Deuceofspades
Veteran
Hi guys!
Long time no post. I wanted to give you an update on my film and its editing in Vegas. As many of you may already know, about two years ago, I set out to do a full feature period film entirely on my own and with no financial investors, doing everything from A to Z, myself. A big challenge! the good news is: It's going VERY well !
Some of you may have just seen the thread I posted in the 35 mm adapter section http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=147882 you can read on there some of the details regarding using the Letus adapter and some of my filming experiences in general.
So I will not duplicate all this info here. Instead I would like to share the quick teasers (edited in vegas) I put up on my site a month ago or so and share a bit about my experience working with vegas, raylight and mxf files.
LINKS OF INTEREST:
TEASERS: (please note that these are only "teasers" and that I do not yet have a movie "trailer" - since I am not yet done filming)
http://www.dailymotion.com/deuceofspades/video/x6d4le_deuce-of-spades-teaser-one_shortfilms
http://www.dailymotion.com/deuceofspades/video/x6dpha_deuce-of-spades-teaser-two_shortfilms
You can read about my film here: http://www.deuceofspadesmovie.com
You can read my filmmaker's detailed blog here: http://deuceofspades.bravejournal.com/
EDITING IN VEGAS:
So far I have been very happy with working with Vegas 8.0b pro. The software has been extremely stable, easy to use, will do anything I ask and more than I need. I have not had many glitches (see below), if any at all, despite the fact that I am working with a third party plug-in (raylight), since vegas cannot officially read mxf files. I have come up with an amazingly simple workflow which has allowed me to basically use Vegas as a P2 Viewer, file archiver as well as an editing software. Everything is so well organized, I am in heaven.
This was a MUST since my film is going to be a LONG film, clocking at over 130 minutes. It is a period epic about the 50's hotrod era and I have already logged in over 1.5 terrabite of data / footage an completed already about 40 scenes, each comprising of about 10 to 20 GIG of footage. I shoot at about a 20/1 ratio, to insure I get the best takes. It's a lot of footage and I'm OK with that cause hardrive space is getting cheaper and cheaper and my files are very well organized.
Vegas has allowed me to keep everything organized, archived and to edit smoothly.
GLITCHES
So far the only glitches I have seen, have been an occasional sudden spike in the sound, which will usually go away if you close the file and then reopen it. The spike appear to occur after I move/trim a clip. Not sure what causes it but now that I know how to get rid of it I don't worry about it.
On occasion I also have seen the sound no longer match the image, when rendering. Usually rendering again will solve that problem.
As you know, I previously filmed, completed and edited in vegas a one hour "short". I was nervous about getting glitches in my final render but I am happy to report everything went very smoothly.
Well this is my feedback to all of you who may think you need Final Cut Pro to edit a big film or you are dead, guess what? You don't: Think outside the box! I did it, so can you.
:thumbup:
Long time no post. I wanted to give you an update on my film and its editing in Vegas. As many of you may already know, about two years ago, I set out to do a full feature period film entirely on my own and with no financial investors, doing everything from A to Z, myself. A big challenge! the good news is: It's going VERY well !
Some of you may have just seen the thread I posted in the 35 mm adapter section http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=147882 you can read on there some of the details regarding using the Letus adapter and some of my filming experiences in general.
So I will not duplicate all this info here. Instead I would like to share the quick teasers (edited in vegas) I put up on my site a month ago or so and share a bit about my experience working with vegas, raylight and mxf files.
LINKS OF INTEREST:
TEASERS: (please note that these are only "teasers" and that I do not yet have a movie "trailer" - since I am not yet done filming)
http://www.dailymotion.com/deuceofspades/video/x6d4le_deuce-of-spades-teaser-one_shortfilms
http://www.dailymotion.com/deuceofspades/video/x6dpha_deuce-of-spades-teaser-two_shortfilms
You can read about my film here: http://www.deuceofspadesmovie.com
You can read my filmmaker's detailed blog here: http://deuceofspades.bravejournal.com/
EDITING IN VEGAS:
So far I have been very happy with working with Vegas 8.0b pro. The software has been extremely stable, easy to use, will do anything I ask and more than I need. I have not had many glitches (see below), if any at all, despite the fact that I am working with a third party plug-in (raylight), since vegas cannot officially read mxf files. I have come up with an amazingly simple workflow which has allowed me to basically use Vegas as a P2 Viewer, file archiver as well as an editing software. Everything is so well organized, I am in heaven.
This was a MUST since my film is going to be a LONG film, clocking at over 130 minutes. It is a period epic about the 50's hotrod era and I have already logged in over 1.5 terrabite of data / footage an completed already about 40 scenes, each comprising of about 10 to 20 GIG of footage. I shoot at about a 20/1 ratio, to insure I get the best takes. It's a lot of footage and I'm OK with that cause hardrive space is getting cheaper and cheaper and my files are very well organized.
Vegas has allowed me to keep everything organized, archived and to edit smoothly.
GLITCHES
So far the only glitches I have seen, have been an occasional sudden spike in the sound, which will usually go away if you close the file and then reopen it. The spike appear to occur after I move/trim a clip. Not sure what causes it but now that I know how to get rid of it I don't worry about it.
On occasion I also have seen the sound no longer match the image, when rendering. Usually rendering again will solve that problem.
As you know, I previously filmed, completed and edited in vegas a one hour "short". I was nervous about getting glitches in my final render but I am happy to report everything went very smoothly.
Well this is my feedback to all of you who may think you need Final Cut Pro to edit a big film or you are dead, guess what? You don't: Think outside the box! I did it, so can you.
:thumbup:
