Best project settings

james-ewing wrote on 2/1/2018, 9:20 AM

Hi

I'm working in MS 14 (and trialing Pro 15) and ran into an issue with a new project I started.

First, I'm capturing clips in 4K 30 and 1080p 30 from several cameras with the goal of outputting 1080p 30 as my final product. However, Vegas does not seem to have a native 1080p 30 project setting. Is there a way to change this after the fact or should I work in another mode (1080p 24 maybe) and successfully output 1080p 30 as my final render?

Second, when mixing formats have you found it is better to work in separate clips - like process the 4K in its own project, apply a rough crop/mask/trim/whatever - and then render and do final editing in the main project.

Thanks for any help and advice.

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Cornico wrote on 2/1/2018, 9:55 AM

In both programs (left VMS 14 and right VPro 15) you can customize the projects into 30p

You can render them in both to customized Main concept AVC 4K 30p

or to you desired customized FHD Mainconcept AVC 30p

So why working in another mode?

james-ewing wrote on 2/1/2018, 10:23 AM

Thanks! That did the trick. (I also discovered that I could create a project based on a dummy video shot with the settings I wanted even if they weren't in the VEGAS drop-down.) I'm working in multi-mode because 1) I'm doing this project as a YouTube video and don't need to upload 4K BUT 2) I like that 4K gives me the opportunity to crop down to get better framing without losing resolution. (Plus, because I've got a couple of cameras that don't support 4K and replacing them isn't in the budget...) So far - as you can tell from my question - I've been a casual VEGAS user and I'm still way down the learning curve. Thanks again.

3POINT wrote on 2/1/2018, 12:21 PM

I'm capturing clips in 4K 30 and 1080p 30 from several cameras with the goal of outputting 1080p 30 as my final product. However, Vegas does not seem to have a native 1080p 30 project setting.

Vegas always ask if it should change the projectsettings according the properties of the first added clip, no matter if these settings are native or not.