post production
 

what is normally used for a final output of an animation.including sound effects.
i got DFX with LW,wich is cool,but what program is best for putting it all together? i have screen blast movie and can get it in there for sound but the output is really bad.real dark.
what program will deal with a file seq. after dfx or LW?
also have vegas video,but still the output is real dark. i tried out put from LW as a mov. file and looks good but can't get that into
vegas.tried avi but the final out of vegas or screenblast looks dark,real dark.
have any advice? thanks scott

windows xp

It depends on what post work you want to do. If you are looking to edit your video from DFX together with sound you need a video program like Vegas or Premiere Pro.

For the darkness, it depends on where it is coming from. Is it bright until viewed on a regular TV or is it dark on the computer monitor? Are the original stills bright? IT the stills are good and the playback in Vegas looks good, it must be a compression or encoding problem. If you can output to a .mov from Vegas, try a Quicktime file using the animation codec.

Because this is such a good deal I'll mention it. A company called ADS sells an A/V box for firewire. It lets you import and export digital and analog video and preview your work on a standard TV. They have a package called the Pyro A/V Link Pro that included the box, Premiere Pro (NLE), Encore (DVD authoring), and Audition (like Acid on steroids). Safe Harbors sells it for $550. That is about $1800 worth of software and hardware. I bought mine about a month or so ago and it is well worth it.

Wow - that is a good deal. Is the box NTSC only, or will it run to a PAL TV over here in Europe Cory?

Looks to be both - http://www.sharbor.com/products/ADSN5010010.html

The only thing is that it would come with a 110v power cord so you would have to deal with that. If you go to ADStech.com you can get a list of places to purchase in the UK. Looks like it is about 350£ +VAT.

I reinstalled vegas and it better. as mpeg or q-time. as for avi it's garbage. must be my conpresstion settings.can you recomend a good codec? scott

DivX - www.divx.com.