[David Hall]

Thanks Adam. That is not exactly what I was looking for, I was looking to “chop the cube” not the text. But the ideas is correct. And that is a clever way to do it. So thank you much.

Now if I use that method, then I do end up with “inside geometry” correct?

So either I would need to clean the inside of the object up and then optimize, if I wanted to say use a subdivision surface on this geometry later. Or I would be left wit extra geometry on the inside.

[David Hall]

Aha, “Media FX.” I am new to Vegas, I had NO IDEAL that these existed. That is what I want, to treat the original media clip as a whole. Let me try that. Thanks John.

[David Hall]

Here is what I am doing: I have single original clip of 5 minutes. I want to split this video into short clips, add transitions between them, and apply different event fx to each segment to create variety.

So far all of this has seemed most intuitive on a single track.

And I wanted the track fx to be my source processing. So if the ENTIRE clip is too dark, I can just apply levels to the single track, and not have to add a levels event fx to EVERY split clip. So I thought I was going about that part right.

Also, if I have different tracks, the transitions become a little more difficult, being that the source is just one long clip. So I am not really “transitioning” from one clip to another, I am just creating a split and the transition is an effect. So if these events go on different tracks, they don’t overlap, so no transition. And I can’t move the event to create an overlap, because it is a music video, everything must stay in place with the original timing.

Difficult to explain everything! Let me show you my project and Track FX chain. The event fx on the current clip is just “black and white.”

[David Hall]

There are other effects on the track; several: levels, color correction… And I split the video event where I want a transition, and then add event fx to that event; such as b&w.

I am using 10.0b.

I would like to use the track FX to “pre process” my original source; level and color correct, and then use event FX last to get the style for each clip.