Vegas 3mb LAN Format Render File?

Grazie wrote on 12/14/2003, 11:43 PM
Okay, VidHeads . . . I've needed to produce a file of my latest project for a client for her to view and use on her machine . .presentations and the like. Knowing that Windows Media Player is fairly everywhere on people's machines - and after trying mpegs 1/2 - I thought I'd plump for the various options in rendering to WMV. Started with the ones I know about. Then I used the Highest quality LAN, 3mb Format. WOW! Played it successfully on my own WMP - on both WinME and XP PRO systems and the output is nearly great . . . except for one small issue - it looks a wee bit too dark.

Questions:

1 - Quality Issue: Is it a known aspect of this format to make stuff darkish? It isn't that bad - but, I'd still would prefer to bring back the lightness.

2 - Quality Improvement: Can I lighten the rendering without having to "change" the post edit prod - prior to rendering to this format?

3 - Format Suitability: Am I doing the correct thing? Again it is to be played firstly on her own system, and then possible to be used in presentations at a museum. I went this route as the quality exceeds MPEG 1 or 2 and the 6:30 mins fits [ 140mb ] onto a really cheapo CD.

TIA - Grazie

Comments

pelladon wrote on 12/15/2003, 7:04 AM
No, Grazie, you're not alone. I get the same problem when rendering to RealVideo, always darker than the source. Looks like the values are getting clamped or something. Been like that for as long as I remember.

BTW: can you render to WMV with a different program, like VirtualDub?
Grazie wrote on 12/15/2003, 9:36 AM
VirtualDub - er, somebody else could. I did read the stuff on a website, but very quickly lost the plot . . and the will to live.

But I just delivered this to the client and she was stunned by the quality and the look of the vid. And I must say that on the machine it was played on it was much brighter. ANyways, this very short short will bring more work my way . . hey ho . . . off we go . .again . .

Grazie
TorS wrote on 12/15/2003, 11:15 AM
Grazie,
Computer monitors vary a lot. If you created a test frame (cold even be a still, separate from the program proper) your clients could adjust their screens to it.
Tor