Destructive editing environment & Indexing

markus wrote on 1/2/2009, 2:09 PM

I am new to VMS 8.0. after converting VHS to DV format, I want to edit out the undesired sections of the converted tape, then index and save the worth to keep footage to use as clips for future projects.
I learned that VMS is a non-destructive editing environment and cannot eliminate undesired sections. What do I need to use to achive this step before using VMS to create my project.
Also, I could not find a way to properly index and organize the footage using the search function in VMS. Can you recommend a solution?

Thanks
Mark

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 1/2/2009, 2:37 PM

You need to load your clips, edit out what you don't want, and then export in an intermediate codec, like the freeware third party codecs Huffyuv or Lagarith. Intermediate codecs don't lose quality over re-encodings.

As for managing your clips, create folders and subfolders and give your clips descriptive names (avoid special characters and spaces though).

markus wrote on 1/2/2009, 2:41 PM

Thanks a lot.

Chienworks wrote on 1/2/2009, 3:01 PM

If your source is DV then you should render to DV, which will involve no loss at all since Vegas will copy the frames bit-for-bit when rendering DV->DV. The other codecs listed involve color space changes that can degrade the quality when converting between them and DV.

markus wrote on 1/2/2009, 5:16 PM

I will be using AVCD110 converter from VHS-Hi8 to DV, then VMS will capture in DV. does that conversion be considered DV to DV?
other sources are DV and AVCHD. Any problems with AVCHD?

Chienworks wrote on 1/2/2009, 6:25 PM

Yes, that will be DV->DV.

Dunno about AVCHD as i've never done anything with that yet.