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  • Mercalli 4 plugin

    Posted by Roger Bansemer on November 9, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    I purchased Mercalli V4 plugin for Vegas and it seems to do a terrible job as compared to the Mercalli V2 plugin. I’m using Vegas 12.
    Anyone had this same experience?

    Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

    Kurt Bartels replied 10 years, 8 months ago 6 Members · 16 Replies
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  • Mark Barton

    November 9, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    Make sure to follow the tutorial video, because their recommendation was not as straight forward. You add the CMOS Fixer plug-in first in the chain and then turn off Rolling Shutter Compensation in the stablilizer plugin options.

    https://www.prodad.com/go/prodad/_ws/mediabase/_ts_1443009336000/Mercalli_V4_SAL/plugins/MercalliV4Plugins/EN/Website/index.html

    I normally use the standalone version to batch convert my son’s soccer video and I upgrade from v3 to v4. I was able to get the SVP suite in the upgrade, so I have the plug-in version too.

  • Steve Rhoden

    November 9, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    No No! You are so wrong Roger, lol…
    Mercalli 4 is soooo much better and faster than Mercalli 2.
    It’s far superior in every way than the previous version. Maybe you are
    going about implementing it all wrong!

    Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
    Film Maker & VFX Artist.
    Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
    Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
    https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia

  • Roger Bansemer

    November 9, 2015 at 11:27 pm

    Like you said, I must be doing something wrong. I’ll look at that tutorial again that was suggested.
    Thanks.

    Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

  • Steve Rhoden

    November 10, 2015 at 1:54 am

    Do that, and fine tune using it. There are functional differences to its
    previous version.

    Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
    Film Maker & VFX Artist.
    Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
    Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
    https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia

  • Roger Bansemer

    November 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm

    I only purchased the image stabilizer plugin. Is purchasing the cmos stabilizer pretty much a must as well?
    Thanks

    Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

  • Mark Barton

    November 10, 2015 at 6:13 pm

    I’m not sure, if it is when you compare it to v2. I had v3 SAL (stand alone version), so the CMOS fixer was one of the reasons I upgraded. You should be able to download the trial to try with your footage and see if it helps.

  • Kurt Bartels

    November 29, 2015 at 12:48 pm

    Hi Roger, never used V2 but I just purchased V4, and am having problems as well. strange thing is it analyzing great and looks fine in the preview but when I render the final video all of the stabilization is gone.

    I dont really like their manual as in the link above. Looks like a translated version. They mention nothing about rendering the subject is “gone” and the word render does not even exist in the document. I have been searching all over the web to find what could be going wrong.

    I have used Vegas for 10 years and never had probs with a plugin like this. If you get any info please post.

  • Roger Bansemer

    November 29, 2015 at 1:29 pm

    Well, at least now I know it’s not just me that’s having issues.
    I use Vegas Pro V12. I’m wondering if it works on V13 and not 12?
    I’ve put in a call to Mercalli but they have not called back. (of course)
    I was really looking forward to the new version but as you said, the end result is shaky if not more than the original.

    Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

  • Aleksey Tarasov

    November 29, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    Read system requirements: Sony Vegas Pro 13

  • Kurt Bartels

    November 29, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    Hand goes to forehead! Thank you buying 13 now

    Computer Brand/Model: CUSTOM
    Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
    RAM: 32GB
    Processor: I7-4770K
    Video Card: (2) NVIDIA GTX 970
    Sound Card: BUILT IN
    Camera: PANASONIC GH2
    ASROCK XTREME 9 MOBO | VEGAS 12 PRO

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