‘close media file when not active applicaion’ not working -sharing workaround

[Wayne Waag]

An even easier solution is to use the script “Open In Graphic Editor V1”. Once set up, you simply select an image on the timeline and run the script. It makes a copy of the image, and opens the copy in Photoshop or whatever editor you choose. Once you’ve completed editing, save and close. Back in Vegas, the edited photo has been added as a Take, an advantage being that if you’re not happy, you can always go back to the original. Works very well and avoids the problem you describe. Here is the link to where it can be downloaded, along with some other very useful scripts. https://sony.vegas.1.free.fr/

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[Paul Beller]

Oh, it is a bit more complicated. In SV12 you need to run vegas120.exe with administrative privileges to be able to run the script you mentioned. Then it truly might be even faster and easier to workaround the bug we discuss here. More comfortable? Not sure about that. Imagine a psd in which you need to made 15 consecutive edits. You have 15 new takes and 15 new files in your project folder and media bins. I call it a mess. Let’s say we have 10 different psd files in our project. You follow me? Even bigger mess. You can delete unused takes from the timeline level. Does it work with psd the same way like with audios? No idea.
But let’s leave it aside.
The most important thing is that when you have vegas.exe run as an administrator and you are a happy user of the ‘open in graphic editor’ script that i loved to use in sv10… you are unable to use drag and drop functionality. Unfortunately you need to run vegas without administrative rights to use drag and drop function within the editor. But then you cannot use ‘open in graphic editor’ script. You have to choose. I chose drag and drop, so your solution won’t work for me and who ever goes for drag and drop.

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[Wayne Waag]

Paul,

Something must be wrong with your system or the Vegas installation. I also have V12. I do NOT have to run as administrator for the script to work. I can also do drag and drop. As far as the hypothetical problem of having 15 takes, it’s a “one-click” option in Vegasaur to remove unused Takes. There are also freeware scripts readily available that will do the same thing. But, if that’s your preferred way of dealing with the problem, then by all means, do it. I only mentioned the script for some who might not be aware of its availability and usefulness.

BTW, did you ever get your Qosmio fixed that was “pulsating on render”. Just curious about the solution.

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[Paul Beller]

administrative right issue
i tried that on 3 machines with win 7, 8, 8.1
if i have set sth wrong with the system I would be happy some guru here could unlighten me. john rofrano, hallo there?
i would be happy tu use the script open in graphic editor again.

pulsating on render not solved yet. got no time. i changed settings in power options a bit so now it is not pulsating although i have 90% of the cpu power available constantly. 90 is ok when i have no time. better than 100 pulsating.

SV12 on Qosmio X70/win 8.1/i7-4700MQ/RAM 16GB/NVIDIA GF GTX770M (3GB)

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[Paul Beller]

Hi, I’ve checked your “solution” to the bug mentioned in the thread. Sorry but it is not a solution at all. Using the script “open in graphic editor” with the option “make a copy/add as take” creates flat jpg copy of the active take. It might be useful when you edit a wedding video and want to add another flower to your picture but when you create complicated animations of graphical layered elements for your video this is not a solution at all. Too bad. I hoped but I am switching back to my method which allows to edit original layered psd file.

SV12 on Qosmio X70/win 8.1/i7-4700MQ/RAM 16GB/NVIDIA GF GTX770M (3GB)

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[Wayne Waag]

Paul,

You’re right. It does not work for PSD files very well. When I tried it, it does open the take as a PSD, not a flattened image, and I can make changes just fine in Photoshop. I can save it and close Photoshop with no problem, but once back in Vegas, it thinks the media file is offline. If I close the project file and re-open, it shows the edited image file just fine. That would be a real pain if you have a complicated project file. There is definitely a bug in Vegas. The option to “close media files when not the active application” does not work very well.

When using Photoshop with Vegas, I’ve also experienced the same problem that the file will not save in Photoshop and usually I’ve just closed Vegas or saved to a different file name. Since it doesn’t happen that often, I’ve generally just lived with the problem. I’ve downloaded Process Manager and will give it a try the next time it occurs.

Another annoying thing is that the taskbar icons often disappear when using Photoshop and will definitely disappear when using the Open in Graphics Editor script. Fortunately, there is a script written by the Vegasaur people that will easily restore the taskbar icons. Post back if you need it. In any case, thanks for posting your workaround.

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[Paul Beller]

as i can see scripts work differently on different machines. strange.
anyway my method is the only one i know that allows working with psd like i used to in sv10. if you need any additional explanations on it or help, go ahead. it depends how much people work with psd, i guess. when it is occasionally – it is not such a big deal. i use psd constantly, so i would die with all those takes, replacing files… arghhhhh…

the other bug, o yes it is very annoying. if there is a script for it, i’d love to try but i think i have the fastest solution again. i have a script working from outside of sv, it is a combination of keystrokes for a button of my mouse. i have 7 buttons in my mouse so one of them is linked with the script, anytime i see my icons missing – i just hit one button and that is all 🙂
and the script gives a sequence of commands
alt+0 – give focus to timeline
alt/t
alt/t
alt/c
what leads directly to a command – ‘rescan script menu folder’ thanks to what icons are back
but i ‘d love to try your script
by the way, maybe you know how to toggle video output fx on/off with a keyboard shortcut? i wish i knew how to write scripts, it is probably a piece of cake. but i cannot…
🙂

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[Wayne Waag]

Here is the link to the thread in which the script is posted. Scroll down toward the end and find a post by Altarvic. If you click on that link, you can immediately download the script. To speed things up, I assigned the script the keyboard command “F4”. Works very nicely and a bit quicker than Alt-t-t-c.

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/showmessage.asp?forumid=4&messageid=927145

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[Aaron Star]

Are you opening Vegas or Photoshop with “run as administrator” ?

I used to open vegas and photoshop as admin, and would not be able to edit PSD files while Vegas is open.

Opening Vegas and photoshop both as normal user allows the “close media” function to work for me. Opening programs with 2 different users like User, and Admin, causes a permissions file lock between the applications.

I am running VP13-B453.

[Wayne Waag]

Interesting point. I just checked on both of my machines and they each have only one user account–me, the Administrator. So everything is being “run as administrator”? Should that make a difference or should I create a standard account?

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