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joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16

Hi there

I am a newbie to uploading video and have some questions so that I don't fall foul of anything.

My camera is a Canon 5D Mark II which records movies in the .mov format. This is fine as I believe that the quality is good enough for here.

However, my question is really about the fine tuning of the footage that I record.

Currently, I have a trial version of Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum to be able to trim the video and remove the soundtrack. Where I'm getting stuck though is what file format to export it to.

When I go to export my modifications it automatically comes up with a file type of AVCHD 1920x1080-60i and .m2ts.

Is this OK? If not, can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Jools

odesigns · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 7:57 am

Export a square pixel 1920x1080 Quicktime PhotoJPEG movie for uploading. Only include the audio if it's important to the clip.

Your final movie should be a .MOV file.

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joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16

Thanks for that. I don't think Sony Vegas can do that though :(

Any suggestions on a decent program that can export my files ready for uploading here?

I was originally looking at Adobe Premiere Elements but heard it's a bit buggy.

Right now, I don't have the earth to spend on editing software. At a push, I have around £100/ 130€/ $150.

odesigns · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:23 am

Surely Vegas can export a Quicktime. If you don't see the PhotoJPEG as an option, you may have to enable "legacy codecs" in the Quicktime control panel.

Exporting a Quicktime is a very routine procedure that any editing program should be able to handle.

joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16

I can't see that Vegas does PhotoJPEG. It seems to export JPEGs as a million and one image files but that is it.

Getting a little frustrated now as it seems to me that this should be a simple task but yet again the digital world has a billion and one ways to do things.

PS Your help is appreciated though!

odesigns · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:05 am

Did you check the Quicktime control panel? I think you have to "enable legacy codecs" for the Photo and Motion JPEGs to be listed as an option.

At least, you used to have to. I'm on a Mac these days.

You could try to export an H.264. SS accepts them. Most other places do, too.

joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16

I "think" that the format you describe is not there. It's fine importing it but it's when it comes to rendering the final thing.

Scratch that last bit. I just found HOW to change a template in Vegas.

All I need to know now is all of the settings that would need to be inputted to correctly render the file.

Rekindle · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:47 am

Make sure you go to Apple and load at least the free version of Quicktime onto your computer. If QT is not installed then your processing program will not have Photojpeg as an option.
Good luck.

joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16

I've found where I can render as photo-JPEG but it's the rest of the settings I have no idea on.

Then there is the audio side of things.

odesigns · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 10:45 am

joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16

Cool. Thanks for that! I think I'm now there with this :)

All I have to see now is whether or not my videos will pass the QC.

joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16

OK, I thought everything was fine but I've just rendered a video of a waterfall and you can see that the water is not running smoothly but has a slight jerk to it.

My settings are:

Frame size: High definition 1920 x 1080
Frame rate: 25
Field order: none (progressive scan)
Pixel aspect ratio: 1.000
Video format: Photo - JPEG
Compressed depth: 24 bpp color
Quality: 95%

Is there anything I should change? I noticed in the video formats available that the aforementioned H264 is not there.

Rekindle · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:51 pm

There is another active thread that fully discusses the processing. Have a look at it.

pharm · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9421 Location: Never quite sure

One question: Did you SHOOT at 25 fps? If you did, then you're ok. If not, re-render it at the imported frame rate (the frame rate at which the video was originally shot).

joolselliott · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 16