Vegas limiting how much you can speed up a clip at DVinfo.net

Corey Embring · May 31st, 2007, 01:10 PM

Has anybody else noticed that when you speed up a clip in Vegas 7 (by holding the CTRL key and shortening the clip) it has an absurd limit? This is quite ridiculous, I can't see why Sony would limit it... unless there is something enabled that is keeping it from being sped up more. I know I can use velocity to get past that, but it's too messy for what I'm working on right now.

I guess for now I'm just going to have to manually speed up the clips in virtualdub, but if anybody can help me, that'd be great.

Mike Kujbida · May 31st, 2007, 01:16 PM

This is Vegas so there's more than one way to get the desired result :-)

#1 - Ctrl + drag (or use a Velocity enevelope) = 300% increase
#2 - Right-click the clip, select Properties and change Playback to 4.0 = 400% increase.
Total increase so far = 1200%.

Need even more speed? Render to a new track and repeat as desired.

Peter Greis · May 31st, 2007, 01:23 PM

What I have done is to add a velocity envelope; maximize the velocity (which I believe is 300%); render the clip as an AVI and then apply the velocity envelope again.

I forgot about the playback rate property...thanks Mike

Corey Embring · May 31st, 2007, 02:14 PM

Okay, thanks for the replies, I'll just deal with using velocity, since playback also won't go past 4 (400%) once I've already sped the clip up with the CTRL key.

I've got another question though. Is there a way you can remove audio from a clip? Or at least separate it?

Edward Troxel · May 31st, 2007, 02:56 PM

Playback Rate and CTRL-Resizing is the same thing. When you CTRL-Resize, it is actually simply adjusting the Playback Rate.

To separate audio from video, select one (or both) and press "U" to ungroup them.

There's also a toolbar icon to "Ignore Event Grouping" which will let you treat them separately. And there's an option in the preferences to let them behave like they did in Vegas 6 and older (i.e. you could select one piece, press Delete, and only that one piece would be deleted instead of both).

Mike Kujbida · May 31st, 2007, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

Playback Rate and CTRL-Resizing is the same thing. When you CTRL-Resize, it is actually simply adjusting the Playback Rate.

Oops. My mistake :-(
Thanks for the correction Edward.

May 31st, 2007, 01:23 PM	#3
Peter Greis Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 41	Speeding Up Clips What I have done is to add a velocity envelope; maximize the velocity (which I believe is 300%); render the clip as an AVI and then apply the velocity envelope again. I forgot about the playback rate property...thanks Mike

May 31st, 2007, 02:56 PM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Playback Rate and CTRL-Resizing is the same thing. When you CTRL-Resize, it is actually simply adjusting the Playback Rate. To separate audio from video, select one (or both) and press "U" to ungroup them. There's also a toolbar icon to "Ignore Event Grouping" which will let you treat them separately. And there's an option in the preferences to let them behave like they did in Vegas 6 and older (i.e. you could select one piece, press Delete, and only that one piece would be deleted instead of both). __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 31st, 2007, 01:10 PM	#1
Corey Embring Tourist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SM, WA Posts: 2	Vegas limiting how much you can speed up a clip Has anybody else noticed that when you speed up a clip in Vegas 7 (by holding the CTRL key and shortening the clip) it has an absurd limit? This is quite ridiculous, I can't see why Sony would limit it... unless there is something enabled that is keeping it from being sped up more. I know I can use velocity to get past that, but it's too messy for what I'm working on right now. I guess for now I'm just going to have to manually speed up the clips in virtualdub, but if anybody can help me, that'd be great.

May 31st, 2007, 01:16 PM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	This is Vegas so there's more than one way to get the desired result :-) #1 - Ctrl + drag (or use a Velocity enevelope) = 300% increase #2 - Right-click the clip, select Properties and change Playback to 4.0 = 400% increase. Total increase so far = 1200%. Need even more speed? Render to a new track and repeat as desired.

May 31st, 2007, 02:14 PM	#4
Corey Embring Tourist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SM, WA Posts: 2	Okay, thanks for the replies, I'll just deal with using velocity, since playback also won't go past 4 (400%) once I've already sped the clip up with the CTRL key. I've got another question though. Is there a way you can remove audio from a clip? Or at least separate it?