Video Walls Using Ed Troxel's Excalibur at DVinfo.net

Chris Swanberg · September 16th, 2009, 09:34 PM

Forgive me if this is posted somewhere, I DID look - unsuccessfully.

I have been playing with making a video wall, and realize I can brute force it in Vegas with a fair amount of control... but I would like to try using the scripting power of Excalibur, and was hoping to find a "jump start" in the form of a tutorial somewhere, but failed to find anything. If there is one, can someone (Ed?) direct me to it?

Thanks.

Chris Swanberg

Paul Kellett · September 17th, 2009, 04:43 AM

Chris, try this, it's brilliant/easy/free,,, we like those words yes ?

It's called Davitools video wall for vegas, link below.

DaviTools

Once installed you can even have it as a docked tab.

Paul.

Stefano Sernagiotto · September 17th, 2009, 05:35 AM

Hi, after the download i can't find it on the extensions tab.

Don Bloom · September 17th, 2009, 05:35 AM

not to detract from DVi but Edward does have a site dedicated to both Vegas and Excalibur along with his newsletters where there should be plenty of info about Video wall. www.jetdv.com :: Index

In short, you would place the clips you want in a wall on the TL, go into Excalibur, set the parameters you want, 3 across, 3 down, etc press the button and BAM! Job done.

Anything else? ;-)

Seriously, scripting is awesome and really makes life easier.

Edward Troxel · September 17th, 2009, 07:12 AM

There are a few videos on my website - making a video wall is not one of them, though.

There's also my website, which Don mentioned, set up to directly support my products.

If you go to the "About" tab, you can also open the documentation.

As for creating a video wall, here's the process:
1. Add your clips to the timeline.
2. SELECT the events that are to be included in the video all.
3. Go to the Video Wall tool, select the desired width and height counts, and then click on the "Video Wall" button.

You should now have a video wall.

Paul Kellett · September 17th, 2009, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefano Sernagiotto

Hi, after the download i can't find it on the extensions tab.

In vegas, go to view>extensions and it should be in there.

Paul

Chris Swanberg · September 17th, 2009, 06:23 PM

Thank you all. Initially I had a little trouble with Excalibur and making it work but as usual it was me not the product.You just have to go in order... place clips... select clips... start Excalibur etc. I was getting things started too early. Anyway I got it figured out.

Thank you also Paul. I had previously downloaded Davitools and played with their videowall as well. For the price it can't be beat.

In the final analysis, the scripting tools in both are excellent and useful - but if you want something fancy (like a full screen image shrinking into position...kind of like you see on the TV series 24) - you are going to have to just brute force do it yourself.

Still - I am learning.

And while Davitools is a slick program, the depth of what Ed's program offers is fantastic. I could spend days just learning everything in it.

Highly recommended... go try it out, (as well as Davitools Videowall if your interest is limited to just videowalls.)

September 16th, 2009, 09:34 PM	#1
Chris Swanberg Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 904	Video Walls Using Ed Troxel's Excalibur Forgive me if this is posted somewhere, I DID look - unsuccessfully. I have been playing with making a video wall, and realize I can brute force it in Vegas with a fair amount of control... but I would like to try using the scripting power of Excalibur, and was hoping to find a "jump start" in the form of a tutorial somewhere, but failed to find anything. If there is one, can someone (Ed?) direct me to it? Thanks. Chris Swanberg

September 17th, 2009, 04:43 AM	#2
Paul Kellett Trustee Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bristol UK Posts: 1,273	Chris, try this, it's brilliant/easy/free,,, we like those words yes ? It's called Davitools video wall for vegas, link below. DaviTools Once installed you can even have it as a docked tab. Paul. __________________ Round 2 GH5,FZ2000

September 17th, 2009, 05:35 AM	#4
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	not to detract from DVi but Edward does have a site dedicated to both Vegas and Excalibur along with his newsletters where there should be plenty of info about Video wall. www.jetdv.com :: Index In short, you would place the clips you want in a wall on the TL, go into Excalibur, set the parameters you want, 3 across, 3 down, etc press the button and BAM! Job done. Anything else? ;-) Seriously, scripting is awesome and really makes life easier. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

September 17th, 2009, 07:12 AM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	There are a few videos on my website - making a video wall is not one of them, though. There's also my website, which Don mentioned, set up to directly support my products. If you go to the "About" tab, you can also open the documentation. As for creating a video wall, here's the process: 1. Add your clips to the timeline. 2. SELECT the events that are to be included in the video all. 3. Go to the Video Wall tool, select the desired width and height counts, and then click on the "Video Wall" button. You should now have a video wall. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 17th, 2009, 05:35 AM	#3
Stefano Sernagiotto Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Rome Italy Posts: 28	Hi, after the download i can't find it on the extensions tab.

September 17th, 2009, 06:23 PM	#7
Chris Swanberg Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 904	Thank you all. Initially I had a little trouble with Excalibur and making it work but as usual it was me not the product.You just have to go in order... place clips... select clips... start Excalibur etc. I was getting things started too early. Anyway I got it figured out. Thank you also Paul. I had previously downloaded Davitools and played with their videowall as well. For the price it can't be beat. In the final analysis, the scripting tools in both are excellent and useful - but if you want something fancy (like a full screen image shrinking into position...kind of like you see on the TV series 24) - you are going to have to just brute force do it yourself. Still - I am learning. And while Davitools is a slick program, the depth of what Ed's program offers is fantastic. I could spend days just learning everything in it. Highly recommended... go try it out, (as well as Davitools Videowall if your interest is limited to just videowalls.)