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24p HDCAM/DVCA Workflow for the Independent Filmmaker

by Dave Hill, Sony Pictures Digital

Overview

With the rapid and continued adoption of Sony HDCAM as the acquisition format of choice for the independent filmmaker, many people have asked how they could use Sony Vegas software as an editing tool for 24p HDCAM production.

Sony Vegas 6 delivers many exciting new features, including cost-effective tools for 24p HDCAM editing using DVCAM proxies.

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12.1   The 24p/XPRI workflow.

With Vegas 6 you can:

1.   Connect Vegas 6 to a Sony JH-3 HDCAM deck and capture frame-accurate DVCAM downconverts over i-link. You can also make DV/DVCAM dubs from your ...

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