[John Rofrano]

[john bolton] “Move the image using Track Motion to the part of the screen where you want it positioned.”

Actually you can also change the pivot point using 3D Track Motion (which is why it is 3D)

Here is an old tutorial of mine showing you how to use 3D Track Motion Pivot

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Ronaldo Trinidad] “How to save FCP to be used on Sony vegas?”

I don’t believe there is any way to go back. Vegas Pro does not import Final Cut Pro XML. You would need to write a program to translate between the XML that Vegas Pro does ingest and the XML that Final Cut Pro X exports.

~jr

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[Christine Neuvil] “If the audio and video track were from different source files, a sub-clip could not be created, right?”

That’s correct.

A Media File = A Clip.

A Subclip is a Sub-Media file not Multiple Media files. So a sub-clip must be a subset of one media file (i.e., smaller than a clip).

~jr

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[Ross Stark] “Format : MPEG Audio”

I’m guessing that this is your problem. While compression is allowed in the WAV file spec, it is almost never used and Vegas Pro probably expects the file to contain uncompressed linear pulse-code modulation (LPCM) format. Try renaming the file with an .mpg extensions and see if that helps because the file contains MPEG audio not PCM. BTW, I’ve never encountered a WAV file that wasn’t PCM.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

I agree Steve that this is how Adobe started. CS6 was still being sold when Creative Cloud launched… until it wasn’t! ☹

I’m guessing from what I’ve read (…and I have absolutely no insider knowledge here) that MAGIX is “testing the waters”. If adoption for Vegas365 is low, it will signal that this user base (which I’m guessing is largely individuals on a limited to no budget and not large corporations with deep pockets) cannot tolerate a monthly fee and would rather purchase perpetual licenses. If, on the other hand, people would rather pay $200 a year instead of the upgrade price of $249 every year then who knows where it will go.

This was always the argument. If you upgrade every year, the subscription is actually cheaper. If you don’t upgrade every year, then depending on how often you do upgrade the subscription could be significantly higher.

Let’s also remember what the term “Ransomware” means. It is not synonymous with “subscription”. Ransomware means that if you stop your subscription the software stops working. In effect, holding your work for ransom. If, however, when the subscription stops, you just don’t get anymore updates or support but the software continues to work in it’s last known state, then that is not ransomware. For the time being, it looks like if you cancel your subscription you can still purchase a license for Vegas Pro and keep working on your project. At least for now, it seams somewhat reasonable.

I would take a wait and see attitude. The sky is not falling (at least not yet). Let the public vote with their wallets and then see if you are in the majority or minority on this. Avid Media Composer is still being sold as both a subscription and a perpetual license, so not every company with a subscription service has taken the ransomware route like Adobe (and Avid sells to big corporations with deep pockets but they also respect their individual user base).

Like I said, let’s wait and see.

~jr

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[Derek Charles] “How are these people able to have significantly lower file sizes and I dont see a quality problem?”

It all depends on the source video. Is it well lit? Is the camera locked down? Lots of motion or noise in the video will result in a lower quality render. There are a lot of factors to consider that affect encoding.

~jr

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[Wym Psycho×] “why is this happening? when I render the video it has black lines that blurs the whole video? then the video also turns black???”

If I had to guess… I would say you are using interlaced video but you have your deinterlace mode set to none. Without seeing your project properties, media properties, and render properties, there is no way to tell for sure.

BTW, replying to an 8 year old post is probably not the best way to get attention. You should probably start a new post with your particular problem.

~jr

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[Erik Davis] “In PPro you can add 708 or 608 captions. In Vegas you can add only 608.”

If you are delivering to broadcast this is a big differentiator I agree. It’s unfortunate that Sony never added proper 708 support and at this point, I don’t believe that MAGIX is targeting broadcast professionals so this may be the deal-breaker for some.

In fairness, Vegas Pro does uplift 608 captions into a 708 container but some broadcasters complain about that. Others, like PBS, are a little more lenient. It all depends.

~jr

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[Ty Ford] “In lieu of what I’ve learned here, I think the VO video stream should be primary and his on camera should also be primary, letting me have the flexibility to cut the PP slides as needed. Does that sound right?”

Yes, I would agree because the primary story is the dialog which should be a consistent flow of information. Then the slides would be the cutaways as connected clips. By connecting the clips directly to the primary storyline, if you move the dialog, the visual of the slide will move with it because it’s anchored to that clip. That is the beauty of not using tracks… you connect things that are connected in real life and they stay together as you move them.

If you have the actual powerpoint slides, I would export them as PNG files. I believe powerpoint has an option to export each stage of a “build” chart (i.e., a chart that reveals one point at a time). If powerpoint cannot do this, I know that Apple Keynote can and Keynote can read PPT files (I use Keynote all the time). This will give you the best quality and most flexibility in recreating the presentation just as it was given live building the charts up one line at a time.

BTW, Thank You for all of the audio training that you do. I remember many years ago when I was first getting into video, watching some of your training videos about mic selection and placement and booms, and it was very helpful. I was a musician for 10 years prior to shooting video so I knew all about mic types and mixing but shooting live and mic placement for video was an area that I had not done before. I’m honored to be able to finally help you out with something that I know and to say Thanks! 😉

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Ty Ford] “The problem is that I had to slice and dice the powerpoint presentation .mov and add a lot of still frames so that the VO matched the audio. I HAD to be off the primary line to do this. Can you suggest a better way to go about this in the future?”

If the powerpoint was a video and not the actual slides (which would have been the best approach) I would capture each slide as an image using Edit/Copy/Paste from the QuickTime Player. This would give you an image for each slide that, once dropped onto the timeline, you could drag out as long as you need it. That would have cleaned up the timeline because you would have one image per slide of the exact duration you need to fit the VO.

It looks like your video has a face in it so I’m assuming that the person giving the presentation was shown as well. If that is the case, you can decide if you want the slides to be on the Primary Storyline and have the cut-aways to the presenter to be connected clips, or have the presenter on the Primary Storyline with the slides as the connected clips.

I don’t know how this was shot but if it was one camera that panned back and forth from the slides to the presenter, I would have probably made the slides be on the primary storyline. If there were 60 slides there would be 60 clips on the primary storyline. I then would have made the presenter be the connected clips. This would allow me to remove the pans and cut directly from the slides to the presenter and back as needed. (although you could have done the same with the presenter on the primary and cut directly to the slides. The point is that having the slides as images makes this a lot easier.) Any other VO dialog added later would be connected audio clips below the slides on the primary.

~jr

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