subclips freaks me out

[Graham Bernard]

when I edit, I trim the source material to subclips first

Sure, that’s one way.

but when I start editing on the TL, I need to expand the subclips for transition etc.

You can’t expand a subclip.

but VEGAS loops the expanded subclips or freezes them

Vegas is doing exactly what it is supposed to do when using subclips

sombody have the same annoying situation?

If you are implying that this is an error in Vegas, then no, this is NOT an error. This is exactly what Subclips were designed to do, they are precise time duration “subclips” of the original Media Event, ensuring we have a defined length taken from within an existing Event.

Now, what I am hearing is that you now wish to convert this Subclip back to be part of the existing Event so that you can extend the IN or OUT so you can do a transition? Is that it? I should add this: Right click on on the Subclip and select “Open Parent Media in Trimmer”. This will give you the Subclip’s reference within the original Event/Clip for you to then extend. I wonder if there is a Keystroke for this?

Also, try Regions as well as Subclips. A Region you CAN expand without needing to go via the Trimmer.

Grazie

[Or Tal]

thanks Grazie

I know for sure it’s not an error

It’s just not enough flexible workflow for me

sometimes after the initial editing some tweaking need to be done with subclips, and it’s just annoying

It’s not clear to me why subclips can’t be flexible to drag beyond there original in & outs in VEGAS

“should add this: Right click on on the Subclip and select “Open Parent Media in Trimmer”. This will give you the Subclip’s reference within the original Event/Clip for you to then extend. I wonder if there is a Keystroke for this? “

for me it is! because tweaking is a sensitive job, sometimes events have complex FX, position, splits, slow motion, and all this give a headack apllying it upon a new event (yes, I know how to copy/paste event attributes)

” Also, try Regions as well as Subclips. A Region you CAN expand without needing to go via the Trimmer. “

but to find regions that your looking for inside 60 min clip is hell compared to sub clips browsing…

don’t you agree ?

[Bob Peterson]

I simply don’t use subclips. It has been years since I’ve been in the trimmer. There are many other ways to work. You can roll up the end points. You can insert markers rather than cutting in the trimmer. Then select the subsection and drop it on the timeline. You can also split a file on the timeline with generous margins, and roll up the endpoints. There are many ways if you use a little imagination.

BTW, the reason I no longer use the trimmer is that my audio is rarely within a video file. I record my audio on an M-Audio field recorder, and synch it with the video in Vegas.

[Graham Bernard]

I can’t see Jay how you can extend a Subclip? Once it is set you need to go back VIA its Parent Event to adjust. As I said, the purpose of a Subclip is to make a discreet time-set length to an Event, in the form of a Subclip.

OK, giving this some further thought:

1] Right Click SubClipA on the timeline & Open Parent . . . .

2] In Trimmer extend IN or OUT or both and save as another Subclip to SubCLipA say SubClipB and right drag from Project Media directly onto SubCLipA which was on the timeline and select “As Take”.

This has the effect of making a TAKE, or alternative version to original SubCLipA, and NOW you can extend the IN or OUT and keeps with it all the FXs and stuff you applied in SubClipA

Personally I reserve SubCLips option to non-editing workflow. Meaning if I want a SET length to play with: Reverse; Non Loop; Speed Ramps . . etc . . Rather I use the WHOLE Event on the Timleine for making real edits and the Trimmer for making “Scrub n See” selections. Yeah?

BTW you can identify Regions in Explorer and Edit Detail View.

Grazie

[Roger Matthews]

Good topic – food for thought.

I use subclips extensively, and simply add AT LEAST five seconds at the beginning and end of each clip, so I can avoid the process of opening the parent clip.

However, other methods in this thread do sound interesting, and make me wonder if there are more efficient ways for me to work.

The main appeal of using subclips to me is that I can name them and organize them in my media bins. Is there a way to do this using other methods? (ie I’ve seen people recommend using regions, etc) The “Alternate Take” method with subclips sounds very promising too.

PS – I’m also debating other methods because, as you can see in my topic posted earlier, subclips don’t seem to transfer well between projects? Wondering how seriously they were intended to be used.

[Or Tal]

thanks Grazie! I didn’t know at all about the right click drugging subclip upon another.

I tried it, but I didn’t like the fact the my original timings where moved and I had to find again the “hot spot” of my original editing.

also, I could’nt figure out how to browse rigions via explorer/edit details. could you clarify ?

that’s great thanks

Or Tal

[Or Tal]

Hi Roger

Yeah it seems that our workflow is quite similar

for complex project, I prefer also to name The subclips
It’s a great way of remembering them and browse them later

Please guys if someone here have a legal software would you send SONY a request of being able to expand subclips in future versions ?

roger what do mean subclips won’t transfer well between projects? I never had any problem like that ….

Or Tal

[Mike Kujbida]

[Or Tal] “Please guys if someone here have a legal software would you send SONY a request of being able to expand subclips in future versions ?”

Are you saying that you’re using a version that isn’t legal?
I hope not as software pirates are not looked on too kindly around here.

[Or Tal]

Yeah please don’t judge me at the moment, I am defenetly going to upgrade my software legaly in a short time. I own an older version of vegas, though, but lost the seriel

Or Tal

[Roger Matthews]

“roger what do mean subclips won’t transfer well between projects? I never had any problem like that …. ”

Open two instances of Vegas. Try dragging a bin of subclips from one project to another (the destination doesn’t matter – a new blank project, a complex one, etc). At least for me, when dragging between projects all of the subclips get renamed to something primitive like ‘tape name – subclip 1’.

I’ve looked online and this seems to be a known issue in Vegas since version 6 or so (whenever subclips were introduced?). I’ve seen scripts that can accomodate other subclip problems (ie batch rendering I think), but nothing for transferring between projects.

Greatly appreciated if anyone has any insight into this. It’s obnoxious enough to make me reconsider Vegas as something that can do what I need (assuming I’m right about all of this).

Roger