[Nigel O’neill]

Paul

Is a re-shoot an option? It’s free 🙂

Paul, fbmn’s software plugin needs to be used in conjunction with color curves and color correction, and a bit of contrast to reduce that washed out look.

The shot is a bit blue to begin with, suggesting either your white balance was a bit off or you don’t have a UV filter fitted. An ND filter would have reduced the exposure.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

You should not lose v9. I have been upgrading since V9 and have 9, 10 and 11 all installed, side by side.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Yes. Bring back the stability of Vegas 9!

I found disabling track buffering under the Audio Device tab in Preferences reduces the number of crashes.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Thanks I downloaded Mark’s bit rate calculator. For one of my split projects that is 1:59 long I used these settings to calculate a bit rate: Disk Type: DVD-9; Audio Encoding: 192 kbs;

Audio encoding = 224 kbs, which is what Vegas NTSC DVD template defaults to.

Safety Margin: 5%; VBR. Are these settings correct? For Audio should I render dvd as 192 kbs or 384 kbs? Should I have a safety margin and if so what percentage?(I noticed the higher safety percentage reduces the quality percentage of the dvd; 89% quality with 5% safety).

I usually apply 3% safety.

Marks Bit Rate Calculator recommended bitrates are:
Min: 4376; Avg: 8760; Max: 9608

What bitrate number should I set and save in DVDA(4376, 8760, or 9608)? DVDA default bit rate is 8.000.

You can’t. The bit rate settings are entered in Vegas, When you Render as and select Custom you can select CBR or VBR (where you then enter the values Mark’s calculator recommends. The only drawback is that Mark’s bit rate calculator recommends high bit rates that some older DVD players cannot playback without difficulty. In your case, 9608. You can try experimenting with a CBR render (in Vegas) of 8000 and see how you go. It should fit and leave room for menus once you bring the m2t file rendered by Vegas into DVD Architect.

If this is not a personal DVD, I would warn your customer of the layer change which will occur approx halfway thru and cause a pause of about 3-5 seconds.

When I render with Sony Vegas you mentioned I should use the DVDA m2t templates with Vegas. So in Sony Vegas I should not render as AVI or Sony MXF(HD EX). I should render as Mainconcept MPEG-2(mt2). Then import drag the mt2 file into DVDA to make the DVD?

If your target is DVD, you should use the Mainconcept DVD template, otherwise your footage will get compressed twice: once to AVI and then again in DVDA to NTSC (I presume you are using NTSC). By using the DVDA templates in Vegas, you avoid that happening and prevent possible quality loss.

In the custom area of the Render as… DVDA template, don’t forget to include the audio under the Audio tab.

“Make sure match media to project … is ticked in your project properties.” I couldn’t find where to check this setting in my properties in Vegas.

Oops! File, Properties, Adjust source media to better match project or render settings needs to be ticked

Thanks very much for your help. Your time and help is very much appreciated!

You’re welcome

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

And in future, use an ND filter.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

I would use the DVDA m2t templates with Vegas. Your settings look fine, given that you are mixing it with DV and phone footage, although they may suffer strobing effects due to upscaling. Make sure match media to project … is ticked in your project properties.

Note that the Vegas render template defaults to DVD-5 (4.7GB), so if you are using DL discs, you will need to adjust your bit rate.

Google ‘Mark’s bit rate calculator’, install it and play with the disc type (DVD5/DVD9) and observe how they affect the recommended bit rate after you set the audio and video durations.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

It is possible to use audacity to cancel out the roar by applying the opposite waveform, but it can affect speech and give the sound a tinny feel.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Your settings look fine. Unfortunately, at 3 hours 16 minutes long as a single project, it is going to look terrible no matter what you do. Using Mark’s bit rate calculator, I get a constant bit rate of 2.888 Mbit/s. DVD’s are 8 MBit/s so you are taking a HUGE quality hit. It will probably look worse than VHS.

You can tinker with a variable bit rate to ‘steal’ bits from static scenes, but it will make a marginal improvement.

If it has to be one 1 DVD, use a DVD-DL (dual layer DVD) and that gives you a bit CBR of 5.6 Mbit/s, but be aware that there will be a slight pause during the layer change. Be aware that not all DL discs are the same, and some will not play on DVD players.

Personally, I would split your project across 2 DVD’s.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Paul, you could further mask the wind roar with a music track (after you have applied the denoiser) played at a low volume.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

I think Jay is referring to the effect like that in The Matrix movies. It cannot be created solely in software with live actors.

A collection of still cameras (for example, 30) is set up around the object. At the moment when the action should freeze, all 30 cameras fire at once. The images they capture are played one after another to show the rotation, by placing them on the timeline at a few frames duration each. The duration determines the pace of the rotation.

In the movie “The Matrix,” the filmmakers also used an extremely sophisticated technique to accomplish much more advanced effects. Not only does the rotation occur, but the actor is also moving in slow motion during the rotation. At least five different special-effect techniques are combined to create the final image:
– A large number of still cameras capture the scene, but they fire sequentially around the actor rather than all at once.
– The cameras shoot the actor on a green-screen background (see How Blue Screens Work for details on this technique).
– The actor is wearing a wire suspended from the ceiling so that he can fall only part-way or appear to float in mid-air.
– Once the scene is shot, software similar to morphing software interpolates between the images to allow the slow-motion feel. The filmmaker can therefore slow down or speed up the action at will.
– Computer-generated backgrounds are then superimposed.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6