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still not working right :Drogar-Angry(DBG): I was wrong with the 480x320, as described in an earlier post. It came out 4x3.

Trying different settings now....getting tired of rendering. And still have to export the H.264 version once I get the uncompressed AVI right.

But don't fret, I will prevail, and you will get to see my film :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)


Edited to add: FINALLY, after re-reading Jack's post about 6,000 times and thinking REAL hard, and getting some extra info/help from B-Dawg (briceman to the rest o' y'all) I understand what I was doing wrong. Even though JDS (Jack Daniel Stanley to the rest o' y'all) made a comment about "squeeze" I missed that part. Also, when I originally tried to follow his directions I missed (yes, from lack of sleep all week) the "uncheck maintain aspect ratio".

Anyway, it seems like it is correct now....though I now need to re-render to get less compression (it went down to 12MB which seems WAY too small).

Thanks everyone...and thanks J-Dawg (that's Jarred Land to the rest o' y'all) for your patience in letting us get these uploaded!! :thumbsup:

Good luck everyone, y'all are gonna need it :grin:
 
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Is Quicktime 7 Pro export usually slow? My uncompressed AVI came out at 11GB, so I know that is a big file to process...but it takes like 15 minutes to move 1% in the progress bar. THis is going to run all night, I guess I'll go to bed and upload in the morning (assuming this h.264 export is correct :eek: )

Peace out, Y'all!
 
WOuld it be better to render a DV file from Vegas and then convert to h.264? Do I need to start with an uncompressed? Or am I going to introduce too much compression artificats and what-not doing that?
 
Larry, are you exporting DIRECTLY from your timeline in VEGAS? You might want to try exporting a composite DV movie, and then doing the export...it'll be much faster.
 
Our 35mb h.264 looks like ****, I mean really bad. I bet there's something I'm doing wrong, or is everyone else also at 360x240 and quality about 12%? My sounds are compressed 3:1.
 
I compressed Sorenson 3 and it weighed in just at 39 mb. :) I'm curious though.. my MPG file was 128 mb. Was that the about the right size for everyone else??

/j
 
Edgen said:
I compressed Sorenson 3 and it weighed in just at 39 mb. :) I'm curious though.. my MPG file was 128 mb. Was that the about the right size for everyone else??

/j
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Dont worry guys.. I may be uping the files size for you depending on # of entries.. so just get your 480 line crappy looking one in for the time being.
 
Larry R said:
If you are using 3D Track Motion in Vegas it takes FOREVER to render.
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I'm still finding my way around Vegas ,can't seem to find Track Motion ..tried again this morning and it is sooooo slow 1hr and 45 min .this is frustrating .

We are almost there ..this short is rough though ..we'll keep trying .
Ian
 
Yikes! Must have been too early this morning but I did something stupid and added a "&" in the filenames I uploaded.

Would you be able to rename them properly Jarred? Sorry for the hassle :)
 
arielman said:
I'm still finding my way around Vegas ,can't seem to find Track Motion ..tried again this morning and it is sooooo slow 1hr and 45 min .this is frustrating .

We are almost there ..this short is rough though ..we'll keep trying .
Ian
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Well, you'd know if you were using the 3d track motion. There is a "track motion" button in the header section of each track. If you click that then hit the drop down menu at the top left of the window and change it from "Source Alpha" (or whatever it is) to "3d Track Alpha" (or something like that), then you are using 3d track motion. But it is a deliberate choice that you would be aware of.

Are you using Magic Bullet? That is known to excessivly bloat render times. If so, you might want to consider Celluloid for your next project.
 
Edgen said:
I compressed Sorenson 3 and it weighed in just at 39 mb. :) I'm curious though.. my MPG file was 128 mb. Was that the about the right size for everyone else??

/j
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My .mov file was about 33MB and my .m2v was about 127MB....so either we are both within the right range, or we are both jacked up!! (no that wasn't a reference to you JDS :evil: :grin: )
 
shew... WEll, mine was a .mpg too. Not sure if that would make a difference, but either way.. eh. bleh. I'm beating a dead horse if I keep at it. if I had anything to change, it would be the Color Correction and lighten some of the scenes. Looking at it now.. it maybe a lil' dark. But.. I'm sure have you folks are MAC'Cult'ees anyway so I've got an advantage with your brighter screens.

Mr. T says... "No Time for Dilly Dally"
:costumed-smiley-047

/j
 
Larry R said:
My .mov file was about 33MB and my .m2v was about 127MB....so either we are both within the right range, or we are both jacked up!! (no that wasn't a reference to you JDS :evil: :grin: )
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your m2V sounds at leat 100mb to small

but don't worry about it now, you have ages to get that right

then I can whine at you for holding up the DVD
:nads:
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Jack Daniel Stanley said:
your m2V sounds at leat 100mb to small

but don't worry about it now, you have ages to get that right

then I can whine at you for holding up the DVD
:nads:
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Ut oh.. What about my .mpg file?
Actually, I tried exporting that file out like 4 times, and it kept fraking up on me, so the .mpg file setting was the only one that work. So.. I ran with it.

I'd still like to adjust the levels on some of the shots... Will we have and/or are we allowed to make last minute adjustments like that before the Final DVD? (if of course it gets included)

/j
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
your m2V sounds at leat 100mb to small
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Well, I don't know if I have a correct m2v file. I rendered the mpeg-2 files from Vegas like I always do for burning to dvd. I get a .mpg and .ac3 files (the .mpg is without audio and the .ac3 is the audio only). I renamed .mpg to .m2v is that not right?

When I burn it to a DVD and watch it on my TV it looks right....but what do I know?
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
but don't worry about it now, you have ages to get that right

then I can whine at you for holding up the DVD
:nads:
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Yea, yea, whatever
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