John Gregoriades
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Thank you Allen and Mike.
It was not working for me because (my ignorance!) I needed to hit the “NumLock” button, before it would work with the number keypad.
It works as described now, (without the need for a box.)
I appreciated your prompt help.
Many thanks!
John -
Thank you, Ted and Mike.
I had not thought about the right-hand numberpad, was using the numbers on top.
By the way, if you happen to know, how would one do the same for Corel Draw? (It does not seem to work the same way.)
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Thank you, Edward. That was certainly “quick and simple.”
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Many many thanks, folks, for your forbearance and guidance.
I was able to “flip horizontally.” What I can’t figure out exactly is how to best import the DVD (Unfortunately the DVD is the best material I have. It’s from historical govt. film archives, which are not available. Bomb damage in a city in 1940. The DVD is in PAL.) I tried placing the DVD in the PC, then using Vegas 6: FILE/IMPORT/CAMCORDER DISK and it captured it in 3 separate pieces (why in pieces I don’t know), but did not capture something, because it lost about 2 minutes of this 12 minute DVD – probably the beginning titles. These pieces were in format “VTS_01_02.mpg” etc. I then tried capturing its VOB file (“VTS_01_0.IFO”) using “Clone DVD2” with better success; this captured the entire length of the DVD – and this latter is what I finally imported into Vegas and used. {Quite frankly I am not familiar with either of these processes, but they seem to “work” after a fashion.
I don’t know what these are, nor whether one type is of better quality than the other. Both could be imported into Vegas 6. I was able to cut the video into segments, as it was originally assembled, and adjust brightness/contrast/unsharp mask for each, then batch adjust black and white (because they had taken a greenish cast.) The flip horizontal worked like a charm!
Your suggestion about using an external DVD player and importing into the PC is intriguing, for future reference I would appreciate a few more instructions. How would one connect it to the PC? (If this info helps, I have a Sony Digi-8 Camcorder, which can passthrough to the PC whatever it is fed.)
Next Q: The DVD has a very nice, slow pan of an entire city, taken from a height above it. Nice, professional job (although the picture quality is the pits, because of age.) I would like to “stretch-out” the viewing time, instead of the 15 seconds or so, to maybe twice that time-length. How is that feat done with Vegas, please?
Thank you again!
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Mark,
Thank you for your suggestion to try the Avid free product. I did not respond to you to thank you, until I had a chance to download and try it (then see if I can train my friend to use it). Unfortunately, after downloading and installing it, it had some sort of bug in it and did not install properly ~ and did not work.
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It sure sounds like it’s probably corrupted, because it worked fine a few months ago, when I used it last, before my friend asked for directions. I’ll have to find my SP2 disk, (I know it’s somewhere….) and see if I can identify and re-install (only) the WMM in it. I don’t want to reinstall SP2 all over again.
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Thanks, Terry,
It seems to work as you described. I agree it is a very strange way to work, but…. I’m not out of the woods yet. When I line up some clips on the timeline, and hit “play” anywhere along it, the vertical cursor on the timeline progresses, but the preview window is black, and no sound. Still, this business about “The trial period has ended” must have something to do with it.
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Thank you, Mike.
I must be really dumb. I installed the Morgan Multimedia Codec, and its icon did show up at the taskbar. Clicking it gives the various settings. But then….I can’t figure out how to use it to “open” an .avi file, and do something with it!
No “open file” in the settings.
Right-clicking the .avi file does not provide a “convert with MMCodec….” or something similar.
So I’m a bit confused as to “how to do the next step” after installing the Codec.
John -
Thank you for your quick reply. I downloaded the first one recommended, and the “free” one, and can unzip it OK, but I don’t understand how it is installed or used. Does it have to reside somewhere in a Vegas folder??
Thank you,
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Gentlemen,
Thank you both for your prompt and clear responses.
Remarkable product, Vegas, that can burn an audio CD direct!
John