Vegas Video discussions from 2004 (Q3Q4)

Edward Troxel · November 17th, 2004, 04:19 PM

Yep, there are MANY places the effect can be added - like the media pool/clip level. Glad you found it there. Just move it to the timeline event instead and all should be fine.

Ake Phetdavieng · November 17th, 2004, 05:11 PM

Can anyone explain to me how to come about with this effect?

It's been used alot... It's usually for transition where the video
looks like the clip is burning away. Not to be mistaken by where
you actually see film burning and dissolve into white.

I hope this helps whoever is willing to help I just can't really
explain more than that.

Thank you in advance.

-Ake

Fred Finn · November 17th, 2004, 05:14 PM

Yeah I know what you are talking about. I remeber using it once. It was a transition that was in the nle i was using. It was adobe premiere ummm two or three years ago... I forget which version that is. Hope that helps.

Michael Best · November 17th, 2004, 09:17 PM

I separated some events because I was going to add some filler stuff, before adding the filler I went ahead and added composite envelopes, adjusted levels between two video tracks up and down, adjusted audio as well, but now I need to close those gaps, if I move the event to the left I lose my envelope adjustments, how can I attach all these events together and keep the envelope changes? I basically want to delete the dead space between events without losing my envelope/editing changes. Simply, I need to move a number of events to the left in the timeline to attach to the previous event but don't want to lose the envelope changes...help - did I say envelope enough?

Josh Bass · November 17th, 2004, 09:21 PM

There should be button or option that says "lock envelopes to events." This'll make your envelopes. . .um. . .marry your events that they affect, rather than being. . .um. . .sort of floating. Now, when you move events with envelopes, the envelopes'll move or not move where they're supposed to.

Is that what you meant?

Michael Best · November 17th, 2004, 09:59 PM

Thanks Josh, I'm thinking I have to lock the envelopes as you said, then move the event to end of the previous event. I'll give it a shot.

Josh Bass · November 17th, 2004, 10:02 PM

Cool. I don't know if the envelopes you're using are the same envelopes as that button affects--I've never done the stuff you've done! I use the occasional velocity envelope, and the volume envelope for audio, and that's what it works on. No clue as to whether it affects that compositing stuff.

Owen Dawe · November 17th, 2004, 10:43 PM

Media Studio Pro has it as one of it's transitions.

Edward Troxel · November 18th, 2004, 06:46 AM

You might want to look at the Adorage transitions. They have many interesting transitions including many "classic" transitions that most people would never use today unless duplicating the "old cheesy" look!

Glen Elliott · November 18th, 2004, 01:24 PM

I'm really enjoying Excalibur 3- a must have when doing multi-cam edits. I'm utilizing the new camera scripts....ie the little colored 1, 2, 3 buttons that can be added to the tool bar.

What I felt would be much easier is to have a shortcut key to activate each of them rather than having to move my mouse to the top of the screen to select each one when I want a camera change. That way I can have my finger rest on the shortcut key and tap it each time I want a camera change without having to stop and move my mouse to the top of the screen.

I went into the preferences> keyboard...and even saw the camera scripts in there but couldn't, for the life of me, figure out how to assign key(s) for shortcuts for it.

Lastly I haven't seen the "tally" lights when using these scripts..I'm sure I'm missing something.

Paul Brown · November 18th, 2004, 01:44 PM

Colin,

As far as I'm aware, no manual has been translated either officially or "unofficially"....

However, this fairly active Spanish Vegas forum my be useful for Spanish speakers: quite a helpful bunch of people, and there are some tutorials up there which may flatten the learning curve.

Best regards

Paul.

Gary Kleiner · November 18th, 2004, 01:45 PM

To set a keystroke, open Prefs > Keyboard and find what you need in Available Commands, which does include the Excalibur camera scripts (if you have Excalibur 3 installed).

Ckick on the one you want to assign.

Click in the box whre it says 'Press new shortcut keys', then type the keyboard combo you want to assign it to.

Click on OK.

To use the tally light system, set up your PIP with the Sync Wizard.

Gary

Glen Elliott · November 18th, 2004, 02:08 PM

Yeah I did that...well I thought I did- I hit the 1, 2, and 3 keys at the top of the keyboard. They aren't taken for anything else are they? Whenever I hit, say, the "1" key...nothing would happen....in other words it wouldn't show up in the box. Does it HAVE to be a key "combination"?

I synced my footage manually- then ran the sync tool simply to arrange the 3 cameras side by side with the numbering. However when I use the camera scripts to automatically switch cams I don't see a highlight around the current camera. Like I said I'm sure I missed something small.

Btw, saw you in WEV being inducted into the Hall of Fame- contrats.

Ake Phetdavieng · November 18th, 2004, 05:12 PM

Oh thank you everyone. I'll be looking into those programs. I never knew that you can just apply this transitions... I figured you would have to mess with the saturations and hues.

Michael Best · November 18th, 2004, 06:23 PM

Actually, now I just need to remove about 25 seconds of dead space on the timeline so the two ends will match up - and it needs
to include about 5 tracks down. Tried markers, looping, anybody?

November 17th, 2004, 04:19 PM	#1441
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Yep, there are MANY places the effect can be added - like the media pool/clip level. Glad you found it there. Just move it to the timeline event instead and all should be fine. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 17th, 2004, 05:11 PM	#1442
Ake Phetdavieng Tourist Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3	Film Burning Effect Transition Can anyone explain to me how to come about with this effect? It's been used alot... It's usually for transition where the video looks like the clip is burning away. Not to be mistaken by where you actually see film burning and dissolve into white. I hope this helps whoever is willing to help I just can't really explain more than that. Thank you in advance. -Ake

November 17th, 2004, 05:14 PM	#1443
Fred Finn Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Jackson, WY Posts: 178	Yeah I know what you are talking about. I remeber using it once. It was a transition that was in the nle i was using. It was adobe premiere ummm two or three years ago... I forget which version that is. Hope that helps. __________________ i am the muffin man.

November 17th, 2004, 09:17 PM	#1444
Michael Best Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oceanside Harbor, CA Posts: 446	Oh no...help I separated some events because I was going to add some filler stuff, before adding the filler I went ahead and added composite envelopes, adjusted levels between two video tracks up and down, adjusted audio as well, but now I need to close those gaps, if I move the event to the left I lose my envelope adjustments, how can I attach all these events together and keep the envelope changes? I basically want to delete the dead space between events without losing my envelope/editing changes. Simply, I need to move a number of events to the left in the timeline to attach to the previous event but don't want to lose the envelope changes...help - did I say envelope enough?

November 17th, 2004, 09:21 PM	#1445
Josh Bass Slash Rules! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,472	There should be button or option that says "lock envelopes to events." This'll make your envelopes. . .um. . .marry your events that they affect, rather than being. . .um. . .sort of floating. Now, when you move events with envelopes, the envelopes'll move or not move where they're supposed to. Is that what you meant? __________________ The Bass' camerawork The Bass on IMDB

November 17th, 2004, 09:59 PM	#1446
Michael Best Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oceanside Harbor, CA Posts: 446	Thanks Josh, I'm thinking I have to lock the envelopes as you said, then move the event to end of the previous event. I'll give it a shot.

November 17th, 2004, 10:02 PM	#1447
Josh Bass Slash Rules! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,472	Cool. I don't know if the envelopes you're using are the same envelopes as that button affects--I've never done the stuff you've done! I use the occasional velocity envelope, and the volume envelope for audio, and that's what it works on. No clue as to whether it affects that compositing stuff. __________________ The Bass' camerawork The Bass on IMDB

November 17th, 2004, 10:43 PM	#1448
Owen Dawe Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Lake Tarawera, Rotorua, New Zealand Posts: 244	Media Studio Pro has it as one of it's transitions. __________________ Owen

November 18th, 2004, 06:46 AM	#1449
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	You might want to look at the Adorage transitions. They have many interesting transitions including many "classic" transitions that most people would never use today unless duplicating the "old cheesy" look! __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 18th, 2004, 01:24 PM	#1450
Glen Elliott Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,898	Can you assign short-cut keys for the multicamera script in Excalibur? I'm really enjoying Excalibur 3- a must have when doing multi-cam edits. I'm utilizing the new camera scripts....ie the little colored 1, 2, 3 buttons that can be added to the tool bar. What I felt would be much easier is to have a shortcut key to activate each of them rather than having to move my mouse to the top of the screen to select each one when I want a camera change. That way I can have my finger rest on the shortcut key and tap it each time I want a camera change without having to stop and move my mouse to the top of the screen. I went into the preferences> keyboard...and even saw the camera scripts in there but couldn't, for the life of me, figure out how to assign key(s) for shortcuts for it. Lastly I haven't seen the "tally" lights when using these scripts..I'm sure I'm missing something.

November 18th, 2004, 01:44 PM	#1451
Paul Brown Tourist Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4	SPanish Vegas Forum Colin, As far as I'm aware, no manual has been translated either officially or "unofficially".... However, this fairly active Spanish Vegas forum my be useful for Spanish speakers: quite a helpful bunch of people, and there are some tutorials up there which may flatten the learning curve. Best regards Paul.

November 18th, 2004, 01:45 PM	#1452
Gary Kleiner Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 166	To set a keystroke, open Prefs > Keyboard and find what you need in Available Commands, which does include the Excalibur camera scripts (if you have Excalibur 3 installed). Ckick on the one you want to assign. Click in the box whre it says 'Press new shortcut keys', then type the keyboard combo you want to assign it to. Click on OK. To use the tally light system, set up your PIP with the Sync Wizard. Gary

November 18th, 2004, 02:08 PM	#1453
Glen Elliott Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,898	Yeah I did that...well I thought I did- I hit the 1, 2, and 3 keys at the top of the keyboard. They aren't taken for anything else are they? Whenever I hit, say, the "1" key...nothing would happen....in other words it wouldn't show up in the box. Does it HAVE to be a key "combination"? I synced my footage manually- then ran the sync tool simply to arrange the 3 cameras side by side with the numbering. However when I use the camera scripts to automatically switch cams I don't see a highlight around the current camera. Like I said I'm sure I missed something small. Btw, saw you in WEV being inducted into the Hall of Fame- contrats.

November 18th, 2004, 05:12 PM	#1454
Ake Phetdavieng Tourist Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3	Oh thank you everyone. I'll be looking into those programs. I never knew that you can just apply this transitions... I figured you would have to mess with the saturations and hues.

November 18th, 2004, 06:23 PM	#1455
Michael Best Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oceanside Harbor, CA Posts: 446	Actually, now I just need to remove about 25 seconds of dead space on the timeline so the two ends will match up - and it needs to include about 5 tracks down. Tried markers, looping, anybody?