Say you have some "4K" 3840x2160 clips and want to edit them together with some FHD 1920x1080 clips resulting in FHD 1920x1080 output.
The 4K clips were recorded because you planned to pan/crop in them with less resulting quality loss compared to recording the same clips in FHD.
The question is now: which project properties do you chose for editing - 3840x2160 or 1920x1080 ??
since you do not want Vegas to kinda downres. the 4K clips before pan/cropping them.
I have made some tests - and it seems that the 4 K clips remain 4 K a long way internally in Vegas -no matter how you set the project properties.
The 4 K clips even remain 4K res. even if you mix FHD and 4K clips in the very same video track (i.e. not having separate tracks dedicated for 4K and FHD clips)
Question: Is it correctly understood that Vegas keeps the 4K clips at 4K res in a FHD project - even while pan/cropping them - and only in the very last moment before previewing or rendering them downres. the 4K clips to the FHD project properties ??
In other words: There is nothing gained (video quality wise) by setting the project properties to 4K in such a project with mixed res. media ??
And: Is this correct for other filters than pan/crop too - such as different FX'es ? - even from different suppliers ?
The 4K clips were recorded because you planned to pan/crop in them with less resulting quality loss compared to recording the same clips in FHD.
The question is now: which project properties do you chose for editing - 3840x2160 or 1920x1080 ??
since you do not want Vegas to kinda downres. the 4K clips before pan/cropping them.
I have made some tests - and it seems that the 4 K clips remain 4 K a long way internally in Vegas -no matter how you set the project properties.
The 4 K clips even remain 4K res. even if you mix FHD and 4K clips in the very same video track (i.e. not having separate tracks dedicated for 4K and FHD clips)
Question: Is it correctly understood that Vegas keeps the 4K clips at 4K res in a FHD project - even while pan/cropping them - and only in the very last moment before previewing or rendering them downres. the 4K clips to the FHD project properties ??
In other words: There is nothing gained (video quality wise) by setting the project properties to 4K in such a project with mixed res. media ??
And: Is this correct for other filters than pan/crop too - such as different FX'es ? - even from different suppliers ?