Pete Mack
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You’re driving to your best friends wedding. You’re going to be his best man at the wedding. As usual, you’re running late. Because you’re addicted to coffee, you stop the car and bolt into a coffee shop. A customer recognizes you, he saw your mugshot on CreativeCow. He tells you that he’s new to video editing. He has a pen and paper in hand. He asks you if you’d be nice enough to list each and every feature a laptop should have for editing videos. You want to be nice, but you’re pressed for time. Because you’re pressed for time, with coffee in hand you dash out the door. Over your shoulder you yell to the aspiring editor “JUST GO OUT AND BUY A GAMING LAPTOP. ANY LAPTOP MADE FOR GAMING WILL BE A LAPTOP THAT IS AUTOMATICALLY OPTIMIZED FOR EDITING VIDEOS. A VIDEO EDITOR CAN’T GO WRONG WITH AN EXPENSIVE, HIGH-END GAMING LAPTOP, PROBLEM SOLVED!!!” I’m curious, would that statement, that piece of advice, be valid and on the money? Are there any flaw associated with that statement that you can think of? Please tear it to shreds if it’s inaccurate in any way, or conversely, let us know if it’s a good Rule of Thumb a person can go by. Nothing wrong with gaming, but no, I’m not a gamer, not at all.
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Thank you for your reply, Edward.
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Vic,
I recently had the same problem. When I converted
the AVI file to an MP4 file Vegas accepted it. When
I initially tried to put the AVI file on the timeline
Vegas rejected it. The converter I used was the
Pazera Free Video to iPod Converter. If that works
let us know. And oh I’m using Vegas Pro 12 like you. -
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You’re not the only one, maybe this will help:
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&MessageID=859053 -
Awesome info, thanks John!
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I definitely can see how the link I posted may have confused some people out there. Again, I apologize to everyone for the confusion.
The link has been pretty consistent for the last couple of days in that the cute little animated robot appears in the video when you fast forward to the 8 second mark. I envy people who have the ability to create characters like the animated robot character seen in the short video. Those people are wizards! The expression “top gun” comes to mind, too…
Since I posted the thread starter, I came to realize that a person would need to use Adobe Flash in order to create the robot. It looks like I was wrong about that??? Because when I googled “3D modeling software” to my surprise Adobe Flash was not on the list, the list has a bunch of names that sound foreign:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D_modeling_software
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A little much needed update here: Blue Guy is gone. The video editor switched videos and replaced the video that Blue Guy was in with a completely different video. That’s okay, because the new video has an animated character in it too. Instead of Blue Guy there’s an animated robot in the new video. The robot has a number on it. That number is 06. You’ll see that number is at the bottom of the robot. In the new video you’ll see that the animated robot appears at the 8s mark and runs to the 25s mark. Sorry for the confusion, I imagine many were puzzled when they didn’t see Blue Guy in the video. But that’s the Internet for you, it can be pretty fluid at times 🙂
Anyway, same question about the animated robot. Would it be possible to make the exact same robot with Vegas Pro?
Animated robot: https://fiverr.com/digitaldirector/edit-your-4-minute-or-less-video
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Hi
I’m a complete beginner, and so I’m not sure if the following contribution is the right answer to Randy’s issue. If it’s not, then perhaps a veteran will come along and correct me. That’d be swell if that happened because I’d be learning from my mistake.
What I learned recently is that it appears that Vegas has a functionality that will allow someone with a laptop or an “inferior” computer to use Vegas. That feature, or process, is called “Creating Proxy Files for High Definition Editing.” Sony says:
“If you’re working on a system with limited processing power, creating a proxy file will streamline the editing process and allow you to preview your project.”
Again, I’m not sure if my answer hits the nail on the head, I could be wrong. If I am wrong, I really hope a seasoned Vegas user comes along to correct me.