A couple of small problems

zcus wrote on 2/5/2003, 1:52 PM

My first problem/question - For NTSC DV 720x480 settings what is the correct size for a text overlay graphic to be imported from photoshop? 720x480 or 655x480 or 654x480
In other words - What size should the graphic being created in Photoshop be to prevent pixel aspect ratio problems? I hope thats clear???

Second - I am working on a project that has really bad audio; highs are way too high and the lows are just bearly audible - usually I just do a normalize on this type of audio but its not working in this case? Sound Forge's normalize does a caculate on it but does not change it(I guess it can't find a middle ground).
If any one has any suggestion on how they would handle this audio problem I'd love to hear it.

Thanks...

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SonyJEV wrote on 2/5/2003, 3:03 PM

To answer your second question, if your audio has too much highs and too little lows, normalization won't solve your problem, but an EQ plug-in like the Sonic Foundry Track EQ, etc. probably will.

The Track EQ has four bands of equalization, you probably want to use a band of high shelf with a negative dB gain, additionaly you may need a low shelf band with a positive gain to boost the lows. You can do this on a track in Vegas non-destructively or in Sound Forge destrucively (perhaps with the normalization after you make your frequency boosts/cuts).

Normalization will boost all frequencies equally, which is why it's not able to help with this piece of problem audio.

ps. you'll probably get better and more rapid responses to audio questions in the Vegas Audio or Sound Forge forums.

HTH and Happy Editing,

--j

SonyDennis wrote on 2/5/2003, 3:10 PM

Still size for DV: 655x480

Normalize is not the audio tool you want, it applies a constant gain for the whole event, just to bring it up to peak level.

Look at the Track Compressor plug-in.

///d@

zcus wrote on 2/5/2003, 3:33 PM

THANKS! I'll look into that plugin