8mm film transfer image sequence in Vegas

OldSmoke wrote on 10/15/2017, 9:43 AM

I would appreciate some help, advice, suggestions to get the most of my 8mm film transfers. Using my Retro 8 Pro, I transferred a large amount of 8mm film, approx. 50 reels of 200ft each, to an image sequence in PNG format. I know that BMP uncompressed would have been the best, but in my tests I didn't find any major/visible difference between the two formats and the PNG files are smaller. Now it's time to bring it into Vegas, cut, color correct and use NeatVideo to improve the quality. Here is the part I am not certain. We know that Vegas reads images different from video and I usually put stills on a separate track from video and apply a levels FX, Computer RGB to Studio RGB. Since all are images, would I do the same? Add the above mentioned levels FX? Should I work in 32bit float and if so, do still the levels FX and how do I set the SeMW preview? While I don't have a fully 10-bit suitable hardware, I would still be able to work in a 10bit project provided the scopes are working/setup properly.

I can provide samples too if that helps.

Any help, advice, suggestion is appreciated.

 

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Comments

Musicvid wrote on 10/15/2017, 10:36 AM

Since all are images, would I do the same?

Yes.

Should I work in 32bit float?

No. Your PNG source is 8 bpc.

Grading in float space will not improve your film transfers.

OldSmoke wrote on 10/15/2017, 11:11 AM

Since all are images, would I do the same?

Yes.

Should I work in 32bit float?

No. Your PNG source is 8 bpc.

Grading in float space will not improve your film transfers.


Thanks for your reply Musicvid, it's makes the whole process a lot easier.

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)