Hi,

What is the lagest still image size that vegas can handle without turning red in the timeline and making the program crash? I'm using Vegas 8.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Gary

I've dropped 5,000 x 5,000 pixel images on the timeline without any problems.
There is a limit but, as I recall, it's closer to 10,000 x 10,000.

Mike

That is intrusting Mike, I think I'm close to learning somthing here.

In my experiance large photo images like 3000 x 1676 300 resolution will cause Vegas problems, to where it will crash so much that I can't get any more editing done. So I would shrink them down in Photoshop by changing the resolution to 72 it would then automatically change the frame size to 720 x 402. Doing this makes the image not as clear.

May be I need to just change the resolution to 72 and keep the original frame size such as 3000 x 1676.

I see that Vegas 9 was just released and one of the new features reads: 4K project support, up to 4096 x 4096. Does that mean Vegas will now accept photos up to 4096 x 4096? Or is it taking about something else?

Thanks,

Gary

Gary, I regularly drop several images of that size on my Vegas timeline and have no crashing problems.
If it helps, I'm running a QX6700 quad core with 3 hard drives, one for the OS, one for captured files and one for edited projects.
Getting files from and rendering to your OS drive is just asking for trouble.
Hard drives are very cheap these days so, if you don't have at least two, make the investment.
The increased performance & reliability will make you glad you did.

Forget about DPI as it's a term that's relevant to print work, not video.
The size of the image in pixels is the only thing to worry about.
I have Photoshop but use a free app called IrfanView as it does batch resizing very quickly.
The rule of thumb for images is to keep them no more than 2X your project size unless you're doing deep zooms.
For DV NTSC, this would be 1440 x 960.

The other thing that has been known to help a lot of folks is to switch the images from JPEG format to PNG as this is a format that Vegas really likes.
Once again, I use IrfanView for this purpose.

edit: I 've got Vegas Pro 9 installed on my computer but, due to the various bug reports, I'm waiting for an update before I'll consider using it.

Mike

Vegas Pro 9 supports gigapixel images.

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Mike, my computer is set up pritty much like yours.

So, if I understand you right, I don't need to change the resolution (dpi) or the frame size at all, it should just work.

I will change the jpegs to png and see if that helps.

Gary

Gary, it should just work but I still recommend sticking to the 2X project resolution settings to avoid potential problems.

Mike