This is a demo of the steps used to turn on the Presonus FaderPort in Vegas Pro 9e. This will enable the automation tools and flying fader. There is no narration with this. It is a down and dirty walk through.
The files for the sports elements demonstrations are now live on my Video Production Learning Center. They are still on here, but over on the VPLC, there is now a discussion forum for folks to exchange ideas about how they do it and how they use these kind of elements. You will find it all under the free mini-courses in the Article Archives. See you there!
Continuing on with the sports highlight videos, a sample was shown of a glinting arrow and box. Rather than creating these in a .gif builder, it is easy to build similar items in Vegas Pro. Here is a veggie to demonstrate. Decompress the archive and double click on the demonstration veggie. It will show nested veggies in use as well as the animation rendered to a Quicktime animation with Alpha channel.
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Animated element demonstration (23)On the Sony Creative Software forums, it was asked how to make or work with the elements used in football highlight videos. Specifically, these are things like darkening the whole image except for a circle surrounding a player and following him around. Also, it was asked about how to add arrows and lines and such to point out things. The fact is, these are all very easy because Vegas Pro allows you to key frame almost everything at many different levels.
I could write pages and pages about how to do these things in Vegas Pro. Instead of writing a book , I thought it would be easier for folks to understand if I just made a tongue in cheek video sample and provided the veggie file for folks to open up and explore how it was done.
Download the archive by clicking on the link below. (Warning, it is 80 mb in size)
Redneck Golf Sample Project (36)The veggie file, the video, the graphics, and audio, are all in a single zip archive for you to download. Download the archive and extract it into a folder. Double click on the veggie file, and if you have Vegas Pro 9 installed correctly, it will open up ready for you to explore.
The archive has the line, arrow, and circle graphics in it. They are just .PNG files with transparency that I made in Photoshop Elements.
The project demonstrates using a cookie cutter on a solid color media, with keyframes to highlight a moving item in the video. It also demonstrates using a circle and an arrow graphic to identify things. It demonstrates using 3D source alpha track motion to place a line in the image with perspective. Finally it uses some child/parent tracks to create an element with several tracks but maneuver them all with one parent track to keep the complete element intact. (that is the sign graphic) Oh, I also change the color of one of the arrows, just by using the Sepia video fx.
I hope you enjoy it.
I just returned from a wonderful week in North Georgia. Along the way I tested the GoPro HD Hero cam for POV shots and for situations when you need your hands free. Here is a quick clip from the trip. I just strapped it to my chest and ignored it while I played. I will post more later.
One of the things that I love about Sony’s Vegas Pro software is the scripting API that they have provided. This allows Vegas Pro to quickly add many time saving functions quickly and easily. Chances are that if you have a repetitive set of tasks that you need to be easier, there is a script to take care of you. If not, there are some great folks in the Vegas community who are good with C# or JS who just might whip up a script to solve your needs.
Two of the great script and extension writers, Edwards Troxel and John Rofrano have each delivered script solutions large and small. John’s Ultimate S Pro and Edward’s Excaliber are tool kits full of time saving functions. (I personally use Ultimate S Pro for many things.) They also continue to contributed a wealth of free scripts to the community. Read more…
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Here is a visual demonstration of creating and adding a plug in chain of FX in Vegas Pro. This is the way to copy a bunch of FX settings to other events.
Using Digital Juice animations that have transparency just got easier in Vegas Pro thanks to master programmer and script writer John Rofrano. John is the great one behind the likes of Ultimate S and Production Assistant.
The inconvenience of using Digital Juice animations with transparency in Vegas Pro has come for the necessity of having to set the Alpha Channel type of each clip. That meant right clicking the event, choosing properties, then the media tab, and finally setting the Alpha Channel type. This new script ends that forever. Now all you do is place the animations on the timeline, select the events, and press the new button on the toolbar.
The script is in a small zip file here: SetAlphaChannel Script for Vegas Pro (80)
Happy editing …
My Video Production Learning Center website has finally gone live. After working for a couple weeks to get the infrastructure in place, I have also finished creating the first mini course. The site is located at KolboKorp.com .
The first mini course is Using Chroma Blur in Chroma Keys. It explains what chroma blur does, why it is used, and how to apply it.
The site will eventually offer a number of free mini courses, but the long term goal is the development of courses to prepare users for the Sony Vegas Pro certification exams. That is a year away so enjoy the mini courses as they appear.
KK
I suggest the following location for some good explanations of audio principals and applications. They are written for everyday folks to understand. While they are publications by Shure, the principals are universal. I personally use a number of Shure products so that is not an issue for me. Shure mics and mixers tend to be rugged workhorse products.
Audio for Video http://www.shure.com/idc/groups/public/documents/webcontent/us_pro_audiovideoproduction_ea.pdf
Other audio applications and topics Shure Eduational Articles
