Stabilizing an event using Vegas Pro 11

[Michael Denford]

Hi John,

Sorry for the delayed response.

For some reason I am unable to apply Sony Stabilize as a Media FX to the subclip from the Project Media screen.

I noticed some sub folders and heaps of files in that temp folder which seem unrelated to any of my projects. Would deleting of all these cause any harm to Vegas Pro?

If you need any screenshots, I can provide them to you.

Thanks again.

[John Rofrano]

[Michael Denford] “I noticed some sub folders and heaps of files in that temp folder which seem unrelated to any of my projects. Would deleting of all these cause any harm to Vegas Pro?”

No, no harm. A temporary folder is just that… temporary files while the program is running. Once you close Vegas Pro you can delete everything in the folder. Note that some files may be locked by other programs and that’s OK. Also note that if you select all files in the Windows Explorer and delete them, and there is a file that is locked, Windows will stop deleting (i.e., it’s won’t go around the locked file and delete the next one that is not locked) so you may have to delete several times skipping some files.

~jr

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[Michael Denford]

Hi John,

Thanks again for your reply. It looks like the only way I can Stabilize my video – as mentioned above – is to change the Pixel Format from 32-bit Floating Point to 8-Bit. This also works with Sub Clips.

I am using x.v.color media.

You had mentioned above that I can stabilize the video (using 8-bit) in 1 project, and render. Then include this in the main project. Will the 8-bit pixel format remain, despite using this stabilized video in the 32-bit main project?

Furthermore, as I will need to apply transitions etc to the main project, will this result in another render, and in turn further reduce video quality?

Ultimately, I would like to maintain the 32 bit Pixel format, as it looks much nicer.

Thanks for your help again. Sorry to drag this thread on.

[John Rofrano]

[Michael Denford] “You had mentioned above that I can stabilize the video (using 8-bit) in 1 project, and render. Then include this in the main project. Will the 8-bit pixel format remain, despite using this stabilized video in the 32-bit main project?”

You don’t have to render. You can stabilize in another project and then drop that into your main project as a “Nested” project. The main project will remain using 32-bit pixel format.

[Michael Denford] “Furthermore, as I will need to apply transitions etc to the main project, will this result in another render, and in turn further reduce video quality?”

If you use the nested project approach, that nested project will behave like a single piece of media including the ability to add transitions, FX, etc. without any rendering.

[Michael Denford] “Ultimately, I would like to maintain the 32 bit Pixel format, as it looks much nicer.”

This approach will keep your main project in 32-bit while only using 8-bit processing for the nested project. It’s probably the best approach to maintain the highest quality throughout.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Michael Denford]

Thanks for this info John. Sounds like the perfect solution. I had a go, but have done something wrong. Would I be able to trouble you for the instructions on how to do this? Thanks for your patience and sharing your knowledge John.

[John Rofrano]

[Michael Denford] “I had a go, but have done something wrong. Would I be able to trouble you for the instructions on how to do this?”

Sure:

1. Select File | New to create a new project
2. Select a project template that matches the video you want to stabalize and make sure it uses 8-bit pixel format
3. Drop the video to be stabilized at the beginning of the timeline
4. Right-click the video event and select Media FX…
5. Select Sony Stabilize from the FX list and press OK.
6. In the FX window press the Apply button to apply the stabilization
7. Select File | Save to save this project
8. Select File | Open to open your original project
9. Drag and drop the stabilized project that you just saved onto the timeline

That’s it. You should now have stabilized media in a 32-bit pixel format project

~jr

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

[Michael Denford]

thanks for you assistance here John. I followed you steps, but was unable to drag and drop the stabilized 8-bit video into the 32-bit project.
Vegas Pro 11 would not allow me to run 2 projects in the same session. When I launched a 2nd Vegas session, drag and drop was not allowed.
Copying the 8-bit stabilized video from the timeline (session 1), and pasting into the 32-bit project (session 2) maintained the 8-bit colour.
Can 2 projects be open in the same session?

[John Rofrano]

Sorry if you misunderstood me. When I said “Drag and drop the stabilized project that you just saved onto the timeline” I meant to physically take the “myproject.veg” file and drop it into the timeline as if it were any piece of media from your hard drive. This is called “project nesting”. I will create a single event that will behave like any other piece of media.

~jr

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

[Barry Ington]

Thanks for the Prodad Mercalli tip. That solved the problem!!