Work flow. PLEASE HELP!!

i c e wrote on 1/10/2009, 5:31 PM
Hello,
I really hope someone might be able to steer me in the right direction. I am just starting the editing prosses of my first major production and need your help.
I filmed everything on a Sony HDR-CX-12. I then loaded everything into the Motion Picture Browser that came with the camcorder. I want the end project to be a standard def dvd. I assume that I will convert to MPEG-2 and then open in Sony Vegas Platinum 9, Right?
What do I do to make working with these files the fastest possible? How do I set up rendering an stuff?

Any help or advice would be greatly appeciated!!!!! PLEASE!

thank you very much,

ice

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Eugenia wrote on 1/10/2009, 6:43 PM
You will get better quality by editing the original source files. So let Vegas capture, not any other app. And then, at the end, export for DVD.
i c e wrote on 1/10/2009, 7:00 PM
Okay right, But then I wil have to edit the whole thing in 1920 (full) HD. I think this is going to be slower, no? I'm not super worried about being best quality, but of course I don't want crummy picture.

Any body else?
Thanks,

ice
Markk655 wrote on 1/10/2009, 7:06 PM
Eugenia (as always) is on the money. Edit the original files in Vegas, but choose an SD project format (DVD or DVD widescreen). Editing speed shouldn't be a problem as long as your preview window is also set to an appropriate resolution.
Eugenia wrote on 1/10/2009, 7:16 PM
You should always edit in the footage's right size, do not downsize your project properties. You lose speed if you do that, because the CPU needs to do one extra downsize before display the preview window. So always edit in the source footage's project properties, and only export at the end how you want to export, e.g. DVD.

If your PC is not fast enough to edit HD fast, then use proxy files:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/12/12/proxy-editing-with-sony-vegas/
i c e wrote on 1/10/2009, 7:54 PM
Thanks a lot, both of you. Hopefully I can get this figured out.

I think my computer should be okay I have installed a higher grade N-Vidia Graphics carda adn up the memory to 4Gigs. I have done what I know how to optimize my computers memory and display/ ect..

I don't know why I'm running so slow with the HD. When I work with my old captured (from DV) clips it's lightning fast. But everything turns to malases when I start using HD or M-PEG2's.

Is there anything else I can do to get working faster? (I'll try to figure out that proxy thing but I don't know if that's the way I want to go. As simple as you have it laid out, I am not to tech savy).

Thank you again,

ice
Eugenia wrote on 1/10/2009, 8:14 PM
A new graphics card won't help, Vegas doesn't make use of it. Here's Vegas optimization tips:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/12/19/sony-vegas-hints-and-tips/