[Don Bloom]

Instead of splitting the clip try using a VELOCITY ENVELOPE thru the clip. Set your POINT to 300% where you want it to start and then set another one to 300% where you want it to end. RIGHT next to it set another point to NORMAL or 100% and pull it directly below the 2nd point at 300%-the clip will now play at 300% until it reachs the next point then it will slow down to normal speed.
It’s a lot easier to so that then split the clip and trying to find the correct in-out points.

Don

[Don Bloom]

I never check exposure or color levels on the computer monitor as it’s not really a true test of either. The best answer is to either use a calibrated production monitor OR a small TV (12 inch or so) that is calibrated as close as possible using the Vegas Color bars (color and B/W to be sure) that way you know the reds are red and the blacks aren’t crushed and the whites aren’t blown out. Also using the Vectorscope in Vegas helps quite a bit but again the best way is on an external montior as I mentioned above.

Don

[Don Bloom]

you might try BLUFF TITLER or 3dImpact by Crystal Graphics or Cool3d (I think thats the name) or Herograph or BorisFX. Any of these or a combo of any of these and Photoshop should take care of whatever you want to accomplish.

Don

[Don Bloom]

Deleting the unused is fine if thats your preference. I just find envelopes to work for me. As for the audio being to the left or right, no it won’t be. What you need to do is set the left channel to LEFT CHANNEL ONLY and the right to RIGHT ONLY and what happens then is it CENTERS the audio so it’s not a “stereo” sound but a mono sound coming from both the left and right speakers at the same levels. When you render the piece be it AVI or MPG the audio tracks will combine to 1 track giving you both the mic’d audio (lav mic) and the on camera mic as one track therfore both will go to both the front speakers. Again, thats the reason for using VOLUME envelopes to be able to control the levels of each track before you render them.
Here’s a way to see (hear) for yourself. Switch the lav mic audio to the channel its on and the on camera mic to that channel-the waveforms will be centered, then play it back. Mute one then the other and just play one at a time THEN play them both together. I think, unless I have completely mis-read your original post, that you’ll have what you’re looking for for the audio.
Don

[Don Bloom]

nope and you don’t really need t odelete anything either. I do this ALL the time and frankly it’s even worse for me because I run BOTH my wireless to my main camera PLUS my hypercaroid go to it as well. I just switch the camera back and forth between the 2 receivers. (I use a full sized camera with 3 XLR inputs HOWEVER I digress)
This is to me at least the easiest way to do this.

Copy the ENTIRE audio track to a NEW track (make sure they sync up) then make one the RIGHT CHANNEL ONLY and 1 the LEFT CHANNEL ONLY-to mute certain parts of EITHER channel use an ENVELOPE(Mute of course) found by right clicking on th etrack header-the envelopes will allow you to mute or unmute certain areas of the tracks with keyframes which will allow very precise placement of the envelope points. I also use volume envelopes to make level adjustments. When you render you have 1 track with all the good stuff you just worked so hard to make in it. One track that has only rh audio you left UNMUTED and with the LEVEL adjustments you made.
HTHs
Don

[Don Bloom]

if you didn’t empty the recycle bin in windows it might still be there. Go to it and if it is just hit restore and it’ll put the VEG back where it was.

Don

[Don Bloom]

the COPYRIGHT symbols can be found in MS Word under INSERT SYMBOL OR use the number pad and it’s ALT 0169

[Don Bloom]

B&H is probably among the top 1 or 2 sellers in the world.

I’ve spent lots and lots and lots of money there over the years and have never had any problems at all with them.

http://www.bhphoto.com

Don

[Don Bloom]

none that I’ve ever found.

Don

[Don Bloom]

I could be wrong here but I do not believe that DVDa of any version supports scripting.

Don