Stephen Mann
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[Steve Rhoden] “Maybe its time you upgrade Vegas”
Especially if you are editing AVCHD.
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[Ken Mitchell] “You might want to put in a 2 or 3 drive raid for your playback files.”
Why? It won’t make any difference on the editing performance.
BRAD – Go for a 1KW power Supply. In the future you will likely add more internal hard disk drives and a second display card, and a 750Watt supply just may not be enough.
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[Mitch Drummond] ” super clocked”??
If you are overclocking the CPU or the GPU, try turning that off. Even, try underclocking.
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There’s no easy way that I am aware of. I am not a Photoshop expert, but the way I did it was to drag the first image to the photoshop icon – this created the Photoshop project with one image. Then in explorer, highlight the remaining images and drag them as a group to the Photoshop Workspace. Then hit return until there’s no big X in the images. The big X means that you haven’t placed the image into the project yet, hitting Return confirms that you want it.
I sometimes see a challenge that would be fun to accomplish. I first thought of using the program “Route Generator” (https://www.routegenerator.net/) but I had no way of synchronising the drawn route with the video.
Then I realized that the process was very similar to my “Marauder’s Map” that I did a few months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op1Q1rDMCGcSteve Mann
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Vegas does not have a motion-tracking tool, but I decided to see what I could do using Sony Vegas and Photoshop.
Poor-Mans Motion Tracking in Sony Vegas
Here are the steps I used to make this sample:
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Lorcan – you were good up to step two and seven eighths.
First you don’t render MPEG, you encode it, notwithstanding that Vegas puts the encode commands in the “Render As” window.
Your process introduces a needless encoding step. When you re-encode an encoded format, you compromise quality. Finally, there is NO option to change the DVD project properties from MPEG2, 720×480. All DVDs are MPEG2, 720×480. Select a pixel aspect ratio of 16:9 for widescreen.
You shoot and edit in HD as far as possible. When you are ready to make the DVD, then, and only then, encode the project into an MPEG2 video file and an AC3 audio file (using the same base name). Use the DVD Architect template in the “Render As” menus and your video will be exactly what DVDA wants.
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What option you use in the “render as” menu really depends on how it going to be played. In HD, there is no “PAL” or “NTSC”, just 50i or 60i.
A DVD is MPEG2, 720×480 with a pixel aspect ratio of 4:3 or 16:9 for widescreen.
The general rule is to shoot and edit in HD and step down to SD only when you encode the file for DVD.
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If you don’t mind spending some money, I had mine designed by 48-hourLogoContest.com
It cost me $75, but I was provided a good selection of submissions, and the delivered files included both vector and bitmapped files.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I, and many others are quite happy with the performance of Version 11.
However, there are a couple of dozen regulars here and on the Sony forums who are experiencing problems. It goes back to Version 10 when SCS introduced some GPU support for AVC encoding, and exasperated it with GPU support in Version 11 for all codecs under their control.The problem, in my experience, is that the problems come from driver or memory issues that GPU support requires – problems that Version 9 and prior don’t have.
If your video card and driver is a couple of years old, don’t be surprised if you have problems. Start by installing the latest video and audio drivers. If you are using an nVidia card, use their latest Beta drivers.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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[Larry Cole] “4. Do you know of any references that would help me understand the interaction between project sizes and the final burned product?”
Do you mean the file size of the final encoded project? One word – Bitrate. The bitrate that you encode your files to is the primary determinate of the final encoded file size. There’s a few free bitrate calculators online, and the all will give you different results. This is because NO program can predetermine the bitrate settings for your encoder without actually encoding it. The bitrate calculators give you a starting point, but if your video has a lot of action or rapidly changing background, you will need to reduce the bitrate to compensate. If your video is a lot of mostly static interviews, you can get away with a higher bitrate.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com