A Way to Scene Split in Vegas? at DVinfo.net

Alex Thames · November 7th, 2006, 02:17 PM

I have several video clips that are just extremely long. There are several cuts (scenes) in these clips, and to make editing easier, I'd like to be able to split them into separate files for each cut. So one file per cut. Is there a way Vegas can do this?

Edward Troxel · November 7th, 2006, 09:02 PM

During capture, yes - you can get it to split wherever there are jumps in the date/time code. After capture, no.

Richard Alvarez · November 7th, 2006, 09:04 PM

Can't you just mark ins and outs, and excerpt them as seperate files? Rename them?

Edward Troxel · November 7th, 2006, 09:06 PM

You can render out sections to a new file and then delete the original file. If it's a DV-AVI file, the process would be lossless.

Alex Thames · November 7th, 2006, 09:19 PM

I'm working with a 16mm film transfer (turned into .mov video clips), which was not scene split during capture. So there's no way of splitting them up now?

Guy Bruner · November 7th, 2006, 10:12 PM

No....except you can go through the long event and split the video at the scene changes manually. Just drag the scrub bar through the video and at each scene change, press S to split it out. If you want to make these individual events separate from the project, you will have to select each one (make a region) and render them out to new files.

Matti Remonen · November 8th, 2006, 01:27 AM

Hi,
if I'm not completely wrong Scenalyzer can split existing AVI's based either on timecode (won't help you, though) or based on optical recognition.

Just donwload the demo from Scenalyzer website. Full version costs $39.

Terry Esslinger · November 8th, 2006, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Thames

I'm working with a 16mm film transfer (turned into .mov video clips),

I'm curious, why did you get the 16 mm film transfer in .mov instead of DV.avi?

Alex Thames · November 8th, 2006, 04:19 PM

It was transferred onto a Mini DV tape, which was then captured with Final Cut Pro as .mov. I don't have access to that Mini DV tape, only the .mov file on the Mac. But because I hate Macs, I connected an external hard drive (FAT32) to copy over the .mov files, which I then imported into Vegas for editing.

Richard Alvarez · November 8th, 2006, 06:49 PM

Isn't there a way to mark an in and out, and then 'subclip'? Creating a sub-clip of the longer piece?

Don Bloom · November 8th, 2006, 09:11 PM

yes you can do that and the beauty of Vegas is there are generally at least 3 different ways to do pretty much anything. ;-)

Don

Richard Alvarez · November 9th, 2006, 06:55 AM

Don,
That's 'the beauty' of every NLE I've worked with. It can also be a curse when you only know one way on one system, and can't find it on another.

November 7th, 2006, 02:17 PM	#1
Alex Thames Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York Posts: 508	A Way to Scene Split in Vegas? I have several video clips that are just extremely long. There are several cuts (scenes) in these clips, and to make editing easier, I'd like to be able to split them into separate files for each cut. So one file per cut. Is there a way Vegas can do this?

November 7th, 2006, 09:02 PM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	During capture, yes - you can get it to split wherever there are jumps in the date/time code. After capture, no. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 7th, 2006, 09:06 PM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	You can render out sections to a new file and then delete the original file. If it's a DV-AVI file, the process would be lossless. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 7th, 2006, 09:04 PM	#3
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Can't you just mark ins and outs, and excerpt them as seperate files? Rename them?

November 7th, 2006, 09:19 PM	#5
Alex Thames Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York Posts: 508	I'm working with a 16mm film transfer (turned into .mov video clips), which was not scene split during capture. So there's no way of splitting them up now?

November 7th, 2006, 10:12 PM	#6
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	No....except you can go through the long event and split the video at the scene changes manually. Just drag the scrub bar through the video and at each scene change, press S to split it out. If you want to make these individual events separate from the project, you will have to select each one (make a region) and render them out to new files.

November 8th, 2006, 01:27 AM	#7
Matti Remonen Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 54	Hi, if I'm not completely wrong Scenalyzer can split existing AVI's based either on timecode (won't help you, though) or based on optical recognition. Just donwload the demo from Scenalyzer website. Full version costs $39.

November 8th, 2006, 04:19 PM	#9
Alex Thames Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York Posts: 508	It was transferred onto a Mini DV tape, which was then captured with Final Cut Pro as .mov. I don't have access to that Mini DV tape, only the .mov file on the Mac. But because I hate Macs, I connected an external hard drive (FAT32) to copy over the .mov files, which I then imported into Vegas for editing.

November 8th, 2006, 06:49 PM	#10
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Isn't there a way to mark an in and out, and then 'subclip'? Creating a sub-clip of the longer piece?

November 8th, 2006, 09:11 PM	#11
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	yes you can do that and the beauty of Vegas is there are generally at least 3 different ways to do pretty much anything. ;-) Don

November 9th, 2006, 06:55 AM	#12
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Don, That's 'the beauty' of every NLE I've worked with. It can also be a curse when you only know one way on one system, and can't find it on another.