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Configuring your video settings

You can use the Video tab on the Preferences dialog to choose your video settings. From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and then click the Video tab.

The items on this tab are explained below.

Items

Description

Resample source video

Select this check box if you want Sound Forge to interpolate video frames when you

 

render to a frame rate that is greater than the source file's frame rate.

Deinterlace method

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to determine how Sound Forge separates the

 

two fields that make up a video frame when you render to a progressive format:

 

Blend Fields: Maintains the data in the two fields by blending them together. This

 

method can produce a smooth, motion-blurred image.

 

Interpolate: Deletes one field and uses the remaining field to interpolate the deleted

 

lines. This produces sharper images than Blend Fields but can introduce jagged motion

 

or stair-stepping artifacts.

 

 

Allow pulldown removal when

If you want Sound Forge to automatically remove pulldown fields when opening 24 fps

opening 24p DV

progressive-scan DV video files, select this check box. To open your 24p DV video files as

 

29.97 fps interlaced video (60i), clear this check box.

Frame numbering on

This drop-down list determines how the frame information is displayed on the video

thumbnails

strip when you have frame number display enabled. To display frame numbers, choose

 

the Frame number option. To display timecode, choose the Media timecode option.

 

 

External monitor device

Allows you to identify an external video device with which Sound Forge can

 

communicate. This video device is used to display previews on an external monitor.

 

Important: Sound Forge automatically adds pulldown when you preview 24p video on

 

an external monitor.

 

Note: This option is available only in the full version of Sound Forge.

 

 

Saving a video file

1.From the File menu, choose Save As. The Save As dialog appears.

2.From the Save as type drop-down list, choose a video file format.

3.Name the file in the File name box.

Select or clear Video check boxes as needed

4.Select or clear the following check boxes as needed:

•Stretch video to fill output frame (do not letterbox): Selecting this check box stretches the source video frame if the destination frame size differs. When this check box is cleared, Sound Forge uses letterboxing or pillarboxing to keep the frame aspect correct.

•Fast video resizing: Selecting this check box speeds the process of saving video. When this check box is cleared, the time required to save the file can increase dramatically. Clear this check box only when you have critical material where nothing but the highest quality video rendering will do.

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