Basic Project Settings HDV vs SD advice Please at DVinfo.net

David Ruhland · July 12th, 2009, 11:10 AM

Im still pretty new to Vegas... (about 1 year) When I do a new project with my canon GL2 I always select the 720x486 setting in New Project.

What should I be setting for my Canon HDV camera when I use the footage from this camera? 1280x720, 1440x1080, 1920x1080????

I want a really High Quality video to burn to DVD, Web upload etc...

What if i do a multi cam shoot where one cam is HDV the other GL2?

I assume that when i capture from the camera to the puter it is brought in at the highest quality possible correct?

Thanks...

Dave

Gene Gajewski · July 13th, 2009, 08:16 PM

Generally, you want to set the project to reflect your output target, i.e, if going to DVD widescreen, use the NTSC DV Widescreen project preset. Vegas doesn't have a problem using mixed sources - but if one of your sources is widescreen and one is not - you'll need to make some creative descisions.

Richard Hunter · July 16th, 2009, 06:43 AM

David, not sure if that is a typo, but the GL2 project setting should be 720x480 for NTSC DV footage.

As long as you capture DV format AVI (from the GL2) or MPEG2 format M2T (for the HDV cam) through firewire you will get the maximum quality.

Richard

Jonathan Palfrey · July 17th, 2009, 07:11 AM

You'll want to edit the HDV footage in a 1440x1080 project. For mixed footage probably best to edit it in a NTSC DV or NTSC Widescreen project.

July 12th, 2009, 11:10 AM	#1
David Ruhland Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Madison WI Posts: 340	Basic Project Settings HDV vs SD advice Please Im still pretty new to Vegas... (about 1 year) When I do a new project with my canon GL2 I always select the 720x486 setting in New Project. What should I be setting for my Canon HDV camera when I use the footage from this camera? 1280x720, 1440x1080, 1920x1080???? I want a really High Quality video to burn to DVD, Web upload etc... What if i do a multi cam shoot where one cam is HDV the other GL2? I assume that when i capture from the camera to the puter it is brought in at the highest quality possible correct? Thanks... Dave __________________ Vegas 8.0c (Build 260)-(Upgraded to Sony Vegas 10 pro)Canon GL2, Canon HV30, HF200, HF20-Sony UWP Wirelesss Mic Kit, Intel Core 2 CPU-6600@2.40GHz-3.00GB Ram

July 13th, 2009, 08:16 PM	#2
Gene Gajewski Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Edgewood, NM Posts: 162	Generally, you want to set the project to reflect your output target, i.e, if going to DVD widescreen, use the NTSC DV Widescreen project preset. Vegas doesn't have a problem using mixed sources - but if one of your sources is widescreen and one is not - you'll need to make some creative descisions.

July 16th, 2009, 06:43 AM	#3
Richard Hunter Trustee Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lipa City Batangas, Philippines Posts: 1,110	David, not sure if that is a typo, but the GL2 project setting should be 720x480 for NTSC DV footage. As long as you capture DV format AVI (from the GL2) or MPEG2 format M2T (for the HDV cam) through firewire you will get the maximum quality. Richard

July 17th, 2009, 07:11 AM	#4
Jonathan Palfrey Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Torbay, UK Posts: 170	You'll want to edit the HDV footage in a 1440x1080 project. For mixed footage probably best to edit it in a NTSC DV or NTSC Widescreen project.