[Tim Neighbors]

Hi Aaron, thanks for posting a response, but I’m looking for some footage that is straight off the card. This looks like an edited video.

[Tim Neighbors]

Thanks for your response Aaron.
Hearing these recommended proxy codecs definitely gives me some good new info.
When you say, “Then map those channels to …” do you mean to right click on the files in my Project media bin and “replace” them with their batch-rendered proxy file? I’m hoping for a way to do this without having to replace media one file at a time, since that could be quite time consuming with some shoots. The Vegasaur app is a great option that does this but unfortunately it doesn’t work with the Shogun audio. I’ve sent a sample clip to Vegasaur and they are looking into it.

Sony’s built-in proxy method works great (thanks John Rofrano), but it doesn’t fix my meta data issue. vegas stores this info in .sfl files next to the source clips. I haven’t tried using any Catalyst products yet.

[Tim Neighbors]

Thanks John.
I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t even know about vegas’s build in proxy method. It seems to work like a charm so far. Unfortunately it doesn’t solve my meta data issue.

I bought the Atomos Shogun since it was pushed by Sony as a great partner for their camera, the A7s. I also inquired with Atomos about it’s compatibility with Vegas before buying and they gave me a green light. Kinda sad to now hear that this product is really for FCP users. Sometimes I feel like Sony doesn’t look out for the users of their own video editing software.

[Tim Neighbors]

Hi Glenn. Please send it to me at tim@neighborsvideo.com.

[Tim Neighbors]

Hi Rob. Do you have any of your work online and would you be interested in having occasional editing gigs thrown your way? I am a busy vegas editor in Los Angeles and I’m looking for a good editor (preferably who works with Vegas) to help me out with excess work.
send me a message at tim@neighborsvideo.com if interested.

[Tim Neighbors]

One thing to try is to right click on each clip and disable resample in the properties. …though I don’t think that’s what you have going on. Did you capture the footage off of tape? …or card reader?
I ran into an issue years ago where I had switched the record format from interlaced to progressive in the middle of a shoot and continued to shoot on the same tape. When I captured the whole tape, vegas saw the entire clip as interlaced and, as a result mishandled the progressive footage. Could this be the case? Just an idea.

[Tim Neighbors]

Thanks for the response Aleksey. yes the bottom layer is also a 3D layer… but I’d like to keep it that way. Is there any way to avoid having the bottom layer cutting through even if it’s a 3D layer? This is what I’m trying to do: I cut the subject out of the background of a photo and I’m trying to animate (in 3D) the subject over the background of the photo. I also want to be able to animate the background ..or possibly even work with more than 2 3D layers in this way. It’s likely that I’m just not very good yet at working in 3D space, but it would be nice if I could specify that I don’t want this ‘cutting through’ to happen ….but maybe that is just the nature of 3D and what I’m asking is impossible. Just thought I’d ask.

[Tim Neighbors]

btw, I’m using Vegas 13

[Tim Neighbors]

Thanks for your response. I guess I forgot to mention, the purpose of lighting the podium is for regularly videotaping the presentations. Is there any LED spotlight solution? …I think spending thousands of dollars is going to be out of the question. …maybe $1000, but beyond that and the client will probably throw their shoe at me.

What about this light?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=998504&gclid=CjwKEAjwmZWvBRCCqrDK_8atgBUSJACnib3lk_3QTkKBfrhSrMpTCXofYjCZLYh_UU9zt4mPY1YexxoC1D7w_wcB&is=REG&A=details&Q=

[Tim Neighbors]

Thanks for the response Bruce. I’m aware of this and I know it won’t be pretty. I know that without some sort of close-mic solution as you mentioned, a very clear, present signal is not possible. I’m just looking for the best solution that doesn’t involve extra crew. As it is, they can’t hear audience questions at all. Perhaps a pair of hyper-cardioids cross-shooting the crowd kept pretty low in the mix with the presenter could at least allow a viewer to be able to make out the question? I kinda suspect that passing around a wireless mic or asking people to walk up to a “question station” mic won’t work because they are not being amplified in the room, so people will just think the mic is broken and start using it as a pointing stick. I guess one option is to actually amplify it in the room, but its such a small room, people will probably not feel that the amplification is necessary and will again not use the mic.
How about boundary mics, like they use in live theatre? or hanging mics like they do over a choir? By hanging them, we could potentially get 10-20 feet from people. Or perhaps it’s a fools errand, and it will introduce more room noise than it’s worth.