Sony Vegas Software Tutorials and Tools

Feature: By Mike Jones

Going one better: RED editing and what Vegas 9 has under the hood

There's a substantial history of camera technology being released to the public before the technology of post-production has caught up. HDV springs as an obvious example where the long-GOP structure was fantastically efficient for image acquisition and recording but presented considerable issues for non-linear editing systems traditionally reliant on individual frames and not groups-of-pictures. AVCHD presents the same issue where shooting is easy but timeline performance is less than stellar. And Sony's XDCAMEX is a great balance of quality and efficiency but it's wrapping in an Mp4 format initially gave many NLE's considerable trouble. Read More

Two of Sony Creative Software's major showcases at NAB 2008 were prosumer and professional Blu-ray authoring. Now that Blu-ray Discs (BD) are the industry standard, Sony is offering DVD Architect 5 to the indie filmmakers, producers and videographers. What's really cool is you can create one project file and burn either a standard definition (SD) or Blu-ray DVD. It's a free upgrade for Vegas Pro 8 users who are registered with Sony Creative Software. Read More

Feature: By Mike Jones

Cross-Platform Production part 2: Mac, Boot Camp, Windows & CineForm

Aside from moving media between partitions, the second major workflow consideration for cross-platform production is the video formats themselves. This relates to both the shooting acquisition format and the type of exchange and intermediate files to use in moving project elements. While formats like HDV, XDCamHD and DVCProHD may seem (and are even touted as being) universal, they can be handled by individual applications very differently with huge potential for frustration. Read More

Feature: By Mike Jones

2007 Credit where Credit is Due

I've long held the belief that the broad industry and community of media creators need to be proactive and dynamic in their criticism of creative software and hardware developers. Such developers become complacent and self-serving when their users are not clamouring for 'better' and demanding "more." Read More

Tutorial: By Jeffrey P. Fisher

Anatomy of a Corporate Image Video

Many corporate videos start as PowerPoint slides. Would-be presenters seem comfortable with that ubiquitous tool and its arcane structure forces them to organize their thoughts as bullet points with a few pictures thrown in for good measure. I actually don't mind being handed these presentations as they make pulling together a script and subsequent video far easier. Read More

DIGITAL MEDIA ONLINE BLOGS

digitalbasin

The status quo maintenance persists.....