Re: JPG-BMP

Maverick wrote on 5/4/2005, 5:54 AM

I have around 200 jpgs from my digitl camera with which I want to make a DVD slide show.

IIRC Vegas 5 prefers you use BMP files.

Does anyone knwo a quick way of changing the file types in one go in W2K ratyher than having to load each into an editor and then resaving .

I appreciate any help.

Thanks.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 5/4/2005, 5:55 AM

I wouldn't bother. Vegas handles JPG images just as easily as BMP.

ScottW wrote on 5/4/2005, 6:13 AM

I use JPG's all the time in slide shows. No problems at all. if you really want to do the conversion though, then Photoshop has some automation tools that will do this for you.

--Scott

PigsDad wrote on 5/4/2005, 6:34 AM

Where did you read that .bmp files were preferred by Vegas? I always thought it preferred .png files.

Kurt

bevross wrote on 5/4/2005, 6:40 AM

I read in Spot's book that the preferred format for photos in Vegas is PNG, of certain dimensions & resolution (sorry, don't have the book at hand to look up specifics). So, I've been cropping & "saving as" from Photoshop based on his specs. So where'd this idea of BMP come from? And what does IIRC mean?

ScottW wrote on 5/4/2005, 7:10 AM

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly

Maverick wrote on 5/4/2005, 7:53 AM

Oops - yes I meant png. I brainstorm affected me:$

Spot|DSE wrote on 5/4/2005, 7:58 AM

PNG and TGA are the preferred formats for working with stills in Vegas. But I don't know that I'd be cropping/saving as in Pshop, not with the Pan/crop tool available. Only pan/crop in Pshop if you're GENERATING graphics in Pshop or other graphic editor. If it's photos, why not let Vegas and a script do it all?

bevross wrote on 5/6/2005, 11:59 AM

Well, I'm using Photoshop mainly because I'm a total newby with Vegas and not with Pshop which is, after all, specialized for photos. Plus, most of my photos & scans are large TIFF files (6-12meg) and in your book you say use of TIFF "slows down rendering somewhat" and shows other "problematic symptoms" (with "alpha channels," whatever the heck that is) Plus, I can't see how a script could, very artfully, crop an image file just where you want it (it'd be potentially different for every picture)? But, I've been having lots of fun putting my newly created PNG images on the timeline and doing pans, transitions, and such.

riredale wrote on 5/7/2005, 8:29 AM

Keep in mind that video has really lousy resolution--just 480x720 for NTSC, for example. Photos that have enormous pixel counts and file size are gross overkill for video and many have reported that they really slow down Vegas a lot.

Of course, if you are going to be zooming in on a photo, then the pixel count needs to be sufficient to deliver an artifact-free result. Some quick experiments will show just what is necessary.