how to go back to Color Correction?

[Mike Kujbida]

Only if you saved it as a preset, otherwise it’s going to be memory and guesswork on your part 🙁

[Theo Van laar]

If you open the original color correction fx, the settings should be there. If you apply a new copy of the color correction fx, everything is set to zero.
And you can always remove the color correction again to bring the event back into its original state (Open the fx window from the specific event and delete the color correction from the fx queue on the top of the fx window).
You can even bring your color correction setting to another event via COPY (the original event) and ‘PASTE ATTRIBUTE’ it onto the new event.

[Mike Kujbida]

Smacks self in head!!

You’re correct Theo and thanks for giving the right answer.
I have no idea what I was thinking when I posted what I did.
Back to MovieMaker for me for my next multi-track edit 🙂

[Bob Pit]

Sorry, forgot to tell you I am a beginner.

>>>>>
If you open the original color correction fx,
<<<<< Ok, but how do you do this? I did click on that little mark that says "Event FX.." on the video, on the time line. The FX chain was empty. So where is the color correction I had done? >>>>>>
(Open the fx window from the specific event and delete the color correction from the fx queue on the top of the fx window).
<<<<<< I guess this is exactly what I described above. But the chain is empty. >>>>>>>
You can even bring your color correction setting to another event via COPY (the original event) and ‘PASTE ATTRIBUTE’ it onto the new event.
<<<<<<<< How do you do this. By "event" you mean video/picture/audio ?

[Theo Van laar]

>>>>>
If you open the original color correction fx,
<<<<< Ok, but how do you do this? I did click on that little mark that says "Event FX.." on the video, on the time line. The FX chain was empty. So where is the color correction I had done? >>>>>>
(Open the fx window from the specific event and delete the color correction from the fx queue on the top of the fx window).
<<<<<< I guess this is exactly what I described above. But the chain is empty. >>>>>>>
Hi Bob,
Normally the FX should be there, exactly as how you described it. Apparently you deleted the FX before saving the project or something like that…

‘>>>>>>>
You can even bring your color correction setting to another event via COPY (the original event) and ‘PASTE ATTRIBUTE’ it onto the new event.
<<<<<<<< How do you do this. By "event" you mean video/picture/audio ?'
Yes, an event is a piece of video, audio, graphics or generated media on your timeline. Right click on an event and choose COPY, then righ click on another event and choose PASTE ATTRIBUTES. All the FX from the first event will be copied to the second event. You can even PASTE ATTRIBUTE to multiple events.

Theo

[Theo Van laar]

‘I have no idea what I was thinking when I posted what I did.
Back to MovieMaker for me for my next multi-track edit’

Hi Mike,
These things can happen to anybody, even to me. Thats why I became a very experienced user of MovieMaker in the last few years… 🙂

Theo

[Terry Esslinger]

Its strange that the fx chain is empty when you reopen the project. As stated above maybe you forgot to apply it to the event. Or maybe the answer lies in what you mean when you said that you “Saved the project etc“

[Bob Pit]

I made the following test now:

I made “Color Correction” by selecting it from the upper left corner of vegas. I know I did it right because I saved the project, closed, reopened it and the corrected colors were there.

Now, these do not go to the “Event Fx”. That chain is still empty. They probably go to the “Track FX”. Because when I press that button, I see the color-correct panel to the upper left corner again. BUT, everything is set to 0 or something. There is no way to go to a previous state. I even deleted (pressed the x button) the FX. The “Track Fx” chain is blank now. But I still see the changed colors. No way to get rid of the effect.

Ok, I just made a test, paying very much attention the the steps:

From upper left corner I made color correction. Save the project (NOT THE PRESET). Closed it, reopened it. The colors are the changed (corrected ones). But the TrackFX and EventFX buttons reveal empty chains. There is no way to go back and undo the colors.

Hope it make sense and you can tell me what I do wrong.

[Theo Van laar]

OK, I did exactly what you did: I added the color correction as track FX. Saved the project. Closed the project, reopened it. The colors were still changed. And the track FX button still contained the effect which I could adapt.

I am working with Vegas 8.0c. Which version are you working with?

Theo

[Bob Pit]

Theo

I have vegas pro v9,0 build 563.