[Tyson Onaga]

Thanks for the reply John.

I opened a request on the Avid site (where, BTW … posting a “free” technical Q. is like squeezing blood out of a rock) specifically asking this: Using Sony Vegas with DNxHD version 2.3.7 and an Alpha

I submitted my Q. (with steps). In addition, I attached this info which I found this on the Avid site:

When you import alpha from an Avid QuickTime codec, select Alpha > Use Existing in the Import Settings dialog box.
When alpha is imported from a non-Avid QuickTime codec, select Alpha > Invert Existing. This is because the
Avid QuickTime codec inverts the alpha during the movie’s creation…

Thus, I think the resulting .mov has the Alpha “inverted” and when you use this .mov in Vegas, it doesn’t recognize it.

The Avid “ticket” isn’t closed, but I think there’s no solution. I’ve found AE users posting the same Q., also with no solution.

So, long story short … I will stick with QT Animation with which I’ve had good success; PNG works but it takes 2x (or more) longer to render.

Unfortunately, it looks like the only place where you can use the DNxHD w/ Alpha .mov _____ is in an Avid NLE.

[Tyson Onaga]

I think you want to use Track Motion rather than Pan/Crop to move your text graphic.

[Tyson Onaga]

Has anybody got the Alpha channel to work with DNxHD 1080/24p?

I tried Codec Configuration with
Color Level: 709
Alpha: Compressed or Uncompressed
Resolutions: all of them (1080p/23.976 DNxHD 175 10-bit, 175 8-bit, 115 8-bit, 36 8-bit)

Renders without errors … but when I drop the .mov into Vegas, no matter what I set the Properties, Alpha [Straight, Premult, Premult (dirty)], I’m not seeing an Alpha; i.e., the tracks beneath are covered.

Any ideas what I’m doing wrong (I need the Alpha)?
Thanks.

[Tyson Onaga]

You might try:
Track 1. Parent track
Track 2. Text Media track (use Sony Text media)
Track 3. Color Gradient track (use Sony Color Gradient media)

Make tracks 2 and 3 a child of 1 and use parent Track Motion (probably w/ keyframes) to animate 2 and 3 into position as desired.

If you want a solid background with the gradient inside the lettering of the text, try:
Track 1. Parent track
Track 2. Parent Color Gradient track (use Sony Color Gradient media)
Track 3. Text Media track (use Sony Text media)
Track 4. Solid Color track

Make 2 a parent of 3. Set 2’s Compositing mode to Multiply. Make text color in 3 white (you are multiplying white text into the color gradient). Again, make 2, 3, and 4 children of 1 and use Track Motion on 1 to move them as a group. I.e.:

1. parent track, track motion
— 2. color gradient, multiply mask
—- 3. sony text, white
— 4. solid color

[Tyson Onaga]

Easy was is to select the desired events and use a script:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/913915

[Tyson Onaga]

Create a script with this line:
vegasApp.Transport.CursorPosition = Timecode.FromMilliseconds( vegasApp.Transport.CursorPosition.ToMilliseconds() + 5000 );

You could make a second script that used “- 5000” to move back. Change the 5000 to another millisecond value if you need a different sized jump.

As far as running it, one of:
(a) Place it in a folder of your choosing and use Ctrl-Shift-S, then pick it from the list of scripts.
(b) Put it in the Vegas Script folder ([userName]/Documents/Vegas Script Menu)
(c) Or add item (b) into the Vegas Toolbar via Options, Customize Toolbar … but note you’ll get a truly generic icon in the toolbar. “Mouse hover” does reveal the script name as a tooltip though.

[Tyson Onaga]

The only way I know how to “mass edit” the Active Take Names is to use Edit Details and Excel.

1. View, Edit Details (Show Events)
2. Select all (topmost, leftmost cell)
3. Copy
4. Excel, Paste (note: row 1 will the column headers)
5. edit the Active Take Name cells
6. Select the Active Take Name cells (safest way is to select them all except for row 1, the column headers)
7. Copy
8. Vegas … Edit Details, select the topmost Active Take Name cell
9. Paste

Kinda funky but you can “mass change” a bunch of Active Take Name values.

[Tyson Onaga]

I created a short m2v with v10.e and cannot “import it”.

m2v’s can be created from Vegas but they cannot be used within Vegas.
See discussion here:
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/Forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&MessageID=804939

Looks like you need to convert it to mpg.

[Tyson Onaga]

If you have multiple tracks, maybe something like:

Track C:__ Parent
Track D:____ Child
Track E:____ Child

Perhaps something like this:

Track A:__ your “next” event
Track B:__ Parent (Sony Solid Color, White), Multiply (Mask)
Track C:____ Parent
Track D:______ Child
Track E:______ Child

The Sony Solid White should be the exact length of C, D, E (whichever is longest). Make sure the compositing mode is Multiply(Mask).

The events in Track A and B overlap, where the Transition will be applied.

Add a fade out to the event in track B.
Add a fade in to the event in track A.
These two fades should be the same length.

Apply the same Transition to the fades in the events in tracks A and B.

[Tyson Onaga]

Let’s assume your clips are HD, 1920 x 1080.

You want to place 3 of these horizontally, vertically centered across the middle of an HD space. Divide by 3.

Each Track Motion should have the width and height of 640 x 360.
To position them horizontally, the leftmost should have an x value of -640; rightmost x value of 640; center x at 0. All should have a y value of 0.