Here's a *very* handy tip I've used quite a bit this year....:
I like to study a lot of video content, however much of it online, or via podcasts etc, is only made available in low-res 320x200 wmv type format.
What I do, using Vegas, to transform low-res clips into decent looking DVDs, to study, is:
a) put the 320x200 low res wmvs on the Vegas timeline
b) use the sony video "sharpen" plugin (about 750 setting, depends on the source footage resolution/motion/artifacts)
c) use the audio eq to add "rolloffs", at the top/bottom of frequency range to improve sound (thx Jeff Fisher for that tip from Vasst.com dvds).. eg dropping off very low/high frequencies
d) render out as NTSC DV 720x480 avi onto another drive
e) import that into DVDA to make a DVD
and that's it.
Pretty amazing and counter-intuitive, but I've found that by tweaking low res crappy video with Sony Vegas, to sharpen, modify brightness/contrast and color saturation settings etc, I can usually "turn lead into gold" by turning these junk videos into medium-good quality DVDs, which I can then watch on a portable dvd player etc..
Anyways, hope that helps some of you who have junky low res 320x200 wmv/mpg footage that you want to transform into higher quality DVDs... usually it's a matter of "once it's been compressed it's all downhill from there, particularly if recompressing", but I've found the opposite, if you use the right settings in Vegas to "restore" and enhance poor low -res source footage.
Anyone else have any experience/tips to share with that idea?
thx,
ken
I like to study a lot of video content, however much of it online, or via podcasts etc, is only made available in low-res 320x200 wmv type format.
What I do, using Vegas, to transform low-res clips into decent looking DVDs, to study, is:
a) put the 320x200 low res wmvs on the Vegas timeline
b) use the sony video "sharpen" plugin (about 750 setting, depends on the source footage resolution/motion/artifacts)
c) use the audio eq to add "rolloffs", at the top/bottom of frequency range to improve sound (thx Jeff Fisher for that tip from Vasst.com dvds).. eg dropping off very low/high frequencies
d) render out as NTSC DV 720x480 avi onto another drive
e) import that into DVDA to make a DVD
and that's it.
Pretty amazing and counter-intuitive, but I've found that by tweaking low res crappy video with Sony Vegas, to sharpen, modify brightness/contrast and color saturation settings etc, I can usually "turn lead into gold" by turning these junk videos into medium-good quality DVDs, which I can then watch on a portable dvd player etc..
Anyways, hope that helps some of you who have junky low res 320x200 wmv/mpg footage that you want to transform into higher quality DVDs... usually it's a matter of "once it's been compressed it's all downhill from there, particularly if recompressing", but I've found the opposite, if you use the right settings in Vegas to "restore" and enhance poor low -res source footage.
Anyone else have any experience/tips to share with that idea?
thx,
ken