to try on top of what George is suggesting. Look at the pic below and see which one you are using (type 1 or type 2 fade out) and try the other way. Don’t ask me why it makes a difference but I did find that in some cases it did.

Let us know how it goes.

Cheers !

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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Lisa

When you get the file, run it thru Handbrake so that you have a constant bit rate file and let us know how it goes.

https://handbrake.fr/

Cheers !

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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Lisa

The uploaded file has a variable bit rate. Most NLE don’t like that type of files. How did you record this file or where did it come from. Is there any way of acquiring the file at a constant bit rate ?

Cheers !

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[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Jay

…and it did for the better IMHO. Hope you got something out of it.

Cheers !

PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz
Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
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