The UPS guy just delivered my new camera: The Canon Vixia HG20. From what I've seen in just the little I've played around with it, it looks pretty cool. I have some questions now about how to use Vegas with it.
Now, I'm a Mac user that switched over from Windows a few years ago, but I brought Vegas and Windows XP along for the ride because I didn't want to switch editing programs. I see in Vegas that there's an import AVCHD option. I tried using it, and the file it imported didn't look like any better quality than DV. The colors looked washed out while on the camera screen they're rich and vibrant. Any ideas?
I also noticed that editing with the AVCHD files caused the preview to be a little choppy (not that it surprises me since its HD footage). Is there anyway to use like a low-res copy of the video to edit and then render the final version out in HD?
Finally - what would you guys recommend as being the final output format for presentation? I've been using mp4 (H.264) since its pretty good quality and the file size is small enough to easily move the file from computer to computer. Its also compatible on both Windows and Mac.
Okay - that's all! Thank you!
-Dan
Now, I'm a Mac user that switched over from Windows a few years ago, but I brought Vegas and Windows XP along for the ride because I didn't want to switch editing programs. I see in Vegas that there's an import AVCHD option. I tried using it, and the file it imported didn't look like any better quality than DV. The colors looked washed out while on the camera screen they're rich and vibrant. Any ideas?
I also noticed that editing with the AVCHD files caused the preview to be a little choppy (not that it surprises me since its HD footage). Is there anyway to use like a low-res copy of the video to edit and then render the final version out in HD?
Finally - what would you guys recommend as being the final output format for presentation? I've been using mp4 (H.264) since its pretty good quality and the file size is small enough to easily move the file from computer to computer. Its also compatible on both Windows and Mac.
Okay - that's all! Thank you!
-Dan