Remove all FX in one go? at DVinfo.net

Gerald Webb · November 6th, 2010, 04:39 PM

Just say you color corrected a whole project, on a scene by scene basis, hundreds of little clips,
and then over the course of a week or 2 you learned a whole lot more about color correcting,
so then you want to open the cut project, and remove all FX in one go to start again,
Can you do it?
selecting multiple clips doesnt seem to work, I'm going through now, right click the green cross, delete all, its taking forever.
:)

Craig Longman · November 6th, 2010, 04:54 PM

Sounds like something the scripting part(s) of Pro could help with quite handily.

I've wanted to play with scripting while I had 10 Pro until I buy it, but I'm still heavily into DirectX/OpenFX/OpenCL right now, so it'd take me too long to write one. There might already be something available though.

Edward Troxel · November 6th, 2010, 06:44 PM

I use Excalibur to do that. It can remove effects from all selected events. There are other scripts available that will do the same thing. Another pay script that will do that function is Ultimate S. With enough searching, you may find a free one as well.

Dylan Morgan · November 7th, 2010, 05:12 PM

Select one clip that has no CC applied and copy. Select the rest and right click "paste event properties". They will all be reset.

Craig Longman · November 7th, 2010, 06:22 PM

Funny, I know I'd tried that before and it hadn't worked. Seemed to only add FX's, not remove them.
But that appears to be the case only in VMS; tried it in Pro, and it does remove as well as add FX's.

Gerald Webb · November 7th, 2010, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan Morgan

Select one clip that has no CC applied and copy. Select the rest and right click "paste event properties". They will all be reset.

You Sir, are a legend!
I use "Paste event attributes" all the time, and never thought to use it for this.
I love this place.
cheers people.
:)

Edward Troxel · November 8th, 2010, 12:36 PM

That does NOT work in Vegas Pro 8, That does NOT work in Vegas Pro 9. But it DID work in Vegas Pro 10. Apparently "Paste Event Attributes" in 10 makes them match instead of only "adding" new attributes.

Jeff Harper · November 8th, 2010, 05:34 PM

I seem to recall that this technique will also cause clips to match playback rate, which could undo any slow motion done to clips. Or if the playback rate of the copied clip is slowed down, then the clips "pasted to" will also slow down.

For this reason I prefer using Ultimate S (or Excalibur) for removing FX. It only removes FX, and affects nothing else.

November 6th, 2010, 04:39 PM	#1
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	Remove all FX in one go? Just say you color corrected a whole project, on a scene by scene basis, hundreds of little clips, and then over the course of a week or 2 you learned a whole lot more about color correcting, so then you want to open the cut project, and remove all FX in one go to start again, Can you do it? selecting multiple clips doesnt seem to work, I'm going through now, right click the green cross, delete all, its taking forever. :) __________________ http://vimeo.com/livewebvideo

November 6th, 2010, 04:54 PM	#2
Craig Longman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London, ON Posts: 175	Sounds like something the scripting part(s) of Pro could help with quite handily. I've wanted to play with scripting while I had 10 Pro until I buy it, but I'm still heavily into DirectX/OpenFX/OpenCL right now, so it'd take me too long to write one. There might already be something available though. __________________ CraigL

November 6th, 2010, 06:44 PM	#3
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I use Excalibur to do that. It can remove effects from all selected events. There are other scripts available that will do the same thing. Another pay script that will do that function is Ultimate S. With enough searching, you may find a free one as well. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 7th, 2010, 06:22 PM	#5
Craig Longman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London, ON Posts: 175	Funny, I know I'd tried that before and it hadn't worked. Seemed to only add FX's, not remove them. But that appears to be the case only in VMS; tried it in Pro, and it does remove as well as add FX's. __________________ CraigL

November 8th, 2010, 12:36 PM	#7
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	That does NOT work in Vegas Pro 8, That does NOT work in Vegas Pro 9. But it DID work in Vegas Pro 10. Apparently "Paste Event Attributes" in 10 makes them match instead of only "adding" new attributes. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 7th, 2010, 05:12 PM	#4
Dylan Morgan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portland OR Posts: 70	Select one clip that has no CC applied and copy. Select the rest and right click "paste event properties". They will all be reset.

November 8th, 2010, 05:34 PM	#8
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	I seem to recall that this technique will also cause clips to match playback rate, which could undo any slow motion done to clips. Or if the playback rate of the copied clip is slowed down, then the clips "pasted to" will also slow down. For this reason I prefer using Ultimate S (or Excalibur) for removing FX. It only removes FX, and affects nothing else. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."