Jerry Waters
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If you are ready to render, clip the last clip to do a region and drag the left edge to the beginning. Then render the region. That is always safer to make sure you are rendering just what you want. If it is a DVD, render it first as mpg2 and second (same region) as AC3.
JerryW
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I would think the easy way is to capture a frame of the blank (careful to make it full resolution), then take into Photoshop and cut in in half, leaving the right side and turning the left into an alpha chanel — PNG file. Bring it back in and lay the half over the clip.
JerryW
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You can also drag a region above, hit the s and it will cut the region, delete that but this is only usually useful when you want to recut where two clips join and the exact frame position isn’t so important.
JerryW
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When capturing a still be sure you have the preview set to best and full before capturing. The setting of the preview (and, I think, the properties) determines the still quality you will get.
JerryW
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I don’t know if this would help but I have a Z1 and I believe the camera is upper field first. (I use CineForm so I don’t edit m2t files.)
JerryW
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You can also drop the resolution size. What was the size of the render?
JerryW
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I was about to say that, Mike, and I find the shorten or lengthen a clip feature more useful and not just video. Sometimes you need to shorten or lengthen the audio and it works if the compression is slight.
JerryW
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I recently did an export of AAF from Vegas and it opened very well in Premiere Pro. I didn’t render anything. Might give that a try.
JerryW
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I’ve been the last 3 years but not this one and not because of the ones pulling out. There are still a lot of exhibitors but you can catch up quickly by reading and going to some of the local shows afterward.
JerryW
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Where Premiere is sadly lacking is in Vegas handling of audio and rendering files. There are not many more problems than one can encounter in rendering files. The variety and ease of render is much better in Vegas.
What Vegas could use are a few of the plugins that Adobe gets first because there are more Adobe users – like the new Magic Bullet Looks, but a Vegas version is promised soon. Vegas could also use a better HD preview like CineForm did for Premiere but that isn’t really Adobe. They gutted the Adobe engine to create that.
Premiere is 10 bit, Vegas 8 but that means very little to most users. Unless you are doing a Hollywood movie (I didn’t say just an Indie) Vegas has more features (speaking programs without plugins) and is easier to use. I own Vegas 8 and CS3 Production Suite.
JerryW