Search the VEGAS Community for tutorials, questions and solutions as well as for forum members

Blackmagic have again got the industry talking with the release of 30 new products at NAB this year. They have released a smaller version of the URSA, the URSA Mini with 4K and 4.6K options, and a new version of the Pocket camera, the Micro Cinema

Video

28 answers, most recent on 4/15/2015

RE: Any NAB Vegas news?

rmack350, you might be right - still the challenge Vegas faces is that unless it gets a total rewrite, the ongoing issues of never ending bugs will never be done with IMO. It's true you can' t ever make an app bug free but the issues that are

Video

17 answers, most recent on 4/20/2015

RE: Sot: Interesting 2015 NAB video and coverage

How about their URSA mini? It is just 2.27 kg https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/nl/products/blackmagicursamini/techspecs/W-URSA-08 and a weirder camera is their 'Micro Cinema Camera', just 301

Video

17 answers, most recent on 4/20/2015

RE: Sot: Interesting 2015 NAB video and coverage

http://livestre.am/55yT0 (start at 05:30) Recorded Sony NAB2015 Press Conference... 41:15 For Sony Creative Software's announcements The other thing I heard is 2 new cameras from BMC: Ursa Mini and BMC block camera

Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)

2 answers, most recent on 4/19/2015

RE: Terrible Render Preview Window Performance

The FX4800 is very low end for GPU timeline / rendering, it is basically a 260 desktop card. The K series would be the modern versions. Vegas will only render one GPU anyways. Try a 290X or if you need workstation graphics a w9100. 290x and

Video

7 answers, most recent on 4/4/2015

RE: What rec frame rate & bit rate would u choose ?

Thanks guys. We have decided to go with 30fps for now. 1080p most probably. Highest bit rate probably. We have already ordered the Blackmagic shuttle and associated stuff. All but the connecting SDI cable will be here Monday I understand. And

Video

7 answers, most recent on 4/4/2015

RE: What rec frame rate & bit rate would u choose ?

Depends on what your output / display format is going to be. I mostly shoot in 1080p@30fps with the highest bite rate the camera has. Then batch render the trimmed footage to XDCAM-ex for timeline editing. XDCAM has much lower system

Video

5 answers, most recent on 4/4/2015

RE: Can''t load BMPCC clips into Vegas Pro 13

Looks like a problem for Blackmagic and Sony to figure out. I don't think you're missing anything. Any recent version of QuickTime for the PC supports reading ProRes files. Since it works on Vegas Pro 12.0 it sure sounds like a bug in Vegas Pro

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

FYi, John Cline, I am like you, I have had no problems with BlackMagic products and its because I know I have years of config experience with difficult combinations. At first thought, I might be lucky as well. But here are some hard facts about the

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

videoITguy, I haven't had any motherboard issues with the three Blackmagic cards I'm running, I guess I'm just lucky. I don't use them in Vegas much, I just use the stand-alone HDLink app for capture and conversion to Cineform in real-time. Hard

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

"That's almost certainly a QuickTime problem. Irrelevant to the question of Vegas correctly handling 10 bit video through its 32bit pipeline." Unfortunately you are wrong, Bob. Right, we are talking about a QT problem - but it is the question how

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

One more option that apparently hasn't been discussed is getting a Blackmagic DeckLink Mini Recorder PCIe capture card for HD-SDI and HDMI, it lists for $145. Next is buying the GoPro (Cineform) Studio Premium software for $299, using the included

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

OK, time to stop dithering and break out the plastic. Bob, thank you for your last comments. I had spent part of the afternoon researching buying another PC for use in the studio with the "Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro car" and the proper mother

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

I do not know why here is still stated that one cannot work in Vegas with 10bit. That is very very wrong. Here we have a camera that seems to deliver trud 10bit too. So this is still a valid possibility. For the Blackmagic codec - I would test

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

Lash-up your HDMI connector with strain relief in the studio - to a live BlackMagic Intensity Pro card for $199.00 - record to very fast SSD drive of 500GB on a good compatible motherboard or SATA3 or RAID. Record at the highest bitrate in

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

Thanks to everybody for their contributions here. Bob, I like your suggestion of trans-coding to XDCAM EX 50mbps codec in a MXF wrapper using a tool such as Vegasaur. I'll be adding Vegasaur to our list of tools to buy. Wolfgang, You said "if

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

RE: Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

videoTguy, Thanks for your considerable help as always... even though on occasion I struggle to understand all of it... So tell me I'm understanding your post correctly... 1 - "rewrap (Cineform)" So you use Cineform to change the container from

Video

41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2015

Installing and using the Acid DNxHD codec in Vegas

Maybe this thread will serve to cap off the discussion in two other somewhat similar threads posted in the past here on the forum and referenced at the end of this post... We are about to order the Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2 so we can

Video

15 answers, most recent on 3/31/2015

RE: OT: Setup2convert live 8-Bit HDMI video from Cam

OK, I'm learning here guys. Thanks for hanging in with me... Let me restate our goals... We will be shooting a lot of chroma-key with the Sony NX5U in our small studio. Having worked with chroma keying DV video from our old Sony PD-150 years ago

Video

12 answers, most recent on 3/30/2015

RE: Apple ProRes Quicktime 4K clips

Hypermedia, here is a link to the free 4K effects I downloaded from Rampant but couldn't load into Vegas..... http://rampantdesigntools.com/free-download-sign/. NormanPCN - thanks for the link. I downloaded the clips from BlackMagic and they worked

Video

12 answers, most recent on 3/30/2015

RE: Apple ProRes Quicktime 4K clips

"I have downloaded some Blackmagic 4K Prores MOV clips and Vegas handles them just fine." But have you tried to put 25 independent UHD-ProRes files in the Vegas timeline? We have the confirmation from SCS that Shogun ProRes but also Q7 ProRes

Video

12 answers, most recent on 3/30/2015

RE: Apple ProRes Quicktime 4K clips

I was able to transcode the clips, but I was hoping there was some way to avoid transcoding. NormanPCN do you have a link to the Blackmagic 4K Prores MOV clips you mentioned? I'd like to try those clips. Thanks.

Video

12 answers, most recent on 3/30/2015

RE: Apple ProRes Quicktime 4K clips

I have downloaded some Blackmagic 4K Prores MOV clips and Vegas handles them just fine. ID : 2 Format : ProRes Format version : Version 0 Format