hit the J key for reverse ..hit it again and it will go faster in reverse - keep hitting for faster .. for forward hit the L key ..

for slo mo reverse hold the K key down then hit the J key- to speed up just keep hitting J key ..

for forward slo mo hold K key then hit L .. faster keep hitting L key

Do you mean reverse motion for a final output? If then, click on the event and then the Insert menu and insert a video velocity envelope. Drag the envelope down to a velocity of -100. That will give you a normal speed clip played backward. If you need to adjust the speed of that clip more, render it out and bring it back into Vegas and insert another velocity envelope.

You use a velocity envelope and the "key" is to START AT THE END. In other words, find the end of the clip (i.e. beginning of the REVERSED clip) and apply the velocity envelope at a negative percentage at that point.

To make things even simpler, use the "Reverse Clip" option in Excalibur 2.

what is the plug in you use to make clips look like animation?

Michael Estepp

filter pack .. color curves, levels, convolution kernel, invert, brightness contrast, min max

to see samples 1/2 way down page

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/don...+vegas&.src=ph

Is it possible to apply pan/crop to multiple clips?
 

Hi all.

I'm not in front of my editing pc now so I can't test this out for myself.

Can anyone tell me whether it is possible to apply the same pan & crop settings to multiple clips in one hit (ie without having to edit each clip's pan & crop keyframes).

I have copied and pasted a whole load of stills from three .veg files, two of which are at at 16:9, into a new project which is at 4:3. I had used pan and crop in the original projects to give the stills a sense of motion and it all looked great. But, of course, now they're in a 4:3 project I have a framing problem (ie losing the top and bottom of each image) which I want to get rid of!

Rather than go through each clip separately, is it possible to apply a 4:3 pan & crop to all them together?

I think that makes sense! Any help appreciated!

Thanks.

Ian . . .

Yes. Just "copy" the first one, select the rest and choose "Paste Attributes"

Of course. How stupid. Thanks for the friendly reminder, Edward!

Now, what would be really handy is a way to first change just the initial keyframe in each clip (ie to 4:3) and then automatically change the relative values of all the subsequent pan/crop keyframes to retain the movement from the originals but the format from the amended clip.

Methinks that ain't gonna happen - and I've now got a headache just trying to figure it out all for the sake of a feeble gag!

Thanks again for your help.

Ian . . .

You could save the first keyframe as a preset and then you could quickly set the first keyframe of the other events to that preset. However, you'd have to do them one at a time.

Book Info Request
 

Here's a request from Douglas Spotted Eagle:

Hey gang,
I've been asked to do another book on Vegas, this one will be graphically oriented (lotsa pics, less text) and so I wanted to invite you all to comment on what you'd like to know more about, or like to see spelled out in tutorial formatting. This will be a smaller book, about half the price of the 'big book' and I'd prefer to not have it be quite as basic as some of the bigger book is.

Please drop me a line if you've got any specific ideas or requests. I found the last book much easier to do with input from you all.

DSE (known to my friends as Spot)

How can I join several mpeg2 clips without re-rendering?
 

I am trying to join several mpeg2 clips into one large mpeg2 clip. Can I do this quickly without Vegas re-rendering all the clips?

Thanks,

Chris

I think it would be interesting to have a section specificaly on film-look techniques. Seems to be one of the more common questions here.

You'll have to use a program such as TMPGenc. Maybe VirtualDub.

Here's my input. I prefer to work through an exercise for each major function of the software. Identify the function, describe how it can/should be used, then take the reader through a step-by-step exercise. Areas that I would like to see covered are: color correction, audio noise reduction, music creation, multi-camera video track setup, fancy titling, use of FX's and plug-ins (3D for instance). For a special chapter, recommend equipment for sound recording for the new videographer with a very modest budget and maybe some outlines for shooting weddings (checklist, shots to get, script for editing, etc. I'd like to use this book as a reference manual next to my editing machine that I could tab for quick reference to the best way to accomplish a function. I've read a lot of software books but the ones I use most are the ones that have a step-by-step procedure for how to do a specific thing. Sure would like that for Vegas. Thanks for asking and looking forward to anything Spot puts out. I have his last book and re-read it often to get parts that I missed. Good stuff! Keep it coming.
Randy

There also seems to be a freeware program called MPEG2Cut
that claims to be able to join them. Even the source code is
available for it.

For TMPGEnc follow this route: File > MPEGTools > Merge&Cut

First of all I always like a book if it has some reference quality. Ie,
you can go back to it when you are looking for some answers.

That being said I like some more insights into combining various
filters and whatnot to create a new effect and learn what all
those powerful things can do COMBINED!

Like there was once a tip to slow the footage down and add
some motion blur I think to get some total new look. Etc., you
get the idea.

I think color correction is important and all of the MAJOR filters.
Also animation perhaps and audio tools.

I'd like to see something similar in concept to the The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book.

New Book
 

Michael,
The Photoshop WOW! Book is similar in design, but we won't have color in this one. We want to keep the book low-cost. But you've got the closest idea.
Thanks everyone for the input! I had no idea this forum had grown so large and was here!

Star Wars Effect
 

Michael, Thanks for posting the link. There are actually nearly 100 tutorials on our Sundance site, plus nearly 200 veg files and scripts. We don't have forums or anything like that, just training materials that stem from our VASST training tours.
http://www.sundancemediagroup.com/help/kb gets you to the Vegas training materials.
http://www.sundancemediagroup.com/help/kb/ulead gets you to the Ulead training materials. Lots on Cool 3D Production studio and DVD Workshop up there.

That's great, sounds like a continuation of the 4th DVD in your set where you started showing how it all worked together.

If it's feasible, I'd also pay extra for a DVD with you giving an overview or walk-through of the different projects & sections in the book.

Either as a supplement to the book or as a separate DVD product.

I'll second what Rob says about info on combining effects and filters.

the "Trimmer" function- am I retarded?
 

Ive been trying to figure out what the "trimmer" function actually does, and im stumped.

What does it to?

When I first started using Vegas, I wondered the same thing. I would pull my clips in and chop them up (trim them) on the timeline.

I then figured out that by using the trimmer, you can pull in footage from EXPLORER or your media bins direct to trimmer. Select frames/segment you want, right click Add media "F"rom cursor or Add media "To" cursor. You can select video track or audio track or both. It's more efficient.

And you can save your markers with the footage, so next time you open it they are still there.

Yeah . . The Trimmer! - It is very useful. Depending on the project I'm doing and where I'm at in the project I use the trimmer to select a clip from the t/l, open in trimmer, "sweep" over the near enough section/piece I want and copy both back to the t/l. I use it as a Quick 'n Dirty way to get out that which I want. It's fast and furious. What this means for me is that I can have the t/l section untouched - I don't fiddle about with what's up there - and have a separate clip in the trimmer to spend time on getting what I want. I do a lot of "cutaways" using the audio of one clip to keep going while the second - trimmer piece - is used as the cutaway. Yes the Regions are excellent, but use the Explorer Window to search for these regions.

As I said, it depends on the project. I don't believe using technology unless I need it. If it don't feel easy, I don't use it. IF it makes my life easier, then okay!

Hope this helps,

Grazie

Reduce echo? Acoustic Mirror? Mr. DSE? Anyone?
 

I did a search, here and there...
It all led me to a post in other forum explaining how to do it using Acoustic Mirror, and here is what is says:

---- >>>> (From Creative Cows)
Name: DSE
Date: Dec 1, 2002 at 05:43 gmt
Subject: Re: DSE - Acoustic Mirror

1. Save a chunk (less than 12 seconds) of ambient space with no speaking/ other noise from the avi file, as a wav file. In other words, extract 12 seconds or less worth of ambience where there is no talking. Longer/smoother sections are best, but can't exceed 12 seconds. I don't know why

2. Open the file you want to fix in forge or Vegas. Select all areas you want to fix..

3. Duplicate the 'bad' track, or use MIX in Forge after doing the next steps. Invert the phase

4. Open Acoustic Mirror, browse for the wav file you created. Apply it to the media you want.

5. Hit "preview" in Forge's MIX, or just play in Vegas. Start to adjust the blend of the wet and dry sound til you hear a decent blend of ambience.

6. You may need to shift the track exactly one waveform so that when track one is going up, track two is going down at the same time. .....
---->>>>>>

Now, maybe it´s my english, or just I´m plain dumb... but I don´t get the step number 3. Exactly when do I invert the phase?

And about number 6, well.. that one´s over my head... anyone care to explain to a slow person?

I´ve tried the process (not sure if doing right) and I don´t seem to get any good results at all.. (I guess not doing it right)...
I´m actually getting better results playing with the EQ... but I´d still want to know If I can Improve or makeup a little more those horrible echoes..

Haaaallllp!
 

Please tell me what I am doing wrong!

I captured interlaced video and set all the project properties and options to de-interlace and progressive scan. I even rendered out to progressive scan and the footage still looks interlaced!

The bottom of the preview screen indicates "P" so I know that it accepted my settings by why in the world does it still look interlaced when I watch it on a monitor? I'm using Vegas 4.0e upgraded from the Sony website.

your original clips are interlace.
you want to make them progressive.
you rendered the clips in Vegas by clicking on CUSTOM then put field order to NONE (progressive) ...
and now when you view on computer monitor you still see interlace artifacts on edges.

try a small test .. in the project properties ( file- properties) look to see which deinterlace method it is using .. you want to use BLEND ... now render , remember to change the filed order to none (progressive)

I did use blend, as opposed to interpolate, right? I did use blend because somebody else said to do that as well. No such luck. I believe the three choices are BLEND, INTERPOLATE and INTERLACE, right? You don't think there's something wrong with the software, do you?

OK try another test - right click on the the clip ( video track) in Vegas TL - properties - check the box "reduce interlace flicker "

Unsightly spot removale?
 

Hello folks, Im editing a music video and there are these bright white spots on the walls in the background. Is there any way to blur them out, or turn them dark green( the background color) The tricky part is that the singer moves infront of it at times. I have a jpeg showing a good example, but I dont know how to post it on here.

Michael Estepp

Is the color unique enough that you could use the Secondary color correcton to change it's color?

the color is bright white, its in a dark green wall in the background.

I think step 3 is just copying the 12 seconds to fill the same
length as your main audio track. Then after that he inverts the
track (I think in Vegas you do this: right-click on the audio track
and go down Switches and choose Invert Phase).

He is probably inverting it so to cancel out those samples in
your main track or something.

I think step 6 is basically to change the phase difference between
the tracks (which should happen if you move one in the other
direction than the other) to try and increase the cancellation.

That would be my guess from reading this all, but I ain't exactly
an audio guru so I also notified a friend of mine to take a look
at this thread.

I will give that a try. Thank you. I'll let you know if it works.

Rob thanx for answering.

Since I posted I´ve been doing a lot of reading and even more of trial and error, and I´m getting much better results.

The 12 second sample is to be used on the Acoustic Mirror Plugin.. that, I think I´ve got cleared.

So step number 3 is duplicating the track I want to fix (the one with the bad echo), but my questions are:

Exactly when, and to which sound do I invert the phase?

But let me know what your friend tells you, since I might be having to fix a lot of sounds from a comedy night in a bar that doesn´t has a line out to plug my minidisc ?¿?.. and the echo is like being in a cave....

You will have to find some ways to mask those areas but be careful to not mask out the people when they walk in front of them.

DVD Architect / Photo Album
 

Hello, Im making a DVD with a music video, and I want to include a high end photo album. Has anyone done this and has a procedure or template they would like to share?

Michael Estepp

Just as a word of light caution, I once copy/pasted one of my own posts from the forum you refer to, I was threatened with copyright violation since they own copyright to what you post there.

>>>>>>>>>

On to the important stuff; for step 3, you make a copy of the bad track, and in Vegas, paste it/duplicate it below the original. Then invert phase. In Forge, you'd paste it in to the Clipboard after inverting phase.

You are inverting the original audio, so you've got 2 copies of the audio. One is original, the other is copy of original with inverted phase.

As far as moving by a wave form/sample...it's a matter of zooming in deep, seeing where the wave goes up and down on the two files. They should be going up and down at exact opposites since you've inverted the phase. then slide the inverted sample so that it is going up exactly when the original is going up. It takes some playing to get the blend just right.

Better thing to do in the end is record it correctly, if you can. If you are in a club where there is no line out, then stick a mic in front of the pa speakers and run a line back to the cam. Drop a lav on the floor in front of the stage. Do anything to get the audio right before you record, rather than "fix it in post."
Fixing in post is a lame CYA way of saying "I didn't take the time to figure it out before I did the gig." Sometimes bad stuff happens, but if you know there will be a problem in the future, fix it before it's a problem, because no matter what, you won't be able to make it perfect later.

Keep in mind, the ear is far more picky about what it hears than the eye is about what it sees.

I would probably just create it in Vegas and add it to the DVD as a movie.