Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q3Q4)

Werner Wesp · September 25th, 2006, 05:35 AM

The wax-plug-in keeps giving errors when using in version 7 of vegas. I can't find any info wether the problem is that it still doesn't support vegas 7. Wax keeps telling me that I should check if scripting is enabled (and refuses to open), but of course it is....

Edward Troxel · September 25th, 2006, 08:00 AM

You might try checking in the support area on the debugmode.com website.

Michael Best · September 25th, 2006, 02:53 PM

Hi - Does anyone know where I might find a border from like a silent film when they used the title cards?

Sassi Haham · September 25th, 2006, 06:11 PM

Hi all,
I am new to vegas,
I used to see the FX's effect on the preview window (on the full window),
but after I pressed the 'copy to clipboard' button, the best I can see is a half frame (the other half is bypassed, or showing the frame I copied to the clipboard), HOW can I see the FX effect on a full frame ?
Thanks, Sassi.

Don Bloom · September 25th, 2006, 06:21 PM

Why are you copying to the clipboard? Put the FX on the clip and play it out. If you don't like it open up the clip and remove it. The clip board worls really well for color correction-pick the frame you want to match, copy to the clipboard then move the cursor over to the clip you want to work on, press the slit screen icon and do the work to the clip.

Don

Tim Bickford · September 25th, 2006, 07:00 PM

Thanks again for the help. This is going to be a slow process.

Jim Montgomery · September 25th, 2006, 07:35 PM

Try as I might I can not get Vegas to recognize the Blackmagic Design Decklink (device unavailable). Works fine with Vegas 6, do I need to uninstall?

Jim

Sassi Haham · September 25th, 2006, 07:58 PM

Don,
Thats what I usualy do, but i mistakenly copied a frame to the clipboard.
Can I 'empty' the clipboard ? again I preffer to see a full window of the effects.

Don Bloom · September 25th, 2006, 08:58 PM

You don't need to 'empty' the clip board and to see the clip or frame full frame it sounds like you have the split screen icon pressed on. It's next to the clip board icon in the preview screen, turn it off and you should be fine.

Don

John Rofrano · September 26th, 2006, 06:33 AM

To convert from 4:3 to 16:9 you should first change your project properties to DV Widescreen. Then use Pan/Crop on each event and apply the 16:9 Widescreen crop setting. Check to make sure something important didn’t get cropped off of the top or bottom and move the crop as needed. (I like to lock the movement to vertical only so I don’t move the crop sideways) Then proceed to the next event. Finally render using one of the Widescreen templates.

This process will, of course, decrease your vertical resolution and that decrease may be noticeable on a 50” plasma, but you got what you got. There aren’t a lot of options.

~jr

John Rofrano · September 26th, 2006, 06:43 AM

I just let Vegas to the SD downconvert for me. It does an outstanding job at this. I go right from the timeline to NTSC Widescreen MPEG2. Be sure to check the option to Stretch video to fill output because HDV is 1.3333 aspect and DV Widescreen is 1.2121 and if you don’t you will have a slight black pillarbox (vertical black bands on the left and right) which may be noticeable if you are viewing on a LCD/Plasma widescreen display.

~jr

Sean Seah · September 26th, 2006, 08:29 AM

I'm having this resolution horror issue on my 2nd LCD. It looks ok for Vegas 6 but when the same settings is applied on V7, it sucks! Anyone with the same problem?

Michael Daul · September 26th, 2006, 08:44 AM

While I have not personally used a core2 for video editing, all of the reviews make it sound like these chips are great for such tasks, so I think you'll be fine editing on a laptop. I think whatever brand of pc you go with, you'll want to upgrade to at least 2gb of ram. If the 5400 drive becomes an issue, get an external firewire drive/case.

Steven Davis · September 26th, 2006, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konrad Haskins

Do you have any evidence that big evil Dell has scr*wed up Alienware?

Hehe, two words; Big Corportation, it is inevidable, imo that Dell will screw alienware up.

Back to the topic though, I just bought an HP 8000t 2.0ghz laptop. I've not really had a chance yet to put it though the paces, but I've been pleased so far, with exception to the @#$! bloatware.

I wouldn't get hung up on brand, the reason being, I almost went with the sony, but the video card in the sony is maxed at 128, I wanted the full 256, so HP it was, Dell was 500.00 bucks more and Apple, well, I won't open that can of worms. I looked at Alienware, but decided not to buy the hype.

So do a comparison by spec by spec, just because dell, sony, etc, say blah blah, the devil really is in the details. For instance, I had to actually call Sony for a spec since the website didn't list it.

You be careful out there.

Steven Davis · September 26th, 2006, 09:22 AM

try postiing a screen shot, I'm not sure what exactly is your issue.

September 25th, 2006, 05:35 AM	#841
Werner Wesp Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 497	Problem with Wax Plug-in The wax-plug-in keeps giving errors when using in version 7 of vegas. I can't find any info wether the problem is that it still doesn't support vegas 7. Wax keeps telling me that I should check if scripting is enabled (and refuses to open), but of course it is....

September 25th, 2006, 08:00 AM	#842
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	You might try checking in the support area on the debugmode.com website. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 25th, 2006, 02:53 PM	#843
Michael Best Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oceanside Harbor, CA Posts: 446	Border Hi - Does anyone know where I might find a border from like a silent film when they used the title cards?

September 25th, 2006, 06:11 PM	#844
Sassi Haham Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Yaad, Galilee Posts: 117	Copy to clipboard question Hi all, I am new to vegas, I used to see the FX's effect on the preview window (on the full window), but after I pressed the 'copy to clipboard' button, the best I can see is a half frame (the other half is bypassed, or showing the frame I copied to the clipboard), HOW can I see the FX effect on a full frame ? Thanks, Sassi.

September 25th, 2006, 07:00 PM	#846
Tim Bickford Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 448	Thanks again for the help. This is going to be a slow process. __________________ Tim Bickford

September 25th, 2006, 06:21 PM	#845
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Why are you copying to the clipboard? Put the FX on the clip and play it out. If you don't like it open up the clip and remove it. The clip board worls really well for color correction-pick the frame you want to match, copy to the clipboard then move the cursor over to the clip you want to work on, press the slit screen icon and do the work to the clip. Don

September 25th, 2006, 07:35 PM	#847
Jim Montgomery Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vero Beach Posts: 392	Vegas 7 and Blackmagic Try as I might I can not get Vegas to recognize the Blackmagic Design Decklink (device unavailable). Works fine with Vegas 6, do I need to uninstall? Jim

September 25th, 2006, 07:58 PM	#848
Sassi Haham Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Yaad, Galilee Posts: 117	Don, Thats what I usualy do, but i mistakenly copied a frame to the clipboard. Can I 'empty' the clipboard ? again I preffer to see a full window of the effects.

September 25th, 2006, 08:58 PM	#849
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	You don't need to 'empty' the clip board and to see the clip or frame full frame it sounds like you have the split screen icon pressed on. It's next to the clip board icon in the preview screen, turn it off and you should be fine. Don

September 26th, 2006, 06:33 AM	#850
John Rofrano Sponsor: VASST Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Posts: 516	To convert from 4:3 to 16:9 you should first change your project properties to DV Widescreen. Then use Pan/Crop on each event and apply the 16:9 Widescreen crop setting. Check to make sure something important didn’t get cropped off of the top or bottom and move the crop as needed. (I like to lock the movement to vertical only so I don’t move the crop sideways) Then proceed to the next event. Finally render using one of the Widescreen templates. This process will, of course, decrease your vertical resolution and that decrease may be noticeable on a 50” plasma, but you got what you got. There aren’t a lot of options. ~jr __________________ Developer: VASST Ultimate S, Scattershot 3D, Mayhem, FASST Apps, and other VASST Software plug-ins Web Site: www.johnrofrano.com

September 26th, 2006, 06:43 AM	#851
John Rofrano Sponsor: VASST Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Posts: 516	I just let Vegas to the SD downconvert for me. It does an outstanding job at this. I go right from the timeline to NTSC Widescreen MPEG2. Be sure to check the option to Stretch video to fill output because HDV is 1.3333 aspect and DV Widescreen is 1.2121 and if you don’t you will have a slight black pillarbox (vertical black bands on the left and right) which may be noticeable if you are viewing on a LCD/Plasma widescreen display. ~jr __________________ Developer: VASST Ultimate S, Scattershot 3D, Mayhem, FASST Apps, and other VASST Software plug-ins Web Site: www.johnrofrano.com

September 26th, 2006, 08:29 AM	#852
Sean Seah Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,498	Vegas 7 preview window resolution issue I'm having this resolution horror issue on my 2nd LCD. It looks ok for Vegas 6 but when the same settings is applied on V7, it sucks! Anyone with the same problem?

September 26th, 2006, 08:44 AM	#853
Michael Daul New Boot Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 14	While I have not personally used a core2 for video editing, all of the reviews make it sound like these chips are great for such tasks, so I think you'll be fine editing on a laptop. I think whatever brand of pc you go with, you'll want to upgrade to at least 2gb of ram. If the 5400 drive becomes an issue, get an external firewire drive/case.

September 26th, 2006, 09:22 AM	#855
Steven Davis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,065	try postiing a screen shot, I'm not sure what exactly is your issue. __________________ What happens if I push the 'Red' button?