Vegas Video discussions from 2003

Les Dit · November 24th, 2003, 02:52 AM

Thanks, got that working.
-Les

<<<-- Originally posted by Stephen L. Minor : I'll tell you where to look around...

hkey local machine>software>sonic foundry>vegas

you need to add the m2t extension to the mpeg definitions.

If your familiar w/ regedit thats enough to do it. If your still lost leave it alone. -->>>

James Nyfeler · November 24th, 2003, 05:38 AM

I've been using Vegas for about 9 months now -- love it. Two of my best investments have been Gary Kleiner's quick start to Vegas DVDs (www.vegastrainingandtools.com), and Vegas 4 Editing Workshop by Douglas Spotted Eagle (available on Amazon). Both are excellent resources to understand the basics and the subtle nuances of a world-class NLE.

James

Dave Largent · November 24th, 2003, 09:00 AM

If I had a still of a red rose, and it were the only red in the picture,
how could I change the red to white? A while back I removed all but one color using masking, copied events, parent/child, black and white. Don't remember the exact details. Any help with changing one color to another would be appreciated.

Rob Lohman · November 24th, 2003, 09:17 AM

Use the secondary color corrector. Use the mask and select a
piece of the red color. You can then use the upper part of the
dialog to shift the color to another color. You might need to work
on the mask to get it smooth.

Dave Largent · November 24th, 2003, 10:31 AM

Thanks Rob, that did the trick. I actually needed white so I didn't even use the color wheel. I just put saturation to minimum and gain to max to get white.

Rob Lohman · November 24th, 2003, 01:42 PM

Well I am one of the closest, but I gotta decorate my house,
sorry. Now if you could come to Amsterdam...

Aaron Koolen · November 24th, 2003, 07:34 PM

Hi all. I'm trying to darken down a face in Vegas but I want to keep the rest of the area light. I've tried playing with the composition stuff but I don't think I understand it properly cause I couldn't get it to work. I would have thought I could make a small circle, either on a separate image or using the mask generator and made that do some sort of "Darken" composition mode and voila. I'm not expecting perfect, and the face isn's a close up at all, it's almost a full shot but I can't get anything happening at all.

Anyone done this before and can tell me what I need to do?

Cheers
Aaron

Jack Robertson · November 24th, 2003, 10:12 PM

Although I don't use Vegas, this could help you out. I use Premiere.

Some time ago I had a situation where a still scene had a bright corner. What I did was export the frame in question and imported it into photoshop. I then created a new layer on top of the captured image and applied a gradient over the corner, it was from black to transparent with the opacity of the layer tweaked so it was perfect.

After that I deleted the layer that had the captured image from the file and only saved the gradient. I then imported the still gradient image and applied it to one of the top video track with a certain transfer mode (I cannot remember which one it was) and stretched the image over the whole scene and bingo it worked like a charm.

Now if your face in question is moving around the frame, you might have to do each frame separately :(

That's the best way without using After Effects, I'm sure they have a better and more effective way of doing because it is using key frames for this type of compositions.

Regards,
Jack

Jack Robertson · November 24th, 2003, 10:15 PM

Oh by the way, in your situation you wouldn't use a gradient like I did, you would have to create a darkish circle with a blur applied to it so that the rest of the image would not be affected.

Jack

Tor Salomonsen · November 25th, 2003, 01:37 AM

To get plastered in Amsterdam - now that's a thought.
Anyway - GB: 3 more days.

Graham Bernard · November 25th, 2003, 02:13 AM

Yo Torsie! - Email me and we can swap mobile numbers - At least I can give you mine - yeah? Don't wanna miss youat the NFT - HAHA!

Grazie

Peter Jefferson · November 25th, 2003, 07:15 AM

any superfast way to do it??

okies, heres what im envisioning,

harcore techno, big v8s, thrashing it out smoking up the street....

1 measure break in the music (4 beats) within these beats, i want the video to flick throu a zillion images.
now i can do tihs by changing the default still playback time to 1 second (i cant work out how to get it to 1 FRAME) then import some stills, but im loathe to manually do this, as were looking about 75 images (minimum) which need to be captured, then reimported.

anyone know of a simpler way?

Joe Sacher · November 25th, 2003, 08:16 AM

If you want them to actually blast through at 1 frame per still image, just number the images sequentially and open as a still image sequence. Although 75 images really isn't much in this setup, unless you are looking through them, as they would be used up in under 3 seconds.

Josh Bass · November 25th, 2003, 01:18 PM

Okay, I've done it before, more than once, but I cannot seem to get it to work as of late. What am I talking about? Reversing the footage, making it go "backwards" instead of forwards, in time, that is.

Can someone give me the step by step instructions? I thought I knew how to do it, but apparently I don't.

Tom DelRosario · November 25th, 2003, 01:57 PM

I have seen the comparison between Vegas and Screenblast on the Sony site (http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/Products/showproduct.asp?PID=856&FeatureID=7369&FeatureTL=7231).

My question is simple, though. What does Vegas have that Screenblast doesn't? From looking at the chart, Vegas allows for more video tracks and there are several features that Vegas has that Screenblast doesn't. However, I don't know exactly what those features are (such as video envelopes, video track motion control, and audio/video scrub).

I currently use Pinnacle Studio, but it has never worked properly. I'll be building a new computer soon and I want to know if Screenblast is "good enough" or if I should go with Vegas.

I am not a professional videographer and don't have any current desire to become a professional. For now, I want to create DVDs of my home movies, but may want them to become more sophisticated as I gain more experience.

Any help would be appreciated.

November 24th, 2003, 09:00 AM	#1578
Dave Largent Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,483	Remove A Color If I had a still of a red rose, and it were the only red in the picture, how could I change the red to white? A while back I removed all but one color using masking, copied events, parent/child, black and white. Don't remember the exact details. Any help with changing one color to another would be appreciated.

November 24th, 2003, 09:17 AM	#1579
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Use the secondary color corrector. Use the mask and select a piece of the red color. You can then use the upper part of the dialog to shift the color to another color. You might need to work on the mask to get it smooth. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

November 24th, 2003, 01:42 PM	#1581
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Well I am one of the closest, but I gotta decorate my house, sorry. Now if you could come to Amsterdam... __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

November 24th, 2003, 07:34 PM	#1582
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	How do I darken a small area in Vegas? Hi all. I'm trying to darken down a face in Vegas but I want to keep the rest of the area light. I've tried playing with the composition stuff but I don't think I understand it properly cause I couldn't get it to work. I would have thought I could make a small circle, either on a separate image or using the mask generator and made that do some sort of "Darken" composition mode and voila. I'm not expecting perfect, and the face isn's a close up at all, it's almost a full shot but I can't get anything happening at all. Anyone done this before and can tell me what I need to do? Cheers Aaron __________________ My Website Meat Free Media

November 25th, 2003, 02:13 AM	#1586
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	Communications Torsie?!?! Yo Torsie! - Email me and we can swap mobile numbers - At least I can give you mine - yeah? Don't wanna miss youat the NFT - HAHA! Grazie

November 24th, 2003, 02:52 AM	#1576
Les Dit Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southern Cal-ee-for-Ni-ya Posts: 608	Thanks, got that working. -Les <<<-- Originally posted by Stephen L. Minor : I'll tell you where to look around... hkey local machine>software>sonic foundry>vegas you need to add the m2t extension to the mpeg definitions. If your familiar w/ regedit thats enough to do it. If your still lost leave it alone. -->>>

November 24th, 2003, 05:38 AM	#1577
James Nyfeler Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 32	I've been using Vegas for about 9 months now -- love it. Two of my best investments have been Gary Kleiner's quick start to Vegas DVDs (www.vegastrainingandtools.com), and Vegas 4 Editing Workshop by Douglas Spotted Eagle (available on Amazon). Both are excellent resources to understand the basics and the subtle nuances of a world-class NLE. James

November 24th, 2003, 10:31 AM	#1580
Dave Largent Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,483	Thanks Rob, that did the trick. I actually needed white so I didn't even use the color wheel. I just put saturation to minimum and gain to max to get white.

November 24th, 2003, 10:12 PM	#1583
Jack Robertson Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 125	Although I don't use Vegas, this could help you out. I use Premiere. Some time ago I had a situation where a still scene had a bright corner. What I did was export the frame in question and imported it into photoshop. I then created a new layer on top of the captured image and applied a gradient over the corner, it was from black to transparent with the opacity of the layer tweaked so it was perfect. After that I deleted the layer that had the captured image from the file and only saved the gradient. I then imported the still gradient image and applied it to one of the top video track with a certain transfer mode (I cannot remember which one it was) and stretched the image over the whole scene and bingo it worked like a charm. Now if your face in question is moving around the frame, you might have to do each frame separately :( That's the best way without using After Effects, I'm sure they have a better and more effective way of doing because it is using key frames for this type of compositions. Regards, Jack

November 24th, 2003, 10:15 PM	#1584
Jack Robertson Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 125	Oh by the way, in your situation you wouldn't use a gradient like I did, you would have to create a darkish circle with a blur applied to it so that the rest of the image would not be affected. Jack

November 25th, 2003, 01:37 AM	#1585
Tor Salomonsen Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stavanger, Norway Posts: 265	To get plastered in Amsterdam - now that's a thought. Anyway - GB: 3 more days.

November 25th, 2003, 07:15 AM	#1587
Peter Jefferson Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aus Posts: 3,884	superfaast cuts any superfast way to do it?? okies, heres what im envisioning, harcore techno, big v8s, thrashing it out smoking up the street.... 1 measure break in the music (4 beats) within these beats, i want the video to flick throu a zillion images. now i can do tihs by changing the default still playback time to 1 second (i cant work out how to get it to 1 FRAME) then import some stills, but im loathe to manually do this, as were looking about 75 images (minimum) which need to be captured, then reimported. anyone know of a simpler way?

November 25th, 2003, 08:16 AM	#1588
Joe Sacher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 177	If you want them to actually blast through at 1 frame per still image, just number the images sequentially and open as a still image sequence. Although 75 images really isn't much in this setup, unless you are looking through them, as they would be used up in under 3 seconds.

November 25th, 2003, 01:18 PM	#1589
Josh Bass Slash Rules! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,472	Ya gotta help me---reversing footage Okay, I've done it before, more than once, but I cannot seem to get it to work as of late. What am I talking about? Reversing the footage, making it go "backwards" instead of forwards, in time, that is. Can someone give me the step by step instructions? I thought I knew how to do it, but apparently I don't. __________________ The Bass' camerawork The Bass on IMDB

November 25th, 2003, 01:57 PM	#1590
Tom DelRosario Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 27	Vegas vs Screenblast Movie Studio I have seen the comparison between Vegas and Screenblast on the Sony site (http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/Products/showproduct.asp?PID=856&FeatureID=7369&FeatureTL=7231). My question is simple, though. What does Vegas have that Screenblast doesn't? From looking at the chart, Vegas allows for more video tracks and there are several features that Vegas has that Screenblast doesn't. However, I don't know exactly what those features are (such as video envelopes, video track motion control, and audio/video scrub). I currently use Pinnacle Studio, but it has never worked properly. I'll be building a new computer soon and I want to know if Screenblast is "good enough" or if I should go with Vegas. I am not a professional videographer and don't have any current desire to become a professional. For now, I want to create DVDs of my home movies, but may want them to become more sophisticated as I gain more experience. Any help would be appreciated.