[Bob Peterson]

The audio noise is both simple and hard. It depends on what tools you have at your disposal. First, try to get your video edit done before worrying about audio noise. When you are satisfied with the video, render an audio file using the wav format. Import this, add it to your timeline, and silence all of the other audio sources. If you must rely on Vegas to fix the audio, use something like the equalizer to cut off the frequencies, both low and high, which are not of interest. If you have the denoiser, you can use it to eliminate many objectionable sounds. Finally, use a volume envelope on the track and pull the volume down to zero to eliminate any remaining noises.

If you have something like Izotope Rx, things get much easier. simply open the wav file that was generated, and use the Izotope tools that compare to what I described for Vegas.

For shaky video, I know Vegas incorporated a stabilizer in versions 12 & 13, but I am not sure about 11. If 11 has it, you should be able to stabilize the clips that need that processing. The stabilizer does crop your video while stabilizing it, so I would not use it on clips that do not need it. If version 11 did not have a stabilizer built in, you will need another piece of software to perform this function. I have After Effects which is quite effective at stabilizing video. I think New Blue also has stabilizing software.

[Bob Peterson]

Is it a 32 bit plug-in? If so, it probably won’t work in SVP 13 which is a 64 bit application.

[Bob Peterson]

Good luck.

[Bob Peterson]

You should NEVER install a codec pack including the K-Lite which has been mentioned several times on this forum. You SHOULD uninstall the codec pack, and reinstall Vegas. Codec packs overwrite the codecs supplied by Sony, and will cause many mysterious problems with Vegas.

[Bob Peterson]

Thanks John. I have never known the explanation although I did know that these dimensions avoid letter boxing. It did originally take me several tries to find the right dimension. Now, I know why it works.

[Bob Peterson]

You can make any color you like using the Color Curves function built into SVP. Color Curves allows you to adjust each of the three primary colors (red, green, and blue). CC also lets you establish nodes on each curve so that you can control each color at a particular luminance level. So, for example, you can create Cyan by increasing the colors red and green while leaving blue either unchanged or reduced. A knowledge of color theory is very helpful, but you can also use something like Photoshop to tell you the component parts of a specific color.

[Bob Peterson]

What kind of video file are you using? A program called Mediainfo is available on the internet. It will tell you what type of files are used in your video file.

[Bob Peterson]

It sounds like the resolution (i.e. number of pixels) is too low. I usually use a resolution which is about twice the resolution of the video. For example, if I want the png to be full screen for an NTSC video (720 pixels x 480 pixels), I will size the png as 1310 pixels x 960 pixels. If the image (the png in this case) does not have enough pixels, the software will add pixels to obtain a minimum resolution for display. This arbitrary addition of pixels can produce pixelation which yields things like jaggy lines.

Note that 1310 is not quite twice 720. I have found, by experimentation, that this resolution avoids letter boxing in Vegas.

[Bob Peterson]

If I understand what you are looking for, you can do this with the pan/crop tool and key frames. Begin with the video at normal size, and create a key frame at that point. Move further right on the time line, and zoom in a little bit using the pan/crop tool. The image on the preview screen will grow larger. Create another key frame. Continue this process, and the bag will grow when the video is played.

[Bob Peterson]

It looks like the simplest way is to connect a miniDV video camera between the Tivo and the computer. If the camera has a “pass thru” capability, it can convert the Tivo output to a digital format that can be captured on the computer. Interestingly, this technique was just discussed in this thread;

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/989823

I route the HDMI output of my Tivo through an adaptor made by Etekcity which is called a “mini HDMI2AV converter”. The converter produces a composite output which can be connected to the camera’s a/v input jack. Output to the computer is via fire-wire. Amazon has the required adaptor.