Russ Froze
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Ohhh just wait until your first 4k sot.
Alright with the plugs on hand you might try a glow effect from magic bullet. Then there is a convoluted process of creating a mask in your favorite way. IE chroma key, secondary color corrector or mask generator. Then applying a gaussian blur to a child track below via multiply mask. with the original footage at the bottom.
I know you will ask for details and I would have to make a tutorial on the process but if you have some spare $$$ BorisFX has a plugin called BCC Smooth Tone in their image restoration plugins. It’s well worth the purchase price.So to reiterate-
1 Create mask
2 Create parent child relationship
3 Apply blur to child track (not Media)
4 Composite over original footage.
This is still iffy and must be used sparingly
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[Patrick Cooper] “good to know that it’s okay to use 1440. I did not expect that since 1440 is a lower number than 1920 – I would have expected some of the image area to be cut off. I do vaguely recall somewhere among the templates was a 1440 x 1080 25p template”
It is odd as you mentioned that 1440 would be a number chosen but it is a trick that engineers have applied. By squishing some pixels during encoding and then restoring them to the original size a file can be drastically reduced. The early HD cameras used this to allow more recording time onto expensive media of the day. Also TV and cable providers need to find a way to reduce bandwidth. This method was employed before mp4 was adopted as a standard.
[Patrick Cooper] “I hope that particular template produces a file that is compatible with a wide variety of devices.”
Ok that particular template is used for HDTV or DVD/Blu Ray Authoring. IF you are looking for a cross platform template. look under Either MAinConcept AVC/AAC (.mp4; .avc) or Sony AVC/MVC (mp4; m2ts; avc)
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[John Laird] “A lot of folks out there are running XP machines or even Vista and they don’t like mp4 files”
It is a John Rofrano states and as I have eluded to. Filmmakers are not the only ones with the dilemma. Look at the plight of web designers who wish to reach the maximum viewers. In order to do so a site must be created for two types of OS on phones, two types of tablet OS, TV, desktops and all their various browsers. This is why standards like DVD and Blue Ray have been implemented, it is simply a means of communication between devices and for web video the standard at present it mp4.
Why VHS, DVD, Blue Ray and mp4 you ask, the answer is as simple as the world’s oldest profession which dictates formats from paper dimensions to video dimensions and delivery format.
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OK Patrick, the reason for the error message is simple. The chosen template to modify is intended for a specific device and that specific device is expecting the default settings of the template. In short there is a good chance the player would not play your file in the big screen. In the stand alone version of the Main Concept encoder you would receive a message along the lines of “does not conform to standard” or something like that. Vegas receives an error message from the internal Main Concept encoder but does not a means of interpreting the error message so Vegas will output a standard message of “something is wrong but I don’t know what”.
The trick is to find out the Device IE player typically used in the area you expect to play the file. Best practice is to contact the festival officials and render the files accordingly.
[Patrick Cooper] “The first template I modified was HDV 1080 – 24p. I changed the 1440 x 1080 to 1920 x 1080 and changed the 24p to 25p. I kept everything else the same”
The 1440 x 1080 can not be changed 1920 x 1080 for it does not conform to the player’s standards and will not play[Patrick Cooper] “The second template I modified was HDV 720 – 25p. I changed the 1280 x 720 to 1080 x 1920 and kept the frame rate the same – 25p. I increased the bitrate to 25mbps. I kept everything else the same. “
Again the 1280 x 720 must not be changed to 1080 x 1920.
As I stated earlier, it is best to find someone in your area who is familiar with the expected standards or acceptable file types. Don’t worry about the 1440 bit when you play the file in a device or your desktop the player will adjust the size to it proper dimensions.
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[Patrick Cooper] “An error occurred while creating this media file. The reason for the error could not be determined”
Hi, ok usually but not always this message comes up when a template is customised in such a way that is not supported by the codec in use. May I ask which template was customised and to what degree? Preferably a screen shot of the customised template and the name of the original template so I have a starting point.
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Blackmagic design Fusion can do the job and it is free. However learning the software may prove to be daunting. Bring the footage into the comp and use the paint tool set to clone to remove the offending item.
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[James Cartier] “if the result will be brighter”
Ok James, are the results brighter or is it that the blacks and whites have been crushed? Again I ask what the origin codec is, I need to know where to begin to look for the issue.
[James Cartier] “I always worked on Final Cut”
Was the mac monitor calibrated and is the current win monitor calibrated? Or is Vegas running on a virtual desktop on a Mac?
Russ Froze[James Cartier] “I cant work thinking: “Alright, if the result will be brighter I have to make a level fx so the result will be approximately what I see now on the preview”
If the monitor is calibrated correctly then may I suggest the use of the ACCES workflow. Jacob Balazer explains the workflow nicely and gives you the tools to make it work. you can find him at the url below.
https://www.jbalazer.com/aces-in-sony-vegas
This is a link to his youtube video
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[John Rofrano] “Mobile devices”
John Rofrano has a valid argument about transcoding to a win exclusive format. These days phones, tablets alone outnumber desktops and don’t alienate our OS (mac) brethren. Simple math, Apple has sold 700 million I Phones and 25 million Apple TV sets? By not transcoding to MP4 there is a loss of 725 million potential viewers.
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Alas Vegas does do backups unless disabled. Frankly I have issues with New Blue Plugins for they become unlicenced at the strangest times. Consequently I stay away from them and quite frankly should someone from New Blue be interested I have no plans on future purchase due to instability in licensing.
Updating a plugin while in use may well have corrupted the veg file, if the backup can not be found then I’m afraid the work is lost.
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Yes Operating system and version number please we need to know where to begin to look.
Russ Froze