Vegas Studio 10 for Premiere Elements Users

[peggig]

Thanks, Paul. This is an HDV project, so should I prerender in MPEG2, rather than DV-AVI, or would it speed up previews if I pre-render in DV-AVI, since the pre-rendered files don't actually become part of the final project?

[Ken Jarstad]

There is a trade-off between the quality of the various viewing modes and smoothness of playback. My understanding of the pre-render feature was to facilitate smooth playback on older, slower hardware where it may have been worth taking the time to pre-render. My new Q9400 rig, although not the latest generation, is quad-core and and gives satisfactory viewing with Preview (Full) on a 15 inch HDTV connected via HDMI. When fully edited with color-correction, transitions and so on I may have to drop back to Preview (Half). Then, temporarily setting to Best (Full) to see a quality picture and stepping through with the arrow keys - just like I did with Elements.

[Paul LS]

I always use HDV MPEG2 when I prerender in HDV projects. I suppose you could use DV-AVI... I haven't tried it though.

[BobWard]

Chris B - Do you chaps also have the problem with DV/AVI - or is it just me (and therefore worth trying to fix).

I am new to video editing and am in the process of transforming many old VHS tapes into more polished & edited digital formats.

At this point I have used a Canopus ADVC 110 to convert all the tapes to DV AVI format. I do not yet have any video editing software. Bad reviews have kept me away from Adobe Premiere Elements 8. The new Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 sounds like a good alternative. However, if it is going to have issues working with DV AVI files, maybe I should look for something else.

Have any of you other folks had problems working with DV AVI files in Vegas 10?

Bob

[Steve Grisetti]

DV-AVI files are the ideal format for editing on virtually all PC-based editors, Bob. They should work perfectly!

[BobWard]

Thanks Steve.

Bob