Dissolving multiple video tracks
 

A while back I asked how to fade out a picture wall made up of say 20 small clips. I ddn't want to fade every single clip. I went for the option of adding black generated media above the tracks starting with zero opacity and increasing opacity at the end. That worked fine.

But - how would i dissolve the whole picture wall into another clip - ie not just a fade to colour. I know I can render the picture wall to a new track but won't I lose some quality there?

Thanx

Ian

That did it!
 

Thanks very much Mike!

If you have V6 you can open a NEW empty veg project and then IMPORT the "Picture-Wall" veg into it. Vegas6 using Nested veggies as if they were just ordinary media events. Yes, it will import a whole veg! Now that you;ve got that veg into the new veg - nested - you can treat the nested veg just as if it was a rendered out file. PLUS if you wish to re-edit the "Picture-Wall" veg you can right click on it and selected Edit Project - and up it will pop!

Another way is to make ALL the tracks children of a control Parent track and apply dissolves and any FX you wish to the Parent track.

Another way is to affect the "Master" Track which you can view at the bottom of the timeline - if not go View and make sure it is activated.

Think I got that right? . .. . So 3 ways there!!

Grazie

Deinterlacing question
 

I have several events that were accidently shot at 60i. They involve considerable motion, but I would like to convert them to 30p. It appears that Vegas has a deinterlacing utility - what is the correct way to apply it ? Also, how does the Vegas deinterlacer compare to others such as ProCoder 2.0 and other more expensive programs ?

If you change the speed of the clips that are already on the timeline, Vegas/Ultimate S doesn't change the length of the clips, only their speed. The in-point remains constant. The speed change is through out the clip, so if you're looking to change speed AND length, then your next best bet is to run the script again, changing clip length.

You could try the free Mike Crash deinterlacer, or just use the stock "interpolate" or "blend fields" deinterlacers.

My opinion is that while the Mike Crash deinterlacer or the interpolate method will avoid ghosting, often high motion scenes look smoother with a blend fields deinterlace.

Actually, Ultimate S does adjust the length if you check the "Adjust Length to Match" option on the Visual Effects tab but it does not change the event placement so they will overlap or create gaps as the length changes (this will be a good enhancement for a future version). ;-)

Jon, What you can do it use the Editing Tools tab and select Adjust Transition Length and make it 00:00:00;00 (zero). This will move all of events one after the other on the timeline.

~jr

how can i cut out just the picture and no sound
 

I'm having problems cutting out a picture on the timeline and keep the sound intact....when i cut the pic, the sound automatically is sliced out too...any suggestions?

Temporarily enable Ignore Event Grouping (Ctrl+Shift+U). This is also an icon on the toolbar. That will let you cut just the video or audio without affecting the other. Then don’t forget to turn it off again otherwise all sorts of things that are grouped will get out of alignment.

~jr

Multitrack Audio Question
 

I was trying to do some multitrack audio recording, but the sound from the top track is recording onto the new track (instead of just playing and letting me record a separate track).

This is probably a simple option that lets me bypass the top track and listen but not record.

I know I've done it before.

Thanks all!

DJ

Easy of use
 

The easiest would be the parent track option (in my opinion). You already have a humongus list of tracks so one more won't be a problem. I have had problems with nesting (certain size limits time wise) to nested projects or something like that (could just be somethign wrong with my install of Vegas).

jason

Thank You John !!
 

I appreciate your quick response....and helpful advice.
Dean

their utility
 

I always edit with those tracks off. Since yu brought up the subject, what is their usefullness? I have yet to use them, but that coudl be because I just don't know HOW to use them properly.

jason

DJ, just a hint.

I think this is a sound card function, not something in vegas. As I recall (fuzzily), depending on the card, you'll find controls for whether an output channel is fed to input channels.

Unless it's getting intermixed at an external mixer...

If you are referring to the tracks at the bottom of the timeline workspace those are MASTER BUS tracks and they can be very useful and helpful for edting however to get them out of the way simply move the cirsor down to the top of the track and move the entrire track down. It will not disappear completely but it will be moved to the point of not being in the way of editing.

Don