Quick reference: Vegas shortcuts and mouse gestures 1.0b

Rob Lohman · October 11th, 2004, 03:04 AM

A friend of mine found out that you CAN see the original date and
time your footage was recorded (from the DV file) if your camera
saves this! As some may know besides time code extra information
like date and time (which is used to automatically split files during
capture for example) is also present inside DV files.
To view this information in your project do the following:

1. go to your media pool

2. select views -> details (the little icon above the media pool with a little grid and an arrow pointing down, click on this little arrow)

3. now the mediapool will change to a column view.

The third column from the end is "Date/Time Stamp" which is the
date/time the DV camera gave to the file.

I've never seen anyone mention this and a couple of people have
asked about showing this extra information. Now you can in Vegas!

This has been tested and confirmed in Vegas 5 only.

Bill Ravens · October 11th, 2004, 08:59 AM

wow!!
thanx

Graham Bernard · October 11th, 2004, 11:53 AM

. . er . . it is there vegas 4 too?!? . . Where's the Fire? . . . BUT it would be neat to see on screen the camera's settings? I can get this from my XM2 . .

Grazie

Rob Lohman · October 14th, 2004, 04:55 AM

Grazie: I just indicated that I didn't test this under version 4. So
I didn't know whether it is there or not. Glad to hear it is there
as well. I just didn't know about this trick.

Unforunately extra information is not visible. I've done quite a lot
of research into how the extra information is stored in the file
and it appears that:

1. there is a central place
2. the manufacturers can choose how to store certain information

So it is unknown whether extra information like shutter speed,
iris and other settings are using the same identifiers and scales
accross manufacturers (doubtfull).

Graham Bernard · October 14th, 2004, 05:37 AM

Apologies Rob . . .

Yeah, pity I can't "see" this info. without pumping out from my XM2 .. .

Grazie

Rob Lohman · January 30th, 2005, 08:32 AM

Color correction tutorials:

http://www.wideopenwest.com/~wvg/tutorial-menu.htm

Glenn Chan · April 28th, 2005, 11:36 PM

In the official Sony forum, there's a thread about "EDITING FEATURES IN VEGAS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND"
LINK: http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.co...lies=12&Page=0

I learned a few useful ones such as the Vegas equivalent of slip and roll edits.

Hold "alt" to get slip edits. ALT while mousing over a clip... drag left/right to slip
ALT over a transition edge to slip trim the transition.

"crtl+alt" gives Vegas equivalent of roll edit.

October 11th, 2004, 03:04 AM	#31
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	A new tip A friend of mine found out that you CAN see the original date and time your footage was recorded (from the DV file) if your camera saves this! As some may know besides time code extra information like date and time (which is used to automatically split files during capture for example) is also present inside DV files. To view this information in your project do the following: 1. go to your media pool 2. select views -> details (the little icon above the media pool with a little grid and an arrow pointing down, click on this little arrow) 3. now the mediapool will change to a column view. The third column from the end is "Date/Time Stamp" which is the date/time the DV camera gave to the file. I've never seen anyone mention this and a couple of people have asked about showing this extra information. Now you can in Vegas! This has been tested and confirmed in Vegas 5 only. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 11th, 2004, 11:53 AM	#33
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	. . .? . . er . . it is there vegas 4 too?!? . . Where's the Fire? . . . BUT it would be neat to see on screen the camera's settings? I can get this from my XM2 . . Grazie

October 14th, 2004, 04:55 AM	#34
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Grazie: I just indicated that I didn't test this under version 4. So I didn't know whether it is there or not. Glad to hear it is there as well. I just didn't know about this trick. Unforunately extra information is not visible. I've done quite a lot of research into how the extra information is stored in the file and it appears that: 1. there is a central place 2. the manufacturers can choose how to store certain information So it is unknown whether extra information like shutter speed, iris and other settings are using the same identifiers and scales accross manufacturers (doubtfull). __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 30th, 2005, 08:32 AM	#36
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Color correction tutorials: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~wvg/tutorial-menu.htm __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 11th, 2004, 08:59 AM	#32
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	wow!! thanx

October 14th, 2004, 05:37 AM	#35
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	Apologies Rob . . . Yeah, pity I can't "see" this info. without pumping out from my XM2 .. . Grazie

April 28th, 2005, 11:36 PM	#37
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	In the official Sony forum, there's a thread about "EDITING FEATURES IN VEGAS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND" LINK: http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.co...lies=12&Page=0 I learned a few useful ones such as the Vegas equivalent of slip and roll edits. Hold "alt" to get slip edits. ALT while mousing over a clip... drag left/right to slip ALT over a transition edge to slip trim the transition. "crtl+alt" gives Vegas equivalent of roll edit.