First I have a problem getting my Vegas Pro 12 to format to mpg4 without leaving a .tmp extension on the end. I've tried several times but i can't remove it. I was able to format to a .mov and get a great render. My film has been accepted to a large festival in England and I need to convert it to a DCP file but my .mov with not convert in the conversion program provided by the festival. It pixilates at 1:05 min and won't accept some of my settings like 30fps. This is a CG3d animated film that took 3 years to make. I was considering upgrading my software to the next highest level of Vegas Pro at the Vegas Pro Suite 14. Obviously I have had my film shelved and am just starting to enter festivals and am a little out of touch with some of the formats that are asked for. One suggestion was a Quicktime Pro Res file for the conversion. I have not checked to see if the Pro 12 version will format into that version but my concern is I am very satisfied with the quality of my CG3d in the .mov file I have. I am not comfortable with the new settings I will need to make to duplicate that same quality. I was wondering if anyone has purchased new software, obviously two generations up from my last purchase, and loaded an extensively edited, multiple part, file and score into a new program with success without having to begin the process anew. I doing this because a) I am hoping to get a frickin' mpg 4 without a .tmp tag at the end and 2) I will need the upgrade at some future date unless I decide to go Mac because of these issues of formatting I am facing.