Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
May 17th, 2006, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 2,090
Views: 424,347
Its all about the ram
Remember that Vegas is all abotu the RAM and CPU in order to have decent quality previews. Add on too many layers, color correction, effects, etc and almost any system gets slowed down to a crawl. ...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
May 15th, 2006, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,020
Classical Music
THat has been my problem. I focus my scoring on whatI know best, Classical Music (having been a Piano performance major in college). There are few sites that bother with classical music, let alone...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
May 15th, 2006, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,055
Heat issue
That sounds like a heat issue affecting the BOIS or other internal components. if a 7200RPM drive is pounding away for a sustained period that might generate too much heat for a notebook to...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
May 14th, 2006, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,055
System Drive
The 5400RPM system drive will limit your abilities a little bit. Remember that any time Windows feels like it need the space, it will store data on the swap file which is written to the hard drive. ...
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Forum: Digital Compositing and Effects
May 9th, 2006, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,820
Blender
Check out <a href="http://www.blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html">Blender 3D</a>. I recently found myself in a situation where I wanted to create an opening studio Logo for my company. I used Vegas to...
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Forum: The TOTEM Poll: Totally Off Topic, Everything Media
May 9th, 2006, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,761
cute doesn't cut it
The "cute" factor has been a major problem for me. I see Apple as advertising heavily around it's cute looks, and honestly, I hate cute looking OS'es. The first thing I do on a Win install is...
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Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods
May 9th, 2006, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 9,536
15fps
I ruled out any still photo camera that only recorded 15fps. Just not usefull. I would rather have a camera that did not do video if my only other options is choppy 15fps video. It just seemed...
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Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods
May 9th, 2006, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 9,536
Canon S1-is
I have used the Canon S1-is for a little over 2 years and purchased it specifically because of its amazing video abilities. In fact, that little camera has served as a backup camera for one of my...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
May 9th, 2006, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,803
Dvda
If you are using DVD Architect, when you render the final version you have the option of "fitting to disc." This changes the bitrate encoding of the MPEG2 stream to allow for a smaller file size. ...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
May 9th, 2006, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,076
memory addressing
That is the issue. 32bit hardware can only talk to (address) a certain maximum number of things. If there are more possible storage locations in memory than space to address it, then the CPU cannot...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
May 8th, 2006, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,076
Ram
I can probably be described as one of those IT guys, since I work both as a wedding videographer and as a computer PC support specialist.
I run Vegas 6 on two machines: One is a dual CPU Athlon...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
May 3rd, 2006, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,046
The Beauty of DVDA & Vegas
I haven't used anything BUT the DVDA render of MPEG2. The result is great quality and no re-rendering from inside DVDA. Granted, the MPEG2 render from Vegas will take a long time if the project is...
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Forum: DVD Authoring
May 3rd, 2006, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 8,584
DVD Architect
I believe that DVD Architect has the ability to control every button at each menue. You can dictate that pressing the "Angle" button at this screen actually links to a new menu. That is one way of...
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Forum: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood
May 3rd, 2006, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,827
Welcome aboard
Good name. I should know. :-)
I don't know diddly about the live event production business (just learning it myself) but I have the computer networking and support end covered. Good luck with...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
April 24th, 2006, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,055
Mobile Desktops
Given your price points, I would consider RAM and CPU as the primary requirements. I use Vegas on my mobile system, but my mobile is not an average system. It is an Alienware with a 3HGz P4HT,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
April 23rd, 2006, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,860
Style
I have been providing a full edit of the entire day. So far that is what the customers want the most. The wedding I am working on now will include a highlight video. This is purely experimental...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
April 18th, 2006, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,751
same here
I was a beat cop in my town for several months, but decided that I did not like the tension of domestic violence scenarios. I prefered the investigation side of things, but to be a detective, you...
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Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions
April 18th, 2006, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,447
Fun "little" system
I have an analogus system that I built 4 years ago. It still functions like a champ. I put about $2000 into it at the time, and a few hundred more over the past few years in upgrades. It was a...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
April 18th, 2006, 03:23 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,353
Snow
Snow filming is very screwy. My last wedding shot their formals standing in snow (I kid not). Talk abotu a blue cast on everything. I worked quite a while in Vegas to try and get those whites the...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
April 18th, 2006, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 2,090
Views: 424,347
protected means...
I might have an answer for you...
Unfortunately for anyone wanting to learn and try new things or experiment with other content, it doesn't matter what kind of use you have in mind; commercial,...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
April 15th, 2006, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 2,090
Views: 424,347
nesting
Nesting in Vegas and playlists in DVDA will help you with that work flow. You can replace items as they need to be updated, deleted, etc. For what you have described, you can shoose which way you...
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Forum: What Happens in Vegas...
April 14th, 2006, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 2,090
Views: 424,347
Render time
I will say that you may consider creating each song & interview as a seperate Vegas project because daily renders that include your whole project start to really fill up hard drive space. That...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
April 14th, 2006, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,192
Marketing
This is the wrong thread I suppose, but since you asked I'll comment real quick...
I found a marketing possibility. I recently opened my corporate financials through a bank in town. That bank...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
April 13th, 2006, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,017
Brilliant
You know, that is a great idea! I hadn't eve considered using that footage because of sound syncing problems. A cellist for example might not be playing at the same tempo twice so if you use the...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
April 13th, 2006, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,017
Sounds like you read my playbook
This is a summary of my tips and tricks. The best advise is to let your mate know that with one camera you can do a highlight reel but probably not a full ceremony. This will let you pan to the...
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