Trimmer

[Larry Brewer]

Would a horz or vert wipe between the two camera clips give you what you need?

[Craig Meeks]

Couldn’t you just open another Sony Vegas project on your other monitor with the other footage? Then you can see both cameras at the same time. Of course you need two monitors. It would work with 1 monitor but be really awkward.

Craig Meeks
Intel i7 x990 6-core 12 gigs ram
gtx 560 dual monitor

[Graham Bernard]

OK, I would be suggesting the following : Copy TO Clipboard – but it’s been Bugged!
Anyway, it’s along the lines of:-

Camera A – Is the Source Colour

Camera B – Is the Target Colour to be corrected

Place cursor and Click on CamA and Copy To Clipboard.

Go To CamB Footage and call up C-to-C by dragging across the screen of the Preview, and it’s this within the same frame. It’s dead easy – when it works . . . .

TAXI!

G

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[Larry Brewer]

I followed your advice until you got to “Go To CamB Footage and call up C-to-C by dragging across the screen of the Preview, and it’s this within the same frame.”

I have to admit I have no idea how to do this or what to expect to see when I do this. Can you repeat that and describe what and where I should see the results?

Thanks, this may be something I can use.

[Graham Bernard]

[Larry Brewer] “Can you repeat that and describe what and where I should see the results?”

Aplogies Larry, I went to bed!! And again for, on re-reading it, my inept description. However, here’s what SONY’s Online Help says in a far better and concise way:

“Split-Screen Previews
Click the Split-Screen View button in the Video Preview window to turn split-screen previews on or off.

Split-screen previews allow you to split the Video Preview window so you can see your affected and unaffected video or your video and the contents of the clipboard at the same time. Use split-screen previews to fine-tune video effects or to match colors for color correction.”

Also the Dragging across the face of the Preview to “include” processed or Target footage – Please go to the relevant pages on the Online Help. Use “Color Correction” as a search filter and pick off “Split Screen Previews. PLUS you’ll get sample screen grabs too:

Showing affected and unprocessed video
Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View button and choose FX Bypassed from the menu.

Select the Split-Screen View button . The cursor is displayed as a .

Choose a preset selection or drag in the Video Preview section to create a selection. This selection will display the unprocessed video. In the following example, the Add Noise plug-in was applied to the event, and the selection displays the original video.

Double-click in the Video Preview window to select the full window, or drag again to replace the existing selection.

Showing the video at the cursor position and the contents of the clipboard
Position the cursor on the timeline and click the Copy Snapshot button in the Video Preview window to copy a frame to the clipboard.

Position the cursor at another point on the timeline.

Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View button and choose Clipboard from the menu.

Select the Split-Screen View button .

Choose a preset selection or drag in the Video Preview section to create a selection. This selection will display the contents of the clipboard. In the following example, the snowscape is the current cursor position, and the kayak paddler was copied to the clipboard.

Double-click in the Video Preview window to select the full window, or drag again to replace the existing selection.

Changing the selection for displaying split-screen previews
Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View button and choose Select Right Half, Select Left Half, or Select All to indicate which portion of the Video Preview Window you want to use to display unprocessed video or the contents of the clipboard.

When the Split-Screen View button is selected, the cursor is displayed as a . Drag a rectangle in the Video Preview window to create a custom selection.”

Larry, once you get this under your belt, it will prove to be a real bonus. It’s these tools in Vegas that make it the great EDL that it is. But diggin’ it out?!?

However, VP12 is presently showing RED frames on this procedure and has been officially logged as a BUG. If you’ve got earlier VP’s then try it out – VP11 or VP10.

Preview Comparisons, using ClipBoard, are a real “keeper”.

Cheers

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
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[Roger Bansemer]

I have read the instructions a dozen times. I actually got two events to display in the preview once but I have no idea how I did it and can’t duplicate it no matter how many times I’ve gone over the instructions.

Part of the instructions read:
Position the cursor at another point on the timeline.
Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View button and choose Clipboard from the menu.

I don’t see where there is a “clipboard from the menu” option.

Sure would like to do this but you say Vegas12 doesn’t work??

Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

[Larry Brewer]

Ah ha! Now I get it. I’ve used the split screen button in the past to compare a before and after image. By copying to clipboard and splitting clipboard with another image that would open the door to comparing 2 cameras and making color correction much easier and more precise.

But only if it worked! Like you said, I got the red screen when I tried it.

Vegas is such a tease.

Thanks for the explanation.

[Nigel O’neill]

I use Quadcam Vasst Ultimate S and after enabling it, I can see up to 4 tracks. It’s just a matter of then simply removing/disabling Quadcam.

You could also experiment with Vegas’ own multicam capabilities and disable it, I guess, when you are done. I don’t use Vegas’ own multicam.

[Bob Peterson]

It works in Build 394. It’s broken in Build 486. Once I reinstalled 394, I was back in business.

[Graham Bernard]

[Bob Peterson] “It works in Build 394. It’s broken in Build 486. Once I reinstalled 394, I was back in business.”

Well done Bob! Nice work.

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge