Where do you get developer info for Vegas

[Rick Mac]

Bob,

Hang tight, there is one guy I know of who will most likely
respond to your post. He writes some 3rd party stuff for Vegas.

Good luck and hope to see some software from you soon.

Regards, Rick.

[Edward Troxel]

Are you talking scripting?

Or are you talking about effects or transitions?

Edward Troxel

[Bob Tasa]

Hi,

I am talking about effects and trasitions. 🙂

I have already built a transition effect the
older C++ SDK and have something working in the
Vegas 7 demo.

I just need a bit more information and there
seems to be no one or no where to ask.
I am currently working with the demo version
(clock ticking on the 30 days) doing
feasability. If I can do this first
plugin I will just buy Vegas and keep on going.
I have 2 ideas off the top of my head.

Bob

[Edward Troxel]

There’s very little info available that I have seen. There’s the SDK which you’ve obviously found. There’s also a handful of other people who have written some – you might look to them to ask some questions. Finally, you might consider asking Sony directly.

Edward Troxel

[Bob Tasa]

Well I have to buy the product before I ask on their forums.
What a catch 😉

I was trying to see if this plugin would fit in.

I dont know any of the developers here as I am a total
Vegas Newbie. If I had this idea back in April I would have talked
to Sony while I was at NAB this year. 🙁

I was hoping for a list or something like Adobe keeps which
allows developers to ask questions.

The only person that I know is Tim Duncan who I met while he was using
NewTek stuff and some of my plugs but I cant find his number anywhere. DOH! Should keep a Rolodex 🙂

If anyone else thinks they can help let me know.

Bob

[Bob Tasa]

I dont know the Vegas crowd that well. I have been writting NewTek
plugins for quite a while. After talking to a couple of users I
thought I would finally writting Vegas plugins a shot.

The only person I know that might know something is Tim Duncan,
but I dont have his number in my rolodex. I spoke to him about
a year ago about this idea.

I would have asked around while I was at NAB but this thought of
writting for Vegas didnt really sink in till after 🙁

If you have needs or ideas for plugins I am a small developer
that has written some pretty cool plugins for NewTek. I am
looking to port a couple of plugins to Vegas and maybe write some more.

So feel free to email me Vegas plugin ideas or info on how
to get on a developer information.
You can just hit the contact us button on the
http://www.bobfx.com website to drop me an email.

Thanks for any info,
Bob

[Edward Troxel]

Check your e-mail.

Edward Troxel

[Bob Tasa]

Thanks a bunch for the leads.
I am even looking at Vegas scripting

Seems like most of what I need is in there but
how do you apply a script?

Can it be applied to the overlap of 2 clips?

Not sure I know how to even use scripting yet but I am willing to
look at it as a real option.

Bob

[Edward Troxel]

With scripting, you can overlap two events and tell it a transition to you. However, you can’t create a NEW transition to use.

Likewise, a script can apply an effect to an event but you can’t create a NEW effect.

To run a script, you go to Tools – Scripting – Run Script and pick the script. Scripts can be written in JScript (.js), C# (.cs), or compiled (.dll). There are many scripting examples on my site and in my newsletters.

Edward Troxel

[Bob Tasa]

Cool,
I picked up on this early in the AM.
My issue is I dont know how to debug a
script. I opened one of the scripts that
Vegas had. (XML export)
I attached the debugger to Vegas but could
not get it to stop when I used the script.

Thanks,
Bob