Vegas Pro HDR Creations

fr0sty wrote on 8/28/2018, 9:57 AM

I know I already have a "post your Vegas creations" thread, but I figured I'd make one specifically for HDR so that people who are looking for HDR demo content do not have to dig through pages of posts to find some

Here is a collection of timelapses I shot (except the first 2, a friend I trained how to do timelapses shot it, and did a fantastic job!!!) and then edited into HDR using Vegas 16, which I should note was far easier, faster, and produced far better looking results than trying to do the same thing in Resolve. To be specific, just so you don't think I'm fanboying out on Vegas here... Resolve had an issue of introducing noise into the image, might have been a GPU bug, but after tweaking the colors for a while I started seeing random colored specs of noise in my image. Also, I was unable to do noise reduction unless it was at its bare minimum settings, or it would say I had insufficient GPU RAM (4GB). In Vegas I was able to get it colored quickly and was also able to use Neat Video for noise reduction on those long exposure shots, which worked amazingly at cleaning things up without butchering detail.

That said, it isn't perfect (though the problem is on my hardware's end, not Vegas'). What I see isn't what I get, as windows doesn't do HDR properly. Windows 10 HDR seems to be a fake implementation, as HDR gradient tests show far more banding than they should (GTX 970s also limit 10 bit output to full screen if I remember right, that may have something to do with it, though I am using full screen preview on my HDR set) and Vegas does not yet support my BlackMagic Mini Monitor 4K, so the video is coming out darker than it should.

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fr0sty wrote on 8/28/2018, 6:26 PM

I'm getting a bit more familiar with the coloring tools and how they respond to HDR screens...

fr0sty wrote on 12/22/2018, 3:12 PM

Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

fr0sty wrote on 12/22/2018, 3:13 PM

fr0sty wrote on 8/23/2019, 2:38 PM

Here's a trailer for the short film a friend and I are making called "Mobile Bay: Through the Lens of Time"... a collection of timelapses we've been gathering for the past couple years, all shot in 4K HDR, graded and edited in Vegas 17. Only viewable in HDR, it'll look horribly overexposed on SDR screens.

Here's a facebook link to the SDR version for those without HDR screens: https://www.facebook.com/dustin.rudzinski/videos/10162052319515007/

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Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

Widetrack wrote on 8/23/2019, 2:51 PM

Those are great, frOsty. The shots of the night sky are just beautiful. Good work.

fr0sty wrote on 8/23/2019, 3:18 PM

Thank you! We've got some beautiful milky way lapses shot on the beach down here that we're adding as well, this is only a tiny glimpse of the full film. We have some seasonal stuff we have to get that you can't describe our city without (Mardi Gras, since we started it in America, Azaleas in bloom, the Christmas tree in Bienville Square, Fireworks downtown at New Years, music festivals, etc) and then we'll be ready to release the film, hopefully around this time next year.

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Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

jrb101 wrote on 8/23/2019, 5:05 PM

Just watched the Mobile Bay trailer...

Looks absolutely stunning in HDR on my Samsung S10e's AMOLED panel. Awesome cinematography too!

Well done @fr0sty! Thanks for sharing it.

Jon Baker - Experienced in music creation, still a newbie at the video game 😉

(YouTube and Instagram - "Jon's Musical Musings")

PC: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G Desktop w/16GB DDR4 and Radeon RX570 (4GB) , ~5TB of storage across various HDDs, Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 audio interface, Mackie CR5BT studio monitors, 24" 1080p monitor (not anything special!)

For capture: Olympus PEN E-PL6 camera (1080p30) with external mic input adaptor and Olympus ME51S electret lavalier and Takstar SGC-598 shotgun mic and a Samsung Galaxy S10e (4K30 or 4K60) with Filmic Pro or stock video apps and external mic adaptor.

karma17 wrote on 8/23/2019, 5:58 PM

Thanks for sharing this. Very cool.

Was curious on the scene where the camera is going down the sidewalk, is that just Steadicam or hyperlapse?

I haven't had a chance yet to try editing in HDR, but will soon.

 

fr0sty wrote on 8/23/2019, 6:01 PM

Both, I was hyperlapsing on a Ronin. Over an hour walking down the street holding that rig... I was covered in sweat by the end. We actually built a rig by attaching a Ronin S to a monopod and then attaching that to a bike and rolling it down the street while it shoots lapse, so that's what we use now.

karma17 wrote on 8/24/2019, 8:09 PM

Clever!!!

rtbond wrote on 8/25/2019, 9:30 AM

HDR Newbie question; Is the assumption here that the source media was shot with a HDR-capable camera?

Rob Bond

My System Info:

  • Vegas Pro 22 Build 194
  • OS: Windows 11.0 Home (64-bit), Version: 10.0.26100 Build 26100
  • Processor: i9-10940X CPU @ 3.30GHz (14 core)
  • Physical memory: 64GB (Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 memory kit)
  • Motherboard Model: MSI x299 Creator (MS-7B96)
  • GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC ULTRA (Studio Driver Version =  536.40)
  • Storage: Dual Samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSD (boot and Render); WDC WD4004FZWX, 7200 RPM (media)
  • Primary Display: Dell UltraSharp 27, U2723QE, 4K monitor with 98% DCI-P3 and DisplayHDR 400 with Dell Display Manager
  • Secondary Display: LG 32UK550-B, entry-level 4k/HDR-10 level monitor, @95% DCI-P3 coverage
fr0sty wrote on 8/25/2019, 9:43 AM

HDR Newbie question; Is the assumption here that the source media was shot with a HDR-capable camera?

Yes, 10 bit RAW images shot in Adobe rgb color space, converted to Rec2020.

Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)