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Ron Cooper · October 16th, 2010, 09:05 PM

Does Vegas 9 have a countdown leader ?
I went into "Help" but that was useless.

RonC.

Mike Kujbida · October 16th, 2010, 09:10 PM

No it doesn't but it's very easy to make a basic one.

Ron Cooper · October 16th, 2010, 09:37 PM

Thanks mike. Can you plkease tell me how ?

RonC.

Mike Kujbida · October 16th, 2010, 11:20 PM

Here you go Ron, (done with Pro 8) complete with tone.
The text is transparent in case you want to put it over top of something.

Ron Cooper · October 17th, 2010, 12:35 AM

Many Thanks Mike, BUT, as usual Murphy works overtime here, - when I downloaded it & tried to pull it into my project in Veg 9, I got this message :

"A nested project source media file was not found "

Regards,
RonC.

Ron Cooper · October 17th, 2010, 12:56 AM

Mike, I tried loading it into Vegas and it does work but only video. The Audio appears to be there but no pips. I checked to make sure the track wasn't muted and other audio further on the track is OK.

RonC.

Edward Troxel · October 17th, 2010, 06:28 AM

Take a look at the Time Clock effect in NewBlue's Video Essentials IV! You can easily create timeclocks that count up or down in a variety of formats.

Mike Kujbida · October 17th, 2010, 06:43 AM

Sorry about that Ron.
Here's the 400 Hz and 1 KHz wav files to go along with it.

Bruce Phung · October 17th, 2010, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Kujbida

Here you go Ron, (done with Pro 8) complete with tone.
The text is transparent in case you want to put it over top of something.

I loaded the.veg file onto Vegas 9 and it works fine with sound.

Craig Longman · October 17th, 2010, 12:46 PM

Some time ago, I was looking for something similar and tracked this down:

SMPTE Film Leader (Test) : Cincinnatus : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

It appears a Creative Commons license, some rights reserved. But they don't indicate what of the specific licenses it is. I was only playing with it, so I never bothered to dig any deeper, but depending on what you're going to do with it, you might want to.

It doesn't have audio, so hang on to the tones from Mike and use them.

Ron Cooper · October 17th, 2010, 03:18 PM

Thanks very much everyone. This community is amazing thanks to you people.

However, I still can't quite follow WHY, a so-called professional program like Vegas has not had this feature years ago when others have had it for years. Have they just forgotten that it is not there, even in Vers. 10 apparently ?

Once again thanks,

RonC.

Robin Davies-Rollinson · October 17th, 2010, 04:11 PM

Just wondering why anyone would need a film-type leader these days?
Anything produced for TV would have a VT clock going to black after "3" anyway. How is a film leader relevant?
(only asking...)

Ron Cooper · October 17th, 2010, 08:20 PM

Robin, I belong to a Video makers club & they ask for a countdown leader when presenting material. It is easy for them to cue when placing different videos together. Otherwise I don't normally use them.

RonC.

Robin Davies-Rollinson · October 18th, 2010, 03:29 AM

Thanks Ron, that's answered my question!

October 16th, 2010, 09:05 PM	#1
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	Countdown Leader Does Vegas 9 have a countdown leader ? I went into "Help" but that was useless. RonC.

October 17th, 2010, 06:28 AM	#7
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Take a look at the Time Clock effect in NewBlue's Video Essentials IV! You can easily create timeclocks that count up or down in a variety of formats. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

October 17th, 2010, 12:46 PM	#10
Craig Longman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London, ON Posts: 175	Some time ago, I was looking for something similar and tracked this down: SMPTE Film Leader (Test) : Cincinnatus : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive It appears a Creative Commons license, some rights reserved. But they don't indicate what of the specific licenses it is. I was only playing with it, so I never bothered to dig any deeper, but depending on what you're going to do with it, you might want to. It doesn't have audio, so hang on to the tones from Mike and use them. __________________ CraigL

October 16th, 2010, 09:10 PM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	No it doesn't but it's very easy to make a basic one.

October 16th, 2010, 09:37 PM	#3
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	Thanks mike. Can you plkease tell me how ? RonC.

October 17th, 2010, 12:35 AM	#5
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	Many Thanks Mike, BUT, as usual Murphy works overtime here, - when I downloaded it & tried to pull it into my project in Veg 9, I got this message : "A nested project source media file was not found " Regards, RonC.

October 17th, 2010, 12:56 AM	#6
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	Mike, I tried loading it into Vegas and it does work but only video. The Audio appears to be there but no pips. I checked to make sure the track wasn't muted and other audio further on the track is OK. RonC.

October 17th, 2010, 03:18 PM	#11
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	Thanks very much everyone. This community is amazing thanks to you people. However, I still can't quite follow WHY, a so-called professional program like Vegas has not had this feature years ago when others have had it for years. Have they just forgotten that it is not there, even in Vers. 10 apparently ? Once again thanks, RonC.

October 17th, 2010, 04:11 PM	#12
Robin Davies-Rollinson Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gwaelod-y-garth, Cardiff, CYMRU/WALES Posts: 1,215	Just wondering why anyone would need a film-type leader these days? Anything produced for TV would have a VT clock going to black after "3" anyway. How is a film leader relevant? (only asking...)

October 17th, 2010, 08:20 PM	#13
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	Robin, I belong to a Video makers club & they ask for a countdown leader when presenting material. It is easy for them to cue when placing different videos together. Otherwise I don't normally use them. RonC.

October 18th, 2010, 03:29 AM	#14
Robin Davies-Rollinson Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gwaelod-y-garth, Cardiff, CYMRU/WALES Posts: 1,215	Thanks Ron, that's answered my question!