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John Adler
June 30, 2009 at 9:46 pm in reply to: Canon 5D Mark 2

Hi Larry,

I’m still using Vegas 8. It doesn’t really like the 5DMk2 files, so I put them on the timeline and render them to MPG2’s with the same settings as the originals. After that, they edit smoothly with no discernible quality loss.

-John
John Adler
June 7, 2009 at 1:42 am in reply to: Canon 5D Mark 2

It’s available now. Here ya go:

https://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html

-John
John Adler
May 30, 2009 at 7:54 pm in reply to: Canon 5D Mark 2

Hi Doug,

I have one. The image quality is amazing. You get the shallow depth-of-field that would be much more expensive on a video-only camera.

Drawbacks are manual focus only during shooting and manual zoom only. Also, viewing is from a 3 inch LCD that doesn’t articulate.

Canon is releasing new firmware to allow manual setting of aperture, shutter speed and ISO (formerly these were auto-only).

John
John Adler
May 20, 2009 at 3:24 am in reply to: AVCHD editing

Thanks John.
John Adler
May 19, 2009 at 11:27 pm in reply to: AVCHD editing

[John Rofrano] “If all your edits were straight cuts with no other alterations (i.e, FX), Vegas Pro 9.0 will smart render in that it will simply copy the source to target unchanged.”

John–

Will Vegas Pro 8 do this as well? I am working with AVCHD footage from a Canon 5DMk2 and would like to smart-render a cuts-only project.

Thanks,

John Adler
John Adler
May 15, 2009 at 10:10 pm in reply to: Going Bonkers! Somebody Must Know The Answer.

If you already know this, I apologize for the obvious suggestion, but make sure your PROJECT settings are the same as your intended RENDER settings WHEN YOU ADD THE TITLE. Otherwise, Vegas will optimize the title for the project settings which won’t necessarily look good when you render to a different format.

-John
John Adler
May 4, 2009 at 11:51 pm in reply to: 3D Source Alpha

You can add a 2D blank track in between the 3D tracks to keep them from interacting. Search help for “3D Alpha” and the explanation comes right up with a good visual example.

-John
John Adler
April 28, 2009 at 10:21 pm in reply to: rendering problems

Hi John,

Vegas struggles with large quantities of AVCHD clips. You have to break them down into smaller sections and render them separately, then join them.

-John
John Adler
April 16, 2009 at 7:53 pm in reply to: Audio pops and clicks

I’m not sure this is pertinent to you, but I’ve gotten pops and clicks when I inadvertently split an audio file. You would think the underlying data would remain unchanged if you split the file and leave the two pieces joined. Not so.

The solution is to delete one of the two pieces and then extend the remaining event to the correct duration.

-John
John Adler
March 31, 2009 at 11:54 pm in reply to: Script for this?

Hi Bill,

I don’t have a script for you, but I encountered a quick and logical way to created a freeze frame and then have the action pick up where it left off.

Split the clip where you want it to freeze, then create a png by clicking on the little floppy disk icon above your preview screen. (Make sure your preview is set to Best/Full.) Name and save the png. Once you’ve done this, it will automatically appear in your Project Media tab. Now you can drag it onto the timeline, make it as long as you want, and the action will pick up where it left off.

Once you’re used to this, you can do it in a matter of seconds.

John

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