The Idiots Guide to Vegas

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:10 pm

you should only need to change the opacity of the video on the top line.

and i don't know if they are vista compatible because I donno anyone who has tried to run it on vista.

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:48 am

I think I've found the transition I was looking for.

Cause what I wanted was a greyscale picture turning into colour from a circle in the centre.

I found it under WAX transitions 2-oval in dissolve.But when I try and drag it between two clips,a window comes up with "please wait"

Then after a while after I close the window this pops up

its a bit long so here's the rest of what it said.

Sony Vegas Pro 8.0
Version 8.0b (Build 217)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) READ:0xFE9093B1 IP:0xFE9093B1
Thread: GUI ID=0x1330 Stack=0x12F000-0x130000
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=001b EIP=fe9093b1 EFLGS=00210246
EBX=00000000 SS=0023 ESP=0012f408 EBP=7616d8f3
ECX=037d0e10 DS=0023 ESI=037d0dc8 FS=003b
EDX=037d0014 ES=0023 EDI=76173c7b GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
FE9093B1: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........
FE9093B9: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........
Stack Dump:
0012F408: 0A927888 0A910000 + 17888 (WAXVEG~1.DLL)
0012F40C: 00000111
0012F410: 037D0DF4 036C0000 + 110DF4
0012F414: 0A937888 0A910000 + 27888 (WAXVEG~1.DLL)
0012F418: 037D0DF4 036C0000 + 110DF4
0012F41C: 761793ED 76160000 + 193ED (USER32.dll)
0012F420: 00000000
0012F424: 037D0DC8 036C0000 + 110DC8
0012F428: 01010000 00400000 + C10000 (vegas80.exe)
0012F42C: 00000000
0012F430: 00000000
0012F434: 76182FA9 76160000 + 22FA9 (USER32.dll)
0012F438: 761CAB20 76160000 + 6AB20 (USER32.dll)
0012F43C: 0012F3E8 00030000 + FF3E8
0012F440: 0012F47C 00030000 + FF47C
0012F444: 76172BBC 76160000 + 12BBC (USER32.dll)
> 0012F474: 762D2829 762D0000 + 2829 (MSCTF.dll)
> 0012F478: 763510B8 762D0000 + 810B8 (MSCTF.dll)
> 0012F480: 762D6DD2 762D0000 + 6DD2 (MSCTF.dll)
> 0012F4B4: 00747874 00400000 + 347874 (vegas80.exe)
0012F4B8: 06191B50 06020000 + 171B50
0012F4BC: 0000C03C
0012F4C0: 0000C03C
0012F4C4: 0012F4B0 00030000 + FF4B0
> 0012F4D0: 761C76CC 76160000 + 676CC (USER32.dll)
> 0012F4DC: 76182937 76160000 + 22937 (USER32.dll)
> 0012F4E0: 762D6D77 762D0000 + 6D77 (MSCTF.dll)
> 0012F4EC: 762D6D8E 762D0000 + 6D8E (MSCTF.dll)
> 0012F528: 00471F0F 00400000 + 71F0F (vegas80.exe)
0012F52C: 0908B308 09000000 + 8B308
0012F530: 0908B308 09000000 + 8B308
> 0012F534: 004683D4 00400000 + 683D4 (vegas80.exe)
- - -
0012FFF0: 00000000
0012FFF4: 0083F20B 00400000 + 43F20B (vegas80.exe)
0012FFF8: 7FFDB000 7FFDB000 + 0
0012FFFC: 00000000

When I first downloaded WAX it said,I need the .Net framework for vegas 4+,so I download version 2.0 and when I tried to install it said I already had it with the operating system.So I went back and downloaded version 3.5 and waited for it to download and install but there wasnt really much of a difference.

I'm using microsoft vista by the way.

Oh and I figured out how to do the opacity stuff,been playing around with it yesterday

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:55 am

And when I closed that window,it closed the program.When I open the program again it works fine,I mean the program worked fine,not the transition.

Any help appreciated!or if not then any other way I could do roughly the same effect without using WAX?

Sometimes before that script error message comes up this comes up aswell.

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:00 am

I did try and use the cookie cutter but this happened.

Another effect is having an oval shaped video play ontop of the current video.And having it move from one side to the other.Which I'm kinda clueless about,but I'll experiment while I wait for a reply(hopefully) and post any updates to see if I can get further help with it.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:12 pm

Judging from your screencaps, you're trying to everything with single clips. If so, start thinking in terms of layers. And that includes layering copies of the same clip.

Cause what I wanted was a greyscale picture turning into colour from a circle in the centre.

Something for you to try: Put two copies of the same clip on two tracks, one directly above the other and lined up precisely. Apply the black and white FX to the bottom copy. Drag a simple crossfade over the top clip at either end. Play back the result.

Next, add a cookie cutter FX to the top clip and playback. To get the expanding circle, put some keyframes on the circle cookie cutter.

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:05 am

the problem is that it only seems to show half a circle in the centre.is that something to do with the keyframes?because when I edit the settings,like the x and y thing,all it does is repeat the circle on the right hand side,but nothing happens on the left hand side of the clip at all :\

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:19 am

squallxrinoa wrote:the problem is that it only seems to show half a circle in the centre.is that something to do with the keyframes?because when I edit the settings,like the x and y thing,all it does is repeat the circle on the right hand side,but nothing happens on the left hand side of the clip at all :\

You are another newbie caught in the jaws of a trap that we set for our amusement.

But seriously... look at the toolbar on the top edge of your preview window. You want that icon that looks like a circle inside of a rectangle, one side shaded and the other not. Click on the drop-down arrow on the right side of that icon. Click "Select All". Then click directly on that icon.

What is happening is that you have effects turned off for the left side of the preview window. Not much use for what you are doing, but it can help when you are applying color-related effects (and other stuff).

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:08 am

oh I see it now!thanks,must have turned it off when I was playing around and clicked on everything to see what happened.

Also how do I get part of a clip to move from 1 side of the screen to the other?Like I have a video playing,but I want a part of another video playing aswell but at the same time moving from 1 side to another.I tried using the push and slide transitions and changed the opacity but it looks to obvious,I want it to move smoothly,any ideas?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:31 pm

pan/crop?

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:26 pm

Ah so do I mask out the part of the clip I want like it was a paino key,and paste it along the clip a few times while moving its position?