OT: Photodex Proshow Producer to Vegas

wwaag wrote on 3/7/2012, 6:30 PM
I've begun using Photodex's Proshow Producer for a lot of my still photo animations. I render to Cineform at 1080 60P for import into Vegas V10e. The problem is that the Cineform files become corrupted (unreadable) if they exceed 2GB, which is about a minute of video. I've been on the Proshow Enthusiasts Forum and others have reported the same problem but no solution. Their tech support has been unresponsive. Since I've seen others on this forum have used Producer, just wondering if someone has found a way to render AVI files. Incidentally, I'm using their latest Version 5. Thanks.

wwaag

AKA the HappyOtter at https://tools4vegas.com/. System 1: Intel i7-8700k with HD 630 graphics plus an Nvidia RTX4070 graphics card. System 2: Intel i7-3770k with HD 4000 graphics plus an AMD RX550 graphics card. System 3: Laptop. Dell Inspiron Plus 16. Intel i7-11800H, Intel Graphics. Current cameras include Panasonic FZ2500, GoPro Hero11 and Hero8 Black plus a myriad of smartPhone, pocket cameras, video cameras and film cameras going back to the original Nikon S.

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[r]Evolution wrote on 3/7/2012, 6:48 PM
I would think 60p is what's killing it... possibly Cineform.
I render 1080 30p .mp4's and have never ran into a problem with size or quality.
videoITguy wrote on 3/7/2012, 7:42 PM
I have used Photodex ProShow for many years though many versions to support building intermediates for VegasPro of complex animations of stills.

I never use .avi video containers to build intermediates from Photodex ALTHOUGH I frequently do build intermediates with complex layers in the Cineform .avi codec always within the Vegas timeline.

Rather I prefer using Photodex to support an animation codec of QuikTime Pro with quality up- and set to 96% to build Photodex exports for the VegasPro Timeline. My file intermediates often reach sizes of 8-12 gigs and in the .mov container - never have any problems loading to the VegasPro timeline. The reason for this is to keep the animation build at pristine quality before a render to whatever codec in VegasPro.

Doug
wwaag wrote on 3/7/2012, 9:48 PM
Doug,

I don't have QuickTime Pro, although it is certainly cheap enough to buy. Which codec do you use? Would it permit use of Avid's DnxHD?

Under Custom, I've tried selecting QuickTime and it does show a bunch of codecs available. Regardless of which one I select including DnxHD, it immediately crashes when it starts to render. It also shows all of the codec settings to be the same--a quality slider. Perhaps since I don't have QuickTime Pro??

wwaag

AKA the HappyOtter at https://tools4vegas.com/. System 1: Intel i7-8700k with HD 630 graphics plus an Nvidia RTX4070 graphics card. System 2: Intel i7-3770k with HD 4000 graphics plus an AMD RX550 graphics card. System 3: Laptop. Dell Inspiron Plus 16. Intel i7-11800H, Intel Graphics. Current cameras include Panasonic FZ2500, GoPro Hero11 and Hero8 Black plus a myriad of smartPhone, pocket cameras, video cameras and film cameras going back to the original Nikon S.

videoITguy wrote on 3/7/2012, 10:26 PM
To: wwaag
Per the install instructions for Sony VegasPro - you do need an install of Quik-Time player to be installed first before the install of Sony Vegas Pro in order to successfully use .mov containers on the timeline. The particular version of Quik-Time and the version of Sony VegasPro does matter very much. To find out why - you are going to have search this video forum extensively for posts in the last 2 years.

YOU DO NOT need Quik-Time Pro - although I do prefer it to be installed instead of just the player -same version issues apply. Regardless you will have acess to the "Animation" codec within Photodex and Sony Vegas Pro.

Avid's DNXD codec is only availble to your system if you have installed it (the Avid) from their installation package as the third and final install of 1) QuikTime 2) Sony VegasPro, and 3) Avid codec. I personally prefer to leave it off my virgin systems as it adds problems to codec management in a different matter.

I do not know for certain whether the install order of Photodex ProShow matters in the context above..untested I believe, it should be last of all - but uncertain.

Again the reason I would choose .mov container for ProShow output is because to maintain highest quality output of what ProShow is capable of producing from an animation type of file. Sony VegasPro will correctly handle the integration of this output regardless of whether you are mixing interlaced or progressive types of video on the timeline.

Doug
[r]Evolution wrote on 3/8/2012, 3:24 PM
I only wish you could render an Alpha Channel from ProShow Producer.