Rick Shorrock
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Chances are you have your ISO set too high. There are some terrific tutorials from Shane Hurlbut, ASC on working with the Canon DSLR’s to make them more of a “movie making machine” over on YouTube. Also, here’s a great tutorial about HD color correction when shooting with a DSLR: https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2012/01/7-tips-for-hd-color-correction-and-dslr-color-correction/
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Post a link back here to what you put up. I’d like to see it.
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B&H PhotoVideo has this version as a download for 200 bucks!
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/981936-REG/sony_70831_vegas_pro_12_edit.html
It doesn’t come with the NewBlue stuff or DVD Architect, but I already own those, so no problem! But this is a good price for the editing software. -
Withing Vegas, before you apply the Chroma Keyer effect from the Video FX tab, look under Color Corrector (Secondary). There’s an effect called ‘Saturate Greens’. Drag that effect onto your green screen footage. It makes a world of difference when dealing with varying levels of green on chromakey footage.
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I think this is a format and/or screen resolution problem. I had someone at my church give me a 352 x 264 resolution video file that she wanted me to try to get better color out of. Every time I tried to mess with the color, or add any video effect, I got a similar result. You might want to check the format under your Project Media tab within Vegas, then install the appropriate codecs.
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Stephen, I may have a solution for you, but it doesn’t involve SoundForge. Using your two track in Vegas, put each mic’s track on separate tracks and then render as a 48KHz .wav file. Download Levelator from https://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator. This free program works great for analyzine audio waveforms and levelling them to a consistent level.
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It says your audio is ID 2? Is that video ripped from a Region 2 DVD? If so, that might be your problem. Guy, help me out.
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For YouTube, it’s a good idea to go with the Main Concept MP4 AVC/AAC template. You might be able to find it if you uncheck the Match Project Settings box under the Render As menu. Then if you click the drop-down arrow, you’ll find a result of Internet HD 1080p or Internet HD 720p. You can customize one of those templates from there. Depending on your subject matter, you can pick constant bit rate and change it to 4MB/sec or 10MB/sec. Then just go up to the Template Name in the Custom Settings box and change the name of the template to something you’ll recognize, then click the floppy “save” icon. Voila! You’ve created your own template! But if you de-select the Match Project Settings under the Render As menu, you should see MainConcept MPEG2 settings. If you click the drop-down arrow there, you should see DVD Architect and Blu-ray settings that you can use, depending on which format you’re going display your work on. Again, you can customize these templates to suit your taste. I find that in working in HD, since most DVD players will up-convert SD to HD, I burn down-convert my HD to SD and let the player up-convert it back to HD. This yields me spectacular results in most cases. Just a thought, at least it gives you more options.
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In the Project Properties box (after you go to File—Project Properties), there’s a little icon in the upper right corner that looks like a filmstrip and a file folder. If you run your mouse over it it will say Match Media Video Settings. Click this icon and then browse to a file that you’ve put into your project. After editing, when you want to render, click File—Render As, and then click Match Project Settings in the Render As box. Most of the time, this works. But if you run into a situation where what you need does not match the project settings, just pick the Main Concept AVC/AAC drop-down arrow and pick whatever template matches what you need the video for. If you’re going to put the video on YouTube, you might want to adjust the encoding bit rate. You generally don’t need about 10Mb/sec. That is, unless you like really large files and really long upload times.
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“Hi, I’m Walter Coppage, for the Poor Videographer’s Fund. This is Rick Shorrock. His only mistake was being born in a poor Southern state. There are days that go by, if he just had a DVCAM deck, he could make video transfers that would buy shoes for him. Or if he had just one Panasonic DVX100B, he would look more professional, and wouldn’t have to shoot video with a camera designed for stills. We know you thought about making the call…put it on a nice to-do list but never got around to it. Even though the phone’s right there, and the call’s free, it kind of gets lost because of how busy you are, and maybe you’re waiting for another time. But videographers like Rick don’t have the luxury of time. They need you today. And you’re not busy this moment, so why not now? It’s not the one camera or monitor a month, is it? Sponsoring a videographer means clean tape heads, another client to see, maybe an NAB convention to go to. It’s the best thing that could happen to videographers like Rick. So why not now. We’ll send you a picture of a videographer that needs you. Your donation of just one camera or monitor a month would go a long way to helping starving videographers gain the respect they so richly deserve. Give today…give generously.”