[Jim Lillis]

It’s wonderful to be in the digital world, but somehow the many variances of shooting formats seems to be (as it was in the tape world) a pain in the u know what.

I’m like many of you guys n gals out here in desktop world now, I started not needing to know as much about the tech side of the world as I do now. And maybe the tech’s were worth their money. 🙂

For now, it’s read, experiment, read some more, throw up hands, read some more… oh, you get the cycle.

If it moves . . . Shoot it!

[Jim Lillis]

My gut reaction to an upgrade at this point would only be to get the ver. for some future bug fix. I’m on 9 also, and for what it’s worth, I’m not sure I’m far enough up to speed with all of it’s intricacies to need the upgrade.

As of today, being out of the offer from Sony, I think I’ll stick with 9. 🙂

If it moves . . . Shoot it!

[Jim Lillis]

Yup, it didn’t work. At least a few times. My deadline was near, so as it turned out, I just grabbed a frame or two, saved them as .jpg’s and did a quick dissolve for the inserts. It worked, but I sure would like to solve this for the next time around.

Regular SD footage (either from a Firestore HD in AVI), or from Tape imported via a Pyro A/V link box. Both seem comparable in stream feeds and have no problem in edit execution.

HD footage : sdxc card direct drop-into project file folder for timeline insertion. File is coded as an H.264 file and works fine as a stand alone file.

My problem rises from the insertion with effect(s) at the dissolve point. Every time, it hangs up and does not go any further in the rendering process.

If it moves . . . Shoot it!

[Jim Lillis]

Agreed on the timeline matching. I ran into this in Ver 9, and I was lucky enough to be running the timeline to music. My matching the txt to the timeline slot was in accurate at best, so I had to ad enough time to the segment to complete the scroll. A little bit of guess work, and it worked out fine. I also added a few blank lines to the text on top, and at the end to make sure it started in the correct place, and not in the middle of the screen where the dissolve “in” brought it on the screen.

If it moves . . . Shoot it!

[Jim Lillis]

Thanks for the tip. I’ve tried that, and for some reason, it’s a no go.

The HD footage is a “p” not an “i”, and unless I changed something with the footage parameters I thought it should work also. The project (as I noted earlier) was set to Standard DV. I didn’t have an inkling to put shoot or put HD in this project. The camcorder shoots an H.264 file and shows up fine as a stand alone piece of footage, but for whatever reason, it pukes in the project.

If it moves . . . Shoot it!

[Jim Lillis]

So, that said to the thread: Who here uses AE as their fx engine?

If it moves . . . Shoot it!

[Jim Lillis]

Thanks for your input, and yes, I did find and was able to use the ripple (post) effect. While not a speed demon in any manner for larger projects with many edited segments, it got the job done w/o a lot of hassle.

I’ll look into the plug-ins that were mentioned, and see if they’re worth the added money.

That said, since I’m using Pro 9, and Sony is now up to 11, are there big advantages (key word BIG) to moving up to an 11 upgrade? Most of my projects are multi-cam or large film style type documentaries. Either made for TV or SIG scale distribution.

I like the multi-cam feature in Sony and is a nice feature, IF you can find qualified cam op’s that follow directions while on their own w/o intercoms. I’m working on finding people living in rural America that can fill that need.

Again, thanks for your input and help. I’m sure I’ll be back with more q/a searches on the forum.

If it moves . . . Shoot it!

[Jim Lillis]

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I have pro 9. Is Excalibur an ad-on or plug-in tool? I find it hard to believe that there isn’t a simple move in Pro to accomplish this. But, that said, I’m glad I’m not showing up as that stooooopid to not be able to find the topic in the help file.

I don’t have Excalibur, and with all the dissolves and fx in each segment I’m in NO WAY looking forward to moving all elements to the left in the timeline as a move to accomplish this.

Do any of the upgrade versions offer this?

Ripple seems to be an archaic methodology to accomplish something very basic in the edit process. I suppose if I’m limited to this process, I’ll have to click and associate all elements in the segment and move them to the left to close the gaps.

That said, what about using the “grouping” option? I tried highlighting a segment, then looking to make a “group” of the highlighted area, and moving “all” within the group. That didn’t work either. I could not make the highlighted area an actual group, so that thought wouldn’t work either.

Any thoughts on this would be helpful, as I have about 350 – 500 edit points to click on the entire 2hr 40 minute show.

If Vegas doesn’t offer this kind of basic editing option, I’m going to rethink my edit software money. Heck, even the option to simply highlight the blank spot between segments and ‘delete’ would be a treat.

Thanks again for your thoughts.

If it moves . . . Shoot it!