Vegas 13: How to apply an FX effect to various tracks at once?

[Baskeh Dewitt]

Hey there,

Awesome that you’re still using V13! I used that version for a long time myself before switching and it worked great for me.

Have you tried using the Video Bus track to apply effects? This basically applies the effect to all your tracks.

As far as I know, there isn’t an easy way in V13 to apply the same effects to multiple specific tracks at once. But if your goal is to add the effect to everything together, Video Bus is the way to go!

[Edward Troxel]

Try using Parent/Child tracks.

Track 1: Parent Track

Tracks 2, 3, 4 (whatever is needed to define all tracks that get this effect): Child tracks to Track 1

Add an effect on track 1 and move it AFTER the “Composite” (you can drag effects left or right of “composite” and each other). Now adjust the effect as desired and all children will get that change in the effect.

[John Rodriguez]

Yeah this did the trick. I had to change the order above and put the effects after “Composite”.
The problem with Vegas 13 is it seems it crashes a lot when I work with a number of different video tracks. I typically would use a few video tracks but this projects requires a bit more, so I don’t know what causes this. I have an image on top of a video and it’s crashing when I play even on Draft mode.

This is the error log:

Extra Information
   File:                C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\dx_video_grovel_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\svfx_video_grovel_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\ocio_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\dx_grovel_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\gpu_video_x64.log
   File:                D:\vids\test1\test1.veg

Problem Description
   Application Name:    Vegas Pro
   Application Version: Version 13.0 (Build 310) 64-bit
   Problem:             Unmanaged Exception (0xc0000005)
   Fault Module:        C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispig.inf_amd64_0afec3f2050014a0\nvopencl64.dll
   Fault Address:       0x00007FF8824C68ED
   Fault Offset:        0x00000000001368ED

Fault Process Details
   Process Path:        C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 13.0\vegas130.exe
   Process Version:     Version 13.0 (Build 310) 64-bit
   Process Description: Vegas Pro
   Process Image Date:  2014-04-29 (Tue Apr 29) 12:38:06

Any ideas what would be causing this?

[Edward Troxel]

Fault Module:        C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispig.inf_amd64_0afec3f2050014a0\nvopencl64.dll

That would be your video driver. Try updating your video driver.

[John Rodriguez]

No difference, in fact it may be worse now. I think this software is just too old. I tried disabling GPU acceleration, it doesnt crash but it’s unusable due low FPS preview. I would update to a new Sony Vegas version but im so used to this old school workflow that im not sure I want to do that.

[Edward Troxel]

First of all, you have the LAST “Sony” version. All versions since then are from Magix – there is no such product as “Sony Vegas” for over a decade.

You might try installing and testing VEGAS Pro 23 (by Magix) and you’ll find what you want to do has become easier. The newest version now has Adjustment Tracks and Adjustment Events that should simplify what you are wanting to do.

[John Rodriguez]

I can already do anything I need it’s just the performance is trash and now i’ve made it worse by installing the latest drivers. Now it crashes with this:

Extra Information
File: C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\dx_video_grovel_x64.log
File: C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\svfx_video_grovel_x64.log
File: C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\ocio_x64.log
File: C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\dx_grovel_x64.log
File: C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0\gpu_video_x64.log
File: D:\vids\test\test1.veg

Problem Description
Application Name: Vegas Pro
Application Version: Version 13.0 (Build 310) 64-bit
Problem: Unmanaged Exception (0xc0000005)
Fault Module: C:\Windows\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispsi.inf_amd64_383c5255ad7f81b4\nvcuda64.dll
Fault Address: 0x00007FFD594B145D
Fault Offset: 0x000000000018145D

Fault Process Details
Process Path: C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 13.0\vegas130.exe
Process Version: Version 13.0 (Build 310) 64-bit
Process Description: Vegas Pro
Process Image Date: 2014-04-29 (Tue Apr 29) 12:38:06

[Edward Troxel]

Problem: Unmanaged Exception (0xc0000005)
Fault Module: C:\Windows\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispsi.inf_amd64_383c5255ad7f81b4\nvcuda64.dll

That’s still the video driver!

[Edward Troxel]

Also, remember you can still install older video driver versions as well (if the older version was working better.)

[John Rodriguez]

I have installed an older version, its not crashing for now, but the FPS is really bad. I think I should buy the latest Vegas version but im not sure. Will my Sony Vegas Pro 13 project file be able to open fine? What about by Sapphire FX old pack? will it work?