Add a velocity envelope, and a node at the point you want the freeze to happen.

Add another node (point) to the right and move it directly undeneath the other one. Right click on the bottom node and Set To.. 0%.

Now you can dag out the event however long you want it ,and it will stay on that frame.

Gary

While Vegas can now import Acid loops and their metadata.

Vegas is nowhere near what Acid does, and visa versa. Two very different programs.

Gary

Man, I should have tried that! Thanks Gary, that worked like a charm.

in which ways is ACID more comprehensive than what Vegas offers, in terms of loop-based compositions?

pitch, time, midi set, tempo/beat matching etc.. are all superior in acid

why would they jeopardise a market by offering it all in teh one package?

This way they get more moola

It might also just be unused media. There is an "Remove all
unused media from project" button in the media pool for this.

I had that too last year and was puzzled by it until I figured out
it was a test clip I did some things with and put up on the
timeline to see if it fitted in with the rest. It didn't so I deleted
the clip from the timeline and from my harddisk.

Next time Vegas asked me for the missing piece. It was still in
my media pool and the cleanup function got rid it of it (could also
have doen it manually ofcourse).

I usually try several different takes of scenes (which are different
AVI files in my setup) and also do a clean media pool every once
in a while to get rid of those references I did not end up using.

Yeah, that's exactly what I did to fix it. Ugh...media pool- who actually uses that sloppy thing. lol

Using opacity envelopes for non-destructive cuts
 

Coming from Photoshop, I like working with adjustment layers. They allow me to modify the image without irrevocably altering the image. I was thinking.... couldn't I use opacity envelopes to cut between scenes? Say I have a main video track, and a supplementary video track. I add an opacity envelope to the latter, and use it to cut between the two tracks. The problem is that opacity envelopes are not conducive to cutting; all changes are smooth. I do not want dissolves; just cuts. Is this possible, and if so, do you think it is a good idea?

Vegas is non-destructive in nature so you don't have to do that.

If you split a clip with "s" and delete one portion, just expand the remaining portion and you'll get your clip back.

That is true.

Meanwhile I solved the problem: Mute Envelopes are exactly what I wanted. What a great program eh?

vegas rebates?
 

Hi folks;
Anybody get anywhere with the rebate Sony was offering for folks who bought Vegas 4 during the month of April?

I saw it listed on another forum that there is a $50 rebate but when I tried to register I got an error screen.

When I called Sony they said they were aware of not being able to register for the rebate on line and that I would get a phone call saying when they had fixed the problem.

Of course, no phone call as of yet.

Anybody had any luck getting further along in the rebate process?

Rendering video with 16:9 and 4:3
 

Hi all,


Ok so i got two kinds of footage for a video i am editing.

One shot in 16:9

One shot in 4:3


When i rendered it i specifically chose to put it in 4:3 but the end result is that all the shots in 16:9 are widescreened and the 4:3 are full screen.

Is there any way to harmonize the two so they either both go wide or full screen.


Thx a bunch

Phil

One method would be to use the pan/crop tool on the 16:9 footage. Zoom-in/pan/scan so it fills the screen.

Or you could letterbox the 4:3 video using either the Pan/Crop tool or by using a mask.

I recommend you call support again - especially if it still doesn't work today. Have you tried it again?

Though you can cut between scenes by using opacity envelopes, you should be aware that render times may increase dramatically by using this approach as Vegas will be forced to render every frame.