<<<-- Originally posted by Vince Debart : very very nice ..I need to work more with Vegas ...hard to get the time

Vince

thanks for the post -->>>

Thanks everyone.

Why...what NLE do you use?...or do you mean "hard to get the time" in general?

thanks guys, I'll look for the those scrubbing options!

Yes Edward, I know what you mean. Well, I guess for crossfades and generated media I'll settle for NO time code! :)

You have to agree that it would be nice to be able to activate the subtitle on your (home movie) DVD and see the time/date of shooting!

Grain Surgery 2 for Vegas
 

Yeah, I bet that got your attention! But unfortunately no, it has not been announced for Vegas or anything. However I noticed that Visual Infinity seem quite keen to let people use their source code and algorithms for new applications.

Who do we lobby to try and get a Vegas version of this filter made or get it included in the next Vegas release?

I tried the demo on a few noisy clips of mine and it worked wonders. With tweaking I got a totally clean image with pretty much no detail loss or softness whatsoever.

Vegas filter script
 

I've looked over a fair few Vegas scripts, and I can find a script that removes all filters from all clips.

However, does anyone know of a Vegas script that will just turn off all filters for all events, and then when neccesary turn them all back on again?

That function is not available to the scripting API.

DSE, thanks for the picture of your screen layout and your suggestion for the preview window. I like your screen layout and can't wait to try it!

Is it necessary or recommended to use dual monitor software such as Ultramon for Vegas5/DVDA2 for managing a dual monitor environment? I use Windows XP. Thanks.

How annoying! That could have been a really useful script. Oh well.

Does anybody have a solution to this problem? Help!

Thank You :-)

I have Vegas 4 and Casablanca Avio DVD also work full time at a TV station ..So on the off time I tend to use the Avio to get stuff finished… this winter I will spend more time with the Vegas. I have dun some small projects with Vegas i.e. wedding intros and slide shows I love the audio in Vegas ...

Thanks

Vince

Any takers on my question regarding ultramon or similar programs?

XP should have everything necessary for using two monitors.

XP needs to have a update to see all 250 gigs ...

make sure you have the newest update and correct driver for your ATA card ... make sure ATA card is secure in the slot - if this is a dell that uses a pci quick release make sure the ATA is near the hinge to put more pressure on card to keep it in slot...

XP needs service pack 1 to see >137GB.

To test your power supply:
Use motherboard monitor (MBM).
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/download.html
In motherboard monitor, check that voltages are within 5% of what they should be.

Your motherboard may come with its own monitoring utility, which will also work well.

If you don't know what your motherboard is, use CPU-Z:
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

You should run MBM at the same time as Prime95, which will stress your computer.
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
In prime95 go to fun --> torture test.

Vegas5 sync video?
 

You know, if they have a "flash" sync feature, that would be great.

What I mean is, say I lay down several video tracks, which were shot by different cameras simultanously in real time. Of course the cameras are not started precisely on the same time-frame (as in 30 frames per second), hence there need to be a bit of sync'ing.

And of course, the photographers flash does the trick (at a wedding, that is).

Vegas should detect the first flash in each track, and sync them all up together. Seems pretty easy for the Vegas program to detect a flash, and just the first one, in each track.

Or is there such a thing already?

P.s. I am currently still using Vegas4.

Well.... YOU have to manually find the frame with the flash but Excalibur makes it a breeze to get in sync once you have found those frames.

Law,

I don't know of any way for Vegas to automatically do the sync based upon reading the flash. If you manually sync the video based upon the flash, then there are few options for editing the multicam footage and keeping it in sync.

The Excalibur tool has a multi cam wizard that a lot of people like:

http://www.vegastoolsandtraining.com/plugins_excalibur.html

You could also try the Media Sync tool to adjust the slave track's starting timecode to match the master and keep them in sync. Instructions for using Media Sync can be found here:

http://www.peachrock.com/software/mediasync.html

Randall

Thanks.

problem still unsolved...
 

hi.

PROBLEM STILL UNSOLVED.

i want to apply sony film effects on a whole track, but without scratches.
so i open VIDEO TRACK FX and select "sony film effects". i select "Scratches" in the particle "Type" scroll bar and uncheck "Enable particles".

i play the track and scratches are still visible. i tried setting the particle "Amount" to zero as well. but this didn't help either.

i tried the same with different paritcles, such as dust or hair. scratches are easier to recognize, but i'm pretty sure that the same problem occurs with other particles as well.

please help.

Adi,

One other thing to check is to make sure that you don't have any additional keyframes defined for this effect. It is really easy to end up with extra keyframes (you will see these at the bottom of the effect window). If you have more than one at the beginning, delete the others, and reset the parameters for the first keyframe.

Randall

well, all are welcome. Look forward to seeing everyone this Sun.
We meet in front of the movie theater in a lower level (I think). Mickey will have a sign.
email him at his vegas page to get on the email list.

XP has all you need. No special drivers, nada. Just install an AGP and PCI card, hopefully of the same model to avoid two driversets, or get a duallie head like the Matrox tools, and you're good to go.

Looping a short on DVDA2
 

OK, for some reason I cannot seem to figure this out.
I have a 5:26 short that needs to play over & over on DVD. My client is taking this to a hunting trade show and wants to be able to put it in the DVD player & have it loop for about 55 or so minutes.

Can DVDA2 do this? Do I have to do the loop in V5?

I know most DVD players will loop a single movie but I do not want to confuse my client by teaching him how to do that.

Thanks in advance!

AH HA!
 

I see that on page 104 of the DVDA2 manual it says that I can set an end action to the media file that will link to another media file. I am assuming that I can loop my DVD in this way.

Does anyone know how I can set it for a specific time or should I just do the math?


And hey, is it me or is V5 a tad buggier that V4? I have all kinds of bizarre things happen to me in V5 like text clips not showing on the preview when it is obviously there.

Thanks again.

Shane

Using the end action for the clip you want to loop, set it to link to itself. Once you start it, it should continue to loop indefinitely.

That did the trick, I just set the clip as the intro media & linked it to itself with an end action.

Thanks again.

New DVD from Class on Demand
 

http://www.classondemand.net/ClassOn...ctSelected=130

Timothy Duncan and Edward Troxel have arrived to help you master the new features of Vegas 5.Timothy explores the depths of Vegas 5 in areas such as the interface, compositing, and hardware support while Edward makes envelopes, media bins, and scripting a breeze.Together they make the upgrade from Vegas 4 to Vegas 5 painless.

Chapter 1 of the DVD is now available for viewing for a limited time.

Awesome thanks Edward!

Here's their most recent newsletter:

http://www.classondemand.net/classondemand/issue11.html

How to remove "Glow" effect...
 

I'm fairly new with Vegas 5 and have applied the "Glow" effect to an entire video track.

I want to remove the effect from all the clips that it's applied to. I must have had all the video clips selected on the track, and applied the effect to one(all).

Anyhow, I can't click on the individual clips and remove the effect for it doesnt show the effect applied but I can clearly see the effect on the video in the preview window.

I would imagine it's an easy fix. Like I said, I'm new with Vegas... go easy on me :)

Thanks!

Nate

Check the effects button on the video track header(little green box on the left of the video track timeline

Bill... Thanks for the quick reply!

I will try that when I get home from work... If that does it, I will delete the post.

Vegas has been pretty overwhelming for me. I've been using Pinnacle's Studio software for about 4 years but it was time to move on to bigger and better! And it surely is!

Thanks again!

Nate

couple of Veg5 issues
 

two problems i have with my Vegas5

1. when rendering mpeg2 files...if i choose two pass (VBR) it hangs when it gets to 50% and starts its second pass

2.when selecting "normalize" on an audio clip it mutes the entire clip.

ANyone else run into anything like this??

I just reinstalled the OS (xppro) not even a month ago.

tried the repair option for Veg5, nogo. tried uninstall of Veg5 and DVDarch2...still nogo.

Veggie Toolkit 1.0 Available
 

Thanks again to all of the Vegas users that provided feedback on the pre-releases!

Release 1.0 of the Veggie Toolkit is now available for download and purchase at the following:

http://www.peachrock.com/software/veggie-toolkit.html

Thanks,

Randall

1. Have you tried doing a full render to AVI and then rendering that AVI to MPEG? You may simply have a tough section that is eating up a lot of memory.


2. Yes, sometimes when you normalize that happens. However, it does NOT happen all the time. I do not know *what* causes it to happen.

Edward,

1. that is precisely what i have done...i have already rendered a full avi file. It happens on multiple files...

over the past week i have been able to jsut reboot and then it would work w/out the two-pass checked. i tried that earlier and now it still wont work.

this happens on multiple files, not just one...last week i was working with some avi .mov generated from FCP, so ithought it was simply a file issue, but now it is performing that way with AVIs i have rendered out of Veg5 on my own system...

im just wondering if it has anything to do with a codec that could be updated/reinstalled...perhaps not a codec installed with veg5/dvdArch, but a windows resident codec.

2.the normalize issue just started up last week...i had previously been using it constantly because i was working off footage from XL1s/GL1 and needed to compensate the GL1 audio a bit.

*ALSO - i run a pretty clean system...while editing virus (AVG) is turned off and also many windows services have been disabled (blackviper.com) to free up more memory - but i dont think any of that has to do with mpeg encoding

You got "Ignore Third Party Codecs" enabled? If not, try it and see if there is a difference. It was your comments about CODECS that got me thinking, The Normalization question you might wanna ask it over on the VEgas Audio or Video sites - yeah? Or evemn the Sony Sound Forge site. Failing that try the DMN or COW site too. Somebody will have an answer. Also the Sony FAQ plus an email to Sony Techs ... ;-)

Grazie

Nate: we don't allow people to delete their post. Which is good
since someone else in the future might be asking the same thing
and can find this answer through a search for example.

Are your running the latest update to Vegas 5?