Mike Kujbida
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COW Coins
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I’ve opened up projects in Vegas 6 that I did in Vegas 3 without any quality issues. All I can think of is that there’s a setting somewhere that you’re overlooking.
When you say that you “the film quality is drastically reduced”, how are you watchng the completed project? Did you burn it to DVD? If so, what template did you use for the render? -
Been there, done that myself 🙂
Glad that was the answer. -
They were done last year (and the year before) because that’s when Vegas 5 & 6 were introduced. No Vegas 7 this week so we’ll have to be patient a bit longer 🙂
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In the Properties option (file – properties), set the pixel aspect ratio to 1.00 Square, hit apply, and it should look the way you want.
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A reply on another forum gave 2 options.
1: Drop the TS stream on to the Vegas timeline
2: Transcode it with the Cineform Connect HD application.
HTH.Mike
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[anotheruser] “Where should I be looking for this elusive END POINT thing.”
After you double-click the the clip, look in the box on the right hand side of the screen for End Action. It’ll have a + sign beside it. Click on it and yu’ll see all the various options Gary & Edward have been telling you about.
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[anotheruser] “So how do I set it up so there is just the image and the Scene Selection link on the first page and then all the text links on the Scene Selection page?”
Open up DVDA’s Help menu.
Under Index, scroll down to Scene Selection Menu.
Select the Adding a Scene Selection Menu option.
It walks you through exactly what you’re trying to do. -
My suggestion is to do a google search on “correcting exposure in sony vegas” and look for Glenn Chan’s tutorials on this. He does a very good job of explaining this somewhat complex and convoluted problem. HTH.
Mike
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[gingles] “I had questioned them before regarding the colors and they said that when it left their place, everything was fine. that it was the broadcaster who was causing the problems. But of course, the broadcaster says that they air what is given to them and if it looks washed out, then it must have been the tape. Naturally.”
Each side blames the other. What else is new? 🙁
[gingles] “As for the color bars, the production house said that the color bars I put on in front of the commercial (generate by vegas) are just a tad dark. Not much though. DO you think that could account for the washed out color?”
If the production house is using your bars as the reference (and they’re low in level) and boosting them to match house bars, it could result in washed out colour.
The other thing that comes to mind is the 0 IRE (what miniDV gives you) vs. 7.5 IRE (what a broadcaster wants) black level difference.
Are the bars coming from Vegas or another source? Are you applying any filters such as the broadcast levels? Are you using the waveform/vector monitor built into Vegas to confirm levels before creating the master? -
[gingles] “Is there any way to check that what I’m seeing on my computer screen will be reazonably translated to television?”
I take it by this comment that you weren’t using a video monitor to check your video as you were editing it. Due to the gamma differences between the two (computer vs. video), there is no way to to even reasonably guess what the colours will look like. Anyone serious about this, especially if you’re doing TV spots, should invest in a decent video monitor.
My personal recommendation (that other folks have taken and been pleased with) is a JVC TMH-150CGU, currently $500 at B&H.
Also, make sure to read, understand and practice how to use color bars.