Matt Crowley
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For very simple trimming, you are probably better off using one of the trim/cut/join type editors that get mentioned from time to time. AVIdemux and VideoReDo are 2 that I’ve heard of but never tried. These do not do any re-compression so should be very quick.
If you want to use Vegas (especially if you want to do more editing), make sure your project properties match the source media (eg 1920×1080 30fps), do your trimming/cutting, and then render to the Sony AVC format using the nearest “Internet” template. On new versions of Vegas, the Internet AVC templates may be under the MainConcept AVC format.
Those will give you fairly decent 30p HD video suitable for PC playback or youtube/vimeo uploads.
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The smart rendering only works for DV-AVI and MPEG2 formats as far as I know. In the case of MPEG2, you have to use the same bitrate and frame size/rate as the source for smart render to work.
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Hmm, interesting… Vegas Movie Studio Platinum HD 10 lets me drop a project file onto the titlebar (and anywhere else for that matter) and it opens that project.
I guess the behaviour would be a bit different in Vegas Pro – dropping a VEG onto the timeline probably should next that VEG into the current project, but I would expect that dropping onto the titlebar or elsewhere on the interface would open that project.
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Another option is to place markers on the trimmer using the M key at points of interest (eg before and after a new pose/position) as you play through the clip in the trimmer. Then go back and double-click between pairs of markers to select that segment, and just drag to the timeline. These markers are associated with the media, so if you open that file/media in the trimmer again you’ll see all the markers.
I generally scrub through clips in the trimmer to quickly find whatever I’m looking for, then either mark the IN point and keep scrubbing to find the OUT point, or scrub to the start of the desired section and shift+click further along the clip to set the out point. You can adjust the IN and OUT points by dragging the edges of the selection.
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In Vegas 10 (presumably the same for later versions), the Stabilize function creates a subclip with the stabilization parameters/analysis. The actual stabilization is applied on-the-fly during playback, and there is no actual video file. You can see the subclip in the media pool.
I don’t know about reverse, but I guess it’s similar. Unless you explicitly render (or pre-render) the reversed/stabilized event, Vegas does not create a new media file.
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You can’t stop the WMV output video being 16-235 (studio) levels – that seems to be just the way it works.
If you’re going to be uploading these to youtube, then use the AVC/MP4 format (Render As > Sony AVC or Mainconcept AVC depending on Vegas version). This should preserve the full RGB range and youtube will (I think) display it the same way.
For some more discussion on this type of thing, see https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/908794
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It looks like you’ve started with a full colour range image (pixel values 0-255, aka computer RGB) and ended up with a studio RGB image (pixel values 16-235) courtesy of the WMV codec.
Most video codecs don’t automatically clamp/convert computer RGB to studio RGB but WMV does, presumably to prevent you having “illegal” colours in your video file. Strictly, video should only have RGB values between 16-235 (a legacy of analog TV systems), but players and codecs behave differently for different colour ranges and file types…
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The mouse wheel can be used for various things. You can also click the wheel in the timeline to autoscroll.
Look at Help > Keyboard Shortcuts for a list of mouse wheel functions (bottom of the help page)
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This works for me, but will affect the display of webpages in Internet Explorer (and anything that uses the IE HTML rendering) as well as the help.
Open the Vegas help window, and click Options > Internet Options (you can do this in IE as well with Tools>Internet Options)
On the General tab click Accessibility, the check the “Ignore font sizes…” option. Your help text will probably increase in size. This is in IE8, and it might be a bit different in newer versions. -
It looks like your system graphics settings have changed – specifically the DPI or fonts. These could be due to a change of theme or video settings. Notice how the “Angle” and “Magnitude” labels are not in the standard dialog font?
Check in your Control Panel > Display > Advanced (not sure offhand where it is exactly under Vista/Win7), or try changing to a different theme (try the default if you are using something else).