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text zoom/multiple tracks
I apologize if this has been answered already – I’ve searched using different terms without any luck.
I have Platinum Vegas, but I bought Pro, which should arrive any day now (yeah! more than 4 tracks! waveform/vectorscope! better color correction!).
I would like to apply the same pan/zoom effect with keyframes to different tracks of text. I have one track that has a large font and another with a smaller one. The smaller font fits up snugly under the larger one and I fade it up a few seconds after the large one. I can’t create this on one track in Platinum (maybe in Pro – can I make different boxes of text that I can put in different places on the screen in one track?) So I’ve just used 2 tracks. I can guesstimate and make them look close, but not the same. I know how to merge tracks, but that only gives me an extra track – it doesn’t solve the problem.
Is it possible to “lasso” multiple tracks and apply global track motion? Many thanks . . .
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Apparently I put on my overthinking cap today. I put in all my effects except for the movement. Then I merged/rendered four tracks into one. Lastly, I added pan/zoom motion with keyframes to the one track to have ALL the text slowly get larger.
Thanks anyway!
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I have Platinum Vegas, but I bought Pro, which should arrive any day now (yeah! more than 4 tracks! waveform/vectorscope! better color correction!).
Actually Vegas Movie Studio 10 HD has 10 tracks but you’ll love the waveform monitor in Pro anyway. 😉
Is it possible to “lasso” multiple tracks and apply global track motion? Many thanks . . .
What you want to do (and Movie Studio HD 10 has this as well as Pro) is to use the Parent/Child Composite. Make the tracks children of a top track and then use the Parent Motion to move them in unison. Try it when you get your copy of Pro.
Here is a tutorial from my web site to try when Vegas Pro arrives:
3D Parent Motion: Moving Planes
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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John, thanks for the reply. I have Platinum 9, which only offers up to 4 video tracks and, I think, unlimited audio tracks.
The parent/child compositing tip sounds like a better way to go when you have unlimited tracks because you don’t have to render. Is there a parent effect as well as a parent motion?
Your tutorial looks helpful and that was one of the first things I wanted to do with Pro. I miss manipulation the “z” plane in Platinum.
Thanks again.
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