[Ron Shook]

Edward,

[Edward Troxel] “I tend to just use the volume envelope. My “four points” tool in Excalibur can add the proper nodes around a selected area. So if I want an entire clip raised or lowered, I can double-click it (to select it) and then run the four points tool.”

I’ll have a look at just what that 4 points tool does.

[Edward Troxel] “[Ron Shook] “Is Vegas scripting more akin to say developing keyboard macros than it is to computer programming?”

Given those two choices, I’d have to go with “computer programming”.”

Drat!

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Spot,

[Douglas Spotted Eagle] “Envelope points at events is already scripted”

I need a little map direction here, as I can’t find it. Is the script in the extras part of the Vegas8 disk?

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Edward,

[Edward Troxel] “Remember, you really need TWO points between each event.”

Exactly!

[Edward Troxel] “Also, remember you can lower volume on an event by event basis by moving the mouse to the top edge of the event (it will turn into a hand), click, and drag down to lower the volume.I>

Being a novice, I wasn’t aware of this. Very handy to know.

[Edward Troxel] “If necessary, you could raise the volume on the track header and then lower the individual events as needed. Not necessarily the approach I would take but is another option.”

What approach would you take and why not the above approach? Although the above technique would be handy in relatively simple situations, a script that would would add volume and/or pan control nodes to the first and last frame of every audio clip event would set the stage for more complex audio tweaking without effecting adjacent clips or having to add these nodes manually.

Give me some quick advice. Is Vegas scripting more akin to say developing keyboard macros than it is to computer programming? If the former, I may take a crack at it. I have no experience since a little basic on the AppleII with computer programming, but I once developed a keyboard macro system for multicam on edit* back in the day when only Avid had multicam, that was good enough to intrigue the edit* coders. What say you?

Thanks a bunch,

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Spot,

[Douglas Spotted Eagle] “Envelope points at events is already scripted, and meters per track is part of Vegas Pro 8.”

Excellent! I’ll be lookin’ for that script. Thanks for the heads up. There’s so much to find.

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Mike and All,

[mike calla] “But nonetheless, i see your point!!!! Especially if you have a tons of clips that need this action.”

With all the audio power of Vegas I find it incredible that simply raising or lowering the overall volume or Pan settings of individual clips is so fiddly and time wasting. The NLE that I’ve used for 10 years would automatically place control nodes for volume and pan on the first and last frame of every clip put into the timeline, so that it was a quick click and drag to raise or lower the overall volume of each clip without effecting any others.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not expert in Vegas so if there is some way to accomplish the same thing by preference, let me know. If not, Edward, how difficult would it be to have a script that would do the deed? I hope you’ll tell me that Excalibur already has it. (g)

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Randy,

All good suggestions for you so far. I wouldn’t trust Memorex at all. TY or Verbatim are what I use with consistently good results. The only possible issue that hasn’t been mentioned is the total data rate of the DVD you burned. If you pushed the envelope up to 9+ mbps that could also be part of your problem. Some players like it to be less. If you hold the the data rate to 7.5 mbps or less you’ll have near universal compatability on good -R DVDs. It doesn’t matter how short the DVD is. Keep it to under at least 8 mbps and you’ll have less grief.

Ron Shook

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How Embarrasing! Forgot to put in the link:

https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcamexsite/resource.brochures

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Pat,

[Pat Ford] “However, the thing that impresses me about the EX-1 is the color. Colors seems much brighter and vivid that I get on my PD 150. Sonys have always said to tend toward blue. It seems that this follows whatever the time of day is when Phillip is shooting. Is this camera or have the camera settings been changed to create this lush color?”

I obviously can’t speak for Philip, but from what I understand of his workflow, much of this lushness of color is created on a 4:2:2 ProRez FCP timeline using Magic Bullet. I’ve seen plenty of footage from the EX1 shot on auto that isn’t anywhere near as lush (more like your 150, but sharper). You could probably do some of this in the camera, but the chances of screwing up are more probable when you don’t have the chances for do overs that you have in post. Choose your gamma curve, expose and white balance properly, and CC in post.

That’s my best guess, anyhow.

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Craig,

All good points.

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Steve,

[Steve Connor] “Well if you put a long lens on an EX3 then you will be able to achieve that look without a Letus adapter that’s why I’m going to be buying one!”

I beg to differ. It’s not even close to the same look with a long lens, because with the long lens all the depth elements are scrunched together to get that foreshortened depth of field. It’ll be quite unnatural for many shots, even if you have the depth in the setting to back off far enough. You wouldn’t want your shots to all look like nature photography. A long lens is no substitute for a 35mm adapter.

Ron Shook

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