http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Tag: vegas - Recent Posts en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:37:03 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/vegas-9-bundles-with-bdr-205-blu-ray-burner-and-g-tech-g-raid-storage#post-52095 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:18:56 +0000 videoguys 52095@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Exclusive Money-Saving Bundles featuring Sony Vegas Pro 9 for under $500!</p> <p>The Vegas Pro 9 collection integrates two powerful applications that work seamlessly together to provide an efficient and intuitive environment for video and broadcast professionals. This comprehensive suite offers the most robust and progressive platform available for content creation and production. With broad format support, superior effects processing, unparalleled audio support, and a full complement of editorial tools, the Vegas Pro 9 collection streamlines your workflow. From acquisition to delivery, from camera to Blu-ray Disc, the Vegas Pro 9 collection delivers exactly what you need to produce outstanding results.</p> <p>Precise Editing Tools<br />Edit SD or HD video with drag-and-drop functionality, mouse and keyboard trimming, and ripple editing.</p> <p>Efficient, Professional Workflow for 32- and 64-bit systems<br />Vegas Pro software also supports 24p, HD and HDV editing.</p> <p>Broad Format Support<br />Vegas Pro 9 software natively supports the newest professional camcorder formats including XDCAM EX and RED. Vegas Pro 9 software also includes support for still images greater than one gigapixel in resolution.</p> <p>Powerful Blu-ray Disc Authoring<br />Burn movies to Blu-ray Disc directly from the Vegas Pro timeline for high-definition delivery. Use DVD Architect Pro software (included with the Vegas Pro collection) to author DVDs or Blu-ray Disc media with multiple video angles, subtitles, multiple languages, and special features.</p> <p>Sony Vegas Pro 9 has a $599 MSRP and is worth every penny! But... we have worked closely with Sony to get a special "bundled" version of the software that includes everything except the fancy retail box and allows us to offer you the best new software with your choice of storage or a Blu-ray disc drive for under $500!</p> <p>__________ __________</p> <p>Videoguys Exclusive Vegas Pro 9 Blu-ray Disc Bundle</p> <p>This bundle includes Sony Vegas Pro 9 editing software with the NEW! Pioneer BDR-205 Blu-ray Disc Burner. The first 12x Blu-ray Disc writer and a $230 value! 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Plus VASST's Introduction to Vegas Pro 9 Training DVD and is worth more than $850 and is available now for only $499.95</p> <p>__________ __________</p> <p>Follow this link for more info Videoguys Blog - Videoguys.com Exclusive Money-Saving Bundles featuring Sony Vegas Pro 9 <a href="http://bit.ly/2Sv4XU" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/2Sv4XU</a></p> <p>Gary </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-51994 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:48:42 +0000 galenfott 51994@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm on the Mac, and am trying to create AVCHD discs in Toast using .iso images from Encore. I can successfully use Toast to create an AVCHD disc that plays 1920x1080 from a standard DVD. I can also create a standard DVD .iso in Encore and burn that to a playable standard DVD using Toast. But I can't create a "Blu-ray" .iso in Encore, and use Toast to burn that to a playable AVCHD disc.</p> <p>Mike Aiken seems to be doing essentially this, albeit not with Toast. Is there some "trick" or step to it? Is the footage already AVCHD? Mine isn't, and I've wondered if that's the problem. I can kind of see why it WOULDN'T work; Encore doesn't create a Blu-ray image to be AVCHD-compatible, so I'd think the .iso files wouldn't translate. Yet apparently it is possible.</p> <p>Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-51384 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:52:49 +0000 MikeAiken 51384@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I do it all the time - I edit in Premiere Pro then create a bluray dvd in Encore, burn that to an iso image and then burn that image to a 29-cent standard 4.7 dvd with Alcohol or Nero.  Full 1920 x 1080 on a bluray player and looks as good as the original footage.  Sure you're limited to about 15 to 20 minutes on a single layer disk, but for music videos and stage performances after editing that's about all I usually need.  I'll probably buy a BD burner in the future when the prices of blanks come way down but I really don't see me needing one even then.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50990 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:10:46 +0000 film814 50990@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>If you're working in Vegas, you shouldn't have to worry if the footage is not all the same standard. Just go to File-Import-DVD Camcorder Disc, and then do your editing.</p> <p>Jeremy</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50970 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:44:38 +0000 Hal2 50970@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks for the info Steve, that really helped :)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50837 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:45:26 +0000 Cville 50837@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I tried editing video from a mini-DVD camera with vegas pro 8. You can easily import the mini dvd files which are already highly compressed with no trouble. But I found that when I edited the files and re-encoded for a DVD that the video did not look very good. It was suggested to me to transcode it to DV for editing although I have not tried that process. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50825 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:59:52 +0000 SteveMann 50825@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You already have the best transcoding tool you need - Vegas Pro. But, you don't need to transcode when using Vegas Pro, just put the files on the timeline and edit away. Just make sure that your project profile is set for the target format. (Whomever wrote that article is probably using FCP or Premiere which do not allow you to mix media types on the timeline, but Vegas doesn't care)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50761 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:14:12 +0000 Hal2 50761@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Actually to elaborate, I am using footage from 3 different cameras - don't have the specs on all of them as I'm at work - but I wonder if some of my issues are due to this fact? I know two are interlaced and one is progressive. Should I just convert all the footage to DV? will that program allow for resoulution changes so I can match them up and if so should I match them all to DVD quality?</p> <p>Again sorry for all the noob questions </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50760 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:13:01 +0000 Hal2 50760@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am adding some effects to it, and doing some pan/cropping and notice that it is somewhat degraded. The footage comes in as 720x480x32 NTSC widescreen</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50757 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:11:28 +0000 Cville 50757@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You can try this free converter from Squared 5 (link below) if you want to transcode into DV which is much more edit friendly.</p> <p><a href="http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html</a> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50745 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:50:45 +0000 Johnboy 50745@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>in regards to the previous discussion, you don't need to transcode anything. Import the footage using the import from dvd option and edit away. You will only have to re-encode the footage if you add effects or other items in the veg. Quality loss should be minimal. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50741 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:41:03 +0000 grinner 50741@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Why are wanting to transcode it? What is it you are trying to do? </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/noob-question-transcoding#post-50740 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:00:21 +0000 Hal2 50740@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>In reference to this topic <a href="http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing" rel="nofollow">http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing</a> I am in a similar situation where I am trying to work with mini-DVD and I see the recommendation is to transcode it to DV/DVCPro NTSC. My dumb quesiton is how do you transcode it? I use Vegas Pro 9</p> <p>Sorry for the dumb Q I believe I understand what it means to transcode just not how :(</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-sound#post-50398 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:48:42 +0000 TDedmonSBP 50398@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>have you checked to make sure that audio is present in the source file? you said it was a new cam, perhaps it recorded mute...this has happened to me before. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-sound#post-50391 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:54:24 +0000 Johnboy 50391@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>first, you don't need to upgrade to 9.0, simply update your version to 8.0c, that may fix the problem in the first place.</p> <p>John </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-sound#post-50365 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:23:09 +0000 david5566 50365@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The first place to look are the Project/properties settings in Vegas, also if you have 3rd party codecs installed this can sometimes cause problems in some editors . Or upgrade your Vegas to the latest version 9.0 and see if work or not. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-sound#post-50296 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:00:04 +0000 pooki82 50296@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>i just bought a new camcorder (Sony DCR-SR37E) and i imported my video file to vegas but there's no sound, not during editing or after rendering. What could be the case here, i use Vegas 8.0a </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/why-is-the-alignment-off-when-rendering-to-43#post-50145 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:27:14 +0000 NormanWillis 50145@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8yyBPJAFMA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8yyBPJAFMA</a></p> <p>Here is that link again.  The bad alignment starts at about 6:26.</p> <p>I would also appreciate any general suggestions for improving the video.</p> <p>Thanks.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/why-is-the-alignment-off-when-rendering-to-43#post-50144 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:25:22 +0000 NormanWillis 50144@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am making instructional video with Sony Vegas Pro 9.0a. This particular video is supposed to be a book review of our intro study. I normally render using the Sony AVC codec (H.264) and the Internet Widescreen 16:9 30p preset, and then I upload to Vimeo and YouTube.&nbsp; However, with this particular video I also need to&nbsp;upload it&nbsp;to Amazon.com in 4:3, 99MB or less, and specifically .flv. (as Amazon.com won't take H.264 for&nbsp;a review). But before I can render it to FLV&nbsp;there is a rendering issue. </p> <p>Because of the current Vegas 9.0a Media Generators bug, I am using Photoshop&nbsp;to make titles. I also made a translucent yellow box for a 'highlighter' of sorts, which I resize over the area of text that I need highlighted with Track Motion. Because each 'highliter' needs different placement, this ends up giving me a lot of separate tracks (36). </p> <p>Everything came out nice (and properly aligned) with Sony AVC, 16:9 Widescreen HD 30p preset. However,&nbsp;when I&nbsp;rendered as Sony AVC, Internet SD 4:3 preset,&nbsp;the 'hiliter' and some of the secondary titling came out misaligned. This is most apparent starting at about 6:26&nbsp;(6 minutes and 26 seconds). </p> <p>&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;EMBED height=344 type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=425 src=http://www.youtube.com/v/-hDZWqWyoKk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1 allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/EMBED&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;</p> <p>But why would everything render just fine in 16:9 Widescreen, and then be misaligned in 4:3 SD?&nbsp; I would think that if there was to be a shift in the Track Motion, that it would end up being applied uniformly.</p> <p>Why did the alignment get thrown off?</p> <p>Thanks.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/what-is-the-difference-between-consumer-video-editing-software-and-real-nles#post-49909 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:49:05 +0000 videoguys 49909@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><strong>What is the difference between consumer video editing software and 'real' NLEs (Non Linear Editing)?</strong></p> <p>Inexpensive Consumer Video Editing programs like <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Brand/Pinnacle+%28by+Avid%29.aspx">Pinnacle Studio</a>, Adobe Premiere Elements, <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Search/Search.aspx?Query=vegas+movie+studio">Sony Vegas Movie Studio</a>, Apple iMovie, Windows MovieMaker are easy and fun to use. In fact, I think they are pretty amazing. While these products can be purchased for less then one hundred dollars they deliver a level of performance and features that would have cost 10 times as much just 5 years ago!</p> <p> While these products allow you to edit your video, create slideshows, author DVDs and export them to the web, the actual features are limited and if you want to do some serious vide editing, you will find you can outgrow them pretty quickly.</p> <p>Consumer video editing products have trouble with long format productions. One of the biggest complaints we hear from consumer video editing software is that after 15 or 30 minutes the video editing become sluggish and the software can become erratic. Go even longer and more issues come up - the audio starts to become out of sync; the playback jitters; or worst of all the video and then the app just freezes up.</p> <p><img title="Advanced NLE's" alt="Advanced NLE's" src="http://www.videoguys.com/Images/Blog/BlogEntryImages/collage.jpg" /></p> <p>Advanced NLEs will all deliver perfect playback, regardless of the length and complexity of your production. If you are editing HD footage some formats and settings may require rendering before they will playback in full speed, but you will be able to adjust your playback settings in order to achieve a level of real-time that meets your needs.Ã?  Most importantly they are extremely stable and reliable.</p> <p>If you are running into any playback issues with an advanced NLE it is probably caused by data throughput bottlenecks in your computer. We have several articles on our website which can help you tweak and optimize your computer for NLE. If you take the time to optimize your computer for editing, you will find that you can edit for hours and hours without any crashes or performance issues.</p> <p><strong>Why do I want to invest in a "real" NLE for Video Editing?</strong></p> <p>Buying an advanced NLE like <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Item/Adobe+Premiere+Pro+CS4+for+PC/1333930323035363.aspx">Adobe Premiere Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Item/Apple+Final+Cut+Studio+2/23353464.aspx">Apple Final Cut Pro</a>, <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Brand/Sony+Creative+Software.aspx">Sony Vegas</a>, <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Item/Grass+Valley+EDIUS+v5+Editing+for+the+Digital+Generation+/630333634363.aspx">Grass Valley Edius</a>, or <a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Item/Avid+Media+Composer+35+-+1%2c995+extended+thru+7-15/1303D20303030323D203035373.aspx">Avid Media Composer</a> will not give you better video quality or make editing easier; what they will  give you is a far more powerful set of tools that will allow you to be more creative and produce video content that is better and more entertaining to watch. The reason to buy one of these more expensive advanced editing programs is simple: to be able to tell your story better. That's what the heart of video editing is, taking a collection of media, video clips, audio, images and graphics - then putting them together to tell a story. The longer the story you want to tell, the more important it is to use more sophisticated tools to keep your audiences attention.</p> <p>Once you decide to graduate from point and shoot productions and simple slide shows into storytelling you will want the right tools for the job. In this article we will go into some of the most important tools found in our advanced NLEs and their superior workflow.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/What+is+the+Difference+Between+Consumer+Video+Editing+Software+and+Real+NLEs+Non+Linear+Editing/0x5ba89e5673caa709967ac4699dbd7dc7.aspx">Read the full guide here <br /></a></strong></p> <p>Gary<strong><br /></strong></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49365 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:48:02 +0000 daryldrj 49365@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I will agree with what robgrauert says on this I did not think about some of this I have never myself done a DVD captured vid Mpeg 2 is mpeg 2 you can olny go high def from there</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49349 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:10:49 +0000 Cville 49349@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> robgrauert</p> <p>I was typing a response to daryldrj so I had not seen your post yet.  I will try the transcode option I normily work with dv tape and have not had to deal with this before.</p> <p>Thanks for you help.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49348 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:03:44 +0000 Cville 49348@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thanks.  I did find that I can take the files directly into DVD architect and there are some limited editing things I can do there without having to re-render such as deleting the audio and add a music underscore to the clip.  I am not sure what all I can do to it in arciitect.  </p> <p>I did run a test render out of Vegas but was disappointed with the video quality.  I was hoping there was some magic step that I was missing.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49347 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:59:38 +0000 robgrauert 49347@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Oh, sorry.</p> <p>If you recorded MPEG2, then you're stuck with that quality. Transcoding to to anything else will not increase the image quality, it will just make the footage more edit-friendly.</p> <p>I would capture your footage and transcode it to DV/DVCPro NTSC for editing. If you want to burn it to DVD, you have to export as MPEG2 anyway, but at least the image quality won't degrade during editng anymore due to the Long GOP of MPEG</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49346 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:49:42 +0000 daryldrj 49346@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> With vegas the only thing I can think of is render mpeg2 because that is what it is and if you use Architect 5 do a DVD mgeg 2 template with either a 4:3 or 16:9 NTSC. I guess if you are haveing trouble with quality try using the sharpen FX and see if that helps you any with the quality some.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49345 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:32:32 +0000 Cville 49345@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> This is Mini DVD cam.  I think it is already compressed to mpeg2 when you import it from the DVD camcorder.  I was thinking if i re-render to mpeg2 after editing I will reduce the quality of the video.  I just want to end up with the best quality that I can after I have edited.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49337 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:32:00 +0000 robgrauert 49337@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yes, you are correct. MiniDV is quite compressed, but still very workable.</p> <p>I'm not familiar with Vegas, but you should still edit with your project settings set to DV/DVCPro NTSC. Export a master in the same codec.</p> <p>For DVD, you'll want to compress to MPEG2 with AC-3 audio.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-cam-editing#post-49336 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:55:01 +0000 Cville 49336@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I took on a project for a friend to do a little editing on her vacation videos shot with a Canon mini dvd camera model 320.  I have imported the video into vegas pro 8 with no problem but I realized that this is already fully compressed.</p> <p>What is the best approach for rendering this out after editing to maintain the highest quality?</p> <p>Thanks</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-can-i-capture-a-stillthumbnail-from-inside-vegas#post-48801 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:41:47 +0000 NormanWillis 48801@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thank you very much!</p> <p>I think I need to do a 'drive-wipe' (re-format), so I might be off-line for a while.</p> <p>See you back then.</p> <p>Norman</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-can-i-capture-a-stillthumbnail-from-inside-vegas#post-48791 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:29:32 +0000 Johnboy 48791@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> additionally, you want to make sure your project settings are set to progressive before capturing the still so you have a full field picture.</p>