Progressive or Interlaced

mschal wrote on 10/2/2008, 4:16 PM

Is there some way to tell if video footage is recorded Progessive or Interlaced? I am currently shooting with a Panasonic SDR-H200 3CCD camcorder.

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Eugenia wrote on 10/2/2008, 4:19 PM

All consumer cameras record in interlaced format. Very few do progressive. All your footage is interlaced.

mschal wrote on 10/2/2008, 4:22 PM

So when setting up my projects in VMS 9 I should select interlaced or if I select progressive will it convert it?

Terry Esslinger wrote on 10/2/2008, 4:24 PM

I would think you should set your project properties to match the media. You could then render to progressive if that was your desire

Probably the easiest way to make sure that they match is to click the icon in the upper left corner of the preview window (project video properties) and then the folder in the upper right corner of the window that appears (match media settings) and Vegas will set the project properties to match the media.

Eugenia wrote on 10/2/2008, 4:37 PM

Terry is right. You edit in the way the media was shot as, interlaced (use "match media"). At the very end, export in the way you want to, e.g. progressive (for PC/web distribution) or interlaced (for DVDs).