The Idiots Guide to Vegas

Radical_Yue · Post by **Radical_Yue** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:50 am

SweetNymph wrote:
Rebyrth wrote:This has been answered before, I know that for a fact, but I still can't find an answer...so uh...forgive me, k? ^_^;;;

Now, uhm...my amv's file size is around 900mbs...thats NOT good...not even close to being reasonably small...so uh...how do i compress it with Vegas? WMM beats me when I try to take it there to compress with... T_T
I just went through the thread,and can't find anything on making clips. T-T

Making clips? 0.o Do you mean importing? Because that's the first thing covered.

Or perhaps saving your AMV as a .AVI(or someother type of file extension)? (Which is called rendering)

v_joshi123 · Post by **v_joshi123** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:38 pm

Hi, I just got Vegas 6, and it's absolutely wonderful. I'm having a problem, though. Whenever I try to mask something, there isn't a masking check box option in the Event Pan/Crop window! Is there something I need to do before that will appear? Please help!

fireemblem776 · Post by **fireemblem776** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:49 am

Radical_Yue wrote:
SweetNymph wrote:
Rebyrth wrote:This has been answered before, I know that for a fact, but I still can't find an answer...so uh...forgive me, k? ^_^;;;

Now, uhm...my amv's file size is around 900mbs...thats NOT good...not even close to being reasonably small...so uh...how do i compress it with Vegas? WMM beats me when I try to take it there to compress with... T_T
I just went through the thread,and can't find anything on making clips. T-T
Making clips? 0.o Do you mean importing? Because that's the first thing covered.

Or perhaps saving your AMV as a .AVI(or someother type of file extension)? (Which is called rendering)

To seperate a vid into clips push the S key and the seperate.

fireemblem776 · Post by **fireemblem776** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:13 pm

Where do i go to change the settings of how long a pic will play in the time line? i want to change the defalut setting from 5 secs to something smaller.

freakinerd · Post by **freakinerd** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:11 pm

How do I make the clip go slower and/or faster

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:17 pm

read the first page
section 2 number 6

freakinerd · Post by **freakinerd** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:23 pm

strange, I read the first page and didn't even see that

thank you

salemshady · Post by **salemshady** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:57 pm

wow!! to give u an idea of how much this guide is worth.... i installed vegas 3 times on my laptop only to uninstall and continue with cyberlink powerdirector because it all looked so damn complicated. and then i saw this super awesome wicked cool sticky/guide and voila...it all got so easy from there on! you're the best!

Sayoria · Post by **Sayoria** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:40 pm

I know, kill me now, but i MUST ask... I just booted the thing up, and I have heard ALOT of people with this problem. Idk if its been said or i skimmed over it, but I try to preview whatever video footage I got and it isnt showing in the preview box at all, it just remains black. Is this that Divx problem? If so or if not, how can i fix this? I would greatly appreciate the help ^^;

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:46 pm

L'arc~en~ciel wrote:I know, kill me now, but i MUST ask... I just booted the thing up, and I have heard ALOT of people with this problem. Idk if its been said or i skimmed over it, but I try to preview whatever video footage I got and it isnt showing in the preview box at all, it just remains black. Is this that Divx problem? If so or if not, how can i fix this? I would greatly appreciate the help ^^;

DO NOT USE DIVX/XVID-ENCODED CLIPS IN YOUR EDITING PROGRAMS!!!!

That said, the solution would be to encode your clips using VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod with a lossless codec like Lagarith or HuffYUV. If you're unsure how to do that, this would be a great place to start.