Stephen Mann
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RAM preview?
Burden your PC with AVCHD footage, a few effects and transitions, and you will appreciate RAM preview.Steve Mann
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You are correct – JPG files do not support transparency.
Steve Mann
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Don’t use .gif for this. Just make a small JPG file with a transparent background in Photoshop. Put this file on a track above our background track and use event Pan Crop and keyframes to move your “object”.
Steve Mann
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I don’t like working with takes, so I expand the Multicam tracks without keeping the muted events. When I finish my final edits, I simply merge the events into one track.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Since you aren’t doing simple multicam edits, then I would go back to doing it the old-fashioned way.
Actually, I routinely do my rough edits using the Vegas multicam tool, then I expand the takes to tracks (without keeping he unused takes) and fine tune my edits.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I’m not following you at all.
If I don’t like a camera selection I made, I just CTRL-Z and go back in the timeline a few seconds.Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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In this order:
Fastest Processor you can afford.
Install as much RAM as your motherboard can support.
eSATA is a must-have option.Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Vegas Pro 10 can make simple DVD’s from the timeline, but with no chapters or menus.
But, when you buy Vegas 10, you also get DVD-Architect (DVDA) which is a really versatile DVD authoring program.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Just zoom in on the timeline until each tick mark is one frame.
BTW – everything on the timeline in Vegas is an event, not clip. (If you tried searching the help files or manual for “clip” you would be disappointed).Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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With as many effects that you’re adding, and only 2Gb of RAM, I am not surprised to see the encodes (Render As) take so long. The best advice I would give you is to upgrade to Windows 7 ASAP and a minimum of 4GB of RAM. Vista is the second worst O/S that Microsoft ever released. Two Gb will barely get you started, so I am suspecting that you are hammering your pagefile pretty hard.
Your video was of no use because when you say “click here, zero here, someone said put 2 here…” I have no clue what you are doing.
You also didn’t say what your hard disk configuration is, but if you only have one hard-disk installed, I am surprised that your encodes even finish.
Steve Mann
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com