OT..Vegas vs Elements for slideshow

Stiffler wrote on 11/19/2003, 4:58 AM
I'm working on a slide show for my friend's wedding. I have about 100 digital photos, with about half that need to be edited to look normal.

Most of the the editing... will need to take out the 'red-eye', and alot of the editing will need to be corrected for contrast and stuff...(color correction).

Should I:

1.) Correct all the images in PS Elements, then edit with Vegas? (this requires some learning with Elements).

2.) Place all the images in Vegas and use the tools in Vegas? (I don't know anything about color corretion with vegas).

What is a good work-flow for some of you making slide-shows with images that need a little work? Use PS or Vegas??

Thanks for the help,

Jon

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 11/19/2003, 6:47 AM
This may not sound very helpful, but, try a few photos in both and see which seems easier to you.

I will note though that while Vegas can handle the color correction well, it doesn't have any painting features. This means that red-eye correction will require a very complex setup using duplicate tracks, the cookie cutter effect, and possibly generated media. So red-eye correction will probably be much easier in any photo editing program than it will be in Vegas.
jsteehl wrote on 11/19/2003, 8:35 AM
I had a similar situation but much less time. I had over 300+ photos! Most were from a digital camera so lighting is always a factor.

I have Photoshop7 but also PaintShopPro 8 (cheap and easy for those times when you don't have much time). PSP has an "Enhance Photo" function (it is actually a script). I ran it on a few pics and WOW. It really did a fantastic job. Could I do better manually fixing. Sure. It also would have taken 2 days. I batch processed all the pics in about 10 minutes.

Some were over done so I reverted back to the original and hand fix them.

As far as red-eye, I would only do the obvious ones or the close ups (that depends on time). Elements probably has an auto-fix feature but the one is PSP is outstanding (even better than the Photoshop auto-contrast fix IMHO).

-Jason S.