Vegas Video discussions from 2003

Edward Troxel · April 22nd, 2003, 02:49 PM

Type in a letter, press enter. Type in a letter, press enter.

Or am I missing something?

Michael Botkin · April 22nd, 2003, 04:25 PM

LOL Yep, I'm a f'n idiot. Thanks,

Michael

Harry Settle · April 22nd, 2003, 04:35 PM

Thanks! You all brightened up my day.

Dan Measel · April 22nd, 2003, 07:31 PM

I have a project with multiple layers of video during some scenes and layers of audio (sound effects) in others. I want to insert a new event in the middle. Is there a button to select where I can insert the event and all of the following events (on all layers) will move to the right accordingly? So far when I try it just crossfades the clip onto the current video events. There are way too many events to manually move them and more than I want to click on to make one big "group".

Anyone know how to do this?

Edward Troxel · April 22nd, 2003, 07:43 PM

Put the cursor where you want to insert the clip, choose TIME from the INSERT menu and enter the length of the clip.

Trey Perrone · April 22nd, 2003, 09:22 PM

turn on auto-ripple its the icon at the top with an arrow inbetween two boxes

Rob Lohman · April 23rd, 2003, 07:03 AM

Aaron,

What settings did you use in their mpeg2 encoder?

Rob Lohman · April 23rd, 2003, 07:48 AM

You can also untangle any program stream (that includes video
AND audio) into their elementary streams by using a demuxer.
Such tools can be easily found on the web these days.

Michael Botkin · April 23rd, 2003, 09:08 AM

I shoot everything in Frame mode on my GL2. When picking my project settings in Vegas 4, is it best to turn the "deinterlace" option to None/Blend/Interpolate? Since the GL2 shoots "frame" mode by copying the image on each line, I shouldn't need to deinterlace correct? Let me know what your experiences have been, or if this even matters vs. shooting in "Normal" mode and using the default setting "Blend".

Michael Botkin

Rob Lohman · April 23rd, 2003, 09:28 AM

It should be None since there is nothing to deinterlace.

Michael Botkin · April 23rd, 2003, 12:13 PM

Well,
Those are great tools, but I'm still unable to get rid of the hum completely. I'll play around with a combination of filters and that should do it. I figured out that it's not just a quiet 60hz hum, it's really solid noise from the airconditioning system I believe. Vegas has some great tools, and they seem to be very simple to use well. Thanks again,

Michael Botkin

Fredrik Forsell · April 24th, 2003, 04:08 AM

thanks Richard and Graham!

Brian M. Dickman · April 24th, 2003, 08:35 AM

Another tool to use if you have it is Sound Forge. Even if you still use the track effects in Vegas to make the final filtering, I'll take a section of noisy track into Sound Forge just to run the Spectrum Analysis on it. In a case like yours, it'll show where the spectral peaks are, so you can identify where the filters should be applied. Then sometimes I do the edits in sound forge, and sometimes I'll just drop back into vegas and apply things there.

Don Donatello · April 24th, 2003, 09:38 PM

michael ...
i'll take a look at the hummmm . if you like email me a 15-20 sec wave only clip include humm and voice . render it out as wave at 16bit/48K ..

i'll take a look at it and if i can get rid of hummm i'll email you the Vegas Veg file.

be sure to keep copy of wave for yourself as the return VEG will ask you for it. ...

Josh Bass · April 25th, 2003, 01:58 AM

Anyway, I was putting something together in Vegas, and I letterboxed it by blacking off the appropriate portions of the screen. Since I didn't have the forethought to shoot for this framing, I had to move the picture up or down to get the desired framing, using the 3d plugin pac le plug-in. When I rendered this whole thing into a single AVI file, all the clips that I had reframed had a jittery, stuttery look to them, as far as movement was concerned. The other clips looked like regular 60i video. Anyone know why this happened? Anyone know what I could do about it? Without the letterbox, it looks less artsy, and of course being 30fps doesn't help.

Just tried the method in Vegas for converting interlaced video to 24p. It works! It rules! It's free!

April 22nd, 2003, 04:35 PM	#228
Harry Settle Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bemidji, MN Posts: 276	Thanks! You all brightened up my day. __________________ "DOH"!!!

April 22nd, 2003, 07:31 PM	#229
Dan Measel Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 196	Question about inserting a scene in Vegas timeline I have a project with multiple layers of video during some scenes and layers of audio (sound effects) in others. I want to insert a new event in the middle. Is there a button to select where I can insert the event and all of the following events (on all layers) will move to the right accordingly? So far when I try it just crossfades the clip onto the current video events. There are way too many events to manually move them and more than I want to click on to make one big "group". Anyone know how to do this?

April 22nd, 2003, 09:22 PM	#231
Trey Perrone Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 155	turn on auto-ripple its the icon at the top with an arrow inbetween two boxes __________________ Trey Perrone

April 23rd, 2003, 07:03 AM	#232
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Aaron, What settings did you use in their mpeg2 encoder? __________________ 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

April 23rd, 2003, 07:48 AM	#233
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	You can also untangle any program stream (that includes video AND audio) into their elementary streams by using a demuxer. Such tools can be easily found on the web these days. __________________ 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

April 22nd, 2003, 02:49 PM	#226
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Type in a letter, press enter. Type in a letter, press enter. Or am I missing something?

April 22nd, 2003, 04:25 PM	#227
Michael Botkin Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 70	LOL Yep, I'm a f'n idiot. Thanks, Michael

April 22nd, 2003, 07:43 PM	#230
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Put the cursor where you want to insert the clip, choose TIME from the INSERT menu and enter the length of the clip.

April 23rd, 2003, 09:08 AM	#234
Michael Botkin Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 70	Cpturing Frame Mode footage in Vegas 4 I shoot everything in Frame mode on my GL2. When picking my project settings in Vegas 4, is it best to turn the "deinterlace" option to None/Blend/Interpolate? Since the GL2 shoots "frame" mode by copying the image on each line, I shouldn't need to deinterlace correct? Let me know what your experiences have been, or if this even matters vs. shooting in "Normal" mode and using the default setting "Blend". Michael Botkin

April 23rd, 2003, 09:28 AM	#235
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	It should be None since there is nothing to deinterlace. __________________ 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

April 23rd, 2003, 12:13 PM	#236
Michael Botkin Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 70	Well, Those are great tools, but I'm still unable to get rid of the hum completely. I'll play around with a combination of filters and that should do it. I figured out that it's not just a quiet 60hz hum, it's really solid noise from the airconditioning system I believe. Vegas has some great tools, and they seem to be very simple to use well. Thanks again, Michael Botkin

April 24th, 2003, 04:08 AM	#237
Fredrik Forsell Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Luleå, Sweden Posts: 37	thanks Richard and Graham! __________________ Fredrik, Sweden "Please excuse my english!"

April 24th, 2003, 08:35 AM	#238
Brian M. Dickman Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 148	Another tool to use if you have it is Sound Forge. Even if you still use the track effects in Vegas to make the final filtering, I'll take a section of noisy track into Sound Forge just to run the Spectrum Analysis on it. In a case like yours, it'll show where the spectral peaks are, so you can identify where the filters should be applied. Then sometimes I do the edits in sound forge, and sometimes I'll just drop back into vegas and apply things there.

April 24th, 2003, 09:38 PM	#239
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	michael ... i'll take a look at the hummmm . if you like email me a 15-20 sec wave only clip include humm and voice . render it out as wave at 16bit/48K .. i'll take a look at it and if i can get rid of hummm i'll email you the Vegas Veg file. be sure to keep copy of wave for yourself as the return VEG will ask you for it. ...

April 25th, 2003, 01:58 AM	#240
Josh Bass Slash Rules! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,472	Vegas 4 queries Anyway, I was putting something together in Vegas, and I letterboxed it by blacking off the appropriate portions of the screen. Since I didn't have the forethought to shoot for this framing, I had to move the picture up or down to get the desired framing, using the 3d plugin pac le plug-in. When I rendered this whole thing into a single AVI file, all the clips that I had reframed had a jittery, stuttery look to them, as far as movement was concerned. The other clips looked like regular 60i video. Anyone know why this happened? Anyone know what I could do about it? Without the letterbox, it looks less artsy, and of course being 30fps doesn't help. Just tried the method in Vegas for converting interlaced video to 24p. It works! It rules! It's free! __________________ The Bass' camerawork The Bass on IMDB