It is aboslutely possible to do good looking renders but it WILL take
some tweaking to get the great stuff. You can bet REAL didn't slap up
any old file on their website- somebody took the time to experiment
and optimize the settings for a specific piece of footage.
>>

you mean I have to WORK? where's the magic?? :-)
Ok, I'll start tweaking....thanks for the tips.

-david abraham



Dave Hill wrote:
>>There are obviously alot of settings to tweak to get the best
results.
>>
>>Here's a couple of things I have personally found work well for
REAL8:
>>
>>1) Set Vegas project properties to progressive.
>>
>>2) Use best quality render settings in Vegas.
>>
>>3) Set your project framerate to the same as your encode frame rate.
>>
>>4) Use the "Preview in Player" feature frequently- this allows you
to
>>look at possible problem areas and tweak if needed.
>>
>>5) Use Real's "2 pass" encoding- slower but worth it.
>>
>>It really is worth considering saving a new, custom version of the
>>project for each output type (format, bitrate). Different
>>compressors/compressor settings might like less high-frequency
audio,
>>or perhaps they won't do soft edges well. This stuff can be
adjusted
>>on a case-by-case basis at the project level for optimum results.
>>
>>It is aboslutely possible to do good looking renders but it WILL
take
>>some tweaking to get the great stuff. You can bet REAL didn't slap
up
>>any old file on their website- somebody took the time to experiment
>>and optimize the settings for a specific piece of footage.
>>
>>The templates are a good place to start- fine tune from there.
>>
>>David Abraham Fenton wrote:
>>>>(using VV 2.0b)
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone tried rendering using the RealVideo8 codec? For
>>>>the life of me I cannot get anything to render that looks
>>>>remotely like the quality I see on Real.com (I'm even
>>>>rendering at 300 Kbps) Things look great in the Preview
>>>>widow, but I'm still getting plenty of artifacts and
>>>>blurring/smearing when I render.
>>>>
>>>>I'm having similar diffuculty using the ligos MPEG
>>>>compression.
>>>>
>>>>Is it my system, or is the RealMedia rendering in VV just
>>>>plain not ready for prime time?
>>>>
>>>>-david abraham
>>>>
>>>>PIII550E
>>>>256MB Ram
>>>>ADS Pyro Firewire/DV
>>>>M-Audio Delta 1010
>>>>
>>>>