Guile Branco
June 6th, 2008, 10:50 AM
Hey there, I have been editing a feature documentary using Vegas 8.0, and like many, I am concerned about the quality of my final product. I have lots of questions and I appreciate your time.
How to make sure I achieve the best picture quality using Vegas (when rendering) for both plans below - and would "cineform" be necessary? :
This is my plan: make a DVD available for festival submission, then take the footage to a post house for an HDCAM upconversion. Do I need to take an AVI uncompressed in a hard drive to the post house - or a MOV?
Now, the footage was shot using a DVX100 and Canon XHL1 and I know it won't be as great as HD - I have been editing using a 24p i template, its going to be 120 min long and it looks beautiful on my desktop.
All my DVX footage is 4:3 and all my Canon footage is anamorphic - any ideas to make it all look good and even using Vegas? Is it better to have it widescreen 16:9 for the final product and is simply cropping the best alternative? And lastly, should I also have a final product in 4:3 for television purposes, or is it just a waste of time. (I know this is probably when the quality is the best before cropping)
Oh yeah and yet another question (last!) - should I strive for a film look? I saw this website:
http://www.sundancemediagroup.com/tutorials/filmlook.htm
but I am afraid of screwing everything and losing quality and stuff, what do you think?
THANKS!!!!!
How to make sure I achieve the best picture quality using Vegas (when rendering) for both plans below - and would "cineform" be necessary? :
This is my plan: make a DVD available for festival submission, then take the footage to a post house for an HDCAM upconversion. Do I need to take an AVI uncompressed in a hard drive to the post house - or a MOV?
Now, the footage was shot using a DVX100 and Canon XHL1 and I know it won't be as great as HD - I have been editing using a 24p i template, its going to be 120 min long and it looks beautiful on my desktop.
All my DVX footage is 4:3 and all my Canon footage is anamorphic - any ideas to make it all look good and even using Vegas? Is it better to have it widescreen 16:9 for the final product and is simply cropping the best alternative? And lastly, should I also have a final product in 4:3 for television purposes, or is it just a waste of time. (I know this is probably when the quality is the best before cropping)
Oh yeah and yet another question (last!) - should I strive for a film look? I saw this website:
http://www.sundancemediagroup.com/tutorials/filmlook.htm
but I am afraid of screwing everything and losing quality and stuff, what do you think?
THANKS!!!!!