slow-mo effect

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slow-mo effect

Posted by Jhbrewer on January 10, 2006 at 10:31 pm

I am new to Sony Vegas, I’m used to Premiere Pro, and I have several questions.

First, I’m making a short clip for fun that involves a slow motion effect. However, I didn’t find it as simple as in Premiere (or maybe it was After Effects, I can’t recall). I finally figured out to use either the playback rate or undersample, but the help file mentioned the duration limiting it. Simply put: What is the easiest way to make a section of a clip slow motion?

Also…. What is an event!?! It seems like everything revolves around events, but I can’t figure out what they are! Could someone explain this or point me in the direction of a good tutorial?

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Edward Troxel replied 20 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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Gary Kleiner
January 10, 2006 at 10:51 pm

[jhbrewer] “What is the easiest way to make a section of a clip slow motion?”

Ctrl/drag the in or out point. Done 🙂

Also do a search or check the help file for Velocity envelopes.

An event is any timeline element: Media file (trimmed or not), generated media, etc.

Gary Kleiner

Learn Vegas and DVD Architect

http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
Gary Kleiner
January 10, 2006 at 10:53 pm

As it re-read and see you are referring to a SECTION of an event;
you either have to split the event (s key)then Ctrl/drag the section you want to change, or you will need to apply a Velcocity envelope.

Gary Kleiner

Learn Vegas and DVD Architect

http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
Jhbrewer
January 10, 2006 at 11:37 pm

Thanks! I’ve practiced a bit with these velocity envelopes and although it has a learning curve, I’ve found it to be an extremely powerful feature. I’m doing a highlights video for a friend’s backyard football game (set to Numb by Linkin Park!) and I’ve got slow-mo and I actually accidentally found out how to reverse footage, and it all makes for a great effect.

Thanks so much!

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You think your computer sucks?

1.1 GHz Intel Celeron
512 MB PC-133 SDRAM (upgraded from 128)
17″ Gateway CRT + secondary 15″ ZDS (slow as christmas when I use it, though)
2 x 20 GB, 1 x 160 GB HDDs (upgraded from 1 x 20 GB)
Edward Troxel
January 11, 2006 at 1:12 am

I also have a full writeup about changing speeds in Vol 1 #9 of my newsletters. If you haven’t, check them out (link under my name).

Edward Troxel

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