Auto-Iris problems FIXED thanx to this forum!!!
 

Excellent suggestions, and in record time! DeFlicker did the job with a minimum of tweaking and now those exposure change points are imperceptable. You guys have literally pulled this one out of the mud for me. Wow.

Thank you also for introducing me to VirtualDub and the Mike Crash plugins! I can see I will be having fun exploring all the available goodies out there for quite some time. This has been a real eye opener.

Thanx again...
...Steve Cox

Help with two questions please
 

I have two questions I could sure use some help on.
1.I put several audio clips on the time line. How can I send them all to audion as one clip?

2. 2nd camera was accidently set to 16:9 instead of 4:3 . I know I can turn off aspect ratio and it will make it a 4:3 but the people dont look right. Thought I could do a pan/crop but the black lines are still there... any suggestions?

1. Render to a WAV file.
2. Open pan/crop, right-click, and choose "Match Output Aspect".

AC-3 Encoder problem..
 

Not sure if there's anyone here that knows alot about Vegas's AC-3 encoder, however, I built a new computer and installed 7.0 on it, and updated all the licenses. They all worked except for the AC-3 encoder one. When I put my activation key in, it's saying invalid. I think I might know why perhaps. In the screen for the AC-3 Encoder registration, it's showing the computer ID missing a -2D as is shown under the main Help -> about on the main screen. Does anyone know why this is ?

Correcting Chromatic aberration?
 

I shoot with a JVC GY-HD101E (in 720p25) and edit with Sony Vegas 7.0b (with intermediated Cineform codec). Some shots have really exceptional value, and I would like to use them, but they have serious chromatic aberration on some parts of the image, that kind of irritates. Any ideo how I could fix that in post?

velocity envelopes
 

Before I started using Sony Vegas 5, I used Pinnacle Studios ver 9. In that software I could edit a clip to the point I wanted and then apply the speed change. For instance, if I wanted it to playback 3 times the normal speed, the length of my clip would shorten to a third of it's length on the timeline but the edit out point would still remain the same.

In Sony Vegas if I apply the velocity envelope at 300% say, the length of the clip stays the same on the timeline and the edit out point changes to way beyond where I want it to be. Is there a way of performing the Pinnacle approach in Vegas or do I just have to adapt my workflow ie apply the 300% and then shorten the clip to the desired edit out point. This just appears to be a bit more tricky at establishing the precise edit point.

Thanks for any help.

I'd love to hear the answer to this question. I know there's a plugin for vegas that allows the use of directX fiters. There are several CA correction filters available for still image photography. You can find my favorite here:
http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/index.html

That is correct. If you change the speed of the velocity envelope, the length of the clip will not change to match that new speed. This is normal. If you right-click it, go to properties, and change the "Playback rate", it also will not change the length of the event.

However, there's a third way go change the speed: Hold down the CTRL key and RESIZE the event! That will change the playback rate AND the length of the event. That way you can simply resize it however big it needs to be without worrying about the exact percentage speed needed to reach that point.

BTW, The velocity envelope will go from 300% through 0% (freeze frame) down to -100% (full speed reverse).

The Playback Rate will go from 400% down to 25%.

If you combine them together, you can get up to 12x at one time.

Also, via a script you can write a routine that would change either the playback rate or velocity envelope AND change the length of the event to match that new rate. So it CAN be done. I know a couple of commercial scripts that have that functionality but don't recall a free one.

Did you install and register DVD Architect? DVD Architect unlocks the AC-3 encoder.

Thanks for the reply Edward. Great tips.

Indeed it does! Thanks!

I would like and answer to this as well. When using my home made super macro setup I get alot of introduced CA.

You can do this fairly easily in After Effects.


Without going into too much detail, basically...split your footage into 3 layers R,G and B - stick each layer on a transfer mode that will mix them back into a full colour signal when layered.

Apply the optics compensation plug-in to two layers of your choice and adjust the 'field of view' control until all three colours line up.

I realise this is an awful explantion !! but the process is very straight forward and takes no more than a minute to do, and I could not be bothered going into detail if none of you have After Effects !!

:)

Drop me a single frame and I will show you.

Sony Cinescore
 

Dont know if the Vegas forum is the right place, but I figure its all in the same family.

Anyways - I just got myself the Premium bundle of Adobe's Production suite and I'm not too happy with Audition in the way I want to generate music, Smartsound is just far too expensive for me, and Cinescore is right up my alley.

My main question is, would Cinescore work with Adobe in the way I'll generate a specific length of music and then import it into PP2?

Also, other than the Royalty free music, I'm worried that I cant use the scores generated for my own films that I produce, I'm more worrieda bout copyright and credit than royalties. I want to know what on earth do I have to put in the credits as when I did a film with music from Audition, someone pointed out I had to give credits to Adobe or I could get sued!!! I thought that was crazy! Or is it?

Anyways, thanks in advance.

Leo

Yes, just export your Cinescore sound track and load it into PP2. You can specify the length within Cinescore. One of the advantages of using it with Vegas is that you can launch Cinescore from within Vegas and send the sound track directly to the timeline.

Ah, thanks Michael.

Its a definate buy for me. For some reason I was under the impression that 'all' sister programs and plug-ins were software specific.

Thanks again

Thanks - I figured that out already, but the problem is I haven't got After Effects. No way of doing that in Vegas?

I do not know vegas but the process in any editing/comping package would be :

1) split RGB signal into 3 R G and B layers.

2) use a warping tool to match two of those layers to the third.

3) recombine R G and B layers.

FWIW, there's a thread on the Sony Vegas forum titled "Technicolor Challenge" at http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/for...ssageID=475639 that may be of some help.

Ultimate S2 manual?
 

Hey all,

I realize that not everyone here uses U S2 w' Vegas but I have been unable to find a manual to sort out the finer points of what U S2 does. Is there one? I checked the install disc. No dice.

I've looked online. Nada. Or am I blind to the obvious?

Any help here would be appreciated.

sincerely,


ian

Have you tried the tutorials on the VASST site?
They're at http://vasst.com/?v=ultimate/tutorial_links.htm

Look for a PDF file in the folder in which it was installed.

Thanks Ed.


ian

Learning Vegas/other programs
 

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if anyone has tried these online, I guess you would call them classes. It's an online "school" that teaches you vegas, as well as many other programs. Here is the link http://apex.vtc.com/welcome.php. Just wondering if anyone had any feedback. Thanks.

Vegas Challenge
 

I appeal to the your ego to let me know if the following is possible. Is it possible to do a live mask. For example, have you ever seen those premade portrait things at fun parks. You can walk behind the big board, stick you head through it, and take picture of you as someone else.

Well can you do this with a video camera and a mask?

Yes, but not live, at least with Vegas.

There is no live processing/keying available with Vegas, but it would have great capabilities to do it very fast and output it to tape or a monitor, if that would be acceptable for your application.

You would do that with a switcher with keyer. THat's how the amusement parks do it. The people stand in front of the blue screen or green screen, the camera is routed through a switcher with keying abilities, and the video is then routed to tape or disc.

Oh, hehe, holy crap. I was thinking of using it as a tool for wedding shows. I'll keep thinking about the above information.

If you search on this site and on the Sony Media Software forum (and dvxuser.com) for user reviews about the various training products out there.
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/for....asp?ForumID=4

VASST is one company that offers training DVDs for Vegas (and other programs) and they sponsor this site. Douglas Spotted Eagle is the trainer for the core set of Vegas training DVDs (1-3) and he knows his stuff when it comes to Vegas. He beta tests Vegas, flies everywhere to do training for it, has way too many cameras, is a Certified Sony Vegas Trainer (the official Sony Media Software certification), etc. etc.
http://www.vasst.com
http://dvinfo.net/sponsors/#vst

Of course if you read my signature you can see that I'm a little biased. But certainly do a search on this forum and others, you'll find that a lot of people have good things to say about the VASST training DVDs. There's also sample excerpts on the VASST website.

I just finished a project that had some blurring issues and I looked in help and I was sent to this preferance option to insure I was "ignoring third party codec" as well as "always using Microsoft Codec". Was I wrong to change this? It has not seemed to have any adverse effects as of now? Could you please elaborate on this subject Ed!.

Thanks in advance ,

All mt best,

video scopes question, re: 7.5 IRE Setup, Studio RGB settings
 

When editing my footage in Vegas and looking at the video scopes, specifically the waveform, if my DVD is going to be viewed on a television, should I have the 7.5 IRE setup box checked in the settings? Meaning, when someone pops this DVD in their set top player, it will add 7.5 IRE (it says NTSC video in the USA adds 7.5 IRE) And when I look at my specific player, it has options to add setup or not...If I color correct my project so that black is at 0 IRE on the waveform (without the box checked), then if setup is added on the dvd player, it will cause the black to look a little washed out.

Actually, I don't KNOW if my DVD is going to be played on a computer or on a TV.. Not sure what to do here..

Then there is the other checkbox that says Studio RGB. Not sure what to check there either. If I check BOTH boxes, it's basically the same as not checking either box...

TOO confused...

IMO for the USA .. check studio RGB 16-235 box ..do NOT check 7.5 ...

if you end up playing it on a HDTV you can go into the HDTV menu and choose 7.5 black

on a computer sceen the 16rgb blacks will be a little lighter then 0rgb black = you could make a special DVD using 0-255 scale ( uncheck studio RGB box) ..you could use that DVD for HDTV's - go into HDTV menu and set black for 0.

beleive it or not, there is absolutely no standardization amongst SD DVD players. In other words, some add 7.5 IRE, some don't. To make matters worse, the product literature never says whether it's added or not, nor does it tell you how top switch it on or off. Pretty disgusting, isn't it? So, IMHO, it's best to leave your blacks at zero, no matter what the playback venue is. If the player is set at zero, you're gonna be OK. If the player is set at 7.5, you'll clip anything below 7.5, or crush your blacks. To my eye, crushed blacks aren't as apparent as that washed out look of clipping your highlights.

Ok thanks for the input. So if I have a person teaching in front of a solid black background (or what I want to be seen as solid black), then I should NOT check either box on the video scopes settings AND I should color correct so that that black background in the video falls to 0 on the waveform scope.

Does that about cover it?

The Sony codec is better than the Microsoft codec. It holds up much better on multiple renders.

Moving markers with events? I hope ??
 

Is it possible to select a bunch of events on the timeline and be able to move the markers I have in place along with the events? When I try to select the events and move them, the markers are not going along for the ride.. Anyone know how I can do this?

Make sure Ripple Editing is turned on AND set to move EVERYTHING.

You're god!

Laptop, External Hard Drives and HDV in Vegas Platinum (v6)
 

Heya's

Just recently bought a Core 2 Duo 2ghz (T7200) Dell laptop. Has 1 gig of ram and a 7200rpm 100 gig hdd inside.

My current Veags Movie Studio Platinum (version 6) editing is happening on my deskstop which is only a Athlon 64 2800+ with 1.5 gig of ram.

I'm thinking in meantime until I upgrade my desktop, and also so I can take the projects with me easily to places I want to show rough edits of, I might start editing on the laptop.

I found a thread that was about 6 months old about external Hdds and laptops but it seemed to be focusing on DV. I edit HDV so was wondering wether both USB2 and Firewire external hard drives can handle capturing, editing, rendering etc?

Before USB2 I know firewire was the only way to go, but am wondering if USB2 can handle it, as I only have one firewire port on the laptop, yet 4 usb2's and external hdd cases (not inc. hdd) without firewire are about half the price where I live.

Thanks

Lee

i use combo USB2/1394a ( 2 1/2 external drives) with my laptop for DV files ... i just haven't tried HDV/USB on them ? i do have some SD uncompressed files on the drives and they play back fine over USB or 1394a -

testing the combo usb/1394 drive on my Averatec laptop the USB is faster then 1394a .. on HP laptop 1394a is faster then USB ...

i have 80% of my clips on some 1394b drives .. i use a pcmcia 1394b card.
use the laptop 4pin 1394a to capture HDV/DV to those 800 gig 1394b drives ( using pcmcia ).