Patrick Cooper
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Ah cool. Would 20 – 25 also be fine for playing the file from a hard drive? For this film competition I’m entering, I don’t really know what delivery format they’re accepting films on, and also for screening also. I’ll have to ask them.
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In the past, Ive tried to find a way to customise render settings but couldn’t find a way. I tried again just now and it is indeed possible and so simple to do. Thankyou! I notice the default bitrate for 1280 x 720 is 18mbps. When I change the height and width to 1920 x 1080, should I bump the bitrate up to something like 20 or 25mbps?
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Ive tried several times with the same result. Just now, I closed Sony Movie Studio, reopened it and made another attempt. This time, it worked. I didn’t do anything different. This is really strange and buggy.
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It’s happening again. And once again with a PAL DV avi (SD) file. This has never happened with HD video files. What worked last time is not working this time. I kept the project name the same but no luck. I also changed the name but still no success. Just like last time, the rendering is super quick – it takes a fraction of a second to reach 100%. The completed video file is unplayable. The file is 575kb and the duration is 00:00:00.
Another thing in common with the other file that had this problem recently is that the video footage was imported via firewire from a MiniDv camcorder. From the same camera. Though Ive also imported other footage from this camera in the past and never had any issues then.
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Hello John and thankyou for your reply. I was using the PAL DV template. I’m not sure about codec packs but the problem has been solved.
On my last attempt, I decided to keep the original project name (for the rendered video file) and that worked. On my previous attempts at rendering, I was changing the name and I’m guessing that that was causing the problem. This is odd because in the past, I have changed the project / file name (at the rendering stage) and didn’t have any issues.
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I plan to film some projects in full HD at 25p in the future. They will be output to Bluray. As well as Bluray, they will also be played back on a computer directly from the edited file (no disc.) With regards to rendering, would it be preferable to use 24p or 50i?
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Thankyou John. Accessing the stabiliser is quite straight forward. I tried it out on one of my clips but the resultant cropping is a lot more than what I expected. It certainly got rid of the camera shake but at the same time it introduced a panning motion which is not what I wanted. And despite me creating some space between this clip and the other clips on the timeline, the stabiliser effect was applied to other clips next to it – again, not really what I wanted. Are these ‘side effects’ easy to correct?
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Yes, that’s the case with cross fades. But in this instance, I don’t want any overlap. In other words, I don’t want any lost frames. According to my PDF help menu, you can drag transitions to make them longer but I can’t seem to do that.
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I think Ive found the kind of fade transition I’m looking for. However, I want the transition to last longer. According to a PDF help guide I have, it says to hover the cursor over the edge of the transition until I see a fade cursor symbol appear. Unfortunately, the transitions are not marked on the timeline. However, Ive set one up at the very end of a clip so I assume that’s where the edge of the fade would be. Problem is that no such symbol appears when I hover the cursor over it.
I do note that after dragging the transition down to the timeline and letting go of the mouse, a dialogue box appears that shows a range that you can change from 0000 to 1.000. I deleted the ‘1’ and replaced it with a ‘2’, a ‘3’ and later a ‘4’ for 4000 but this makes no difference to the duration of the transition. I notice there’s no ‘Okay’ option in the dialogue box – I just assume the changes are made when Ive exited the box.
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When I tried dragging the clip, I didn’t find the results smooth enough for my liking. Changing the frame rate in Properties gave nicer looking results but unfortunately cuts the clip short.