John Rofrano
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For Wave Hammer I would start with the [Sys] Master for 16-bit preset. This sets the compressor Threshold to -6db and I usually leave the Compressor tab alone as the preset is usually enough. On the Volume Maximizer tab set the Output level to whatever you want your final output to be limited to. This is where you would set it to -12db if that’s your target. If you see clipping on the Input meters, switch back to the Compressor tab and lower the Output gain until the clipping stops. The only other setting I would worry about is the Volume Maximizer Threshold. I would lower this from 0db only if there were sections that were too low that I wanted to bring up. Setting it lower makes the quiet parts louder. This really “squashes” the dynamic range so use it sparingly.
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4:3 SD is not anamorphic and there is no way to make it anamorphic unless you buy an anamorphic lens and go re-shoot it. If you want to make something widescreen that was not shot in widescreen your only option is to crop the 4:3 to a 16:9 aspect ratio.
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Vegas doesn’t do background rendering like Pinnacle does. It has the ability to pre-render sections to disc and it can do a quick RAM render to check a small section like a transition, but these are both foreground tasks. I agree that background rendering with a quad core would be a nice option to have. You might want to make a Product Suggestion that to Sony.
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Hi Bruce,
We all started somewhere so no question is too basic. 😉 I’ll do my best to answer them.
> 1 When I go to Preferences > Preview Device, I see no option to preview in HD. Is it possible to preview in HD? If so, how?
The Windows Secondary Display option should be used to preview HD material. This assumes your secondary display is HD capable of course.
> 2 I will be editing on a laptop that has two HDDs in it. Spot recommends using three HDDs. In my situation, can I use an external HDD or fast flash drive (via USB port) for capturing and playing back audio?
While I agree with Spot that having 3 hard drives is optimal; you can easily get away with two. I use an external firewire drive on my laptop for capture and I only use two on my desktop. With HDV, you will be CPU bound while rendering so hard drive speed will be the least of your problems.
> 3 If I have a choice of HDDs inside my laptop, does it make a difference if they are 7200rpm or 5400rpm?
7200rpm will be faster and therefore you can stream more tracks simultaneously. 5400rpm should be fine for most editing tasks but if you can get 7200’s I would go with them.
> 4 A dumb newbe question: How do I delete video from my system from within Vegas? I can delete from projects, but the clip still remains on my drive.
You can delete them from the Project Media window. Just right-click on the media to delete and select Remove from project and delete file(s).
> 5 Is it possible to automatically add a 2 second “handle” on either side of a video clip when capturing? In other words, as I am viewing my video material and am selecting in and out points, can Vegas automatically add a 2 second buffer zone onto the beginning and end of the clips?
No not while capturing.
> 6 Can one create a travelling matt with Vegas? IE: One created with Bezier points or out of existing material (graphics, CK, etc)?
Yes. Open the Pan/Crop tool and use the Mask option to draw the Bezier points. You can add keyframes to move it.
> If so, can this movement be linked to a point of reference in the matt? Further to this, can one then link an event on another track to this same point/movement?
No. You would need a plug-in like Boris FX or Boris RED to do motion tracking. Vegas can only do manual keyframing of motion.
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Did you change your Vegas project settings to widescreen? Also make sure the Preview Window is set to Simulate Device Aspect Ratio. Not having these two set will lead to squished video. It should look in the Vegas preview exactly as it will look on the DVD if you have your project set correctly.
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As Danny said, preview is unaffected by multiple cores in Vegas because it is a single threaded process so it will never be faster than one of your cores. This is not an issue for DV but with HDV you can easily peg the processor and get much lower frame rates. At that point you have to reduce your preview quality if you want to keep the frame rates up or use RAM Preview to quickly check small sections.
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In Vegas use File | Import | DVD Camcorder Disc to get the DVD onto the timeline. Then render with options compatible with YouTube. I would start with the MainConcept AVC/AAC (*.mp4) codec using the Apple iPod 640 x 480 Video template.
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I always keep that page updated with my latest specs.
I have held off on building an 8-core because the current solutions are extremely expensive and a slight “dead-end”. In other words, the desktop motherboards that support dual 4-core processors today “i.e., the Skulltrail platform” are the last of their generation and the new Nehalem CPU’s (8-cores on a single chip) will require a new motherboard. But that’s always the case with technology so right now I’m waiting but I may bite of the prices drop a bit.
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Hmmm… ok so it’s basically an “unknown” source. You can try to convert the AC3 file to a multi-channel WAV file using a tool like AC3Tool. If you do use AC3Tool, go to the AC3 > WAV tab and set the Downmix mode to 3/2 “5.1” then press the AC3 > Wav button at the bottom right.
This will create a single WAV file with 6 channels. Just drop this file into a 5.1 Surround project in Vegas and it will lay out the 6 tracks. Then you must manually pan the tracks to LF,RF,LR,RR,C,& LFE. Finally render as AC3 5.1 Surround and DVD Architect should be happy with the file.
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So… where did this file with the mysterious AC3 come from?
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