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    Default 1080p Quality Settings (Vegas Only)

    Sanders asked me about this. I hope it helps.

    First off...
    ...everyone should have a HD video converter by now. It's too easy.
    Download. Install. Can convert anything under 3 minutes. No one has 3 minute lines.
    http://www.xilisoft.com/hd-video-converter.html

    Open converter. COPY the settings below.

    Make sure your skate clips are always 1920x1080. That is the perfect size.
    Make sure you are converting to (Profile) HD - H.264 Video (You'll essentially be converting to the AVC format).

    Open Vegas 9 (should work for other versions of Vegas) > Project Properties > COPY settings


    Render As > COPY settings
    Make sure you are saving the file type as... AVC (mp4)


    Render As > Custom... > COPY custom video settings
    Make sure you go to the project tab and select "Best"


    For people with HD PVRs. Watch this video.

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    Two most important things in the whole process.

    - Make sure every video clip is 1920x1080
    - Make sure that frame rate is 59+

    Do those two and you'll have a 1080p video.

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    I got 1080p with only converting to 1280x720 on high settings. I think I also rendered it at 1280x720 at 8mbps HD 1080-30p. I am using vegas pro 10.. that shouldn't matter though? And I wasn't exactly going for 1080p, just something high (I have no editing knowledge at all haha).


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    I don't honestly see why anyone would convert their clips to 1080p when they are set slightly below 720p?
    Stretching clips means less quality.

    Of course, i'm just lazy and don't change my settings for skate 2 videos back down to 480p so....
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    Quote Originally Posted by NotedDerk View Post
    I don't honestly see why anyone would convert their clips to 1080p when they are set slightly below 720p?
    Stretching clips means less quality.

    Of course, i'm just lazy and don't change my settings for skate 2 videos back down to 480p so....

    Like you said, 1080p is unnecessary.

    And for s2 you should be reducing them down to 360p.

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    yep derek is right you only end up with worse quality and a much bigger file than u started with. dont do it.

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    Okay I'm useless.

    ...but S3 definitely won't have WORSE quality with those settings. Doesn't make sense. Not buying it.
    Last edited by MarcoPoloUSN; 01-31-2012 at 05:00 AM.

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    well you are writing the file again, this time with 4x as many pixels. one pixel from your original file wil now occupy 4 pixels. aliasing, colorgrading and contrast etc will also vary from original file depending on your settings.

    for "best" settings editing skatereel footage, edit the flv files directly, uncompressed.

    i think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bohemian View Post
    for "best" settings editing skatereel footage, edit the flv files directly, uncompressed.
    Well, that would be the case with S3, so I wont comment on that, but, for s2, there are some converting/rendering settings (Prysm/vegas) that will make your clips look atleast, two times better than the original.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarcoPoloUSN View Post
    Sanders asked me about this. I hope it helps.
    Its Saunders.

    and I believe the closest you will get to 1080p will be with a top notch capdevice. there something for your computer probably internal.
    the hauppage is only 1080interlaced. 720p looks better imo and it even tells you to record in 1080i from game console output. larger files I dont want to work with.
    skatereel 3 or 2 clips that you do stretch to 1080p might seem better but your still not getting the appropriate amount of pixels in each square. ie stretched.
    Math heads could do some work and create a new profile to make a proper ratio, to increase the pixels length and width. Maximizing the clips quality.
    Last edited by saunders420; 01-31-2012 at 02:20 PM.

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    yeah bud, upconverting doesnt really work. you cant stretch pixels and it still be the same quality. Like bohemian said, youre telling a file with with a certain amount of pixels to fill a space made to hold more pixels. the pixels dont multiply, they just become bigger. It may not make it look bad in this case, but its not true 1080p quality, just 1080p size

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