Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q3Q4)

Edward Troxel · September 26th, 2006, 10:05 AM

I second Don. I'm betting you have the "Split Screen" button on. Just turn it off and all should be fine. It's the button above the preview screen that looks like a circle that's half dark/half light.

Sean Seah · September 26th, 2006, 10:08 AM

Somehow the resolution on the preview scrren looks very poor as compared to Vegas 6. I'll try to get something.

Sean Seah · September 26th, 2006, 10:09 AM

I made some subtitles in the veg file in Vegas. How do I export them as a subtitle for DVD Arch?

Edward Troxel · September 26th, 2006, 11:07 AM

Tools - Scripting - Export Regions as Subtitles

Ben Freedman · September 26th, 2006, 11:35 AM

Howdy...

When you have a daily video podcast, you're always editing on the road. To that end, I'm constantly looking for the latest and greatest laptop for edited, although I'm not one of those guys who wants to spend $4K on a laptop...

So... I've just received HP's newest laptop, the dv9000t. Core 2 Duo at 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 240GB dual hard drives... Looks to be a great machine for editing on the road.

If you're interested, here's my 'unboxing' event...

http://www.neo-fight.tv/2006/09/unbo...p_dv9000t.html

Enjoy...

Best,

Benjamin

Magnus Helander · September 26th, 2006, 12:08 PM

Get the 5.7 drivers and firmware at

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/software/

It seems Vegas 7 kills analog capture from Decklink Extreme PCIe -
Analog capture works with standalone DeckLink application before starting vegas. Starting vegas displays "no video input" in internal capture app - and then the DeckLink application is dead as well. Submitted to support, and they are looking into it. Would be interesting to know if you have the same experience.

/magnus

Mathew Kurtz · September 26th, 2006, 01:52 PM

very cool. thanks for sharing :)

Justin Phillips · September 26th, 2006, 03:59 PM

Nice laptop! Now I want one!

Jim Montgomery · September 26th, 2006, 06:13 PM

I am just trying to get Vegas 7.0 to recognize Blackmagic as a viable display preview device.
Once I get past that we will try to captue.

Jim

David Delaney · September 26th, 2006, 08:11 PM

I have found a tutorial on this in AE, but I was wondering if there is a good tutorial on colour grading for Vegas - blowing out whites and crushing blacks...

Mike Kujbida · September 26th, 2006, 09:22 PM

Spend the money and buy the DVD "Absolute Training for Vegas+DVD, Vol. 4 - Color Correction in Sony Vegas" from VASST.
Details at http://vasst.com/product.aspx?id=221...a-fa0c83fa1dcd
It'll be the best $59 (U.S.) you've ever spent.
As I said on another forum, I've been doing video for over 30 years and was astounded at how little I knew about colour correction.
Glenn Chan is superb on this video.

Glenn Chan · September 26th, 2006, 09:41 PM

Mike, thanks for the kind words.

David:
The DVD may help, as well as the following article I wrote (it goes into depth about Levels in Vegas):
http://www.vasst.com/resource.aspx?i...0-90d2f8de9fc1

Does that answer your question? If not, there is another method to "blow out whites and crush blacks". The Disc Four Excerpt in the link Mike gave has some information on that (it's a sample video). It uses the color curves instead of levels... it's sort of the same idea as color curves and levels in After Effects. The difference is how Vegas handles the levels... it is slightly superior and more confusing than in After Effects.

Brian Luce · September 27th, 2006, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Rofrano

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

Is your timeline a a cineform timeline? what camera are you using?
thanks.

John Rofrano · September 27th, 2006, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Luce

Is your timeline a a cineform timeline? what camera are you using?

I’m using a Sony HVR-Z1U and my timeline format depends on the project. If I’m doing mostly straight cuts without a lot of color correcting, I’ll just use the raw M2T files because Vegas 7 can play them back at full framerate. If I’m doing a lot of editing or if I’m doing 24p, I’ll use CineForm Connect HD to capture the footage to CF or CF removing 3-2 pulldown for CF24. If I’m doing work that involves field audio (e.g., I captured the audio on my Marantz PMD660), I’ll capture raw M2T, sync the field audio with the video, then render to CineForm with the field audio instead of the camera audio in CF format. This gives me one AVI file with the correct audio.

Regardless of what format I capture in, I go straight to MPEG2 from the timeline. I suppose if I was going to print back to tape or other formats like for the web, I would render CineForm and then make my tape copy, web copy, and MPEG2 copy from that. I don’t believe you loose anything because the CineForm codec is high enough quality. The same is true for doing any chroma key work. I would either capture or convert the chroma key clips to CineForm and do all my editing on that. Ultra 2 with CineForm rocks for chroma key.

~jr

David Delaney · September 27th, 2006, 05:49 AM

I am assuming the training covers the latest version of VV (I don';t believe the CC tool have changed sine VV4 anyways...)

Thanks for the link!

September 26th, 2006, 10:05 AM	#856
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I second Don. I'm betting you have the "Split Screen" button on. Just turn it off and all should be fine. It's the button above the preview screen that looks like a circle that's half dark/half light. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 26th, 2006, 10:09 AM	#858
Sean Seah Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,498	DVD A4 Subtitle Question I made some subtitles in the veg file in Vegas. How do I export them as a subtitle for DVD Arch?

September 26th, 2006, 11:07 AM	#859
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Tools - Scripting - Export Regions as Subtitles __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 26th, 2006, 11:35 AM	#860
Ben Freedman Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 188	My new VEGAS laptop... HP's dv9000t Howdy... When you have a daily video podcast, you're always editing on the road. To that end, I'm constantly looking for the latest and greatest laptop for edited, although I'm not one of those guys who wants to spend $4K on a laptop... So... I've just received HP's newest laptop, the dv9000t. Core 2 Duo at 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 240GB dual hard drives... Looks to be a great machine for editing on the road. If you're interested, here's my 'unboxing' event... http://www.neo-fight.tv/2006/09/unbo...p_dv9000t.html Enjoy... Best, Benjamin

September 26th, 2006, 12:08 PM	#861
Magnus Helander Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 221	Firmware and driver update Get the 5.7 drivers and firmware at http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/software/ It seems Vegas 7 kills analog capture from Decklink Extreme PCIe - Analog capture works with standalone DeckLink application before starting vegas. Starting vegas displays "no video input" in internal capture app - and then the DeckLink application is dead as well. Submitted to support, and they are looking into it. Would be interesting to know if you have the same experience. /magnus __________________ Magnus Helander, Crossmediageek on G+

September 26th, 2006, 10:08 AM	#857
Sean Seah Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,498	Somehow the resolution on the preview scrren looks very poor as compared to Vegas 6. I'll try to get something.

September 26th, 2006, 01:52 PM	#862
Mathew Kurtz Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Courtenay, British Columbia Posts: 39	very cool. thanks for sharing :)

September 26th, 2006, 03:59 PM	#863
Justin Phillips New Boot Join Date: May 2005 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 16	Nice laptop! Now I want one!

September 26th, 2006, 06:13 PM	#864
Jim Montgomery Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vero Beach Posts: 392	I am just trying to get Vegas 7.0 to recognize Blackmagic as a viable display preview device. Once I get past that we will try to captue. Jim

September 26th, 2006, 08:11 PM	#865
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	Colour grading and crushing blacks I have found a tutorial on this in AE, but I was wondering if there is a good tutorial on colour grading for Vegas - blowing out whites and crushing blacks...

September 26th, 2006, 09:22 PM	#866
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Spend the money and buy the DVD "Absolute Training for Vegas+DVD, Vol. 4 - Color Correction in Sony Vegas" from VASST. Details at http://vasst.com/product.aspx?id=221...a-fa0c83fa1dcd It'll be the best $59 (U.S.) you've ever spent. As I said on another forum, I've been doing video for over 30 years and was astounded at how little I knew about colour correction. Glenn Chan is superb on this video.

September 26th, 2006, 09:41 PM	#867
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Mike, thanks for the kind words. David: The DVD may help, as well as the following article I wrote (it goes into depth about Levels in Vegas): http://www.vasst.com/resource.aspx?i...0-90d2f8de9fc1 Does that answer your question? If not, there is another method to "blow out whites and crush blacks". The Disc Four Excerpt in the link Mike gave has some information on that (it's a sample video). It uses the color curves instead of levels... it's sort of the same idea as color curves and levels in After Effects. The difference is how Vegas handles the levels... it is slightly superior and more confusing than in After Effects.

September 27th, 2006, 05:49 AM	#870
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	I am assuming the training covers the latest version of VV (I don';t believe the CC tool have changed sine VV4 anyways...) Thanks for the link!