Needs some tips working with still images in Vegas Pro 14

Hulk wrote on 1/30/2017, 8:59 AM

About 10 (or more) years ago I did quite a few projects with Vegas using still images. I believe I was using a add-on called moving image. Anyway I volunteered to do a project for my local church where the pastor who will be retiring soon will explain the story of Mary which is displayed in the stained glass windows on the church.

I took the photos yesterday and finally got the perspective sorted out. The pictures are tall and thin generally having a pixel aspect ratio of about 1300x3900. My plan is to do Ken Burns style slow pulls and such on the pictures while he is describing the scenes.

My first issue is that when I use the crop tool and begin to zoom in on a still image the width of the image in the video preview remains at 1300 pixels wide and doesn't expand as the zoom occurs. It seems as though I can correct this by using track motion by making the width super wide, like 9700 pixels but I have a feeling this is the wrong way to do what I'm trying to accomplish. Also the quality of the photos coming out of Vegas after these operation is really bad, probably because I'm doing this incorrectly.

I'll be shooting the video portion of this documentary most likely 1080/30p.

What is the best way to do what I'm trying to do while preserving as much of the photo quality as possible? Also what is the best format to use for the photos? jpeg? tiff?

Thanks for any advice,

Mark

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Former user wrote on 1/30/2017, 9:05 AM

Open image in Pan/Zoom and rightclick, choose MATCH OUTPUT ASPECT. Now it should zoom as you expect. Always use PAN/ZOOM for this type of work in Vegas. It processes the image using the images original resolution. Track motion processes the image after it has been converted to the project resolution.

Hulk wrote on 1/30/2017, 9:15 AM

All problems solved!

Thank you so much!

Mark

JackW wrote on 1/30/2017, 1:38 PM

.png is the file type generated by Vegas; .jpg works well too.

Hulk wrote on 1/30/2017, 2:08 PM

Thanks Jack. Yes jpg looks beautiful upon render. Now I'm deciding whether I should use the Sony a6300 camera or my older Canon M500. The Canon has headphone out for monitoring the Sony does not. But the Sony has MUCH better image quality. If I can get the scene lit properly it does reduce the difference in image quality quite a bit. But still the Sony is just so much better.

Either way for audio I'll be using my Sony ECM-77B lavalier mic. I guess I can set levels and record a bit with the Sony and then do a playback check. I just hate not being able to monitor audio in real time.