Fred Robinson
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Yes, there must be, because I did the same thing in reverse. I started by creating a new render of the video in Vegas Pro of course, using a standard DVD template. I replaced the Full HD one with this in DVDA. The audio file I left the same. I’m afraid I can’t tell you what I did after that in detail, but I know I changed the media to DVD (instead of BD) etc etc. I just ‘followed my nose’ and it all worked out. I think the choice you make at the very start of the DVDA process is almost meaningless. For example, if you choose ‘single movie’ no menus etc, guess what, you can still do what you like afterwards. Same goes for DVD/BluRay choice…
Sorry I can;t be specific about how I did the reverse of what you want, but I’m confident that the answer is yes, and that it was really easy just by using intuition / common sense.
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I did it the other way around. The only problems were that the menus I’d created in the BluRay project looked a bit rubbish and so did the subtitles. But they still worked. I guess they’d look fine going the other way around because the resolution would be being increased.
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I do it by selecting the singl frame you want in the timeline and rendering the (selected region only) to a file (BMP or JPEG), then import the resulting image back to the project as a media file. Then I put that into the timeline and stretch it using ctrl+drag as desired.
I’ll look into this other method though.
It’s great the way Vegas Pro is so flexible in that it offers many ways to skin a cat.
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Yes, not disagreeing with that at all. But… …IF and only IF portability is a requirement, then a laptop wins this little battle. Of course, your ‘home base’ can have more monitors and HDs etc etc, as does mine. 🙂
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I’m shooting full HD with a EOS 5D Mkii. And yes, I use cineform to convert the files as step 1. Preview is 30fps no glitches once converted to avi files with cineform.
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It does. A desktop is always going to be better if raw power is all you’re comparing. But if mobility is even a small part of what you need, the laptop wins hands down overall. As long as it’s top spec, like mine.
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As a still photographer, I use an 18% grey card, not a white one. Works better IMHO and is the standard practice for photographers. Is there a reason why it would be different for ‘film’/video?
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This isn’t meant to be a knee-jerk, defensive response just because I use a laptop, because, if portability is not a requirement, you are of course correct in what you say. Two points I can pick on though ;-)…
The SONY VAIO I mentioned earlier does have a 1920×1080 screen. So that removes that issue from your ‘cons’ list for laptops generally.
And, I have to disagree that adding a single or even 2 SSD’s removes portability. These things are the size of a cigarette packet after all and plug in via the eSATA port. No big deal (pun intended).
So personally, I think the laptop option, IF you have the top spec, is pretty much as good. An if, like me, you want portability, it wins hands down.
Fred
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What Danny said.
I have the VAIO model VPCF11Z1E. I bought it specifically for the task. All I’ve had to add to it is an external, solid state HDD. It has a 1920×1080 screen, HDMI and VGA out, Firewire (which I need for my MOTU soundcard), eSATA port, and of course the i7 chip showing 8 processors.
Works like a dream, even though the internal HDD is only 5400rpm.
Fred
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Actually they’ve done a good job. Apart from the size difference I can’t see a noticeable quality drop at all. 🙂