gather you are refering to "RenderImageSequence.js"

will this solution allow reimport , or will an AVI become a series of jpg's ?

Thought i read once that this feature I'm talking about is not currently supported. It appears to be the case.

Perhaps you can re import the jpg's and render as an AVI and it appears to be the same quality ?????????

Can you confirm this , please.

Export a still image sequence as png (higher quality than jpeg).

Paint/repair/fix the frames as needed in an external app. Save back to the same exact file name and type.

In Vegas, choose import media, and check the still image sequence checkbox. Choose a range if needed. Vegas will see the sequence as a single media file- edit and render away.

I'm sure its described elsewhere, but for the lazy among us, can someone explain how this process handles interlacing? TIA.

...Ok, pulled up the pdf manual and word searched. Still insufficient info available. I would guess the export uses the deinterlacing setting used in Project Properties->Video. But what would none/blend/interpolate do here? (Now I'm not being lazy, I'm at my Vegas-lacking day job at the moment, so I cannot test and have never used this feature before, except by default :-) So we'd have to worry about how this would affect the particular fx we want to apply. On the reimport, I suppose Vegas will just interlace as normal.

So I'm thought-experimenting my way to asking: "what is the best interlacing setting for this process?" What's the betting that the answer is: "It depends :-?"

re: deinterlacing for a better picture ...........................


help has the following ............................

Use the Video tab to adjust the video format of your project. You can also click the Project Video Properties button
Choose a setting from this drop-down list to determine the method used when Vegas renders effects and deinterlaces the two fields that make up a frame.
None performs no deinterlacing.
Blend fields uses contents from both fields and works well for high-detail, low-motion video.
Interpolate uses a single field at a time and works well for high-motion, low-detail video.
No deinterlacing occurs in the Draft and Preview video preview modes. The Good and Best modes apply the selected deinterlacing method.

......as im unsure where the tab is........go............. file-properties-deinterlace-interpolate....................

Is it just me or perhaps my project settings, but it looks stilted.

Does not seem to be a smooth motion.

Should I expect the same smoothness ?