Gary Chvatal
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My problem seems to be that the 16×9 footage doesn’t stretch out to the full size. Is it supposed to come in at 352×480?
When I put that footage onto a 16×9 project it stays in a 4×3 schmushed format. The original DVD plays in 16×9, though….
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[John Lockwood] “When you say your footage shows up in Vegas as 352×480, are you looking at the ratio that the priview display shows? Because thats only the ratio that your priviewer window is showing, not what the atcual ratio of the video itself”
No…thats what has me confused too…that’s the media properties…so in the project the video looks squashed horizontaly. The video was captured from a widescreen DVD…I think thats why it has the weird pixel aspect ratio…I’m hoping a DVD player will play it properly even though it looks weird in my project…I’m about to render out a piece for a test…..I’ll put a 16×9 graphic in the background so see how it looks on the transition from 4×3 to 16×9
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I like the solution but I guess I’m having a problem understanding a fundamental issue of aspect ratios.
My normal DV footage is 720×480 with a pixel aspect ratio of .9091. My DV widescreen project parameter is 720×480 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2121. My 16×9 footage shows up in Vegas as 352×480 with an aspect ratio of 1.8182.
The DVD player must display all these videos in the right size but when I make a graphic in Photoshop what size do I make it…720×480 would come in 4:3.
Would the workflow be the same if I’m working for web delivery (if i don’t have a DVD player to adjust the pixel aspect ratios?)
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I’ll get the media offline prompt when my external drive goes to sleep….but the media comes back after the drive spins up to speed…could that have been the problem with your missing media?
I’ve also had the problem with just a short bit of video importing from a DVD. Never have found a reason but it seems that Vegas doesn’t like VOB files from certain DVD burners. If that happens I use a DVD ripper like Cinematizer from Mirizon software and that usually works like a charm…
Importing from the original tapes is the best capture option though…
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I can’t count how many times I’ve lusted about buying another discreet edit when I see used systems listed for sale…then I really think about it and come to my senses….so sorry you’re stuck with one.
(I did luv my edit though….)
Just to get back on topic…old computers are worth much less to others than they are to you….
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[Michael Hancock] Once I learn them, I know in the future it should have taken about a 1/2 hour to set them up for the entire project. What do I bill the client? All 3 hours? No, I bill the 1/2 hour it should have taken me if I already knew how to do it (and I do now, because I learned on the job). I don’t expect them to pay for the full 3 hours because I was reading help files and searching for and watching tutorials on the COW.
I completely agree with that…my issue its not about learning on the job…its about what gets billed.
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I see the smilie but I’m not sure if your post is tongue I cheek or you think I’m full of it. But my thinking was that the original poster sounds like he’s new to the work he’s selling. Hence, not knowing how to price the job or its value to a client.
Nothing wrong with learning on the job or expanding your skill base…but when I try new things it takes me longer than doing what I know best. So if its going to take me longer ’cause my skill set is not up to snuff for the job at hand…its not fair to expect the client to pay top dollar (at an hourly rate) for my slow pace. If he’s going to pay top dollar I should at least be efficient at the task.
So if I’m expanding my skill set at the expense of a client I either should discount the rate a bit until I get up to speed or discount the amount of hours billed to do the job. Once the skill set is in place….bill the top rate the market will bear. If I’m billing a flat rate to do the job I can work as slowly as I like.
Those are my thoughts….maybe thats why I’m not making money in this business…
🙁
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I think you charge hourly rates if you know what you are doing. If you are still learning it’s not fair to charge them for learning on the job…
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I took a break for dinner while I set the show to render again. While eating I thought of a workaround…
Print to tape…then burn the tape to a DVD via a standalone burner. That should work.
Came back to the shop…and tried the new render in DVDA before the print to tape routine. This render worked beautifully. No changes in the workflow…I have no idea why it worked this time but not earlier today.
What a waste of a day…but at least it worked. I’m going home, now.
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I thought about that but haven’t provided media like that. I usually supply DVDs…we talked about it briefly but I didn’t try to sell the idea ’cause I was uncomfortable with it.
Would I then just render out a wmv? They are going to use a projector..but they are attorneys and not real tech savvy…anyway I have til morning to decide which way to go…