John Rofrano
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> Anyone hear any rumblings on when Vegas 9 Pro would be released and what the price point might be?
Sony hasn’t even release Vegas Pro 8.0c yet which we’ve all been eagerly awaiting. Then at NAB they promised to release a 64-bit version of Vegas this year that will be a free upgrade to existing users so it is assumed that will also be Vegas Pro 8 based. As Steve said, I would not worry about Vegas Pro 9 coming any time soon. Buy Vegas Pro 8 and get to work. 😉
> Also, a VEgas 8 question. Is there any way I can join video clips together into one huge file with no loss in image quality? They are AVCHD shot with a US Sony SR11
No. Vegas Pro 8.0 will smart render HDV but not AVCHD. You need to find a tool that will join AVCHD files. A simple Google search should turn up a few free ones.
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Vic, your subject says “Trying to get good renders for HDV to DVD” There is only one codec that you can use for DVD and that’s MPEG-2 so trying anything else will not achieve your goal. The NTSC DVD Widescreen template is what you should be using. I use this for the HDV footage from my Sony HVR-Z1U and the rendered footage looks exactly as it does in Vegas (and from the camera).
Have you burned a DVD and viewed it on your TV? This is the real test. If your video looks darker on your TV than it does on the Vegas timeline, then perhaps you need to calibrate your computer monitor because it appears that you might have it too bright. Having a calibrated monitor is essential to getting color and levels correct.
If the video is darker on the same computer monitor pre-render and post-render then I can’t explain that as I have never experienced that with going from HDV to DVD. Try rendering just a raw piece of footage from your camera to MPEG-2 with Vegas. It should look the same.
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You would be better off with EffectsLab Pro because it’s an FX generator. Action Essentials is a nice set of pre-keyed video overlays that you just drop into your production but you cannot create more. With EffectsLab Pro you actually create the FX which gives you more creative control over how they look and an infinite number of possibilities. This is why it costs more but it’s worth it.
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The Split Screen View is so that you can easily see the before and after video from applying FX. It should only be turned on when you need to A/B the output of FX and should be turned off before you render.
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> What I really would appreciate if someone could just tell me ” this is your best option, do it like this” … and I will go away and read up on that.
This is your best option, do it like this: 😉
- You should always shoot in HD. It gives you more options in post. You will also have better looking SD by starting with high quality HD.
- In Vegas use the HD 1080-60i (1920×1080 29.970 fps) project template. Set the Audio properties to 5.1 Surround. This matches your Sony HD SR11 camcorder output best. It also means all of your titles and other generated media will be created as the same high quality HD as your footage.
- Render your video using the Main Concept MPEG-2 type with the DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream template. Be sure yo check Stretch video to fill output frame (do not letterbox) because HD 16:9 does not exactly match DV Widescreen 16:9. Also be sure to check Save project markers in media file so that your chapter markers will be saved and available in DVD Architect.
- Render your audio using the Dolby Digital AC-3 type with the 5.1 Surround DVD template.
If you have any questions about these choices feel free to ask.
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The NTSC DV template may be contributing to the unreadable text. What was your original recorded resolution? Does the originally recorded video look OK? Do you have to deliver this for TV viewing or PC/web viewing? If you are delivering PC/web don’t use DV because it will interlace your progressive capture. Try using one of the AVC/MP4 templates instead.
BTW, there is a reason that people buy Camtasia for this kind of work. Doing it yourself with free tools requires a lot of knowledge about codecs and resolutions and a lot of time to experiment. You might consider buying Camtasia to do this kind of work. You will get much better results.
If you don’t want to spend money, you should be doing your recording to a lossless codec in a resolution that is a multiple of the final output format.
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Some FX are just more CPU intensive than others. Someone had posted a list of FX and how they affect frame rate during preview and it was a real eye opener. The fps change dramatically depending on the FX. So what you are seeing is quite normal. Also some FX and not multi-threaded so threading has no affect on their performance. They are just slow to process.
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Dan, you need to set your Blu-ray disc up in DVD Architect to match your footage. Then it won’t re-render anything. This includes matching the resolution and bitrate of the project. Go into your DVD Architect project properties (Alt+Enter) and check that the resolution is 1920×1080 and the bitrate is 25Mbps. I’ll bet the bitrate is set to 18MBps which is the default. This is probably why it’s being re-rendered.
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Hi Harrell,
You cannot put the color back into night-shot. (Not unless you’re Tim Turner ;-)) I wouldn’t feel too bad since by not using night-shot you may have had totally unusable footage. At least you can turn this into Black & White and have it be watchable. Just drop the Black & White FX on the track and set the Blend amount slider to 1.000. For a little bit of tint you might try the Sony Sepia FX with the Old Newspaper setting. The Sepia FX will allow you to convert it to any other shade you want instead of the green. A cool blue might be nice.
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Render Image Sequence uses the resolution of your Preview window and the interlace method of your project. If you want deinterlaced images, set your project to progressive before using the script. Then as Mike said, set your preview to Best/Full and run the script.
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