I just finished my first documentary film… three years of work went into it, from shooting all the footage to learning video editing from scratch!!… and learning Vegas / Sound Forge / etc. to doing voice-over and postproduction. I’ve just submitted my film for a film festival… I’ll find out next week??? The copy I sent was a VHS tape, they were only concerned about the content. Now I am thinking about my master. They will accept DVD, DVCAM, BETACAM and FILM. I can print to DVCAM or DVD, but I want to make sure I provide the best quality / resolution, so I have the following questions:
1- Do I need to set my project preference at a different setting if it going to be shown on a larger screen? Present settings are: 720x480 / Lower field first / aspect ratio 0.9091 / Best res./ Deinterlace blend field / Audio resample best
2-When printing to tape, is using template NTSC DV the best option?
3- I had a total of three video tracks and four audio tracks. Is it better to render all at once, really taxing my computer (although it can take it) or is it better to render ahead some of the minor tracks (ambiance audio, background music track), reducing the audio tracks to two, instead of four and prerendering my main video track, since it has a lot of filters and transitions, slo-mo and fast speed?
4- And finally, do I lose image/resolution quality if I pre-render or re-render events a few times prior to printing my final master?
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
PS: Thanks to this forum, many of you have been very helpful during the last three years
1- Do I need to set my project preference at a different setting if it going to be shown on a larger screen? Present settings are: 720x480 / Lower field first / aspect ratio 0.9091 / Best res./ Deinterlace blend field / Audio resample best
2-When printing to tape, is using template NTSC DV the best option?
3- I had a total of three video tracks and four audio tracks. Is it better to render all at once, really taxing my computer (although it can take it) or is it better to render ahead some of the minor tracks (ambiance audio, background music track), reducing the audio tracks to two, instead of four and prerendering my main video track, since it has a lot of filters and transitions, slo-mo and fast speed?
4- And finally, do I lose image/resolution quality if I pre-render or re-render events a few times prior to printing my final master?
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
PS: Thanks to this forum, many of you have been very helpful during the last three years