After Vegas rendering? What next??? Please help newbie teacher!

debbie wrote on 2/19/2003, 8:41 AM
Hi,
I am very new to Vegas and on the low end of this learning curve. As you may remember, I'm making an animated digital movie with my elementary class. This is going to sound dumb, but once the thing is rendered, what comes next?

I think I may have made a crucial error in that it seems like I need that other piece of software that comes with the update for Vegas 4.0. The computer that I have for this grant is a Dell Precision 340 with a 32X DVD-CDRW combo drive and Win 2000 pro with an 80 gig hard drive. We're using Vegas 3.0 right now--which was ordered on 11/13/02.

How can I get the movie into a finished format so that I can ask the computer wizards at the school board to put it on our website. The other dilema is that the head wizard emailed me that our WAN doesn't support streaming video. Is the Vegas film going to be streaming video?

Thanks so much in advance for all of your help.
Debbie

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Tyler.Durden wrote on 2/19/2003, 9:01 AM
Hi Debbie,

While you may not have a streaming server, visitors may view the video. It might download for a while before it plays, but visitors will get to see it.

I personally prefer WMV, but you might also offer Real media and Quicktime versions to visitors.


mph
Ron Lucas wrote on 2/19/2003, 9:07 AM
I also prefer the WMV (Windows Media Video) format. So in Vegas 3, just render as this type of file. You'll have a few presets to choose from that determine file size and quality of video, so you'll probably need to try them out and see which ones give you the desired results.

Ron
rextilleon wrote on 2/19/2003, 9:34 AM
YEs---think about who is going to be watching this and what their average bandwith is---QUality goes up with bandwidth so if you live in an affluent area where people have DSL or Cable then render it at a high rate.
debbie wrote on 2/19/2003, 10:33 AM
Thanks for the advice on the Windows Media format.

Do I need to do something to the rendered video in order to get it onto the Internet site? Should I have bought the DVD software that is now coming with Vegas? How do I get the video from our computer to the Internet? I know that this may sound really dumb, but I'm more comfortable asking total strangers stupid questions than the computer wizards who dwell in high towers somewhere around here. Ya'll are much nicer. Really.

Smiles,
Deb
Tyler.Durden wrote on 2/19/2003, 10:49 AM
HI D,

Once you render to a format (WMV,MOV,Real, etc.) in a bitrate(s) you want to offer (56k, 256k, 1MB, etc.), you might want to make a web page that has hyperlinks to the files (or use embedding to actually have the videos in their own pages).

Then you would have someone upload the files to the webserver so they are accessable by the public via the page with the links.


HTH, MPH
debbie wrote on 2/19/2003, 11:14 AM
awh, great!!!! I'm laughing because I'm so clueless! As soon as I stop, I'm going to email the wizards and ask them to do this. So, I don't need the DVD thing??? What is it for? Thanks so much for your patience. I feel like I'm in the Vegas for slow learners class.

deb
Tyler.Durden wrote on 2/19/2003, 11:32 AM
Hi D,

The DVD package is for ... well... making menu-driven DVDs that play at home in standalone players or in PCs, having a DVD burner helps too.

You can use Vegas to make CD's that play your movies at home.


HTH, MPH



shawnm wrote on 2/19/2003, 12:10 PM
Hi Debbie,

If you are interested in learning more about Windows Media (what it is, what you can do with it, how it works, etc.), here are some resources you may find useful.

Inside Windows Media:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789722259/qid=1045675969/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-1311185-5234406?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Creating Dynamic Presentations with Streaming Media:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735614369/qid=1045676064/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1311185-5234406?v=glance&s=books

Also, to answer your question "So, I don't need the DVD thing??? What is it for? " - Sonic Foundry describes it this way...

"DVD Architect — An extensive set of professional tools for developing dynamic menu-based DVDs, music compilations, movies, and slideshow presentations. DVD Architect even lets you import Dolby® Digital AC-3 files to create powerful surround-sound DVDs." Hope this helps :-)

Thanks,

Shawn
TorS wrote on 2/19/2003, 2:52 PM
The simple answer is: no you do not need the DVD thing.
When you've rendered your project to one or several .wmv files you can let the computer wizards have them over the local net or on a CD you burn yourself. They may want to have an opinion on which files are best suited for the purpose.

Sorry to hear about the state of your local wizards. You are right about the people around here: quite friendly. But your questions are not dumb. Somewhat unlearned they may be, but certainly relevant and reasonable. And well asked. Besides, the idea of a teacher actually using Vegas in a project with the school children is doubly heartwarming: Most of us would have wanted to do something like that in school, and of course, it's Vegas you're using. We love you for it.
Tor
debbie wrote on 2/19/2003, 3:18 PM
Thanks for all of your help!!! I hope that this project will fly because the kids are so excited about it! But, I'd better NOT quit my day job!!!!!

DEb
TorS wrote on 2/19/2003, 4:26 PM
But, I'd better NOT quit my day job!!!!!
Please don't.
Tor