Things never learned in school

Kramerra wrote on 9/19/2007, 9:11 AM

While not not that new to the video production market, as I try to grow and expand my capabilities I find that there are areas where I lack the necessary knowledge. One of which is how to render broadcast quality from Vegas 8. I have a 30 second cable commercial spot (my first for broadcast) to produce and I obviously want it to be right. I shoot on a Z1U. Any recommendations about the render?

I also have a spot I shot on HDV that will be played following a film in a theater. Any ideas on how best to render for quality playback on a 40 foot screen?

Thanks

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/19/2007, 9:17 AM

for broadcast, as long as it's "broadcast legal" (local station SHOULD fix if it isn't but odds are don't bother) you just need the specs they want. Some like mpeg-2, some want beta, some want mini-dv. They should have that info no problem (I always preferred beta/miniDV/DVCam/DVCPro as I could control the volume levels easier when encoding to mpeg-2)