Joe Mantaratz
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You need to do two renders in Vegas before bringing it into Architect. Select MPEG-2 for the file type then use the DVD Architect NTSC Video Stream. You will note that there is no audio selected to be rendered that is because you now have to render the audio stream separately. Select Dolby Ac-3 Pro as the file type and render the audio using the same name as the video clip. Also be sure to locate both files in the same location so that Architect will find them automatically. If you use any other format Architect will have to render the video and audio again and you will lose quality. You do not mention how larger you final file is. Architect is not a good measure of bit rate calculation needs. If you have a two hour video you might need to downgrade the bitrate. It could also be your DVD player cannot handle the higher bitrate or the encoding. Older machines at my home will not play certain DVDS
smoothly. The older versions you have should have these file formats. Let me know if this helps.
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My best guess is that if you cannot even explore the disc then they were never FINALIZED in the camcorder. If that has not been done you will not be able to view the files. The Mac should not be mounting them as you would an image file. Have you tried in a PC to view the files? I don’t know of an app that can read the files but I am sure there must one that exists. Other than sending it off to a lab for a bit by bit reconstruction. Let me know if this helps.
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I could never repay all the debt I owe to those who take time to answer myself and others. Just reading through the many posts is a great way to learn. You are most welcome.
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There is no shortcut, no matter which you choose you will have to key frame every frame to do it accurately. Try downloading Claxa 1.0, its a free motion tracking software I just care across but have not learned yet. Perhaps you can learn the ropes and save yourself a lot of time. The other recommended software are not cheap. If you don’t care about the accuracy of the glow then you certainly can do that but the background will be affected as well. Best of everything.
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You’re right there should not be with the same brand but unfortunately the two worlds in the same company do not co-create. I wrote about this not long ago if you’d like to read more in depth about it. I too have had the same problem with products from the same company. Very frustrating indeed. Sounds like you have the work around you’ll need, sorry there is no easier answer.
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Steve must have been answering at the same time I was. He is talking about the more tedious method I mentioned. You can do it and it works great you just have to keyframe every movement and adjust the mask accordingly. Use whatever works for you and gets you the best results. Best of luck.
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You can use the secondary color corrector to enhance the object. If you are not sure how to do this search on You Tube and you’ll find some very easy tutorials. The other much more tedious option is to mask it out and rotoscope out the action then apply the effect you want. Try the first one and see how you make out. As I have learned lately there are a couple of motion tracking software out there that can help. I found one that is free called Claxa 1.0. I just loaded it and am learning how to use it. Boris Red and Imaganeer have also been recommended but they are not inexpensive.
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Make sure that you added it to only the one clip by clicking on that clip. You might have added the FX to the whole track instead. That can be found to the far left where the track number, fader, track motion etc are found. Hope this helps if not let me know.
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Why not instead just navigate to the point where you know the problem lies and render the split portion. I would render it to MPEG-2 using the Video stream template so that later on when importing into Architect it would not have to render again. Or you could just render it to AVI with no compression. AVCHD is problematic as I believe others have had problems as well with this format. Let me know if I am understanding you correctly.
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There are known issues with this occurring to various degrees. The only work around seems to be converting the files to a different format and then bringing it back into Vegas. You stated some of your clips work and that it hangs at that particular clip. See if you can render that clip separately and then reintroduce it. Since all of the other clips came from the same source this clip just might be corrupt. Some programs are more tolerant than others regarding a corrupted file. See if any of this helps.
Joe