[Tim Neighbors]

Hi John. I’m also looking for a good 1920 intermediary codec to render out of vegas and bring back in. MXF 422 sounds great except it doesn’t allow the embedding of meta data to ‘save project as path reference in rendered media file’ (checkbox at bottom of render screen).
I’ve tried a few different ones. Sony AVCHD works but probably will give me a lot of generation loss in future renders (?).
AVI YUV works and is probably best, but that’s a little too much goodness for my poor hard drive.
Sony AVC allows me to check the box, but doesn’t give me the option to link back from the rendered file when dropped on a new timeline.

Any recommendations?
thanks!
tim
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[Tim Neighbors]

Vegas Trimmer Regions issue

[Tim Neighbors]

I tried:
-upgrading to vegas 13
-renaming the files so that their file names are unique (the A7s has a lame naming system that results in redundant filenames every time you switch cards).
-opened a new vegas session and dropped one of the video clips onto the timeline, added trimmer regions, and had the same issue.

I’m running out of ideas.

[Tim Neighbors]

yeah, this is good advice. …although I hope one of the rental houses around LA has a good assortment that I can try out. NY is quite the mission.

[Tim Neighbors]

I can always tell when I see a shot taken with a friction slider. maybe there are some good ones out there that actually work well, but every one I’ve had experience with made it nearly impossible to get a smooth movement. I usually just opt to not use a slider if it is a friction slider. I say go with bearings. Also, I’ve done several shoots with bearing sliders and never had any issue with hearing any movement. If it’s of good quality, it should be pretty silent.

[Tim Neighbors]

Is “Level Auto” turned off in the Input settings?

[Tim Neighbors]

Hi, I just purchased the GH4 as well (on backorder) and I’m looking for lenses for it as well. It’s primarily for video but I do still stuff on occasion as well. The Panasonic 12-35 and 35-100 seem like the obvious first choice, but I’ve read that they have electric focus rings. I really want a lens that can do both. Both of my canon lenses have a manual focus ring (physical stops, can be marked, etc.) but will also work with AF. I’m really hoping I can track down a fast zoom lens or 2 that cover the basic range of focal lengths with a manual focus ring that will also allow me to take stills with AF. Any suggestions? I may settle for one of the mentioned panasonic lenses if they ‘feel’ like a manual. I just tend to hate life when I’m using a silly electric focus ring for manual focusing.
Thanks!

[Tim Neighbors]

I just got my DMW-YAGH with the GH4 and now I want to get rid of it. It doesn’t seem very portable if you have to carry around an additional battery pack wired to your DMW-YAGH. It also greatly inhibits the articulation range of the camera’s flip-out display. …and it costs $2000. For that price it should have a built in recorder for audio, if not video too. But its just an interface. It does give you the ability to output 4:2:2 4K and HD …if you can afford to buy one of the external recorders and are willing to carry that around too. If you are using it in the studio however, it may be a necessary buy.

[Tim Neighbors]

Would you use the same setting for Vimeo?

[Tim Neighbors]

Thanks John! And thanks for replying to my youtube inquiry about motion tracking a couple weeks ago.