transitions are not smooth

[Federico Perale]

I am using vegas 10 with some clips shot with my Canon 5d

I am noticing that every time I do cross-fades transitions, they aren't smooth.
there is a specific moment when the first bit of the next clips kicks in when there is a noticeable (albeit very quick) jitter (the picture almost imperceptibly freezes for like 1/2 second), annoying enough to underline the start of the next clip.

my computer is powerful so I don't really understand what the problem is

any help appreciated
thanks
Federico

[Don Bloom]

are you seeing this in preview or the finished product? Sometimes Vegas will trip a little on transitions, I see this even with SD material but I do a RAM Preview and it turns out to be 100% fine and never happens on the finished product.

[Federico Perale]

thanks and yes, this is on preview.
will render tonight to bluray and see what happens - I didn't know about RAM preview. how do I do that?

[Don Bloom]

Don't render to Blueray yet. Wait until you know for sure about the transitions. Why waste the time/materials.

RAM render is SHIFT B (tools-Build Dynamic Preview) First highlight the area you want to Preview, not too big an area but a transition is only a few frames anyway, so highlight that like you're setting up a Region, press SHIFT B and watch the monitor. It should be fine. You might also want to set the Preview to Best when you do the RAM Preview.

[David Jimerson]

Or just render the problem transition (with a little space before and after) to a file on your computer and see if it's smooth in the render. Should be fine.