[Buho]

Thanks! After some more experimentation, I ended up using a Track Matte parent-child group that I set up earlier for some other things. I used the clip as the mask with a solid black matte being masked. Very convoluted…. I guess this is one of the quirks of Vegas that all programs have. Multiply doesn’t blend. Thanks again! I got the effect I wanted.

[Buho]

Hello all. This is related.

I would really like to use a Multiply blending mode on a track, like how Multiply blending works in Photoshop layers (only blacks show through, whites are transparent). However, when I try this, well, the clip I’m using works, but when the clip is NOT present, the entire track is black-opaque. Setting a track opacity envelope to 0% does not make the track transparent — it renders black-opaque. It seems that Multiply blending is for some reason associated with masking, even though in this case I do not want to mask. Much help needed!

[Buho]

Thanks! I’ve been playing around and I found that zipping the uncompressed results in 25% original size, which is just fine! I also checked out the demo of DV50 and it does a phenominal job, compressing to roughly 25% with extreme minimal loss of quality! Thanks for the excellent tip!

[Buho]

Thanks for the white paper link. I’m struggling to figure this out too. I’m converting from 24p to 29.97p. Is there a way to, instead of [2, 3], do [2, a mix of two frames, 2]? If I frame-through DVD movies, this is the phenominon I see.

Or does it not matter? I.e., it’s too subtle for viewers to pick up?

[Buho]

In addition to Rohde’s post,

* Layer 2 to be masked by Layer 1
* Layer 1

Arrange 2 over 1. Hold ALT and click the line between the two layers on the layers pallette. This will display Layer 2 but MASKED by the transparency of Layer 1. You will even get a little arrow thingie and indent suggesting parent-child. This is a very handy trick that I use a lot. Keep in mind that the child is ABOVE the parent (reversed in Vegas).

Hope this helps.

[Buho]

I worked around this by adding an opacity track envelope, setting it to zero except when I am using the track. Is this the way to go or am I doing this backwards? Thanks.

[Buho]

Easiest thing to do is to drop some text into your layout, drop the two logos in on different tracks, and keyframe-animate them with the little Crop/Pan window. I’m pretty new at Vegas, but what you’re thinking of doing shouldn’t take long to do.

[Buho]

That’s pretty vague. I know what you’re talking about, though. I created a little animation that stamps my work as my own. Kind of like a “THX” or “Universal Studios” thingie.

But like I said, it doesn’t sound like you know what you want. Looking for ideas?

* Your name in a shiny box, with a grid of dots panning by in the background (or some kind of generated background)

* A distinctive logo with your name under it in small letters. Fade the logo and name in, zoom in on it slightly, fade it out.

Hmm, I’m out of ideas at this late hour. My intro is a mix of those two ideas. For the audio, I used an ambient synth droning hum… (I think it was synth strings on a low C note)… very dramatic, like a movie’s gonna start. Hope this helps.

[Buho]

…and just to verify… I can’t specify a blending mode on individual events, can I? I’m very new to Vegas. It would make my life easier if I could do that.

[Buho]

I have a Wacom Intuos2 8×6 and I use it on a tri-monitor setup (all horizontal). If you use Wacom’s default settings, it maps the entire tablet onto the entire Windows desktop, which for me is (1280×3)x1024 and if you draw a circle on the tablet, it’ll draw an oval on the screen.

What you have to do is go into the control pannel and change the tablet mappings so that there is a 1:1 ratio with the tablet and the desktop. This results in a lot of dead space on the tablet, but the Intuos2 (and Intuos3) have senser-resolution to spare and handle this no problem. I primarily use my Wacom for Photoshop retouching. Using the pen for GUI is slower and less efficient than with a mouse. Don’t bother with the batteryless, wireless mouse. It’s not very useful at all (it’s orientation-specific and constraining unlike a regular mouse which is not).