[Kelly Griffin]

THANKS JOHN. I hate this part.

[Kelly Griffin]

Dave, I got your first two same symptoms a few weeks ago. Part of my problem (the lag) was a new AJA board Vegas didn’t like, so I switched it out with a DeckLink card. The other part of it was trying to play MOV files. I don’t think Vegas likes MOV files very much, even though they say it supports them. I don’t have lag problems when I replace all my MOVs with AVIs.

As to your other issue (randomly replacing files with different ones), I get that sometimes as well. So far it’s only been with audio, but I’d like to know what’s going on with that as well…

[Kelly Griffin]

Thanks, John. So, new question: Is there a preferred place to submit “new feature requests” for Vegas? The “clip duration display” definitely should be easier than what you (so helpfully, thanks) illustrated. I’ve got others, too…

[Kelly Griffin]

Hey Bob, I just went through this a few months ago. I just retired a professional CRT 4×3 SONY PVM monitor and shopped around for a widescreen flatscreen. I initially whined and moaned at how they compare with CRTs, but I quickly conceded that if they don’t even MAKE CRTs anymore I might as well get used to seeing my stuff on the same kind of monitor everyone else will see it on (i.e., “a TV”).

Anyway, I wound up with a 32″ LG LED LCD. It was the best-looking picture of all brands I saw, and it’s got component and HDMI inputs. It took a few days to get used to seeing on an LCD what I’d seen before on a CRT (it’s just a different look, period), but now that I’ve acclimated all’s well. I spent $800 on mine, and it’s got all the controls (too many, actually) to set up the picture output.

[Kelly Griffin]

When I was in your same boat (wondering which path to go down) I poked around with AE and Digital Fusion. Something in the After Effects scenario never made sense to me, but I picked up Digital Fusion immediately. Coming from the old days of “upstream/downstream” compositing, DF works the same way, and I’ve been making a living with it ever since with version THREE (I think they’re on six or seven by now). As with anything, they keep “improving” it, so who knows now how complex it’s become, but you might want to check it out.

[Kelly Griffin]

I’m liking that idea… thanks Danny.

[Kelly Griffin]

Okay, I tried the nesting projects thing and Vegas Pro just locked up. I’m guessing it’s newbie cockpit error… Is there a certain place on the timeline to drag the project (that contains the pieces in it I want)? Also, you mentioned that track motion settings don’t copy; I also tried noting those settings and just manually typing them in– that didn’t do anything either.

With any luck I’ll get hit by a bus before my deadline…

[Kelly Griffin]

Thanks, but it only “kinda” worked… I have a graphic with pan/crop settings and track motion settings. It evidently pasted the pan/crop stuff but not the track motion stuff. Any ideas?

[Kelly Griffin]

Version 10 with a brand new Ferarri.

[Kelly Griffin]

Hey John, back to my original question (1), is there a way to make my timeline duration something like 50-seconds long? It looks like the default length is 3:45.00 (at least on the project I have open now), and I don’t need or want that if I’m doing spots that are only ten and fifteen seconds long.