[Tim Neighbors]

I realize this is a very old post, but thought I’d share… select a layer in photoshop and press control+alt+G (on a PC). This will make it a child of the layer below. Make that child layer a multiply layer and put your mask in it with one of the images the parent (directly below), and the other below that. …just another way to accomplish the same thing.

[Tim Neighbors]

Thank you! Got it. And vegasaur is awesome. Now if I can just figure out how to get vegas to stop dumping the meta data from my xavc clips I’ll be set.

[Tim Neighbors]

Not sure if you figured this out yet, but if not…
yes, you can do it the way the other user is suggesting. …then when you bring that rendered video clip back in, you will have to right click on it once it is on the timeline, select properties, then ‘Media’ tab, then under “Alpha Channel”, select “Straight”. This should do what you want, assuming it was rendered with alpha channel, as I believe you have done.

However, for future reference, there is an easier (or maybe I should say faster) way to do this on the timeline without having to prerender any clips.
Place white text on a track UNDER the video file that you want to show through the letters. Click the ‘Make Compositing Child’ button on the text track, then click the ‘layer effects’ button on the video track and select “Multiply (Mask)”.

Create a Mute envelope on the video track to mute the track when you no longer want to see the text for the rest of the video so you can see through to the rest of your video. If you want a dissolve, transition to a white solid color on the video track that is in “multiply mode”.
I’m using Vegas 12 and 13, but I’m pretty sure that this is also possible in 11.

Hope that makes sense and does what you’re trying to do. Good luck!

[Tim Neighbors]

Thanks Mark! Looks like that is a solution. Anyone know of a free or cheaper way?

[Tim Neighbors]

I’m in talks with Sony about this now. Doesn’t hurt to submit your own statement to Sony about it though. they act like I’m the only one that is having the issue. But since i’ve videotaped it happening on multiple computers with multiple versions of vegas, they are now looking into it and (hopefully) will release an update fixing the problem.

[Tim Neighbors]

Hi John. I’m also looking for a good 1920 intermediary codec to render out of vegas and bring back in. MXF 422 sounds great except it doesn’t allow the embedding of meta data to ‘save project as path reference in rendered media file’ (checkbox at bottom of render screen).
I’ve tried a few different ones. Sony AVCHD works but probably will give me a lot of generation loss in future renders (?).
AVI YUV works and is probably best, but that’s a little too much goodness for my poor hard drive.
Sony AVC allows me to check the box, but doesn’t give me the option to link back from the rendered file when dropped on a new timeline.

Any recommendations?
thanks!
tim
neighborsvideo.com

[Tim Neighbors]

Vegas Trimmer Regions issue

[Tim Neighbors]

I tried:
-upgrading to vegas 13
-renaming the files so that their file names are unique (the A7s has a lame naming system that results in redundant filenames every time you switch cards).
-opened a new vegas session and dropped one of the video clips onto the timeline, added trimmer regions, and had the same issue.

I’m running out of ideas.

[Tim Neighbors]

yeah, this is good advice. …although I hope one of the rental houses around LA has a good assortment that I can try out. NY is quite the mission.

[Tim Neighbors]

I can always tell when I see a shot taken with a friction slider. maybe there are some good ones out there that actually work well, but every one I’ve had experience with made it nearly impossible to get a smooth movement. I usually just opt to not use a slider if it is a friction slider. I say go with bearings. Also, I’ve done several shoots with bearing sliders and never had any issue with hearing any movement. If it’s of good quality, it should be pretty silent.