Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q1Q2)

Edward Troxel · June 28th, 2006, 03:18 PM

Move the files. When you open the project the next time, it will ask where those files are. Point it to the new location.

Mathew Kurtz · June 28th, 2006, 03:26 PM

Do you think something like that would be useful for me? Maybe a plugin or something that automatically shrinks a double-click-selected region by a frame?

brah

Sounds bleak, don't it?

Emre Safak · June 28th, 2006, 03:33 PM

Right you are. Score another one.

Edward Troxel · June 28th, 2006, 08:24 PM

In my case, shrinking by a frame did not work. I had to make sure the frame before and after the region was not there (actually, I just deleted everything before the region and everything after the region).

Pete Peterson · June 29th, 2006, 12:55 AM

i have a part of a video i need to take from another video , the screen is split into two vertically (i need left side).The part i need is not perfectly square (height is longer than width)

i tried pan crop but it only goes zooms in and out in perfect squares, anyone know how i can crop out this rectangle portion within vegas,i know when i isolate that section and fit to screen in it will look kind of messed up because proportions are not right but that is ok. Just need that section

thanks in advance

Steven Davis · June 29th, 2006, 05:03 AM

I'm just thinking out loud here, but I wonder how hard it would be to have a script in vegas that tallys up your work time on a project?

Edward Troxel · June 29th, 2006, 07:07 AM

Pan/Crop WILL do it - you just need to turn off "Lock Aspect Ratio" (it's one of the buttons down the left side of the Pan/Crop dialog).

For more info on creating masks which will also let you do this, take a look at Vol 3 #1 of my newsletters.

Kevin James · June 29th, 2006, 12:16 PM

I recently switched from Twom small monitors to a 24" and a production monitor and would like to reset vegas to the default setup, but I can't figure out how!

I have all kinds of windows all over the place and when I drag them to the bottom they create a seperate frame instead of a tab on the lower left. It gets pretty crowded!

Mathew Kurtz · June 29th, 2006, 12:20 PM

Try this: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=70226

Kevin James · June 29th, 2006, 12:24 PM

Perfect! Thanks for the link to that thread!

Emre Safak · June 29th, 2006, 03:14 PM

I have a project with many audio tracks, each with a volume envelope. How can I adjust the overall volume? I want everything raised by 12dB throughout the file. Normally the output faders can facilitate this, but I have maxed them out, so I think I need to adjust the envelopes.

Edward Troxel · June 29th, 2006, 03:16 PM

I guess you could route them all to a bus and then raise the volume level on that bus.

Emre Safak · June 29th, 2006, 03:42 PM

Does it matter if it is a surround project? It seems routing to busses is only possible when you are not using a surround master.

Mike Kujbida · June 29th, 2006, 04:02 PM

Not sure if this will work for you but it's worth a shot.
View - Audio Bus Tracks
Insert a volume envelope on this new "Track"
You can raise the volume on each of these independently plus the volume controls on the master faders.

Emre Safak · June 29th, 2006, 04:14 PM

You da man. That gave me another 6dB of leeway. The tricks some people have up their sleeve!

June 28th, 2006, 03:18 PM	#2056
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Move the files. When you open the project the next time, it will ask where those files are. Point it to the new location. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

June 28th, 2006, 03:26 PM	#2057
Mathew Kurtz Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Courtenay, British Columbia Posts: 39	Do you think something like that would be useful for me? Maybe a plugin or something that automatically shrinks a double-click-selected region by a frame? brah Sounds bleak, don't it? Last edited by Mathew Kurtz; June 28th, 2006 at 04:29 PM.

June 28th, 2006, 08:24 PM	#2059
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	In my case, shrinking by a frame did not work. I had to make sure the frame before and after the region was not there (actually, I just deleted everything before the region and everything after the region). __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

June 29th, 2006, 12:55 AM	#2060
Pete Peterson New Boot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 12	pan crop for non proportional video? i have a part of a video i need to take from another video , the screen is split into two vertically (i need left side).The part i need is not perfectly square (height is longer than width) i tried pan crop but it only goes zooms in and out in perfect squares, anyone know how i can crop out this rectangle portion within vegas,i know when i isolate that section and fit to screen in it will look kind of messed up because proportions are not right but that is ok. Just need that section thanks in advance

June 29th, 2006, 05:03 AM	#2061
Steven Davis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,065	Project Time I'm just thinking out loud here, but I wonder how hard it would be to have a script in vegas that tallys up your work time on a project? __________________ What happens if I push the 'Red' button?

June 28th, 2006, 03:33 PM	#2058
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Right you are. Score another one.

June 29th, 2006, 07:07 AM	#2062
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Pan/Crop WILL do it - you just need to turn off "Lock Aspect Ratio" (it's one of the buttons down the left side of the Pan/Crop dialog). For more info on creating masks which will also let you do this, take a look at Vol 3 #1 of my newsletters. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

June 29th, 2006, 12:16 PM	#2063
Kevin James Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 204	Resetting vegas window setup to default I recently switched from Twom small monitors to a 24" and a production monitor and would like to reset vegas to the default setup, but I can't figure out how! I have all kinds of windows all over the place and when I drag them to the bottom they create a seperate frame instead of a tab on the lower left. It gets pretty crowded!

June 29th, 2006, 12:20 PM	#2064
Mathew Kurtz Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Courtenay, British Columbia Posts: 39	Try this: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=70226

June 29th, 2006, 12:24 PM	#2065
Kevin James Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 204	Perfect! Thanks for the link to that thread!

June 29th, 2006, 03:14 PM	#2066
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Changing the volume globally I have a project with many audio tracks, each with a volume envelope. How can I adjust the overall volume? I want everything raised by 12dB throughout the file. Normally the output faders can facilitate this, but I have maxed them out, so I think I need to adjust the envelopes.

June 29th, 2006, 03:16 PM	#2067
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I guess you could route them all to a bus and then raise the volume level on that bus. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

June 29th, 2006, 03:42 PM	#2068
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Does it matter if it is a surround project? It seems routing to busses is only possible when you are not using a surround master.

June 29th, 2006, 04:02 PM	#2069
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Not sure if this will work for you but it's worth a shot. View - Audio Bus Tracks Insert a volume envelope on this new "Track" You can raise the volume on each of these independently plus the volume controls on the master faders.

June 29th, 2006, 04:14 PM	#2070
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	You da man. That gave me another 6dB of leeway. The tricks some people have up their sleeve!