yeah veags 5 also has this envelope (i think v4 also has it... not sure.. )

anyways, when using this, an idea is to run the glow filter just to boost the lighs a lil bit

Also if you are using a PC with Sony Vegas as an editor, you can buy VASST GearShift which will allow you to work with DV Widescreen proxies for editing and then swap in the original M2T files for rendering back to tape or DVD. The best of both worlds.

~jr

If you use for compression only DivX as install DivX codec only - for import XviD you do not need him
If for compression you use XviD install only XviD

I though divx didn't work in Vegas at all? That's what I had always been told. I have the divx codec installed on my machine and it doesn't work.

Dont install 2 codecs - DivX open Xvid files, and XviD open DivX files
You needs instal only ONE of this codecs - codec on you use for COMPRESSON/
Wont experriment? - Problems in DivX files? change 4CC from DivX to XviD and Enjoy :-)

Video FX w/ Vegas 5
 

I can't get the Video FX of Vegas 5 to work.
The opacity, pan crop, track motion etc, works, but I can't get any of the fx to work.
I believe that my setting are OK, but something is obviously not.
Ive tried to do the FX on diferent project and on different tracks but it won't work.
I've also restarted my PC and still no luck.
Please help.
Thanks in advance,
Bernard

Getting rid of background
 

I interviewed someone but want to get rid of the background. Is there a way to do this.

Thanks, Jason

Why not. Sometimes you may want to encode to Divx and somtimes to xVid. I've never had a problem having both installed at the same time.

Well, a dedicated forum it is... for now at least! Although the day may come where we roll SD and HD into one, we'll keep them separated to begin with. Welcome aboard,

Which Video FX are not working?

I'll ask the obvious -- are you sure you don't have the "split screen view" button toggled on the video preview window? One of the settings is "bypass FX" and it could be easy to miss. Also, make sure you don't have "bypass all" selected on your track or event FX, although that one is a lot harder to miss (a red slash through the FX icon if you've bypassed them).

Agreed - bet it's the "Split Screen" button just above the preview screen.

Depending...

O.K. I don't recommend this. Just so you know. But if the background isn't uniform and sufficiently different from the forground to do some kind of sloppy colour key, then there is a REMOTE and painstaking possibility that you could use Bezier Masking to cut out your subject.

Just my two cents, and again, I would weigh the benefit against the amound of work and how it might end up looking worse anyway.

DJ

You might be able to pull a difference key, but it may not work.

I don't know how to do it in Vegas, sorry.

Jason,

May I ask WHY you want to get rid of the background?

Thanks, Steph

Good question Steph! - I'm listening - G

Smart Deinterlace: Virtualdub good, Vegas not so good
 

Smart deinterlace settings used in both Vdub and Vegas:
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frame and field diff
cubic interpolate
motion map denoising
motion thres 5
scene change thres 5


Vdub does a great job.

But Vegas (6b) produces much worse results, thick interlace lines. Maybe there's something I'm overlooking in Vegas?


Thanks!

Have you tried the "Smart Deinterlace" plugin found here?: http://mikecrash.wz.cz/vegas/vegas.htm

I downloaded Vasst Gearshift to have a try. Quite nice to edit the avi file.

But when I try to convert one hour m2t file into avi file (NTSC widescreen), I ran out of harddisk space. It took 55GB to convet 8 minutes m2t video to avi format. I don't have enough disk space for one hour footage. Did I do it wrong?

Something is definitely wrong. Are you sure you were only making the NTSC Widescreen proxy? This DV proxy is only 13GB/hr so 8 minutes would only take about 1.7GB.

What I bet happened is that you also have an intermediate codec selected in the 4:2:2 YUV section (the second dropdown). These files can be quite large. Make sure the second dropdown says (None). This way only the DV proxy is created.

If this is the case, you can recover by deleting the 4:2:2 AVI files that GearShift created that don’t have "GSProxy-" in front of the name (keeping the GSProxy-xxx.avi ones because these are the NTSC Widescreen proxies). As long as the GSProxy files and M2T files are in the same directory, everything should work fine.

~jr

When you use Smart Deinterlace (Crash's) in Vegas, remember to set deinterlace to NONE and fields to PROGRESSIVE in project settings, then use the FX plugin to do the delace in the events/tracks/timeline -- otherwise, it won't do what you want.

Ed, that's the one I'm using with Vegas, maybe I'm using an older version. I will download it again. I have a feeling the plugin may not have been ported perfectly to Vegas and so it yields different results, I could be wrong.

Bill, I did that, but maybe I'll try it again.

Perhaps it has something to do with how Vdub saves the deinterlaced files to uncompressed, while the files are saved compressed in Vegas? I don't think so though.

Thanks, guys!

24P with Sony
 

Hey guys,

I been using my Sony DSR-11 to capture video. Lately ive been shooting a lot with a DVX100. I'm having problems exporting back out to the DSR-11 at 24P. It just won't let me do it. Is this a problem with the deck itself or a setting in Vegas. It seems to import fine at 24p. I've already upgraded to 6.0C. No change.

Thanks,

Greg

Creating AVID mov file from Vegas
 

I'm trying to render an mov file with the Avid codec so I can pass my video to my partner who edits in Avid. I've done this before but it's no longer working. I have the Avid codec on my computer in the System32 folder and then when I "render as", I choose "Quick Time.mov" and then I should be able to choose a video format of Avid DV - but it's not showing up. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Jumpy preview and not recording good either
 

I am having a problem and was wondering if anyone could make some suggestions.

Preview (using Canopus ADVC with a monitor) while editing has been black and white when it should have been color - but not consistently. Sometimes the monitor would show color. I thought this was just a preview issue.

I tried "PRINT VIDEO TO TAPE" to a VCR to see if the problem was real - and the video tape also has the problem - jumpy picture - mostly black and white, really poor quality and jumpy audio. I rendered the project to a single AVI before attempting to do this - is that my problem? I copied the AVI to another PC and viewed it with Windows Media Player and it plays in all color - audio sounds good, but the images still jump (especially the jpeg images that are part of the project).

Just send your Avid partner a quicktime file. He will import that into avid, and can cut it there.

there is an option in the vegas preferences to ignore 3rd party codecs.
Make sure that hasn't changed.

....ok... I had a look in vegas....
drop down menu "options"
"preferences"
under the general tab you'll see a list "general preferences"
uncheck "ignore thrid party dv codecs"
it's about half way down the list

if it's not that, then I'm lost

Man, I was sure it was that preferences option because "Ignore 3rd party codecs" was checked. But it didn't work. This is so strange because I used to get the Avid DV choice in the drop down. Thanks for the advice though. I'll have to see if he can just use the quicktime file.

Jeff, the Avid option doesn't show up in the "template" window under the "Save as type" box. To get it, you select mov and then go "Custom - Video - Video format - Avid ***.
Apologies if you've already tried this.

Mike

Some things to check:

1) DIP switches on ADVC are correct (i.e. PAL vs NTSC)
2) maybe try a different firewire cable
3) Make sure any unnecessary programs aren't running on the PC
4) Try turning OFF "Networking" on the firewire connection

Mike,

Yes, I'm going to custom / video and looking for Avid DV. Thanks though.

Jeff

Photo Slideshow
 

Attempting to create a photo slideshow.


I have a set of photos in two sizes: 1024x768 and 1600x1200.

What are the recommended size adjustments for these two sizes and both sets should be in one size only (I think it is preferred)?

They don’t have to be the same size. I do slide shows where I scan in photos of all different sizes and Vegas does just fine. That’s the beauty of Vegas. If you want to resize them, DV is 720x480 (NTSC) so twice that resolution 1140x960 should be fine. Personally, I would leave your files as they are. Files from a 5 megapizel camera need to be downsized but 1600x1200 (2MP) is just fine.

~jr

de javu ;)
Thanks.

Velocity Envelope Annoyance Fix?
 

I'm amazed that no one has discussed this lately if ever.

When you apply a velocity envelope, and subsequently split [s] the clip, the new second half of the clip goes all wonky. I've never figured out exactly what it does...reverts to original start point, reverts to some other timecode...frankly, this should be an intuitive edit. And it isn't.

But I'll bet there's something to allow me to split the clip and maintain the position at the leader of the head splice and headder of the lead splice.

Thanks,

DJ

I just can't promote this idea enough. It had confounded more than a few of my good ideas, and it's overlooked by a lot of the professional advisory panel around here because they have all the equipment they want and more.

You have too watch your results on a crt monitor of some kind. A TV or monitor, whatever.

I struggled with some "blurry" scenes I shot of a bridge. The bright parts were blooming like it was a freakin' home video, the deinterlace was erratic. It was because I was watching it all on a computer monitor.

Maybe I'm talking to myslef, but I want to know that Roger is watching this on a TV, not computer monitor, before I talk about fixes.

Hi,

I'm not interested in delivering to film or television. The final product is to be watched on the computer, nowhere else.

The camera I'm using right now doesn't have progressive mode or else I'd be using 30p. Having to deinterlace everything is driving me up the wall. Though oddly enough, I prefer the smooth motion of interlaced video over the strobing "film-look" 24p or 30p.

I guess when 60p comes out we'll get the best of both worlds: silky motion and no interlacing. But for now I have to live with deinterlacing being an indispensible part of my work-flow.

JetDV Down?
 

Can anyone else get to Mr. Troxel's website? I get "Page cannot be displayed". I'm hopeful this is just a short-term thing, I'll turn in my copy of Vegas if JetDV goes off the net.

www.jetdv.com

I just clicked on your link and went straight to the site, so may be on your end.

Mike

It's working for me both this morning and late last night. If it was down, I didn't know about it. I know it's there right now because I just read a couple of posts and responded to one.

I can tell you EXACTLY what it does. The second half will begin AS IF a velocity envelope had never been applied! I also do not like this and have reported it in the past.