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But will Han shoot first? :pop:

1) stick your rendered file in the same folder as ffmpeg 2) create an empty text document 3) type in the following: ffmpeg -i Your_Video_Name.avi -vcodec prores -profile:v 3 ffmpeg_ProRes_422.mov 4) save the document and change its file extension from .txt to .bat 5) double-click on the batch...

Best format you can get out of Sony Vegas is Sony 10-bit YUV (under the .avi options) - it's uncompressed though so expect a *huge* render. I convert it afterwards to 10-bit ProResHQ using ffmpeg - I really recommend this workflow for the best possible quality.

Do they only show up in the Preview or in the final renders too?

Not sure what you're using for grading but if it's Resolve, try looking up log mode (page 510 in the manual) - that gives you more focussed control over what you're affecting than the primary color wheels.

Speakers are on my list of things to get but even $100 is more than I can currently afford unfortunately - I'll have to make do until my circumstances change knowing that the audio will need another pass before I can monitor it with any degree of accuracy. Thanks for your 'in-a-nutshell'...

This book is a great place to start. Best of luck!

Firstly, I want to thank all of you for taking the time to respond - it's much appreciated! Alcove Audio: Sadly all I have available to me is a pair of Sennheiser HD201 headphones and a pretty capable workstation - no speakers and no budget to buy any (and I really mean *no* budget) - the audio...

Hi everyone! I'm having a little trouble with the dialogue in one of my scenes and was hoping some of the audio experts here could point me in the right direction towards making this all fit together. Below are 4 separate dialogue tracks that all mix together for the complete scene - at the...

Ditto what grimoire said - the premise is sound - with people's own paranoias and some slick marketing and social engineering you could set up a hospital/clinic for people who *think* they're mentally ill. The predatory, con-artist doctors coupled with patients that for various reasons want to...

Just eyeball it - Neat defaults to 'conservative' sharpening anyway so for a lot of my clips I let it sharpen away at 100% - things only get fugly when you turn conservative off. Incidentally, post-filtering your footage shouldn't look *too* blurry even with sharpening off (unless your footage...

Even if you were a fully-fledged production company working with an outside contractor or studio, you couldn't be busted for them using illegal software - if it's on your premises/done by a member of your staff then yeah, but third parties no.

It's a hard as you want to make it :) There's a lot of different disciplines that make up 'VFX' - there's 2D work (After Effects, particle stuff) and full-on 3D - digital sets, characters, objects and visual FX. There's no quick and simple way to do good VFX - sure, you can watch a few...

PM me with the details Dennis - if it's a quick job I'll do it for nada :)

Myth, your dogged determination to get this done despite all the pitfalls and setbacks you've faced is commendable - I can't help you with the audio side (not my department) and I'm very busy with Arkham Sanitarium at the moment but all the same, I'd like to offer you whatever help I can on the...

A redhead nearly squashed my sound guy (sand-bagged them after that) and I slit my hand open quite badly whilst 'enhancing' a prop with a craft knife - I bandaged it and carried on shooting - got some stitches in it after we wrapped for the day...

+1 Get it in the can - if the footage is sub-par then you might be able to salvage it or cut around it but at least you have it. If your camera guy is inexperienced then work with him - change the shot if you can and simplify it.

Kid of Speed - an amazing blog - Robert Polidori's book 'Zones of Exclusion' is an incredible look at Pripyat and Chernobyl too...

Starnow.com is the best in my opinion - it does have a lot of amateur actors on there but their casting tools are really, really good. I also use Mandy.com and Castingcallpro.com (not as keen on those though - mostly for technical reasons - they have some great talent on there)

Don't get discouraged Myth - shit happens even with the best laid plans. I'm still struggling to get my film finished - my investor went AWOL, I've got crippling credit card debts and my ex-girlfriend f**ked me over emotionally for nearly a year before disappearing on me. The last 8 or 9 months...