Fade in/out video event question

[John Rofrano]

You can make one with a script. First you need a script that will fade the event for you. The following JavaScript code will do this. Just cut and paste it into a file called FadeEventInOut.js

/**
* Program: FadeEventInOut.js
* Description: This script will add a 1 second fade both ends of the current event
* Author: John Rofrano
*
* Date: June 7, 2003
* April 27, 2004 - Updated for Vegas 5 libraries
* June 15, 2005 - Updated to work on ALL selected events
*
**/

import System.Windows.Forms;
import Microsoft.Win32;
import Sony.Vegas;

/* Change the following to be the length of the fade */
/* note: 1000 = 1 second */
var fadeAmount : Timecode = new Timecode(1000);

try
{
for (var track in Vegas.Project.Tracks)
{
for (var trackEvent in track.Events)
{
if (trackEvent.Selected)
{
trackEvent.FadeIn.Length = fadeAmount;
trackEvent.FadeOut.Length = fadeAmount;
}
}
}
}
catch (errorMsg)
{
MessageBox.Show(errorMsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
}

Place the file in the Vegas .\Script Menu folder. Then In Vegas make a keyboard short-cut to the script. In Vegas Pro 8.0 it’s Options | Customize Keyboard and assign the script to a short-cut.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Robert Dunn]

John,

Terrific. Thanks John – I’ve been wanting this for a long time. Appreciate all your help.

Bob

RC

[John Rofrano]

You’re welcome. Glad I could help.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Theodore Harding]

Oh. my. god. I’ve been looking for this for about an hour now! Thanks a bunch!

[Mynor De león]

This is amazing, do you know if is possible to do the same just for one fade in or fade out, not both at the same time?

[Mike Kujbida]

Here’s a script that will do what you want.
Copy everything below ********, paste it into Notepad, save it as FadeInOut1Second.js and copy it into your script folder.
Even though it says “selected audio track”, it works on video events too.
The beauty of this one is that it can be customized as desired.
By changing the timecode values (FadeIn, FadeOut or both) on the appropriate lines, you can set the fade times to anything you want.
I changed it from 00:00:01:00 to 00:00:00:15, re-saved it under a new name and now have a 1/2 sec. fade in/out script in addition to the original 1 sec. fade in/out.
If you want a FadeIn or FadeOut only version, delete the appropriate line, resave it under a new name and you’re done.

Just to clarify, I’m referring the lines that go
evnt.FadeIn.Length = new Timecode(“00:00:01:00”);
and
evnt.FadeOut.Length = new Timecode(“00:00:01:00”);

Have fun!!

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/**
* This script will Fade the selected audio track up to the current cursor position
*
* Written By: Edward Troxel
* Modified: 04-21-2003
**/

import System;
import System.IO;
import System.Windows.Forms;
import Sony.Vegas;

try {

//Go through the list of Tracks
var trackEnum = new Enumerator(Vegas.Project.Tracks);
while (!trackEnum.atEnd()) {
var track : Track = Track(trackEnum.item());

//Go through the list of Events
var eventEnum = new Enumerator(track.Events);
while (!eventEnum.atEnd()) {
var evnt : TrackEvent = TrackEvent(eventEnum.item());

if (evnt.Selected) {

evnt.FadeIn.Length = new Timecode(“00:00:01:00”);
evnt.FadeOut.Length = new Timecode(“00:00:01:00”);

}
eventEnum.moveNext();
}
trackEnum.moveNext();
}

} catch (e) {
MessageBox.Show(e);
}

[Mynor De león]

PERFECT!! Thanks Sr.

[Mike Kujbida]

Glad to help Mynor.
Happy editing !!