OT: Excalibur on 1/2 price sale at Digital Juice at DVinfo.net

Mike Kujbida · February 4th, 2009, 08:09 AM

If you've ever thought about buying this tool, now's the time to do it because it's only $64.98.
Get the details on the Digital Juice site.
Versions for Vegas 8 & 8.1 Pro as well as Pro 6/7 are avalable.

Ian Stark · February 5th, 2009, 02:08 AM

Thanks for the tip, Mike.

I feel a tiny bit guilty as I have been meaning to buy Excalibur for a while (sorry Edward!). Having said that, my main reason for purchase is actually only for a few of the tools (gap removal, some of the maintenance tools etc) and I guess I was a bit reluctant to spend $130 on just the few tools I wanted. But there's no arguing with the DJ price. This is excellent value for money and I hope others who might be procrastinating over whether to buy Excalibur or not, like I was, decide to take advantage.

Dale Guthormsen · February 5th, 2009, 04:32 PM

I went to the digital juice factory, Excaliber is "Back Ordered" Now, how can a
downloadable piece of software be back ordered???

Half price is a great deal if you are willing to wait, I reckon..??

Mike Kujbida · February 5th, 2009, 05:18 PM

Dale, I agree that that is very strange.
I ordered it yesterday and got my number in less than 10 minutes.
I'd email them and ask what's going on.
It could be that Edward Troxel (the author) has been swamped with orders and is having a hard time keeping up with generating serial numbers :-)

Edward Troxel · February 6th, 2009, 07:28 AM

I just sent them a new list of keys. I'm sure it won't be "back ordered" much longer.

Seth Bloombaum · February 6th, 2009, 10:44 AM

Edward, it's a very fine product. I hadn't updated since several versions ago, but yesterday was faced with repurposing a lengthy timeline with numerous markers & regions - nothing could be simpler than a quick delete and new markers on 10 minute intervals for a raw footage DVD menu... with Excalibur. An otherwise tedious task now made simple & fast.

Which is perhaps not the sexiest application or function, but I really appreciate the thought you've given to workflow. To my way of thinking, improving workflow is more valuable than any effect. And thanks also for recognizing the ease-of-use improvements that running as an extension offers - very slick integration indeed.

Andy Todzia · February 6th, 2009, 03:52 PM

I just purchased Excalibur and installed it in Vegas 8.1. Now, when I browse in explorer I don't see .mov files. When I try to move an MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 file to the timeline I get an unsupported file format message. I uninstalled Excalibur and everything is fine again. Does anyone know what the problem could be?

Andy Todzia · February 6th, 2009, 04:37 PM

I tried re-installing Excalibur and now I can see my mov files again and move files to the timeline without getting error messages. Not sure what happened but it is OK now.

Dale Guthormsen · February 6th, 2009, 07:10 PM

Good evening,

In both 8.0c and 8.1 I found if I go to IMPORT the Mov files and such are brought in fine. when I used the explorer window it says unsupported format. figure that one out.

Edward Troxel · February 7th, 2009, 08:58 AM

Andy, I'm glad you got things working. Because of the way Excalibur works, I don't see how it could possibly prevent any files from being added to the timeline. Not doubting what you said but just trying to figure out how it could possibly have been involved. It doesn't do anything at all related to codecs except read what renderers/templates are available.

Danny Fye · February 7th, 2009, 09:35 AM

On page 9 of the manual it says, “At this point you may wish to trim off unnecessary footage at the start and end of the project. To delete an unwanted section
at the beginning of your project, place your cursor at the proper start point and drag out a time selection to the left, back to
the beginning of the timeline. Hit Ctrl/Shift/A to deselect all, then hit delete, then Ctrl/F.”

Well, if I do that, I start with this: (File Ex-1.jpg)

And end up with this: (File Ex-2.jpg)

Not what one would want is it?

Danny Fye
VidMus Video - Music Productions

Edward Troxel · February 7th, 2009, 09:39 AM

Ok, what's happening here is that you're deleting the track motion keyframe when you delete the footage. If you're syncing manually, you can delete the front part BEFORE running the sync tool. Or you can be careful to NOT delete the track motion keyframe.

Chris Barcellos · February 7th, 2009, 10:33 AM

Ed:

Thanks for this interesting production. Bought it, as well as did a friend of mine....Now to take the time to learn how to save time.... Already saw how we will have fun with the "stutter effect".

Joe Robinson · February 11th, 2009, 09:20 PM

looks like I discovered this deal too late... :-(

i don't see it at DigitalJuice

Dale Guthormsen · February 15th, 2009, 02:12 PM

Good afternoon,

Well, I got excaliber and thought I would start out with something easy and useful, video scrapbook.

I printed up the manual for reference, looked this up and clicked on the button as the instructions dictate. Nothing happens.

am I missing something real basic??

I already have the stills on the timeline.

How does one apply it to the time line I guess is the question.

thanks

February 4th, 2009, 08:09 AM	#1
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	OT: Excalibur on 1/2 price sale at Digital Juice If you've ever thought about buying this tool, now's the time to do it because it's only $64.98. Get the details on the Digital Juice site. Versions for Vegas 8 & 8.1 Pro as well as Pro 6/7 are avalable.

February 5th, 2009, 02:08 AM	#2
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Thanks for the tip, Mike. I feel a tiny bit guilty as I have been meaning to buy Excalibur for a while (sorry Edward!). Having said that, my main reason for purchase is actually only for a few of the tools (gap removal, some of the maintenance tools etc) and I guess I was a bit reluctant to spend $130 on just the few tools I wanted. But there's no arguing with the DJ price. This is excellent value for money and I hope others who might be procrastinating over whether to buy Excalibur or not, like I was, decide to take advantage. __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

February 5th, 2009, 04:32 PM	#3
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	I went to the digital juice factory, Excaliber is "Back Ordered" Now, how can a downloadable piece of software be back ordered??? Half price is a great deal if you are willing to wait, I reckon..?? __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

February 6th, 2009, 07:28 AM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I just sent them a new list of keys. I'm sure it won't be "back ordered" much longer. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

February 6th, 2009, 03:52 PM	#7
Andy Todzia Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Enfield, CT Posts: 34	Help I just purchased Excalibur and installed it in Vegas 8.1. Now, when I browse in explorer I don't see .mov files. When I try to move an MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 file to the timeline I get an unsupported file format message. I uninstalled Excalibur and everything is fine again. Does anyone know what the problem could be? Last edited by Andy Todzia; February 6th, 2009 at 03:53 PM. Reason: typo

February 5th, 2009, 05:18 PM	#4
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Dale, I agree that that is very strange. I ordered it yesterday and got my number in less than 10 minutes. I'd email them and ask what's going on. It could be that Edward Troxel (the author) has been swamped with orders and is having a hard time keeping up with generating serial numbers :-)

February 6th, 2009, 10:44 AM	#6
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Edward, it's a very fine product. I hadn't updated since several versions ago, but yesterday was faced with repurposing a lengthy timeline with numerous markers & regions - nothing could be simpler than a quick delete and new markers on 10 minute intervals for a raw footage DVD menu... with Excalibur. An otherwise tedious task now made simple & fast. Which is perhaps not the sexiest application or function, but I really appreciate the thought you've given to workflow. To my way of thinking, improving workflow is more valuable than any effect. And thanks also for recognizing the ease-of-use improvements that running as an extension offers - very slick integration indeed.

February 6th, 2009, 04:37 PM	#8
Andy Todzia Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Enfield, CT Posts: 34	Help - fixed I tried re-installing Excalibur and now I can see my mov files again and move files to the timeline without getting error messages. Not sure what happened but it is OK now.

February 6th, 2009, 07:10 PM	#9
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Good evening, In both 8.0c and 8.1 I found if I go to IMPORT the Mov files and such are brought in fine. when I used the explorer window it says unsupported format. figure that one out. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

February 7th, 2009, 08:58 AM	#10
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Andy, I'm glad you got things working. Because of the way Excalibur works, I don't see how it could possibly prevent any files from being added to the timeline. Not doubting what you said but just trying to figure out how it could possibly have been involved. It doesn't do anything at all related to codecs except read what renderers/templates are available. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

February 7th, 2009, 09:35 AM	#11
Danny Fye Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Independence MO. Posts: 318	Bad Advice on Page 9 in the manual? On page 9 of the manual it says, “At this point you may wish to trim off unnecessary footage at the start and end of the project. To delete an unwanted section at the beginning of your project, place your cursor at the proper start point and drag out a time selection to the left, back to the beginning of the timeline. Hit Ctrl/Shift/A to deselect all, then hit delete, then Ctrl/F.” Well, if I do that, I start with this: (File Ex-1.jpg) And end up with this: (File Ex-2.jpg) Not what one would want is it? Danny Fye VidMus Video - Music Productions Attached Thumbnails __________________ www.dannyfye.com

February 7th, 2009, 09:39 AM	#12
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Ok, what's happening here is that you're deleting the track motion keyframe when you delete the footage. If you're syncing manually, you can delete the front part BEFORE running the sync tool. Or you can be careful to NOT delete the track motion keyframe. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

February 7th, 2009, 10:33 AM	#13
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Ed: Thanks for this interesting production. Bought it, as well as did a friend of mine....Now to take the time to learn how to save time.... Already saw how we will have fun with the "stutter effect". __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

February 11th, 2009, 09:20 PM	#14
Joe Robinson Tourist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Atlanta Georgia Posts: 4	looks like I discovered this deal too late... :-( i don't see it at DigitalJuice

February 15th, 2009, 02:12 PM	#15
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Question Good afternoon, Well, I got excaliber and thought I would start out with something easy and useful, video scrapbook. I printed up the manual for reference, looked this up and clicked on the button as the instructions dictate. Nothing happens. am I missing something real basic?? I already have the stills on the timeline. How does one apply it to the time line I guess is the question. thanks __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen