[Jim Greene]

Yes! That’s perfect. Subclip works to set media-level effects as well as the ability to move all associated clips from the multicam track to a new track. Thanks so much!

-Jim.

[Jim Greene]

Yes, it does allow the multicam track to stay intact. What I could use is the events pulled out into new tracks preserved with just the in/out for each event.

For example, multicam track has two clips of 2 seconds in length, starting with event1 then a “take” with 2nd clip starting at 1 second called event2. So, event1 with in=0:0 to out=1:00, then event2 with in=1:00 to out=2:00. I would like newtrack1 with event1 in=0 out=1:00 then nothing else (not the remainder of the original clip because the next “take” was at in=1:00. Then newtrack2 with event2 with in=1:00 out=2:00.

Basically, it I were to drag event2 down into a new track by hand it would be like I am describing. So when I have 100 multicam takes, it would be nice to drag all of “take 2” clips to a new track, preserving the camera choices and allowing me to manipulate at the track level for each camera.

Hope I’m being clear?

[Jim Greene]

Gilles, that’s brilliant! Never would have thought of this. Works perfectly. I just need to remember to always create this subclip before I create the multicamera track, but it’s a great solution. Would still like to know how to pull “takes” from the track to a new track, but at least I now have a workable solution. Thanks again!

[Jim Greene]

Thanks Edward. I have tried media effects sometimes, but usually my “clip” is the whole tape (that’s the way I prefer to capture, especially for HDV which Vegas doesn’t do well with scene detection, but that’s a side discussion). So this won’t work because it it too broad, effecting the whole captured tape. Selecting certain takes on a timeline should be something that could be done via scripting, no?

[Jim Greene]

You don’t need to actually go back to vegas and create multiple timelines. You can do this in DVDA. First, be sure you have chapter markers set when rendering in Vegas. Then in DVDA, drag the video file to the Project Overview window. Now right-click this asset and rename it (like as “CH1”). Now drag the same file again, and rename it again (like “CH2”). Do this for every chapter you want to play only once. DVDA is smart enough to not actually add more video to the project, it is simply an event designation. Now double-click the first one “CH1” and in the timeline set “In” and “Out” markers based on the chapter start/end points. Do this for every renamed entry you dragged, for all chapters.

If you want a “Play All” button to work, then drag another one, rename it “PlayAll” and use this asset for the button.

A bit of a pain, but works for your intended purpose.

[Jim Greene]

I regularly mix DV with HDV. I think you need to set the project to the HDV resolution, then output render to the final DV widescreen format. My experience is that HDV footage only renders well if the project is set to HDV (not as DV).