Vegas 4 split-screen

[Dvirus101]

I have two clips, the first is essentially AB and the second is essentially CD. How does one go about rendering part of the output as A|D in Vegas 4?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Gemberkoekje]

i can do that in Avisynth (free somewhere on this site)

crop B off AB
crop C off CD
layer/overlay (B, C, halfX, 0)

something like that... export it with Virtuadub and put the result into Vegas 4...

Sorry but i dont know vegas 4 so you should wait for someone who does

[Gemberkoekje]

Use the following code in avisynth:

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#This piece of code is Copyright© Baka Neko Producties.
#
#It may only be used after permission of BNP, as given to Dvirus101
vid1 = directshowsource("C:\video1.avi")
vid2 = directshowsource("C:\video2.avi")
vid2 = Bicubicresize(vid2,640,480) #Might wanna change this to the size of vid1 - if they are not the same
vid1 = crop(vid1, 0, 0, 320, 480)
vid1 = addborders(vid1,0,0,320,0)
vid2 = crop(vid2, 320, 0, 320, 480)
vid1 = ConvertToRGB32(vid1)
vid2 = ConvertToRGB32(vid2)
Overlay(vid1, vid2,x=320,y=0)

Exact working order:

Install Avisynth+Virtuadubmod
create a file anything.avs
change C:\video1 and 2 to the videos you want to use.
Start VirtuaDubMod, choose open video, and choose anything.avs
Now choose File - Save as... - choose a compression under compression and think up a filename
press save
wait
et voila... ready to put into Vegas or whatever you want to use...

[TaranT]

I have two clips, the first is essentially AB and the second is essentially CD. How does one go about rendering part of the output as A|D in Vegas 4?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Place one clip above the other. Right-click the top one and select Event FX. Drag the cookie cutter effect to the window. In the properties select a square shape (rectangle might work for this, too). In the lower left window, drag the blue square directly left. Or use the Center X and Center Y numbers to locate precisely (X=0, y=0.5). You'll see your A|D appear in the preview window.

From there you can add a colored border, feathered if you want it that way.

Change the Method option to swap the two halves.

Animate with keyframes if you want the boundary to move.

[Scintilla]

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#This piece of code is Copyright© Baka Neko Producties.
#
#It may only be used after permission of BNP, as given to Dvirus101
vid1 = directshowsource("C:\video1.avi")
vid2 = directshowsource("C:\video2.avi")

Why does this code use DirectShowSource() and not <b>AVISource()</b> for loading AVIs?

[bum]

Their are two problems with the avisynth method. Firstly, vegas doesnt support avisynth. Sony tried to impliment it into vegas5 but thier seemed to be some error they couldnt find a way around. Mabey if people bug them enough on the official forum. However it may be possible to use the wax plug-in and import avs files indirectly through it. Though I havent tried it, mainly because I've never had a use for avisynthin. The second "problem" is, why waste time with all that code when you could just apply a filter

[Kalium]

Use the following code in avisynth:

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#This piece of code is Copyright© Baka Neko Producties.
#
#It may only be used after permission of BNP, as given to Dvirus101

OK, now that's just bad form.

[Gemberkoekje]

It's my code can do anything i want with it

re: vegas doesnt support avisynth.
First export it to avi with VDM

re: why waste time with all that code when you could just apply a filter
I told you i dont know Vegas

re: Why does this code use DirectShowSource() and not AVISource() for loading AVIs?
I found DSS to show more kinds of files - so that's why i rather use that.

[Kalium]

It's my code can do anything i want with it

That doesn't make it any less in bad form.

[Dvirus101]

Right before I logged in to see the replies, I figured out how to do it with the Cookie Cutter. Thanks to everybody though!