First Widescreen Project...Scared...Need Comfort.

goshep wrote on 11/15/2008, 12:17 PM

Hey all,

I just want to make sure I'm not overlooking anything before I get deep into this thing. I'll be using a mix of:
HDV 720P
DV (from prelinger archives)
JPEGS (from numerous sources)

My project settings are:
Custom 1280x720 30P
Pixel aspect ratio 1.000 (square)

My intended output is:
NTSCDV Widescreen
(and eventually Blu-Ray)

Anyone see anything I'm about to goof up?

Thanks

Comments

farss wrote on 11/15/2008, 12:22 PM

You're putting 4:3 into a 16:9 project. You need to decide upfront how you'll handle that. My best advice. Test, test and test. Make certain your DVD player is setup correctly. Test how things look on a 4:3 TV with the DVD player setup correctly. You should have black bars top and bottom.

Bob.

Jessariah67 wrote on 11/15/2008, 12:27 PM

If you're in Vegas 8, convert those JPEGS to PSDs if you can. My V8 hates JPEGs...

goshep wrote on 11/15/2008, 12:31 PM

Thanks for the tip farss and I feel your pain on the JPEGS Jessariah. I've learned to keep them small (in file size) and break the project into smaller renders if I start to accumulate a boatload of them on the timeline.

So I assume the settings are okay. I just need to test test test.

Thanks again.

rs170a wrote on 11/15/2008, 7:42 PM

My V8 hates JPEGs...

Mine does too but I convert to PNG.
The file size is smaller and, IMO Vegas likes it better than PSD.

Mike

Terry Esslinger wrote on 11/15/2008, 8:38 PM

PNGs maybe?
Sorry, put that in before I read Mikes post.