[Andrew Lenczycki]

I believe in DVD Architect, you will specify your media as 8.5GB (Dual Layer) and will have the option of letting DVDA choose where to make the layer break, or you can specify this. I make DVD’s consisting of various “segments” and try to put the break midway (timewise) thru. So if I had the following segments and times:
Seg 1 Time 5:00
Seg 2 Time 8:00
Seg 3 Time 3:30
Seg 4 Time 15:00
Seg 5 Time 8:30
Seg 6 Time 10:15
Seg 7 Time 13:00
TOTAL TIME 63:15

I would want the break to come between segment 4 & 5, putting 31:15 on layer 1 and 31:22 on layer 2 (i.e roughly half of the total time on each of the two layers). Hopefully this makes sense to you.

Andrew Lenczycki

[Andrew Lenczycki]

I have quite a bit of the Digital Juice products. You would position the “colored stripes closing” event on a track above the two events you will be transitioning from (A to B). At the point where the A & B events meet, you will position the “colored stripes” event so the stripes are where they completely obscure the two events below, AND you must right click on that event and set the Properties|Media|Alpha Channel to Straight (Unmatted).) This will make the black portions of the “colored stripes” video transparent (so you can see your other 2 video events “behind” the “colored stripes”).

Andrew Lenczycki

[Andrew Lenczycki]

Are you overlapping your two video events? The amount of overlap is the amount of time the two will be transitioning from Event 1 to Event 2.

Andrew Lenczycki

[Andrew Lenczycki]

Are you saying you want to display 15 pictures for 3 minutes each, or display 15 pictures for a total of 3 minutes? If it’s the latter, that means you want each picture to display for 12 seconds (3 Minutes x 60 seconds/minute = 180 seconds. 180 seconds / 15 pictures = 12 seconds per picture). This is assuming there is no overlap of the pictures. If you are overlapping by 1 second each, you will need to increase the New still image length by 2 seconds (1 second for the front of the picture, 1 second for the end of the picture).

Not sure why you say,
Automatically overlap multiple selected media when added is inadequate when you work with lots of photos.

You will need to select the pictures and add them as a group to get the automatic overlap (i.e. if you are adding pictures to the timeline one at a time, the automatic overlap won’t work).

To select a group of pictures, use the standard Windows selection methods:
1) To pick a contiguous block of pictures (i.e. pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4, pic5, etc.), left-click on pic1, then hold down the shift key and left click on the last picture of the group – pic5 in this case. This will select pictures 1-5. Next, with the picture files highlighted (selected), left-click on the 1st file, hold down the left mouse button and drag the group onto your timeline. The (selected) pictures will all come as a group and will be overlapped by the amount you set in the Options>Preferences…>Editing>Cut-to-overlap conversion (seconds) value.
2) To pick a NON-contiguous block of pictures (i.e. pic1, pic3, pic4, pic6, pic9, etc.), left-click on pic1, then hold down the CTRL key and left click on each picture you want in the group. This will select pictures 1, 3, 4, 6, & 9. Next, with the picture files highlighted (selected), left-click on the 1st file, hold down the left mouse button and drag the group onto your timeline.

Andrew Lenczycki

[Andrew Lenczycki]

Just to expand a little on Mike K’s answer: The New still image length only works with new images added to your timeline after you make the change (i.e. it won’t change the length of images already on your timeline).

If you set the Automatically overlap multiple selected media when added option, this will have pic1 fade into pic2 during the time duration the pictures are overlapped. You could also add a Transition (drag and drop from the Transitions tab onto the overlapped area of pic1 and pic2) that will affect the area where the two pictures are overlapped on the timeline.

There are many different transitions (Clock Wipe, Dissolve, Flash, etc.) with multiple variables you can set to get some neat effects during the transition from pic1 to pic2.

NOTE: It has been suggested that overusing the transitions can detract from the overall project by making it “amateurish”. One thing I’ve had to learn over time is when to use these types of effects and when to not (or use them sparingly), because it can actually distract from the story I’m trying to tell.

NOTE: You’ve found an invaluable website in the Creative Cow Vegas Forum. You can get help with all levels of Vegas, from beginner to expert.

Andrew Lenczycki

[Andrew Lenczycki]

It looks like an overlay mask, because it has a slight radius in the inside corners of the black border. This can be done with Photoshop by creating a PNG file type of a black border and transparent area where the picture will be. This would be set on the track above the picture and made a Parent Motion with the picture being a Child of this so they move together. It looks like as the old picture is moved up, it tilts slightly left and right, giving the impression that someone is “flipping” thru the pictures. This would be done via keyframing the motion as the picture slides up.

A similar effect was used in a sports video I put together. In this, the picture is made to look like a picture is being taken and spit out. The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHhfGpWA4S0, starting at the time 0:31. It repeats with each new player intro (every 33 seconds).

Andrew Lenczycki

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[Andrew Lenczycki]

If I understand you correctly, you are looking for a way to copy the settings for the “blurry push transition”, which I believe is the Transitions tab of Sony Vegas Pro (I have V10 here at work), the Push In, Right, Yellow Border effect. If I’ve misunderstood that part, please correct.

OPTION 1: To add the same transition to track 2 & 3, left-click & drag the Push In, Right, Yellow Border effect from the Transitions tab onto the overlapped video events. This will put a copy of the generic version of this transition onto each transition.

If you MODIFIED the transition in the top track (i.e. changed any of the transition properties, Direction, Border Size, Feather, Color), and want those same exact properties to be applied to the 2nd & 3rd tracks, you will need to copy the Transitions keyframe(s) from the top transition to the 2nd & 3rd tracks. If you just Right-Click on the transition on the specific track (top track in your picture) and select the Transition Properties… menu item, the dialog box for the transition controls will appear. If the keyframe(s) are NOT visible at the bottom of this dialog, you will need to press the Animate button at the bottom left of the dialog, which will then display all keyframes. Once the keyframe(s) are visible, left-click on the left-most keyframe and if there any additional keyframes, hold down the shift key and left-click the right-most keyframe. This should select the entire group of keyframes. Left-click and select the Copy menu item. Now go to each of the transitions in Track 2 & 3 and right-click and select Transition Properties… then the Animate button, then select the left-most (or possibly only) keyframe, right-click it and select paste. This will paste the properties of the Track 1 transition to that transition. This seems like a lot of work, but actually goes quite quickly.

OPTION 2: If you have changed any of the settings (i.e. changed any of the transition properties, Direction, Border Size, Feather, Color), you can save these specific settings by right-clicking on the transition (in track 1) and selecting the Transition Properties… and then changing the name of the Preset: near the top of the dialog. As an example you could change the default setting displayed from Push In, Right, Yellow Border to something descriptive to you like, Push In, Left, Red Border SPECIAL, then press the floppy disk “Save” button to the right of the Preset field. This will then become an option you can select for any other transition by pressing the down arrow at the right side of the Preset: field. Now you can drag and drop the generic transition from the Transition tab onto any overlapped events on your timeline, then right-click the transition, select Transition Properties… then press the down arrow on the right of the Preset field and select your custom preset Push In, Left, Red Border SPECIAL in the above case. This transition will then have those properties.

Andrew Lenczycki

[Andrew Lenczycki]

Looking at Mike’s original response to “import” the media into a new project may have thrown the user off. What Mark recommends is the way to go. In essence, you treat the sub-project .veg file as any other media and drag it onto your master project timeline. The nice thing with the nesting is that each .veg project file will only occupy a single track in your “master” project. This helps to “de-clutter” the master project if each of your sub-project .veg files occupy multiple tracks (in its respective .veg file). Then, as Mike suggests, if in your master project .veg file you find you need to tweak something in one of the sub-project .veg files, you just right click on the sub-project and select the Edit in Vegas (sub-project filename). I’ve done a few projects with over 30 tracks. Being able to condense that down in the master project to one track (or one track per sub-project) makes assembling the whole project much easier.

Andrew Lenczycki

[Andrew Lenczycki]

The portable green screen you show looks very similar to one I purchased from Digital Juice a few years back. I had no problem with the keying – see this video that had the player introducing himself shot with the greenscreen and then a digital file was used to replace “key” the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw3JkKaqt6kThe first piece of greenscreen work is at 0:51 to 0:55, 1:16 to 1:20. To see what the original video footage looked like go to the “blooper reel”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17tQC_gUurA
Keep in mind this was my first attempt at green screen and I’m NOT a professional.

Andrew Lenczycki

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[Andrew Lenczycki]

Are you lighting the greenscreen separate from the subject? Are you separating the subject from the green screen by at least 3 feet? What is the specific problem you are having?

Andrew Lenczycki