Vegas Video discussions from 2005 (Q1Q2)

Greg Jacobson · May 12th, 2005, 12:34 PM

Never aswer the phone, just get on hold forever listening to that stupid music.

Never answer emails.

If there is any sign of life over there then post here and let me know.

Edward Troxel · May 12th, 2005, 12:39 PM

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: My understanding is that they only answer during normal business hours. Plus there is an hour period of time during lunch during which the phone is not answered.

Confirmed (straight from Sony's website):
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday.

Edward Troxel · May 12th, 2005, 12:42 PM

There is ONE version of Vegas - just different pricing depending on qualifications. So, no, there will be no limitations.

David Bird · May 12th, 2005, 01:10 PM

Thanks for the info, Ed.
David Bird

Brian Kennedy · May 12th, 2005, 02:54 PM

I've gotten pretty good support from them (when I had an install issue with CDA 5.2, and once on a SF plug-in), but you do need to call during business hours. Unfortunately, business hours don't include weekends.

Brian Kennedy · May 12th, 2005, 03:00 PM

Steve - maybe someone else could help, but I can't understand how Bezier masks would be used in a "breaking apart a puzzle" effect.

Admittedly, I haven't thought this out, but what I would do is make the puzzle pieces in Photoshop from the image. It would be easy enough to draw the pieces with the pen tool, turn the path into a selection, then CTRL-J to make a new layer for that piece. Then you could, one by one, save each piece/layer as a PNG. The transparency of the layer remains transparent in Vegas.

Then you could import each PNG as a track in Vegas, and could animate each piece independently, rotate, pan, 3D motion, spin, etc. It'd be easy to make them all end up where you wanted, joined together, by just stacking them up (each fills in the other's transparent areas).

This way, there's no need to use an "add" blend mode or anything unusual like that.

HTH. And like I said, I gave it about 10 seconds of thought. There may be a lots easier way to do it. ;-D

Edward Troxel · May 12th, 2005, 03:18 PM

Steve, how about e-mailing be the VEG file so I can play with it?

Steve Roffler · May 12th, 2005, 08:38 PM

Edward, It's in the mail. If you have trouble getting it let me know and I'll put it up somewhere for downloading.

Brian, I know I'm probably going about this the wrong way. I'll think a bit about your idea.

Thanks

Mike Sun · May 13th, 2005, 12:37 AM

Can someone help me out please?

Recently I switched over to Vegas 6 (yes, I'm a new user) and when I was importing some video clips from my camcorder to the computer, I noticed that the clips captured seemed to be deinterlaced. My shots are done in 30fps interlaced, and when I watch the raw uncompressed footage, I don't see the horizontal lines, which I used to when I captured clips from Premiere Pro.

My question is, does Vegas 6 automatically deinterlace when caputring clips to the computer and if so, does this degrade the video quality? Am I supposed to see the horizontal lines showing up when there's a lot of camera movement/action going on?

Steve Roffler · May 13th, 2005, 01:07 AM

Capture via firewire just transfers the video from your camcorder tape to your computer. Both are the same format (DV AVI) so there is no loss of resolution. The video is not deinterlaced upon transfer.

Horizontal lines don't sound good. I've never seen this in my transfers.

Kyle Ringin · May 13th, 2005, 01:10 AM

Mike,
The capture window is usually of a low enough resolution to get rid of any interlace lines if that's what you're talking about, but it sounds like you mean the preview window. At the top there is a resolution/quality drop down - if you select best/full it will show the full resolution and hence any interlace artifacts.

BTW I have Vegas 5, I haven't used 6 yet but I guess this still applies..

Cheers.

Charley Gallagher · May 13th, 2005, 05:20 AM

One never knows....is this just something I bumped on a menu somewhere or is this going to be a crisis of epic proportions?

Anyone know what may have happened?

Edward Troxel · May 13th, 2005, 07:07 AM

Steve, I never saw it. Can you send again and make sure "Vegas" is in the subject line somewhere?

Edward Troxel · May 13th, 2005, 07:09 AM

Options - Preferences - Draw waveforms and frames in events.

Make sure it is turned ON.

Steve Roffler · May 13th, 2005, 08:40 AM

Edward,

I resent the files. The veg file is around 4 megs, don't know if that is the problem. Or it could be I took out some of the spaces in your email address.

Hope they get there this time.

Thanks,

Steve

May 12th, 2005, 12:34 PM	#1531
Greg Jacobson Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New York Posts: 141	Does anyone exist at http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com ? Never aswer the phone, just get on hold forever listening to that stupid music. Never answer emails. If there is any sign of life over there then post here and let me know.

May 12th, 2005, 12:39 PM	#1532
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Short answer: Yes. Longer answer: My understanding is that they only answer during normal business hours. Plus there is an hour period of time during lunch during which the phone is not answered. Confirmed (straight from Sony's website): Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 12th, 2005, 12:42 PM	#1533
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	There is ONE version of Vegas - just different pricing depending on qualifications. So, no, there will be no limitations. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 12th, 2005, 02:54 PM	#1535
Brian Kennedy Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Washington DC Posts: 126	I've gotten pretty good support from them (when I had an install issue with CDA 5.2, and once on a SF plug-in), but you do need to call during business hours. Unfortunately, business hours don't include weekends. __________________ Brian Kennedy

May 12th, 2005, 03:00 PM	#1536
Brian Kennedy Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Washington DC Posts: 126	Steve - maybe someone else could help, but I can't understand how Bezier masks would be used in a "breaking apart a puzzle" effect. Admittedly, I haven't thought this out, but what I would do is make the puzzle pieces in Photoshop from the image. It would be easy enough to draw the pieces with the pen tool, turn the path into a selection, then CTRL-J to make a new layer for that piece. Then you could, one by one, save each piece/layer as a PNG. The transparency of the layer remains transparent in Vegas. Then you could import each PNG as a track in Vegas, and could animate each piece independently, rotate, pan, 3D motion, spin, etc. It'd be easy to make them all end up where you wanted, joined together, by just stacking them up (each fills in the other's transparent areas). This way, there's no need to use an "add" blend mode or anything unusual like that. HTH. And like I said, I gave it about 10 seconds of thought. There may be a lots easier way to do it. ;-D __________________ Brian Kennedy

May 12th, 2005, 01:10 PM	#1534
David Bird Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sikeston, Missouri, USA Posts: 118	Thanks for the info, Ed. David Bird

May 12th, 2005, 03:18 PM	#1537
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Steve, how about e-mailing be the VEG file so I can play with it? __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 12th, 2005, 08:38 PM	#1538
Steve Roffler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 100	Edward, It's in the mail. If you have trouble getting it let me know and I'll put it up somewhere for downloading. Brian, I know I'm probably going about this the wrong way. I'll think a bit about your idea. Thanks __________________ Steve pdx10, EOS10D

May 13th, 2005, 12:37 AM	#1539
Mike Sun Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 28	Vegas deinterlace automatically? Can someone help me out please? Recently I switched over to Vegas 6 (yes, I'm a new user) and when I was importing some video clips from my camcorder to the computer, I noticed that the clips captured seemed to be deinterlaced. My shots are done in 30fps interlaced, and when I watch the raw uncompressed footage, I don't see the horizontal lines, which I used to when I captured clips from Premiere Pro. My question is, does Vegas 6 automatically deinterlace when caputring clips to the computer and if so, does this degrade the video quality? Am I supposed to see the horizontal lines showing up when there's a lot of camera movement/action going on?

May 13th, 2005, 01:07 AM	#1540
Steve Roffler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 100	Capture via firewire just transfers the video from your camcorder tape to your computer. Both are the same format (DV AVI) so there is no loss of resolution. The video is not deinterlaced upon transfer. Horizontal lines don't sound good. I've never seen this in my transfers. __________________ Steve pdx10, EOS10D

May 13th, 2005, 01:10 AM	#1541
Kyle Ringin Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 241	Mike, The capture window is usually of a low enough resolution to get rid of any interlace lines if that's what you're talking about, but it sounds like you mean the preview window. At the top there is a resolution/quality drop down - if you select best/full it will show the full resolution and hence any interlace artifacts. BTW I have Vegas 5, I haven't used 6 yet but I guess this still applies.. Cheers.

May 13th, 2005, 05:20 AM	#1542
Charley Gallagher Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Collingswood, NJ Posts: 99	Thumbnails on timeline are gone One never knows....is this just something I bumped on a menu somewhere or is this going to be a crisis of epic proportions? Anyone know what may have happened?

May 13th, 2005, 07:07 AM	#1543
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Steve, I never saw it. Can you send again and make sure "Vegas" is in the subject line somewhere? __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 13th, 2005, 07:09 AM	#1544
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Options - Preferences - Draw waveforms and frames in events. Make sure it is turned ON. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 13th, 2005, 08:40 AM	#1545
Steve Roffler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 100	Edward, I resent the files. The veg file is around 4 megs, don't know if that is the problem. Or it could be I took out some of the spaces in your email address. Hope they get there this time. Thanks, Steve __________________ Steve pdx10, EOS10D