Working with high resolution files

eirikso wrote on 10/17/2002, 8:15 AM
I want to do a "true" widescreen project in Vegas, but I can not set the resolution of my project above 800x800.

What I want is to create a video with a resolution of 1024x576.

Does anybody know if it is possible to work with this kind of resolution in Vegas, or is 800x800 the absolute maximum?

_eirik

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SonyEPM wrote on 10/17/2002, 9:45 AM
800x800 is the max project size and max render size. Try rendering as 512x288- this is the same frame aspect as 1024x576 and computer playback should look pretty good if you encode as .wm with higher bitrates.

If you want the ultra-wide/cinemascope look, try 600x225.

Here's a lookup table of film aspects if you feel like messing around further: http://screensound.gov.au/glossary.nsf/Pages/Aspect+Ratio?OpenDocument
eirikso wrote on 10/18/2002, 2:42 AM
Will the 800x800 limitation be extended in a future version of VV?

VV is an extremely powerful and responsive piece of software. I was thruly amazed when I first inserted a 22 MB high resolution photoshop image and was able to pan and zoom around the image with impressing speed and ease. Extending the "video-window" beyond 800x800 will open possibilities for editing of high resolution footage and production of graphics for film or HDTV.

_eirik
seeker wrote on 10/18/2002, 3:38 AM
SonicEPM,

I second eirik's request to expand this 800x800 limit in Vegas Video 4 to accommodate HDTV resolutions. I think this has already been requested several times in other threads. Should we fill out a formal request? Is it helpful to have more than one request on file, sort of like votes?

-- seeker --
wcoxe1 wrote on 10/18/2002, 8:24 AM
Please note that there is planned for release next year at least one HD CONSUMER camcorder, the JVC DV1000U, with resolution of 1240 x 720, I believe. That is almost 3 times what we are currently using, on a pixel basis. And THAT is only the start. If planners are smart, they will jump PAST that halting start and go all the way to at least TRUE 1080i and 1080p, or as it should be more plainly stated, 1920 x 1080. That will be 6 times what we are currently dealing with in ordinary DV.
But I would like to hope that eventually the camcorder makers will not settle for only 1080. After all, when we are using DV today, we have FAR in excess of what we water the final product down to, all too often. Why not have something FAR above 1080 so that when finished, it will be TRULY fantastic. And, then we can water it down to only 1080, or whatever is needed. Goodness, I hope we can get away from VHS quality, soon. Even DVD is looking dated.

Judging from what was, 3 years ago, probably keen foresight on SoFo's part to include 800x800 (probably for what was once high resolution digital stills), I would hope that the next logical step would be something like at least 1600 x 1600, to accomodate "moderate" resolution digital stills of today. Even better, 2160 x 2160 would make more sense, but we can only hope.

Just a thought.

I'm looking to see what Sony's and Canon's answer to the JVC DV1000u will be. I hope they jump past it. Unfortunately, they have already stated that there will be nothing along that line in 2003. Hope they are telling little white lies.
SonyEPM wrote on 10/18/2002, 8:38 AM
Please be aware that you can use huge source files if you need to- i.e., 2048x2048 .psd's or 1920x1080 HD files encoded with the Blackmagic codec.
astral_supreme wrote on 10/20/2002, 4:29 AM
"Please be aware that you can use huge source files if you need to- i.e., 2048x2048 .psd's or 1920x1080 HD files encoded with the Blackmagic codec. "

I heard somewhere in video makers magazine in the vegas video 3.0 review that "Sonic Foundry developed its own codec for vegas video even tho there was no known problems with the microsoft windows codec".

From this I have discovered there are differnt codecs, .....

Can someone give me a simple breakdown of codecs and how they work or what they do?

And is it easy to switch from one codec to the next?

Thanks......computer "illeterate" Astral.
SonyEPM wrote on 10/21/2002, 8:38 AM
"even tho there was no known problems with the microsoft windows codec"

actually, there is a problem with the MSDV codec- it falls apart after one recompression and continues to degrade every time you recompress. We viewed this as a pretty severe problem and wrote our own DV codec to greatly reduce if not completely eliminate this "generation loss".

You can still use the MSDV codec if you want- just check the general pref "Use Microsoft DV codec".

www.Adamwilt.com has some good info on codecs, plus a bunch of other mind-expanding video info.