Hi Daniyal

A bit off topic but couldn’t help noticing your green screen setup. Minor changes to your setup will make it easier to key out your background.

First off, make sure that your green BG doesn’t have any wrinkles and is as flat as possible. Put your talent as far as possible from the green screen, this will reduce the amount of green light…

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Hi Luigi

This link may help you.

Vegas 18 plugins folder – Where is it?

Cheers !

Hi Neil

As a general rule, laptops will draw the power from the battery and not directly from the power supply. That is why most laptops won’t turn on right away if the battery is completly drained even though the power supply is pluged in. Now, not all laptops have the same power requirement. If you’re pulling more power from the battery than…

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@Edward T. That may be true for some but I’ve been a user since version 3, back when Sonic Foundry was involved and just before Sony took charge of the software. I still have the reflex of calling my current version Sony Vegas. Old habits die hard…..

Hi Chris

The following example is what I understand from your explanation. It may not be what you’re looking for but it may be the gist of it. You can extrapolate from it.

1- Just select the required tracks by holding the Ctrl on the keyboard. No need to Un-group if you don’t need to.

2-Drag tracks to where needed (black line is your…

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Hi Chris

Just to add to John’s reply, I too separate my video tracks from my audio tracks and put them at the bottom. Make sure to label them clearly !!! ( I fired up my old Version 12 to show what it would look like)

Hi Amy

This is the Vegas Pro Forum. You need the Vegas Movie Studio Platinum
Forum to get the proper feedback. I don’t think that there’s a forum for
this here. Here’s a link to where they should be able to help you :

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/vegas-movie-studio-forum/

Cheers !

Hi Rob

Happy to know that it prevented you from jumping off a bridge…

But seriously, watch this tutorial from Vegas Creative Software. It should provide you with everything you need to know about that specific feature.

Cheers !

P.S.: You may want to try adjusting your Levels…

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Hi Rob

We can’t see your Track Effects window but have you tried un-selecting the FX Bypass in the Split Screen View ?

Cheers !

P.S.: Don’t forget to let us know if that worked or not.

Hi Darryl

K-Light Codec Pack has been notorious for creating havoc with Vegas for as far I can remember. If you want to keep your Vegas humming along, I recommend you completely uninstall K-Light from your computer.

Here’s a link to a how-to. (Skip to 0:45)

Cheers !

Hi Sergio

Just go back to Win 10 and wait ’till they get the bugs out of 11.

Need to know the Vegas version you’re using.

Hi Austin

Don’t see any files here…

Hi Kevin

Vegasaur is your ticket if you’re working with subtitles… and has many other features. Take 5 to go and check it out. I have been using the Vegasaur Toolkit for many years and it did help save most of my sanity.. Seriously, it’s the best add-on I ever got for Vegas Pro.

https://vegasaur.com/Vegasaur

Hi David

Screenshot seems to be missing. I will assume that your creation is for Instagram or some other like media. I was going to write the whole procedure but this guy has a tutorial that describes 3 ways of doing this depending on what your end result need to be. Ya… I’m getting lazy……

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Hi James

You’d be surprised how many features I’ve accidentally activated/de-activated when I first started with Vegas (V 3 ) way back…

Cheers !

Hi James

Could it be that at some point all of your tracks were grouped ? Here’s something you may what to try.

Go to the far left and select all of your tracks.

Click the right mouse button on one of the selected tracks.

You should get one of the 2 menus shown below and act accordingly.

Let us know if that worked.

Cheers !

Hi William

Here’s a short tutorial, a bit old but same principal.

Cheers !

Best bet is to contact Magix support. Cheers !

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/support/

Hi Sarah !

Just like Stephen Mann, I too have been using Levelator for many years. Works great, fast, easy to use. Also, have a try with Ath Tek Voice Changer and experiment with it. Both Freeware with no hassles.

http://www.athtek.com/voicechanger/free.html?AFFILIATE=120043&__c=1

Cheers !

Hi Maciek

First, Please stop calling it Sony Vegas. Sony SOLD Vegas to Magix. The last version they made was Vegas 13 and that was 5 years ago.

Now on to your question. There is a menu in each of the tracks at the far left, click left once on the 3 little lines. A menu will appear. Click on Edit Visible Button Set… and then choose Track FX.

In…

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Hi Bob

There’s no harm in learning how to use a new software. If anything, another perspective on editing will only make you a better editor. I mainly use Vegas but I also use Hitfilm, After Effects and Premiere (in that order) depending on what I need to do. Now, it all depends on if you’re going to do the work remotely or in house. Sometimes…

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Hi Todd

Vegas 13 was released in the first quarter of 2014. Although much has improved software wise since, if you’re still using the same computer configuration, you won’t see a major difference in rendering time. You may even see slower rendering time with the latest version if you computer is to ”old”. Also, rendering time is highly…

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Hi Alex

Where did you add your TimeCode ? On a separate track or on the same track as the clip ?

Usually, when you drop the TimeCode from FX in a clip (or an Empty Event), it will default to the length of the clip. Your best bet is to add the Timeode FX to an Empty Event and make the empty event the length needed. Keep it on top as Track #1.…

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Hi Ralph

@Richard Swain got me to take a second look at your timeline. Like he said, the original clip added to your time line is B&W. As an example, I added the B&W effect to the timeline below and as you can see, only the preview window is B&W. The clip in the timeline still has colour. Yours doesn’t.

Cheers !

Hi Scott

I don’t believe that it’s a missing font problem. I does look like the Vegas software is not reading some of the instructions regarding Capital letters in some areas. Something must have gone awry when you did the install. Sometimes the best approach is to re-install (after making sure that as much of it is un-installed and removed…

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Hi Ralph

Check you FX chains (both). You may have inadvertently added the Black & White effect to your timeline. It’s right under Bézier Masking in the FX chain selection.

Cheers !

Hi Christina

Trial version will not let you render if it’s more than 1 min 59 sec. Here’s a crazy option for you, render your project in chunks of less than 2 minutes and then re-assemble them in one of the free video software available out there.

Once everything is done and you’ve recovered from the birthday party, take your time and pick one…

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Hi Diogo

As Steve said, the ignite Pro plugin from FXHome works great. Once you install Hitfilm, the plugin will be available in Vegas also.

From what I can see by one of your pics, the one with the green BG, you are standing way to close to your screen, hence the dark spot around you. If the camera sees a shadow, for sure you will have a harder…

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Hi Jeff and Richard

I have tried a couple of times to find out from Magix what it would take hardware wise in order to be able to get the optimum performance out of Vegas. What manufacturer parts or combo works best. Better yet, forget naming specific manufacturers, let us know what are the best mobo specs, RAM, CPU, etc… I’m sure they’ve…

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You can get a bunch of different BG sound and noise at: https://freesound.org/search/?q=static.

Be carefull not to make your BG to loud. It’s a common mistake.

Cheers !

Hi Seth

Try the Equalizer effect in the Freeware Dark Audacity, for the pilot effect, start by cutting all the frequencies below 200 Hz and the ones above 3000 Hz. From there, adjust to your liking.

For the airport announcement, use the reverb effect as illustrated and adjust to your liking.

Cheers!

Hi Krzysztof

I don’t believe that you are doing something wrong. I had the same kind of problem and so did a friend of mine when it came to rendering. My educated guess is that somehow, the Vegas software doesn’t like some of the way that certain computers will physically deal with memory. I’ve move on to a different computer, and so did my…

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Found the solution. For anyone interested, see page 68 of the manual. Would have been easier if Canon had included a picto in the manual. 😉 Cheers !

Hi John

Without having much details, check your shutter speed. here’s a link to a pretty decent tutorial.

Hope it helps.

Cheers !

Dusted off my XH A1 that I haven’t used in almost 8 years. Was getting re-acquainted with it. Can’t figure out the cloud and sunshine pictogram on the display and where the switch/button/wheel is to effect change. Didn’t find anything in the manual about it. Anyone out there remembers ?

Cheers !

What version of Vegas are you using so I can use the right one for screen shots ?

Hi Jen

From everything I’ve read so far the main issue is more one of physical medium than format. Now, cloud is nice but will that particular supplier still be in business down the road ? If you choose to go the way of a physical container for your archives, keep in mind that even the best/highest quality DVD/BR has a finite life span. They…

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Me again. Found this link on Cow: (there are others if you do a query)

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/lock-markers-is-this-possible–68440/

Hi Joseph

The only way I know of (unless they’ve changed it in V18) would be to add the markers in Trimmer and then drop the clip(s) into the time line(s). Markers added in trimmer will stay attached to the clip even if you move it around.

Cheers !

I’ve had quite a few conversations with new creators about how to add and play with depth of field in Vegas. Although you can fake it in post (sort of, but not with great results) , your best bet is to achieve the proper look during the shoot. Planning ahead will always be your best bet.

Here’s a handy App to help you gauge and get the look you…

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Hi John

Deadline for registration was January 15. That may be the reason why you didn’t get a response if you registered later.

This is the generic email that was sent after registration:

Greetings from VEGAS Creative Software,

We have been overwhelmed with the response from our call for new beta testers. We thank you very much for applying.

Our…

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Hi Charles

Your best bet is to put both cameras side by side and record on both under the same conditions. Make sure you have the same settings on both and once you’ve done that, you will be the best judge of the final results. Many times I have seen different end results from cameras of the same make and model. You will be the best judge by…

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Hi Randen

Here’s a link to a video tutorial on tracking from the Vegas Pro guys. Take note that automated Bezier Tracking started with Version 16. Prior to V16, you had to do it frame by frame…

Cheers !

Hi Rob

Ignore my previous post. It’s the variable FRAME rate that Vegas doesn’t like. Sorry mate. ( I think my cold medicine is finally having an effect…)

Hi Rob

I just checked the specs for the R6. I’m confident that your problem lies with the file having a variable bit rate (see pic taken from Canon web site) Vegas doesn’t like variable bit rate. If possible, use constant bit rate when recording. As TOM mentioned, re-coding the file with a constant bit rate should do the trick.

P.S.: Would this work for you ? Flashing red light and running counter.

Think I got it here: https://www.videvo.net/stock-video-footage/camcorder%20overlay/

Hi Rob

Downloaded a free package of viewfinder overlays last month. Unfortunately, I can remember where (wait ’till you get to be my age…) Send me an email address where I can send you a link to a wetransfer where you can download what I have.

Cheers !

Hi Sergey

The reason I was asking about your Vegas version is that V14 came with ProDad Mercalli V4 that would have had the stabilizing feature (without loosing too much of the frame). I’m sure that you have tried the stabilizing feature included in the Vegas FX list an found that it works great but got rid of a lot of the frame. However, there…

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Hi Sergey

What version of Vegas Pro are you using ?