[Sebastien Gravel]

Just to update anyone who might come across this post with a similar problem, I have received a beta driver from Bella and it works again. I’m now using Windows 7 and Vegas 9 and everything is good again!

They should release the driver soon. If you’re stuck, send them an e-mail. They did respond to mine within 24 hours.

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[Sebastien Gravel]

I just went to a presentation from Panasonic featuring the HMC150 which records to AVCHD. With a lower bitrate, AVCHD has a better image than HDV. So at 17-18Mbps it would actually be superior to the HDV at 25. The HMC150 goes to 21Mbps under certain settings.

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[Sebastien Gravel]

Well, Vegas 9 Pro has “Comprehensive AVCHD and HDV Support”. Not sure what the comprehensive really mean… Hopefully it will support AVCHD natively since I’m looking into the HMC150.

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[Sebastien Gravel]

I already tried the “match output aspect”, but it’s not quite perfect. Plus, because of a “ken burn” effect, the edges reappear. I guess I’ll just resize.

Thanks!

[Sebastien Gravel]

Hi, Just wanted to offer my services as well. I have edited a few weddings and I think I can edit the way you want it to be.

I can send a small sample of my work if needed.

Thanks!

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[Sebastien Gravel]

How about using the spotlight effect with keyframes?

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[Sebastien Gravel]

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I seem to remember that if it is overexposed, there is little to be done as the white pixels do not contain color information anymore.

[Sebastien Gravel]

Unfortunately, I have no experience with rendering to an Iphone or other settings. I would recommend finding a video that plays to the quality you like (on the Iphone) and looking up what are the settings (Size, bitrate, framerate, audio ect.), then I would create a custom template in Quicktime *.mov option from the render menu.

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[Sebastien Gravel]

You should be able to reset the default windows settings by going to the “View” menu then “Windows layout” then “Load default layout”

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[Sebastien Gravel]

Why not render to MP4 directly from Vegas? Just find out what’s the ideal bitrate for the Iphone playback, then render from Vegas as Mp4 or Mov. You can create a template for the specific size (ex 420×360)and bitrate that works and save it as a preset.