A couple of questions about Sony Vegas Pro 12

[KyleMadrid]

Hi all,

I recently got Sony Vegas Pro 12 and just have a couple of questions...

Firstly, does Sony Vegas automatically de-interlace when rendering interlaced videos? I've edited and rendered 2 videos successfully so far, but both of them were already progressive videos. The next file I'll be working with will be interlaced, and I want to know if Sony Vegas will de-interlace it for me when I render it, because I can't see any options that allow me to choose de-interlacing or not, and I don't want to spend the time editing a video, only to find out that Sony Vegas can't de-interlace or at least not very well.

My second question is: Does anyone know how to add a slight "glossy" look to my videos? I think "glossy" is the right word to use, but I've posted 2 images below of what I mean...

Below is a screenshot of a video that has been edited by someone who makes very good compilations of a certain football player (Cristiano Ronaldo). He always makes his videos look like this, and I quite like the look of it and I'd like to know how he does it. I know you're wondering why I don't just ask him, but I already did a while ago, but he hasn't replied to me. I guess he just doesn't want to reveal his secret...

This is what his videos look like after editing:




This is a snapshot of the same match which has just been encoded with normal encoding software




You can see there is a difference in colour. His video has a nice glossy look. I wouldn't want to encode a full match like this, but I think it looks good for video compilations.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help

[poisondeathray]

Hi all,


Firstly, does Sony Vegas automatically de-interlace when rendering interlaced videos? I've edited and rendered 2 videos successfully so far, but both of them were already progressive videos. The next file I'll be working with will be interlaced, and I want to know if Sony Vegas will de-interlace it for me when I render it, because I can't see any options that allow me to choose de-interlacing or not, and I don't want to spend the time editing a video, only to find out that Sony Vegas can't de-interlace or at least not very well.

In the project settings, there is a "deinterlace mode" setting e.g. "interpolate" vs. "blend" vs. "none" . None is self explanatory. Usually interpolate is better (blend makes blurry)

When the project settings are interlaced, the file is interpreted as interlaced, and you render progressive, vegas will apply a deinterlace according to the project settings

My second question is: Does anyone know how to add a slight "glossy" look to my videos? I think "glossy" is the right word to use, but I've posted 2 images below of what I mean...

Below is a screenshot of a video that has been edited by someone who makes very good compilations of a certain football player (Cristiano Ronaldo). He always makes his videos look like this, and I quite like the look of it and I'd like to know how he does it. I know you're wondering why I don't just ask him, but I already did a while ago, but he hasn't replied to me. I guess he just doesn't want to reveal his secret...


You can see there is a difference in colour. His video has a nice glossy look. I wouldn't want to encode a full match like this, but I think it looks good for video compilations.

Technically it's worse, because he's crushing data on the low end

The difference is an increase in saturation and crushing black level (e.g. increase saturation and increase input black with the levels filter in vegas)

[KyleMadrid]

Okay, thanks very much. That helps a lot

[poisondeathray]

Here is a rough estimate, I just "eyeballed" it , increased saturation a bit, increased input black (levels) a bit . Notice some details in the shadows, black uniform are missing = crushed black levels

[KyleMadrid]

Here is a rough estimate, I just "eyeballed" it , increased saturation a bit, increased input black (levels) a bit . Notice some details in the shadows, black uniform are missing = crushed black levels


[Attachment 17717 - Click to enlarge]

Nice, that's what I was aiming for. But I can't seem to find the "Input Black" levels option in Sony Vegas. I found the saturation levesl though...

[poisondeathray]

But I can't seem to find the "Input Black" levels option in Sony Vegas.

vegas calls it "input start"

[KyleMadrid]

But I can't seem to find the "Input Black" levels option in Sony Vegas.

vegas calls it "input start"

Oh okay, I see now. Thanks.