I have yet to work with much full HD files in Vegas yet, but I just got my film transfer back on a hard drive. I got a 10bit uncompressed Prores file, 1080 23.97. I got the Prorez because it would have cost me a bit more to have it converted to another file at the post house. I downloaded the free version of Quicktime before I copied the file to my system. The Prores file played back real choppy in QT. Then I took it into the Vegas timeline and rendered it as an AVI 1080 23.97. It still played choppy in WMP, but not as bad. The final work will be in an MPEG format for Vimeo and Bluray. Is there a workflow i should be better following? Maybe an intermediary codec rendered from the Prores that i can edit from? There is also a tad bit of digital noise on a few of the shots, is that inherent of being uncompressed?
I'm using Vegas 10e, intel i5 650, Vista Ultamate, the Prores file is 137GB
I'm using Vegas 10e, intel i5 650, Vista Ultamate, the Prores file is 137GB