The Idiots Guide to Vegas

Devo842 · Post by **Devo842** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:57 pm

The easyest way to fix your problem with the video not being where it should be is to manually type in the default values. The values should be Width 720, height 480, X Center 0, Y center 0. Another good thing to know is in most programs the undo works wonders.

As for splitting the screen, I am not sure exactly what you are talking about, because the link did not work. But one way to get the paneling effect is to a add a border effect on each of the clips.

I hope this helps.

Vivaldi · Post by **Vivaldi** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:19 am

I think that panling effect is one of the defult transitions.

Kyuubichan · Post by **Kyuubichan** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:52 pm

I'm having trouble, i get the anime clips on vegas, but all it shows is audio, theres not images. I have .avi type clips, downloaded from torrents, but all thats there it the audio. it says in the trimmer "media offline" can anyone help?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:50 pm

Kyuubichan · Post by **Kyuubichan** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:22 am

JaddziaDax wrote:

My friend also has sony vegas, and has the EXACT same files, and they work... mind explaining that?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:35 am

glitch, different processor, different computer...

Thing is divx/xvid encoded files are BUGGY in editing programs and will work for some people and fail hard for others. They are lossy anyways and might cause you artifacts and such in your video.. (I suggest you clicking those pretty red words for more information).

Obviously those files are not working for you so you need to convert them to a better format like say a lagarith or huffyuv encoded avi (taking short clips because lossless codecs tend to take a lot of file space and attempting to convert whole episodes will probably make your hd crash) which will not give you a single problem because both codecs were MADE for editing (while xvid and the like were made for distribution).

And to make matters worse THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WAS DISCUSSED NOT JUST A FEW POSTS AGO WITH THE FLASHING BANNER. :/

Lexana1 · Post by **Lexana1** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:53 am

Tranisitions don't work for me properly? I have been trying to use it by following your tutorial exactly, but every time all I get is a really quick flash, instead of the transition playing out properly. I've tried stretching it out over both clips, and it still won't play right

One I merge clip A into clip B, the transition almost seems to disappear on the timeline too

WrathofEdward · Post by **WrathofEdward** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:46 am

Ok... I have Sony Vegas 8.0 and for some reason I cant mask..
When i go to video event pan/crop, there is no masking option below my video's highlighted position bar. Can I activate masking elsewhere so that I can cut around my image? Please help. thank you!

blink_sora · Post by **blink_sora** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:59 am

Ok so i had no problems in Sony Vegas till now, I've experienced with some movie files and all so that i can get used to it. But now I really want to start an AMV and I want to import the music first but it doessn't work for some reason. It's in mp3 format but it just keeps blocking the program even thou all I do is to click on the file. What's with that?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:43 pm

try converting the mp3 to an uncompressed wav