Setting video options

Video file properties

The video properties for a file affect how video is displayed and rendered when you save the file. In most situations, you can leave these settings at their default values. However, you can adjust the video properties of a file as needed.

1.From the View menu, choose File Properties. The File Properties window appears.

2.Choose a setting from the Video field order drop-down list. This setting affects how the video is displayed and rendered when you save the file.

•None (progressive scan) Treats video as non-interlaced.

•Upper field first Treats video as interlaced and reads the interlaced video as upper field first.

•Lower field first Treats video as interlaced and reads the interlaced video as lower field first.

Note: The Video field order setting remains in effect only as long as the file is open. The setting is not retained when you save or close the file.

3.Choose a setting from the Video pixel aspect ratio drop-down list to determine the ratio used to display and render the video. In most cases, this value is auto-detected for you.

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

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.

 

 

Allow pulldown removal when

If you want 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.

 

 

Deinterlace method

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to determine how the two fields that make

 

up a video frame are separated 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.

 

 

Resample source video when

Select this check box if you want to interpolate video frames when you render to a

rendering to a higher frame

frame rate that is greater than the source file’s frame rate.

rate

 

 

 

External monitor device

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

 

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

 

Important: Pulldown is automatically added when you preview 24p video on an

 

external monitor.

 

 

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