Hi-rez panning

Banjaxed wrote on 4/21/2009, 7:32 AM

Hi - first time posting, so be gentle :)

Am trying to create a simple 1 min video for playback in PowerPoint. Ideal would be 1024x768@25fps. Entire video is based on panning across high res images (many about 1500px x 1200px) in order to get good 'flow'. Output would be probably be WMV (or possibly .avi). I'm using a mixture of Gif, Jpg and Png images with simple text overlay and one music soundtrack.

Trouble is, If I try and render at anything over 800x600@15fps, VMS will crash - otherwise perfectly stable and preview window shows perfect video. Using hi-rez images is listed as a problem by Sony, but no solution given.

Help!

Setup is VMS Platinum 9.0b, Vista 32-bit, 3gb ram, defragmented disk, Q6600 processor, nothing else running.

Thanks!

Comments

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 4/21/2009, 9:25 PM

Keep all your pictures below this size: 2048x2048. If there is one that is bigger, it could cause the crash. I must say I thought this bug had been dealt with in version 9, but you're not the first one to report it again.
Second path of thinking: use only one type of file: jpg (or png).

Banjaxed wrote on 4/22/2009, 1:13 AM

Thanks Ivan - there are a few that are larger than that, so I'll have to resize them and rethink the storyflow. Does seem strange, particularly if one were using HD (which I suppose I am in a funny sort of way...).

Any idea why there's this limit? And the reasoning behind the single type of image?

Thanks for your help.

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 4/22/2009, 5:31 AM

The size limit was a bug, so unintended. Concerning gif's: I'm not sure about this one. I kind of remember reports of problems with gifs, but I could be wrong. My advice: first resize your picture files and watch the result. One more thing: I don't understand why you say you have to 'rethink the storyflow' if you only change the size of the picture. Remember: resizing is not the same as 'cropping'. Aren't you confusing these two?

musicvid10 wrote on 4/22/2009, 9:01 AM

Also convert all of your .jpg images to .png

Vegas will like them much better.