Quick Rundown of Ultimate S Pro

[Jeff Schroeder]

I use it for the multi-cam function the most. It is absolutely indispensable. You can also apply effects to groups of events or to tracks, you can also remove effects. There are way too many functions to list here. Download the trial version and give it a spin.

Jeff

2-Xeon X5680 @ 3.33, EVGA SR-2 Mobo, 48GB DDR3, GTX 580 3072MB, 16TB Attached Storage, Win7, Vegas 11 x64

[Jeff Schroeder]

https://www.youtube.com/user/VASSTTraining/videos (use the search this channel box)

2-Xeon X5680 @ 3.33, EVGA SR-2 Mobo, 48GB DDR3, GTX 580 3072MB, 16TB Attached Storage, Win7, Vegas 11 x64

[John Rofrano]

[Ron Whitaker] “Can someone give me a rundown of the options of Ultimate S Pro and what it can do”

Ultimate S Pro is first and foremost a collection of productivity tools. I had a collection of scripts that I had wrote for myself and shared with the community to make editing easier and Douglas Spotted Eagle had a few ideas of his own so he and I got together and came up with the idea to put them all together in an “ultimate” tool with a multi-tabed interface (i.e., the “Ultimate Script” this is where the name Ultimate S came from).

It’s now in it’s 4th release and has expanded over the years to 15 tabs of function! That’s a lot of functionality so unfortunately there is no “Quick” rundown because there are 15 quick rundowns. 😉

Photo Montage: Is a one button instant photo montage saving hours and hours of placing imahes. It as Pan and Zoom, Saving of Presets, Adjust Duration / Overlaps, Slideshow to Markers, Fit to Music, Fit to Region, Randomize, Image source from Timeline / Media Bin / File system, Crop to Aspect Ratio, Reset Crop to Media Aspect, Reduce Interlace Flicker, Apply Transitions in Forward Order, Reverse Order, and Random Order.

MotoFoto: steps up Photo Montage to produce “Photographs in 3D Motion”. Add motion backgrounds, control the direction, placement, duration, and size of video or photos flying across the screen. All of this is controlled by presets that you can reuse and customize to make your own.

Editing Tools: This is a collection of tools that are just time savers. Event Selector, Adjust Transitions, Copy Events, Stutter Events, Adjust Event Length/Relative Keyframes, L & J Cuts, Close All Track Gaps, Fade In/Out, Snapshot to Timeline, Image Sequence (at Interval, Count, or Markers).

Markers: is everything to do with Markers. You can Load / Save Markers from file, Create markers at Events, Region to Chapters, Place markers at Intervals, Change Distance Between Markers, Split Events at Markers, Delete between Markers, Renumber Markers, Remove All markers, Edit at markers, Convert Markers.

Film Looks: is taken from our Celluloid tool that provides the look of various popular movies and TV shows. You can Apply Film Look, Convert footage to 24p, Convert 4:3 projects to Widescreen, apply various Film Looks to Track, Event, or Buses for the entire project or just a timeline selection.

Audio Tools: has a number of tools that make audio editing easier. You can Duck Music under Voice Over events, Quickly apply Envelopes, Apply/Remove Audio FX from multiple tracks, Find Missing Audio, Resync Take with Video Event, Add 2 Second Gap (for CD tracks). The Audio Tools tab also provides custom audio presets powered by iZotope.

Visual Effects: makes working with applying multiple FX to multiple events or tracks rather painless. Add Selected Video FX, Remove Selected Video FX, Remove All Video FX, Adjust Playback Rate, Stutter events, Create Picture-In-Picture (PIP), Change selected event properties.

Quad-CAM: is a scaled down 4-camera version of our infinitiCAM product and is powered by the infinitiCAM engine. This tab has features that allow you to setup tracks, set up PIP of four cameras with optional Timecode, Split stereo audio to mono audio, use track or master audio, customizable Tally indicators, Update Tally, Copy edits to Master track.

Lower Thirds: allows you to quickly create professional looking lower thirds and can be expanded by buying new GrafPaks. Set up Preset lower thirds, overlays, and custom sides. Additional lower third libraries (GrafPaks) install to this tab. Add thirds to existing track, above existing track, or below existing track, lengthen/shorten, change enter/exit points, repeat lower thirds. You can now pre-render your lower thirds for faster playback performance.

Special FX: is a collection of complex composite-based FX, Artistic Effects like Pencil Sketch, Water Color Painting, etc. Classic Effects like COPS face blur, Hollywood Squares matrix, Gotham Spins, Hall of Mirrors. Utility Effects like Text Masks and Sharpening images.

DVD: is a timesaver for creating files that are ready for DVD. You can Render DVD ready files using standard or custom templates, Bit-rate calculator helps you determine what bit-rate to use, Create subtitles for your DVD from Regions or TEXT Command Markers, Easily convert a text file to regions for use with the new subtitle function. Create DVD Architect Chapter files.

Render: this is a new tab for version 4. You can Render the current project or multiple files or projects in batch mode. Render entire timeline, just a Selection, or Regions or Markers. Create reusable mutli-target render presets to apply to any number of files. You can also Swap Media of any type with any other types effortlessly. This is great for editing with proxies and then swapping the full HD media back in. (like our GearShift product but more flexible)

Audit: this will save you hours of headaches rendering out a project only to find out that there are problems with black gaps or hidden events. You can Check Opacity Levels, Remove Gaps / Overlaps, Audit and Change Media Pixel Aspect, Selective Sweep Media Pool, Selective Delete Unused Media from hard Drive, Back up veg files to alternative location, Save/Trim Nested Veg files, Remove those pesky .sfk, .sfl, .sfap0 files from your hard drive with ease.

Setup: is meant to fill the void that Vegas does not have project templates. You can save setups of tracks and buses and load them before you start editing to save you a lot of time creating tracks and buses and routings. There is Quick Setup and Advanced Track Setup Presets to preload video and audio tracks and buses. Setup Media Bins exactly the way you like them and recall them for any project.

Project: is a collection of tools that work at the project level. Project Summary adds a standard summary to your work or batch process multiple projects, Import projects with markers, backup projects, archive nested projects. Import existing media and bins from the file system.

…and that’s my rundown (Whew!) 🙂

[Ron Whitaker] “…and why someone would need it?”

Unless you have all the time in the world or get paid by the hour, you’ll appreciate the time savings. It pays for itself in just a few editing sessions. Especially if you are using Photo Montage or MotoFoto because they save hours of laying out images on multiple tracks and trying to line up 3D motion.

[Ron Whitaker] “Also, does it work with Vegas Pro 11?”

Absolutely. It works with Vegas 6.0 thru Vegas Pro 11.0.

~jr

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

[Ron Whitaker]

Wow! Thank you!

I’ll download the trial version and play with it for a while and then probably purchase it.

Is there a manual that comes with it?

[John Rofrano]

[Ron Whitaker] “Is there a manual that comes with it?”

Yes, there is a User’s Guide under Start | All Programs | VASST | | Ultimate S Pro 4 | Ultimate S Pro 4 User’s Guide. We also have the following training videos on YouTube:

Ultimate S Photo Montage Tab Training
Ultimate S Markers Tab Training
Ultimate S FilmLooks Tab Training
Ultimate S LowerThirds Tab Training
Ultimate S Setup Tab Training

~jr

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

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[Ron Whitaker]

John:

Thanks.

Hey, I noticed in one of the videos that your layout at the right includes tabs for the Preview, Trimmer, and Audio. How do you get that? I like that layout.

[Jeff Schroeder]

Open the Preview, Trimmer, and Audio windows, then drag them by the dots to wherever you want them to dock.

Jeff

2-Xeon X5680 @ 3.33, EVGA SR-2 Mobo, 48GB DDR3, GTX 580 3072MB, 16TB Attached Storage, Win7, Vegas 11 x64

[Nigel O’neill]

Thanks John

Didn’t know these videos existed until now 🙂

[Ron Whitaker]

OK. Got it working!

Thanks.

[Ron Whitaker]

Okay. It got it to work.

Thanks!