I'm seeing so many posts about everyones problems with V9 that I'm going to post a positive one.
Just shot our 1st TVC with RED (one).
With trepidation I loaded the files into Vegas 9.
These are 4k .r3d files - 4096x2304 pixels @25fps.
After being bamboozled by the naming convention of the files I just loaded them all in anyway. (don't rename them, they give problems if you do (?)).
We run dual Dell 24" screens - 2 x 1200x1920, and being used to a video preview window of 1024x576, I just left the window at that, but set up a HD project 1920x1080x25fps progressive. I have 2 "window layout" setups so easily switch between the 2nd monitor displaying 1024x576 and 1920x1080 ( - I find the HD preview too big as the monitor is close to my eyes) for the video preview.
Put the clips onto the timeline (set to preview) and just started realtime editing - I was blown away, it just played normally, didn't drop frames, didn't crash and looked absolutely stunning. The clips were on a local striped 2x250GB HD.
Colour - took me a while to work out how to colour correct the images as they were being read from the raw files. Used the
new 'file format properties' window that comes from the clip in Project Media. I preferred to get the clips as close to the final look whilst they are being read, rather than relying on the Vegas colour corrector - which I leave for final tweaks(and think is sensational). By putting each clip into loop I could open the 'file properties' and do realtime colour correction as the clip played. The interface is extremely clunky but does make sense after getting used to it. By getting a good look on a reference clip, and then copying snapshot to clipboard of that frame, I was then able to display that frame in 'split screen view' as I played other Red clips realtime and adjusted the colour settings.
I ended up exporting tiff files at HD of the edit to Combustion for sfx etc. These looked stunning. I've never seen such good looking movie files on my systems b4, all credit to RED and Sony for this one.
Obviously there is massive room for improvement in the workflow /interface but as a first go at it, I still can't get over how well it works. I have been working (touchwood) crash free, have access to all the lastest plugins and can some amazing looks with this footage. Only downside, as we do TV commercials, is Vegas 9 's lack of support for Blackmagic. Think of it - 4k! RED in - Vegas Edit - Decklink/Intensity preview onto HD LCD's/SDI monitors.
This rocks!!!!!
Just shot our 1st TVC with RED (one).
With trepidation I loaded the files into Vegas 9.
These are 4k .r3d files - 4096x2304 pixels @25fps.
After being bamboozled by the naming convention of the files I just loaded them all in anyway. (don't rename them, they give problems if you do (?)).
We run dual Dell 24" screens - 2 x 1200x1920, and being used to a video preview window of 1024x576, I just left the window at that, but set up a HD project 1920x1080x25fps progressive. I have 2 "window layout" setups so easily switch between the 2nd monitor displaying 1024x576 and 1920x1080 ( - I find the HD preview too big as the monitor is close to my eyes) for the video preview.
Put the clips onto the timeline (set to preview) and just started realtime editing - I was blown away, it just played normally, didn't drop frames, didn't crash and looked absolutely stunning. The clips were on a local striped 2x250GB HD.
Colour - took me a while to work out how to colour correct the images as they were being read from the raw files. Used the
new 'file format properties' window that comes from the clip in Project Media. I preferred to get the clips as close to the final look whilst they are being read, rather than relying on the Vegas colour corrector - which I leave for final tweaks(and think is sensational). By putting each clip into loop I could open the 'file properties' and do realtime colour correction as the clip played. The interface is extremely clunky but does make sense after getting used to it. By getting a good look on a reference clip, and then copying snapshot to clipboard of that frame, I was then able to display that frame in 'split screen view' as I played other Red clips realtime and adjusted the colour settings.
I ended up exporting tiff files at HD of the edit to Combustion for sfx etc. These looked stunning. I've never seen such good looking movie files on my systems b4, all credit to RED and Sony for this one.
Obviously there is massive room for improvement in the workflow /interface but as a first go at it, I still can't get over how well it works. I have been working (touchwood) crash free, have access to all the lastest plugins and can some amazing looks with this footage. Only downside, as we do TV commercials, is Vegas 9 's lack of support for Blackmagic. Think of it - 4k! RED in - Vegas Edit - Decklink/Intensity preview onto HD LCD's/SDI monitors.
This rocks!!!!!