Modify/Custom "Make Movie" Settings?

nuie_mt wrote on 10/28/2004, 12:31 PM

Hi-

Is there any way to modify the existing export/make movie templates in Vegas MovieStudio? I would like to be able to adjust things like frame rate, key frames, compression level, use the Sorenson Video codec instead of the default Sorenson 3 codec, add MPEG 4 codec, etc. The templates that Sony provides are very limited and have very few "custom" setting adjustments. By contrast Ulead Video 8 is quite adjustable int the export/save movie department (though it is inferior to MovieStudio in most every other aspect). Right now I have to create the movie, save it as an .avi file (very storage intensive), then import it into Terran Cleaner 5 or Quicktime 6 Pro, make the adjustments and save the movie in .mov file format. Many extra steps just to get the file size/video quality adjusted properly. Any suggestions would help. Thanks in advance!

-=nuie_mt

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btbrossard wrote on 10/28/2004, 6:58 PM

I'm not at my home computer right now, so please bear with me-

If when you click on "Make DVD", then you click on "Advance render", there is a button named "customize" (I think, or something similar) that allows you to change more settings than are normally available and then you can save them as a custom template that will then be available from the drop down menu when you click "Advance Render".

This works great for saving special settings. I have quite a few custom templates set up.

/Benjamin

nuie_mt wrote on 10/29/2004, 8:01 AM

Thanks, Benjamin! I'll check it out.

nuie_mt wrote on 10/29/2004, 12:53 PM

Hey Benjamin-

I checked and the Advanced Render option is only in Make Movie--Save to Hard Disk. Even then you can only customize a few of the codec templates (like mpeg-1 and avi). No customization settings for most of the codecs listed as templates. Looks like I'm gonna have to go with Cleaner 5 or Quicktime 6 Pro for my final output.

Thanks again for the help.

-=Scott

btbrossard wrote on 10/29/2004, 6:16 PM

I'll look when I get home tommorrow morning-

/Benjamin

PeteJelliffe wrote on 11/12/2004, 8:43 AM

yeah, it look slike movie studio doesnt let you customize quicktime output. I just got QT Pro though, so i'll just have to make an uncompressed version with Vegas and use QT to compress it.