Red tint on projects and rendered videos on Vegas pro 14 edit

xice94 wrote on 1/11/2018, 2:29 PM

Hello!

I got vegas pro 14 from humble bundle and only used it once. When I was done rendering it I noticed that everything was red-tinted which was something I didnt do.

 

Today, I was gonna actually work on editing a clip but as I started a new project and dragged the clip over I noticed that it also had a rent tint. I made sure it wasnt any type of color correcting at work here and even reinstalled the software. Any ideas?

 

<-- A test clip of how it looks. I litteraly just dragged that clip in there, cut it and rendered it. No effects or anything added.

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Marco. wrote on 1/11/2018, 2:36 PM

If possible offer your Vegas Pro project file (the .veg file) where that issue appears for download

xice94 wrote on 1/11/2018, 2:38 PM

If possible offer your Vegas Pro project file (the .veg file) where that issue appears for download

Its not just one project, all of the clips i pull into the programme gives me the same red tint. What would be the smartest way to upload it for you? Which up/download page?

 

Marco. wrote on 1/11/2018, 2:44 PM

Maybe Dropbox or Google Drive.

Also, maybe a small sample video file used in such projects.

xice94 wrote on 1/11/2018, 2:50 PM

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sf19BCJL2n654GkgHLDPsHETwIGPWW4N

 

This should work. :) I did however only add the .veg file

xice94 wrote on 1/11/2018, 3:07 PM

I managed to find a solution. In my project settings there is an option called "View transform" which was set to "Aces RRT - sRBG". I turned it off and now it looks normal. Silly me! Thank you very much anyway!

Marco. wrote on 1/11/2018, 3:07 PM

First thing I see is you are using a 32 bit full level float point project. You should go back to the default of 8 bit there. And in the project properties the field order is set to "top field first" but I would assume your video would be progressive.

Also your media seems to be recorded by a gameplay software. Unfortunately in many or even most cases the files created by such recording tools create non-standard video files and many of them even have lots of file integrity errors. Both are no-gos for professional video editing systems. So it is always advised to transcode such files to a common video standard before importing into Vegas Pro. Sometimes a simple re-wrapping helps (that why a sample file could be helpful for testing).

Edit:
Don't just switch the view transform. Go back to 8 bit as there probably is zero sense to use a 32 bit float point project. Your source media is 8 bit. Your final render will be 8 bit. So it is just reasonable to use 8 bit video processing.

xice94 wrote on 1/11/2018, 3:14 PM

What would be the difference to that? Will it help with render times?

Marco. wrote on 1/11/2018, 3:19 PM

Yes, a lot. Also with your playback performance while editing and your system stability. The simple rule here is: If you don't know the differences between 8 bit and 32 floating point, always stay with 8 bit! This sounds a bit rough, but 32 bit floating point really is kind of "expert mode" and there are a whole lot of chances your doing many things wrong without having the slightest advantage.

xice94 wrote on 1/11/2018, 3:43 PM

Thank you - I will keep it 8 bit in the future. Your help was much appriciated.