Joe Mantaratz
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When you open the project does it find all your media or prompt you for locations? Can you find those files on your system outside of Vegas? If you can see your project files and you have not been prompted to locate them on project open up and you also cannot replace them then there must be problem with the software.
Open the project and give it a different name, open another project and import the changed name project into your original as a nested file and drop i on the timeline as you would any other media. Then see if your files are on line or not.
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There is a know issue with those file types in the prior versions. Make sure you have the latest Vegas 8.0C. I’m not familiar with your audio app but I am sure the error is with Vegas. This is the first time I have learned of this particular problem. Have you tried rendering the offending clip to another format first and then editing in the audio app?
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To render the audio simply select the file type I mentioned and it will render only the audio portion. Just be sure to give it the same name as the video clip.
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Sorry I was a bit rushed…
You want the Main Concept MPGEG-2 file type and use the DVD architect NTSC Video stream to render your video. You will have to render the audio using the AC-3 format and give it the same name as the video rendered file. Be sure to locate both files in the same location so when you import the media the audio will also follow without having to locate it. If you import other file types Architect will have to render them again to the MPEG 2 format along with the audio. Hope this helps…
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Make sure you render using the DVD architect template in Vegas and then render your audio separately. MPEG 2 is the standard..
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What happens in many applications that cannot co exist is they will often use the same dll (Shared Dynamic Link Library) files. Those are the files that allow code to be changed without affecting the source program. Shared DLLS are also supposed to share CPU power and with so many similar applications that run resident it is more likely to have these type of problems. File associations take it a step further and since these shared DLL’S now belong to more than one application it is not hard to grasp why there are conflicts. Back in the not to distant past the big fight was over IRQ conflicts, if you had conflicting programs that wanted to occupy the same priority status to INTERRUPT the CPU as the other it would crash. This is along those lines.
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I’m a little confused as to why you would chroma key out the black background. If I understand you correctly you have a track with media generated black color with a blue graphic in the foreground and you want to remove the black background and have the graphic remain behind the blue graphic while revealing another video. The easier way to do this is to insert your video on the bottom track and place in the timeline where you would like it to appear. Then simply either cut the black background at the same time or lower it’s opacity an envelope an add the nodes along it. Chroma key allows other things to show through and if you are removing the black and it is the top track then you will still be left with black everywhere else. Let me know if this helps or I am missing the point.
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Did any of that work to solve your problem?
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There are lots of recent post concerning this topic. Do a search and you are sure to find the answer.
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Sounds like it could be one of those gray areas whereas it would depend on what the editors intentions were. It would be hard to define when the line is crossed as to say that the process is color grading and not color correction. Certainly we all know when we see a clip that is purposely pushed to create a dramatic affect but the more subtle ones perhaps not. It would be confusing at best and disastrous at worst to edit under direction that uses the two synonymously. In my main employ the cost of making those type of mistakes can take a serious toll on a much more personal level. So we are mandated and regulated to be all talking the same language. As a result I tend to apply those principals to any endeavor I am involved in, it helps me not make as many mistakes. Thanks as always for all the great advice.
Joe