Big Problem

XLA wrote on 10/20/2008, 8:06 AM

I just left a 1920x1080 project render and print onto HDV tape over night to find out that (after finding out that my computer was on power save and stopping ) that 1) it rendered text out of the frame (luckily I hit don't delete file after printed to tape to take a look only at the intro) 2) the glow effect applied is flickering on and off.

What I've noticed..the generated media text was one of the only elements that was set to PAR 1 where my project was 1.333 and once I changed it from 1 to 1.333, the text did in fact fall out of frame. My first worry was that it may have rendered it to 1440 instead of 1920 and the thought of that gave me shivers as I spent days making sure everything was 1920 1.33.

I have done a test before of the whole clip at 2x less the frame size and rendered a 960x540 avi using x.264 /Mp4 codec and never had nor problem 1) or 2). Its this m2t format for tape that is scaring me.

I've noticed 2) a while back when trying to use protitlers horizontal and vertical effects on text. I am testing the intro using YUH Sony codec at 1920 to see if it at least corrected the text clipping problem, but I'm concerned also with my effects.

Your comments would be most helpful, thx,
XLA

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farss wrote on 10/22/2008, 11:12 PM

Thankfully I've managed to avoid too many of those.

OK, haven't lost interest, just thought you had it solved.

Simple answer, render your project to standard 4:3 NTSC DV preset.
Do not tick the box that says "Do not letterbox, stretch video to fill frame" as you want it to be letterboxed.
The only two things you also need to do is ensure you have specified a De-Interlace method. I prefer the results using Blend but if you video has lots of fast motion then Interpolate might work better for you. You also need to render at Best.
Take that file and print that to tape.
If you're using a HDV camera or VCR you MUST set it up in DV / DVCAM, do NOT use "Auto", that will confuse Windows which needs to use different drivers and will in turn confuse Vegas no end.

Bob.