Wayne Waag
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Even better, here is a script that enables you to go from Vegas to Handbrake with 1-click. It’s a bit tedious to set up but well worth it. I use it all the time.
https://www.vegasvideo.de/vegas-2-handbrake-en
wwaag
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@George
Thanks so much for the kind words although completely unnecessary. I must say, however, that you hit the proverbial nail on the head. I’ve really enjoyed being of help to others like so many of the “gurus” have helped me. One thing I’ve learned is that simple common courtesy goes a long way. No accolades–just a simple “thanks”. I’ve always been appreciative of others who have helped me and as such, I think I can count on asking them again in the future when the need arises. But like the OP, others don’t share this view. Fortunately, they are in the minority. Again, thanks.wwaag
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Can I ask exactly what Debug Frameserver is and does?
Sure. A frameserver can be a very useful tool if you want to export from the Vegas timeline for use in another application, e.g. an encoder other than those built into Vegas. Two very good encoders are Handbrake and TMPGEnc’s Mastering Works which are considered by many, including me, to be a lot better than MainConcept. T o use such encoders usually require that one renders first from Vegas into a digital intermediate and then render that intermediate using the external encoder–in other words, two renders. A frameserver creates a “dummy” intermediate that can be directly opened by the encoder. The encoder sees it as a file, but it is really a directly render from Vegas. The bottom line–just one render. No need for a digital intermediate which can often be very large in size and only one render rather than two. A frameserver can also be used if one wants to use external filters using Avisynth and Virtualdub (which I often do). Hope this helps.
wwaag
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What I don’t understand is that if using Camtasia is so much quicker, then why not use it? I do a lot of stills animation and while it could be done in Vegas by writing many special purpose scripts, it’s much faster to use software specifically designed for that purpose, in my case, Proshow Producer. I’m sure that the latest versions of Camtasia enables you to render to a format which could be imported easily into Vegas–at least the older versions of Camtasia supported that.
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The only problem with such a simplistic approach is that your stabilized clip with most likely be zoomed in a bit or a lot, depending upon its motion. The result will likely be an immediate “zoom in” and “zoom out” at the subclips borders. The newest version of the Mercalli stabilizer enables a gradual transition in and out. Likewise, the venerable Deshaker script always leaves the first and end frames intact so that the transitions will always be smooth. For that reason, it’s best to stabilize at the “natural” start and end of an event, rather than simply created a subclip. However, I’d certainly give it a try, since it’s certainly easier than either use of Mercalli or Deshaker.
wwaag
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Of course, it can be done. The question is whether anyone is willing to make the effort to create that script. What you are asking for is really pretty simple and can already be accomplished with just a few keystrokes. Right-click, copy the keyframe, run the script I provided you in an earlier thread to move cursor 1 sec, click the pan/crop window to regain focus, hit the insert button to create new keyframe, and then Ctrl-v to paste the keyframe–no more than a few seconds.
Moreover, your lack of any acknowledgement for “saving your life” last time makes me, for one, reluctant to provide such assistance in the future since creating scripts does take time and effort. Perhaps someone else may be willing. Even better–take the time to learn to cobble together the script yourself, like many of us have done. Good luck.
wwaag
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My suspicion (just a WAG) is that the professional packages you mention will make the necessary changes. It may take some time, but new versions will be released if the judgment is made that it is worthwhile to the developers bottom line. Who knows? IMHO, the greatest risk will be on those “home grown” scripts and extensions that many of us use and consider invaluable–e.g. the Debugmode Frameserver, where the developer has abandoned the project.
wwaag
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Glad it worked for you and that the quality from the timeline is better. Also a lot easier. In the future, I’d stay away from VLC except as a media player.
wwaag
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Left-click on track box and un-select Expand Track Layers. This is a very common mistake.
wwaag
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Wrong area. Bottom left, just below position. There’s a tick box.
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