Hello,

I need to submit HDCAM tapes to festivals. My footage originated in HDV but is not edited in NEO HDV. Can I render to HDCAM format from my Cineform footage?
I'm thinking about rendering to a hard drive and then take it to a production house. I think they should be able to print tapes from my drive, as long as I have the right rendered stuff.

So here's my question:
From within Vegas, to what do I render to be able to print those festival HDCAM tapes?
Thanks a lot
L.

Contact your local post facility and them what digital formats they will play out to tape. Then contact your festival, and ask them to think beyond tape. I just made recommendations to the San Diego Film Featival to bypass HD tape, and only take files in the intermediate formats (CineForm, DNxHD or ProRES.)

As David alluded, most film houses can work with DNxHD. I've worked with the big LA house FOTOKEM. This is the format they are most comfortable with.

Fotokem takes CineForm files, those guys are good friends of ours.