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Fan4Lost · Advanced Vidder Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 2224

Sorry I deleted all my tutorials. The fourcc changer only came from me in the zip file, it's not standard. It's freeware here:

http://www.divx-digest.com/software/avifourcc.html

And when you convert the files, please make sure you pay close attention to caps. Type it in exactly the way I do. If that doesn't work, someone also suggested doing it in all caps and that worked for them. Then hit apply and it should now show up in Vegas.

Hope that helps.

littleton_pace · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject:

thanks, ill try that and let you know if it works ;P

also, i need some effects help if anyone can help me

i want to know, is there a way to fade in and out with colours? like i want to go from grayscale to this bright pinkish colour and the only way i can seem to do it is cut the scene into pieces and change the opacity :S is there an easier way?

EDIT:

no; that thing didnt work on my clips :S i have a feeling it may just be this episode because i have ep 1 and 2 of season 4 that i got from the same place and they load into vegas fine, audio and all. maybe its just this one :S which sucks cos i could use the sayid audio

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Charmed_Charlee · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject:

Kat I have the same problem some of my clips the audio will be on and some it won't when put into Vegas so I'm not sure

Aislynn · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject:

I have the same problem with mine, even after using the Four CC code changer (and I have to type it as DIVX in all caps,

if I type it as DivX, then it turns my footage upside down and backwards!

). And I end up with some audio on some of the code changed eps but most of them only import with video after that.

Man, if WMM doesn't work to help you, that just completely sucks rocks through a straw!

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

Hey there im new to Sony Vegas and this forum XD
I have Sony Vegas Studio 8.
I was wondering if someone could assist me in figuring out how to do a few effects?
- Making it so that a character fades out of a scene like a ghost, there is an example of this at the beginning of this Jate video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDzKHgZDkEQ

- Making a double vision look effect like in this video for example at 1.06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB8kspRok10

-And making it look as though a different clip is imposed on to a TV in a seperate scene. e.g. when Jack is watching "Red Sox win the series" instead have a clip of Kate doing something as if he watching her on TV.

I'd really appreciate anyone's help if they can understand what the hell I am talking about lol.
xCFx

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

*bumps thread*
Please guys, any help at all?
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Aislynn · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject:

Hey there, CF!

Welcome to LVI (and to Vegas!

)!

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

Thank you very much

I've figured out how to do the TV effect and will go on to the other

but theres a problem with the ''ghost'' efffect
For the first request, PsychoCynic's example is about making someone disappear in the same scene. I wanted someone from a different scene to fade in and out of another, much like in Dayln's example. But Dayln has used Sony Vegas 6 and I have Vegas 8

Is there anyone who has done it with Vegas 8?
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Aislynn · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:17 am Post subject:

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

Do you have that button anywhere on your studio? Isnt it the "pen" button because I don't have that anywhere in pan/crop.

Thanks I'll try that other method, what do you mean by making the background completely one colour is that in Media Generators?
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Aislynn · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject:

I went ahead and borrowed Dayln's full version of Vegas' pan/crop tool cap

and compared it directly with mine from Movie Studio:

Nope, there's no pen tool and no masking track in Movie Studio, so there's no way to do a precise mask like was done to make a moving character fade out of a scene in your first example vid, sorry!

As to how to fake that effect with a still picture:

1. Find the picture or scene with the character in it that you want to fade out of a separate scene and take a screencap of it by using the snapshot button above the preview window:

2. Then you'll need a graphics program like Photoshop, Paintshop, GIMP or even Paint to "paint" everything but your character either blue, red or green (if they're wearing a blue, red or green shirt, for example, be sure to pick a color other than that because that color is going to disappear in the next step

).

3. Import that new picture into your project and put it on the timeline above the video clip you want that character to appear in. Go to Video Effects and find the Chroma keyer. Apply either the blue, red or green (whichever color you used for your background), then use the eyedropper to match the color exactly and use the high and low threshold sliders to adjust it further if necessary. You should then have your character looking like they're in the video clip scene.

4. You can use the pan/crop tool to position the character in the video clip wherever they need to be and adjust the size to make them bigger or smaller if necessary.

Then just do a fade at the end of the still pic and the character should seem to disappear. You can also use any of the Video effects on the still pic, such as to make the character look more glowy or whatever if it looks good.

Hope that all helps!

Jemmz · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:

Ais, (or Steph, or someone else who knows this) I have a probably very simple question

I haven't figured out how to rotate the clip so it's facing the other way yet

I know it's probably something to do with the pan/crop thing, right? But how do I change which way the clip is facing? In WMM you would just right click and select "rotate horizontally" or something like that! (I'm sorry I can't explain that very well at ALL

Hope you understand what I mean, lol).

Charmed_Charlee · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject:

Ooh, What you have to do is bring up the event Pan/Crop screen and then right click the image and then click 'flip horizontal'

Aislynn · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject:

No worries, Jemma! That's one of those things that's hard to find if you don't know where to look for it! Especially since WMM has it listed as an effect so you automatically look for it as an effect in Vegas when instead it's tucked into the pan/crop tool! I had to ask about that, too!

Jemmz · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

Oh good, thanks guys!