What's the preferred workflow for a monster 5+ hour multicam project that I really need to finish by tomorrow?
I've loved using Vegas multicam for years, but I was really hoping 12 would finally allow me to edit clip properties and apply crop/pan pre-multicam, so I didn't have to tweak hundreds of sub-clips. I don't need it here, but I've had the same issue color grading multicam projects too, which would be incredibly simple with what I would hope could be a relatively simple program tweak or macro to follow the preferences from each of the original video tracks.
I offered to master/DVD author what I thought would be simple set of single track conference videos (basic cleanup, with a few backup iso's just in case). Instead, I have the following:
Pgm Track (cut 4 cam video & audio)- ProRes422 720x486x24 .mov files of compressed Anamorphic Widescreen (filling the 4x3 space).
Ppt Track (hundreds of Powerpoint Slides recorded from a good converter with synced audio)- ProRes422 (HQ) 720x486x32 .mov files (most are 4x3 double pillar box that I plan on stretching to 16x9, while one is 16x9 letterbox that I plan on cropping to 16x9)
Cams 3 & 4 (iso cams from Sony EX-3's)- 1920x1080x32 .mxf files the way I thought they'd all be formatted.
I also have Ultimate S 4.1, even though I've never gotten around to using it until now, if that might help. I sure would appreciate any input because I just spent days messing with a GTX 780 that I finally swapped for a GTX 580 on a better three year old system (Quad-Core Extreme, 8gb RAM, GTX 580, 10k sys/render drives).
I've loved using Vegas multicam for years, but I was really hoping 12 would finally allow me to edit clip properties and apply crop/pan pre-multicam, so I didn't have to tweak hundreds of sub-clips. I don't need it here, but I've had the same issue color grading multicam projects too, which would be incredibly simple with what I would hope could be a relatively simple program tweak or macro to follow the preferences from each of the original video tracks.
I offered to master/DVD author what I thought would be simple set of single track conference videos (basic cleanup, with a few backup iso's just in case). Instead, I have the following:
Pgm Track (cut 4 cam video & audio)- ProRes422 720x486x24 .mov files of compressed Anamorphic Widescreen (filling the 4x3 space).
Ppt Track (hundreds of Powerpoint Slides recorded from a good converter with synced audio)- ProRes422 (HQ) 720x486x32 .mov files (most are 4x3 double pillar box that I plan on stretching to 16x9, while one is 16x9 letterbox that I plan on cropping to 16x9)
Cams 3 & 4 (iso cams from Sony EX-3's)- 1920x1080x32 .mxf files the way I thought they'd all be formatted.
I also have Ultimate S 4.1, even though I've never gotten around to using it until now, if that might help. I sure would appreciate any input because I just spent days messing with a GTX 780 that I finally swapped for a GTX 580 on a better three year old system (Quad-Core Extreme, 8gb RAM, GTX 580, 10k sys/render drives).