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Vegas 7 trial
I have over 25 years editing video and I have never been
so humbled and frustrated as I am now trying to use the trial version of Vegas 7. I download the manual and it is of little use to me as the many terms are so confusing. I like the idea of “takes” of layers of media files and can interact with other “takes” or layers but the term “take” really isn’t a good term for the various video (or audio or whatever “takes”.Question: How can I do a simple edit of cuting out a small portion of video on a single track or “take” ?
Thanks,
Patrick
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6 Replies
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Takes are so named because of the original use where audio is recorded sequentally, one on top of the previous. Take 1, take 2, etc.
In Vegas a Take is a timeline event (media) that shares the same space as another event. You only see the active take, which is the one presently on top. Whatever FX or attribute changes you make to the active take are also applied to the other takes in that space. You can toggle through all the different takes with the T key.
As for cutting your media on the timeline, position the cursor, then hit the S key to split it. Trim the in and out points by hovering over the event edge ’till you see the trim tool, then drag.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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I’ve worked for CBS, and Westinghouse, and we used “take” for which “take” was good, take 1 etc. I think “track” would be better. reported usually never get a good “take” right the first time and so they mark the script as to which “take” is good. Or which “take” stand-up is good.
Patrick
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The term “Take” is used because you can put multiple “Takes” (i.e. times it was recorded) into the same event. Then you can quickly switch to whichever “Take” (i.e. recording) you liked best.
Other thing I use takes for is when doing multi-cam. By using Excalibur, I can have it add the extra camera angles as “Takes” to the camera angle I chose. Then if I want to change camera angles on any particular section after that, I can just change to a different “Take”.
Edward Troxel
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[Puddinhead] “I think “track” would be better.”
“Track” already has a specific meaning. It’s a single line that runs horizontaly acroos the timeline that holds either video or audio events (e.g. Track 2 is an audio tack).
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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Thanks Edward and Gary,
Whenever I worked a baseball game I was used to “take 3” for camera 3, and stand-by 2, “take 2” and so forth. For me, and so many years in broadcast TV, the term “take” seems out of place as it used in Vegas. I looked at there Vegas .pdf manual and the HELP section (within the software) and I don’t see the term “track” noted anywhere.
Last night I keep at it, using the S key (by mistake I was using the caps+s key which did nothing).
Question: When I try to butt two sliced videos together I get a black frame between the two videos; I was trying to achieve a cut-only frame-pulse edit. Instead, to avoid the “cut” edit, I had to overlap (dissolve) the two videos by “02” frames; so it looks like a quick dissolve whicj. So how can I get a cuts-only edit and avoid the black frame ?
Question: Anyway to open a 2nd preview window ? I ask becase I am used to working (AVID at the station) with 2 video windows. I need the 2nd window to match the wide shot wirth the close-up so the “cut” between the two with “match”.
I guess I could (but I don’t know how yet)open up the wide shot video in the “trimmer” window and use the “preview” window as my close up shot and match the two sources for a cut-edit (????).
many thanks,
Patrick
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Just butting the two pieces to each other should give you a cut with no blank frame. If you’re getting a black frame, they’re not really butting against each other. Zoom into the timeline at that place to see what’s really happening.
Edward Troxel
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