Vegas Movie Studio HD 11.0 Rendering to Bright

Manyo wrote on 9/26/2014, 8:38 AM
tldr version - Rendering video (AVI to WMV) comes out with a higher contrast than source.




First time posting, sorry if this belongs somewhere else.

The problem is that Vegas Movie Studio HD 11 renders videos that appear brighter than the source video. Not sure if it is the brightness, contrast, or some other settings like sharpness. But the final video appears "washed-out".

I have re-installed Sony Vegas and reset all settings to default. No fix. I have also defaulted my GPU settings.

Does anyone know what the problem might be and how to fix or work around it?

If I render to track a small section of video over and over again, using each new video as the source. Each new video will be bright than the previous.

The brightness shows in the Sony Vegas video preview, VLC player, and more notable on YouTube. I have compared to other videos(including source video) and the brightness is real and the washed-out look is not present in older videos.

The source video was recorded with Fraps, AVI. I am rendering to: 8 Mbps HD 1080-30p wmv for YouTube.

This has been working great for months until just a few days ago. Thank you to any support that finds this.



Also, does Sony Vegas save settings somewhere even after uninstall?



Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 9/26/2014, 11:48 AM
Sounds like you need to use the Computer->Studio RGB levels filter.
Manyo wrote on 9/27/2014, 10:12 AM
I am changing the contrast to make the source video look darker. So the finished video appears less brighter/washed out.

I will try using Computer->RGB levels filter. But that is not the source of the problem. Something changed. I was rendering videos for months just fine and now the videos require alterations.

Thanks for the response.