Peter Wright
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Update – I have discovered that I was only looking at part of the frame – right clicking on the stage and selecting Zoom to Fit changed everything.
Now I have to find how to resize the effect – love this program – I think I’m going to upgrade to the full version so I can utilize the new tutorial that’s out ..
Peter
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
The fact that Vegas includes some functions similar to AE is really a bonus – Vegas is a Non-Linear Editor, and its Adobe equivalent is Premiere.
AE is a specialist compositing/special effects program and will therefore always have functions beyond what an editing program can do.Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Assuming that whatever you used to author the DVD was set to be a 16:9 project, then it’s probably a matter of checking the display settings in your DVD player menu.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
For projects which are more or less shot in the same order as they’ll finish, then editing on the timeline is often the simplest way to go. Like Michaelangelo making David out of a block of stone, it’s simply a matter of removing the bits you don’t want!
But I hardly ever have projects like this. I will spend maybe weeks at various locations shooting footage, interviews, whatever, then these have to be organised into a finished program from a script. I use the Trimmer a lot, and usually create and name Regions in the Trimmer, which can then be accessed any time in Vegas Explorer. The names that I give these Regions are very important, as they can help in sorting them into an order which makes the assembly stage very quick and easy.
I use Vegas Explorer for everything, and create folders in Windows for Footage, Voice Over, Interviews, Music, Graphics etc. I hardly ever use the Project Media Tab.
All goes to show that Vegas allows you to work in many ways – choose the one that suits you, and the particular project.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
I recommend Edward’s Excalibur for many tasks as well as just photo montages.
Another great Vegas plug in is Ultimatte S from VASST.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
It sits in the Vegas 7 folder after installation, and can be imported via the Contour control panel .
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
That’s fine, Kim, but it only gives a reference relative to that particular arrangement on the timeline. By using media t/c it is there in the clip wherever it is used, and if different clips need differentiating, you can always add a superimposed “Tape 1″, Tape 2” etc or similar.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Does the movie you finish up with after the “avi stills” are put back together have newly generated time code?
If so, applying the Time Code FX to each clip in Project Media (Right Click / Media FX) will put this time code onscreen.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
I’ve also had problems getting to grips with the bezier masking tool, but found some help
HerePeter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Beware though – using F as ripple affects only that particular track, which will put things on other tracks out of synch.
If you either delete the opening “space” as Don described, or drag the very earliest event to where you want it to begin, Ctrl/Shift F will move EVERYTHING on all tracks, including markers and regions, back the same amount, keeping everything in synch.
The only other thing to watch out for is to make sure you don’t have any events locked – if you do, they will stay where they are whilst everything else moves, so they will then be “out of position” relative to the rest of the project.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au