[Norman Willis]

Thanks!

[Norman Willis]

>>#1: Click the header of the desired track to highlight it.
Click in a blank area below the timeline and drag to highlight a specific area.

Yeay! That’s what I was looking for!

Norman Willis
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[Norman Willis]

Wow. I can see I have been messing things up. I tried about a hundred things. Nothing works so far. I hope you will please stick with me.

NeoScene 32 was working early last week. I tried a System Restore, but no joy. I am now doing a Symantec rollback to about a month ago. I will have to reinstall some stuff, but if I can get Cineform 32 back, that would be a blessing.

Dell said one cannot edit the BIOS for RAM on Dell machines (?!?). I asked them what default RAM they suggested, and they said to stick with what I have (?!?) because I had Cineform x32 working before.

I had my paging file set to minimum (16MB) and was using 4GB ReadyBoost RAM (fast thumb drive) instead. I had Cineform x32 working last week. Would you recommend restoring the recommended paging file size (8GB min, 12 GB max); or would you leave it alone?

Along with the conversions, NeoScene has also been creating a few random .SFK files. I looked up .SFK and it is the peak waveform file for Sound Forge and Acid. I have Sound Forge 9 installed, and Acid Music Studio 5. Should I uninstall Acid Music Studio 5? Or leave it? (I would like to use it some day, but it is not likely now.) Also, does your Cineform ever generate .sfk files?

I don’t think I can replace this machine right now, but in the future I will build. I had no idea homebuilts were more stable than Dell.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Thanks, Steven. That helps.

As long as we are talking about markers, is there some way to make a small loop region?

When I double click an event on the timeline, it puts the markers on either end of the event. What I would like to do is to highlight one small section (region?) inside of an event, for loop playback.

Is it possible to do this?

Thank you.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

John,

Thank you for this.

If I understand correctly, what you are saying is that since Microsoft and Intel work closely together, that if one sticks closely to the ‘MS/Intel standard’, then one has pretty much has the Windows equivalent of a ‘closed system’ Mac; but for less cost? If true, that would be a strong redeeming argument in favor of the PC.

Do you think my Crucial DDR-2 Ballistix might be causing the problem? I bought them for the speed, but if they are causing a problem, then I should get something else.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

>>In fact, at this point I suspect you know much more than I do about computer issues.

Lol. Extremely doubtful! (You are making me laugh.)

>>Do you have Vegas version 9?

Yes.

>>That version is, I am told, supposed to work with Red.

I wrote the Boris people on the Boris forum, and they said to contact them via their website. They did, however, indicate that Red should work with Vegas Pro 9 x32 (but not x64).

>>Boris is another matter. Why do you need Boris?

Well, whether or not I ‘need’ it is a really good question. It just so happens that it also got dropped in my lap (along with everything else); so as long as I have it, I should really make the best use of it. I am told it has a very good keyer (which is good, because I do not have the money to purchase CS4/After Effects right now).

>>As for FCP, it too currently has problems with various cutting-edge footage.

If that is true then I just need to quit venting, and be happy that I have as much hardware and software as I have. I guess maybe I have ‘grass is always greener’ syndrome, and just need to sit down and count my blessings? Probably that is the case. I apologize if I vented too much. I just typically expect equipment to work; and if it does not, I get frustrated.

Does FCP have as many problems? Or are there less?

Money is never in surplus, but it always seems that time is the most critical factor. If I can trade a little bit of money to save time, I will almost always go for it (when I can), because it allows me to do more.

>>You don’t speak to the ultimate need factor I posted: do you want to freelance as an editor, or are you working more or less on your own or with a group where you can set the NLE?

I apologize if I did not answer this before. I have no plans to work commercially at this time. I can set the platform and the NLE.

I am a minister with what I believe is an extremely important message that is not presently being heard or understood within the Body of belief. In trying to get this message out there, so far I have focused on writing. However, it occurs to me that no matter how well written a study may or may not be, for every person who is willing and has the time to sit down and read a detailed study, there are perhaps a hundred or more who simply do not have the time or the inclination to read. However, typically they will watch a video, particularly if it is visually and aurally stimulating.

My message has to do with certain changes that have taken place within the Body of belief over the past couple thousands of years. The original purpose of Boris (but it turns out more like Lightwave) is to help illustrate certain points that people have difficulty in visualizing. I believe if I can make my points visually, then more people will be able to relate to them.

Norman Willis
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servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

>>You seem to be frustrated right now learning Vegas.

>>After that, if you are still having trouble, invest in a book and some video tutorials.

Hmm. Well, I can see right now I have done a pretty poor job of wording things, so please let me try again.

First, I can tell that most of the posters here on this forum are very much audio-video professionals. And beyond that, most everyone here seems to be extremely good natured, and very helpful. If the definition of a professional is someone who makes his living doing something, it would seem that most of the people here qualify. And beyond that, everyone has been wonderfully helpful and good-natured. It has been much better than I expected.

If I had worded things better, I suppose I would have said that my main question concerns not so much learning Vegas, but the hardware and software compatibility issues I seem to be having. From what I have been told, one takes a Mac out of the box, plugs it in, turns it on, and begins using it. That has not been my experience so far using the Vegas/PC platform.

I’m not sure what it was that I said that led you to believe that I am having difficulty learning Vegas. I am kind of slow with tech-type stuff, it is true, but when I got the video editing dumped in my lap, I bought an old Class On Demand 4-disk set by DSE (Vegas 4.0). I was so impressed that I then found out DSE was working at VASST, and then went and bought the 7-disk set there (plus a few more on other subjects). I have not had time to go all the way through them yet, because I have several more irons in the fire. I am really looking forward to learning all of the ins-and-outs of Vegas, but even though I am just now starting to edit, Vegas seems to be very logically laid out, and extremely simple to use. I have hit a few ‘how do I’ questions so far (and probably will hit plenty more as I go), but again, the people here have been very kind to ‘give me a push’ and get me going. So far it has been a much more positive experience than I had thought it would be.

I wish I had been more specific. I guess my issue concerns the open platform, and third party hardware and software support. At first I was looking to go P2, but Vegas does not support P2. Then I was looking at BMD cards; but Vegas does not support BMD, and they offer only limited AJA support. Ironically, both of my brothers work in programming, so I know that programming is very difficult, and I have a lot of respect for the abilities of anyone who programs. I also understand that Vegas is somehow ‘built differently’ than Avid, FCP and Adobe, but do Avid, FCP and Adobe have these kinds of compatibility issues?

I don’t mean to whine, but Boris does not support RED on VP9x64, so now I am looking to work with VP9x32, and see if I can get RED to work with that. Also, last week I could get Cineform NeoScene to work on VPro9x32; but then I tried to install the 64 bit Beta, and now I cannot use NeoScene either on VegasPro9x32 or VegasPro9x64. So far the old QuadCore is cutting it (and my main workflow dilemma is DSL upload speed of the finished product to Vimeo), but does one have these kinds of hardware/software compatibility issues with Apple?

I am not made of money, but at least for myself, I consider time to be far more valuable than money. I got the video editing thing dumped in my lap, but now I am learning to love it; and I am also learning to love Vegas, because it is such a wonderful creative and artistic tool. It seems very logically laid out, and I can see why everyone says it is the wave of the future; but it is just so frustrating not to be able to just load stuff, and use it.

I purchase tools because I need help doing something that I cannot do without them. But although I am not made of money, if I lose a lot of time loading and unloading, and fighting with things, then I would rather have paid a bit more, and gotten something that did not suck down all of my time, because at the end of the day, either I hit my time points and got things done, or else I did not; and that makes a big difference to me.

Maybe I just need to focus real hard on the positive, and see that Vegas is a very simple, powerful and easy-to-use tool that gives me a lot of capabilities for relatively little money, lock on to that, and just get to work.

I apologize if I was whining, and again I very much appreciate the help and the courtesy of all of the professionals (and others) here.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Hi John.

Here is Rick Wise’s original post.

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/895675

I apologize. Upon re-reading the post, he did not say that Vegas was not professional: he said that although Vegas was in many ways superior to FCP, it is difficult to use it commercially.

I guess my question is, why is it difficult to use it commercially? If everyone says that Vegas is the wave of the future, then why does it not compare with FCP commercially; and what would it take? Or is it really possible to an open platform to compete with a closed one?

I really love Vegas; but the bugs are driving me, well, buggy. Is that just something one needs to learn to love on the PC platform?

[Norman Willis]

Hi James.

>>Instead of taking a snapshot, try this. Zoom into the very last frame, the one you want to freeze, and split it.

How does one split a frame?

And why split it? What advantage does that give?

Thank you,

Norman

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servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Congratulations

Norman Willis
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servant@nazareneisrael.org