Video clip stack order

[Peter Wright]

Use a higher track for the short clips, and they will take precedence.

Vegas can have unlimited tracks, there is no need to confuse it by putting more than one clip in the same space on a track.

If you must have it on the same track (why?) you can render to a new track from the two tracks already mentioned.

Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au

[Tommieg]

>Use a higher track for the short clips, and they will take precedence.
Thanks, I’ll try that.

>Vegas can have unlimited tracks, there is no need to confuse it by >putting more than one clip in the same space on a track.

>If you must have it on the same track (why?) you can render to a new >track from the two tracks already mentioned.
I’m editing a concert video, with lots of small clips from A LOT of different sources. It’s like playing with a puzzle. More clips are coming in continously, and I need to be able to remove clips (or part of clips) if better footage surfaces. I’s all synched to a separate audio source, and that’s why I prefer to have the clips on the same track. I tried to have clips from each source on it’s own track, but having 25 different sources (and counting) it really became a total mess.
Now I put new clips on a new track and synch it to the audio source, then matches the new footage to the existing to find the best. If the new one is better, then I (cut &) move it to the main track. I don’t want to cut the existing footage on the main track, because I might change my mind later and want to switch back.

Tom

We’ll miss you Bestie….

[Edward Troxel]

Is this a multi-cam shoot? If yes, you might want to look at scripts designed to simplify that process.

Edward Troxel

[Tommieg]

>Is this a multi-cam shoot? If yes, you might want to look at scripts designed to simplify that process

Yes it’s a multi-cam shoot (26 and counting), but none of the sources are complete, they are rather small clips. It’s like puzzle-game, trying to make the concert complete. I’m 75%-80% done, and I just wanna know if it’s possible to change the stacking order of clips on the same track.

Tom

[Peter Wright]

Tom,

I agree you don’t want to start cutting the main track, but it would still be easier to add the shorter clips by using separate tracks above. You never need to put them on the same track – Vegas will render the whole lot into a single video when you’re finished.

Here’s how I would proceed:

I’d create several video and sudio track pairs above the main track. Not necessariy one for each other source, but enough to be able to see the separate components. The track immediately above the main track I’d reserve for “other” clips which are intended to be in the final programme.

Here are some Vegas functions which will come in handy –

In each track header there is a Mute button, so you can switch any track(s) off or on again during editing. This is useful when you want to view something on a lower track that would otherwise be lower in precedence than a track above.
If you want to temporarily switch off a single event rather than the whole track, right click > Switches > Mute.

Numerical 8 moves an event vertically up to the neat track, Numerical 2 moves an event downwards. When you’ve found a short clip you want to include and synched it up, you can use Numerical 2 to move it down to the “other” clip track above the main one.

I would loosely arrange all the other clips in their approximate position, using as many tracks above as is necessary, then go through viewing, synching, deciding …

Hope all that isn’t too confusing …

Good luck – and yeah, George Best was the greatest. I was playing amateur football in England in the sixties and still remember how he dazzled us.

Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au

[Tommieg]

Thanks!
I’ll try to follow that route!

Tom