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Simple Question: Where is the Info Pallet?
I have what I’m sure is a simple question. First, a mea culpa: while I’ve licensed every version of Vegas since V1, I’ve only used it for audio. I’m a complete newby for video, so I’m not familiar with the underlying concepts and principles, let alone Vegas’ implementation of them.
That said, I’m working through Hullfish and Fowler’s “Color Correction for Digital Video” book. They mention a common NLE tool called “Info Pallet”, which looks so useful that Vegas must surely have it, probably by a different name. I see ink dropper tools in the Color Correction (Secondary) plugin, but they don’t seem to display the RGB values of the cursor position. I don’t find the text “pallet”, or even “color correction” in the manual. The program online help has an entry called “Pallet View”, but when I bring up the details, it talks about “Applying tags to media”.
1. Where is the Info Pallet-like tool?
2. Is the Vegas documentation known to be a bit sketchy, or am I still just too far down the learning curve to use it effectively?Thanks in advance.
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2 Replies
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1. Despite repeated feature requests, there is still no “Info Pallet” tool in Vegas.
2. As with most software, the manuals are fairly good but it still takes a lot of experimentation on the part of the user to “decode” some things.
If it’s colour correction information you’re specifically looking for, I highly recommend the Color Correction in Sony Vegas DVD from VASST. It’s $59 and worth very penny!!
Glenn Chan (one of the authors of this disc) has some articles on his web site dealing with colour issues (and more) in Vegas. -
This question was asked on another forum and one poster suggested Eye Dropper and WhatColor as Info Pallet tools. He’s tested them against the color picker in Photoshop and they agree.
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