Mike Kujbida
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COW Coins
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Here’s an off-the-wall intro even before Zipedit’s globe suggestion.
Start with a close-up of a farmer milking a cow by hand.
He/she turns the udder towards the camera (protected by a sheet of glass/plexiglass) so that the spray covers the shot.
Use a luminance key so that, as the milk drips down, the globe (or whatever shot you want to use) is revealed.
Another way would be to have the camera zoom into the bucket so that it fills the shot and then transition into your next one. -
Absolutely!!
First of all, make sure they’re all sequentially numbered with the proper number series. That is, if you have under 999 images, make sure they’re all numbered image001.tga, image002.tga, etc. This avoids having Windows mess things up for you.
Browse to the folder they’re in and click on the first one.
Click the “Open still image sequence” at the bottom of this window and then “Open”.
Set the “Properties” as desired.
This comes into Vegas as a sequence ready to be dropped on your timeline.
BTW, I’ve done this numerous times with animations from various 3D apps.
Works like a charm 🙂 -
Terry, it’s my understanding that anything other than DV video will be at 0-255 and therefore has to be taken down to the 16-235 range to avoid blown-out video.
I do it all this way no matter what my final output is.
See if the Explanation of levels and the different color spaces used in Sony Vegas article by Glenn Chan explains things any better. -
No, it won’t affect the quality.
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Put each video on it’s own track and then use either Pan/Crop or Track Motion to shrink them down to the required size and place them in an appropriate position.
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If by Default Template, you mean “DVD Architect NTSC video stream”, since the video is only 1 hr. long, I’d make one change.
Click the word “Custom” next to the “Template” box and then click the “Video” tab.
Change the bit rate (bottom part of the screen) from VBR (Variable Bit Rate) to CBR (Constant Bite Rate) and from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000.
Save this as a preset by clicking in the “Template” window at the top of this screen and adding 8MB CBR to the words “DVD Architect NTSC video stream” so that you end up with “DVD Architect NTSC video stream-8MB CBR”. Feel free to change this name to something else if you want. I prefer this as it tells me exactly what it is.
Now click the “Save” icon (looks like a floppy disc) to the right of this window.
This template will now show up as a render option the next time you choose MPEG-2.
BTW, If any of your videos are under 1 hr, I recommend using CBR as your final quality will be better. -
8mbps refers to the bitrate of an mpeg-2 stream.
Who told you they have to be at least that bitrate as 8mbps is the maximum recommended bitrate for consumer DVDs.
Since you have 2 clips totalling one hour, it’s very easy to render out of Vegas at that bitrate.
How did you do your original mepg-2 render?
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The difference in screen brightness is due to gamma differences amongst the various viewing devices.
A lot of us use a properly calibrated monitor, in conjunction with the scopes in Vegas, to make judgement calls about any adjustments related to screen brightness, colour, etc.
I’ve done a lot of work that has been viewed on screens ranging from 6 ft. classroom setups to 30 ft. movie theatre setups.
The viewing quality depends on the make, model & age of the projector being used as well as the quality of the screen.
In short, there is no way that you’ll ever know exactly how your video will look from venue to venue.
My advice is to do what I suggested earlier and that’s to make adjustments based on a properly set up monitor.
The JVC TM-H150CGU ($465 at B&H) is my usual recommendation along with this colour bar set-up tutorial.
What happens after that is out of your control.
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Try this suggestion from a poster on the Sony Vegas forum.
Extract the file to: C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas 7\Script Menu
You should see a folder in the Script Menu entitled “Vegas Quake.”
You can either go to “Tools-Scripting-Vegas Quake” and execute the script, or go to “Options-Customize Toolbar” and add the Vegas Quake icon to your toolbar (which I have done, it’s an italic caps Q in a shaded blue square.
Either way, select a timeline track and region, then run the script or click the icon. A GUI will give you the various options, click OK and off you go.
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In the Generated Media tab, there’s a color option.
Drag the white one to a new track underneath your logo.