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Videoam 05.08.2021
Can you really use 2 editors - how do you choose between them?
I play the piano so my left hand is jealous of the the right one:) And I expect it will take some time but I've already done compositing and other stuff after 3 days so I think I can make it work. Also after my panic set in, I realized I use Photoshop/On1, Samplitude/MuseScore, so why not new NLE/Vegas.
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Videoam 03.08.2021
VEGAS Pro 19 first look in commercial
Samplitude and Sequia are the two professional level audio tools. Over the last two versions Samplitude has become a very stable and powerful DAW with great MIDI tools. Samplitude is for smaller operations and Sequia is for very large houses. Given the state of the single person shop / advanced amateur markets for still and hybrid cameras I believe a consolidation has to be the survival strategy. For Hollywood it's still Avid for the main studios with Premier and Resolve seemingly doing well in medium/small studios and independents (from what I've seen on DVXusers and CreativeCow. I love the easy work flow in Vegas and how good it has become (I started with V13 from movie studio) but as the market contracts for amateurs and smaller shops/indy makers I think any firm would be well advised to put all of their money on one product and make sure the offering of versions fit the market niches best suited for their product.
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Videoam 23.07.2021
VEGAS Pro 19 first look in commercial
@Ehemaliger User can't you wait just a little bit more for the full details of the new version? The release date may not be so far away. Trolls should not see the light of day.
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Videoam 15.07.2021
Post Your VEGAS Creations!
@D7K nice hand holding! I also use a G9. Dual IS is really good on the camera. Did you do the last firmware update? Yes I did and the focusing is greatly improved. That being said for BIF's I still use a small center box and near/far focusing. Human/Animal focus works well for larger animals even in the brush. I've found that I can (even at 71) getting good steady video hand holding using good technique with the PL100-400 always at 200mm (fov FF 400mm) and sometimes even at 300mm (have to use Mercalli at least 50% of the time over 200mm). For wildlife imaging the G9 (especially at 60 FPS (10 bit is only for 10 minutes)) is a key tool. All in a body that costs only $1000 during the frequent sales....
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Videoam 14.07.2021
Post Your VEGAS Creations!
I do a lot of wild life stuff, here is a recent G9/100-400PL hand held at 200mm
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Videoam 05.07.2021
Screen Capture
If you have an AMD GPU use the capture utility provided in the RADON software (drivers/setup for AMD GPU's). It is actually a full featured capture program. If you run two monitors (I do, one from my mother board (INTEL CPU/GPU) and a RX480), Vegas will capture from the monitor on the motherboard.
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Videoam 05.07.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
The Independence library in Samp is pretty good, I think you have to add a $1K digital orchestra to get better sounds, lots of articulations in that library. Also the midi files that transfer from MuseScore to Samp can be broken down to individual instruments (if I remember Independence does not have individual instruments only sections) and a PRO level Orchestra VST will add those individual instruments for classical and movie scoring. I've done some midi files in MuseScore taken them out to my PX-5s which can be helpful. If you want to score for video you really want to take a few scoring courses and I'd use Independence to see what type of music I was good at. Remember even if you get Samp and a PRO level scoring and orchestra software you still might need an Orechestra to get the sound a client would want (expensive indeed).
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Videoam 03.07.2021
Bezier and Masking does work
Marco was correct. I realized that I had to use Picture in Picture and not location for what I wanted to work. Slow learner I guess.
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Videoam 01.07.2021
Motion tracking in Vegas Pro 18
Thanks, I'll just reinstall 17 for just the tracking.....
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Videoam 01.07.2021
Motion tracking in Vegas Pro 18
I find that I have to restart motion tracking when using Bezier masking as it "disappears" after I apply it to another track. Anyone else having issue with tracking and Bezier Masks?
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Videoam 25.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
I would also like to say that if you want to compose music start by trying free MuseScore 3.0. Very good even compared to the top commercial scoring programs. Easy to learn and very fast at that tedious inputting notes (using key board numbers and letters. Samplitude's midi score editor is not bad but MuseScore does just one thing and it does it well and then outputs to midi or wave formats.
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Videoam 24.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
That is a good explanation Fred. It is indeed very good, it's Independence Sampler's instruments are very good (as good as the full midi orchestra I purchased) and SpectraLayers Pro is a useful addition for some (for those who visually like to work with wave files) . But as I said I work mainly with MIDI and to that point I use my PX-5S keyboard as a input device. For me another great feature is I can use the synth in the PX-5S to create complex files in a sound format and then using Samplitude's Melodyne tool I turn those files into midi files and can assign the instruments in Samplitude to give me a totally different presentation of the music (score) created on the PX-5S. I am actually surprised that Magix doesn't offer both Vegas and Samplitude as a suite to small production houses that work with video and sound/music.
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Videoam 24.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
You can important and export music files, you can bring video in to Samplitude and edit the score to fit the video. IMHO Samplitude for me is the best DAW for my purposes. The midi instruments (I work mostly with MIDI) supplied are very good and you can even use Samplitude as a scoring program if you don't have a program specifically for scoring (BTW MuseScore is free and very good). It is not a cheap program but it is very full featured and version 6 suite is a very, very powerful system. Here is a link to the Samplitude forum. Spend sometime there to get information on the various tools and typical uses from real users. I evaluated lots of DAW's and Samplitude seem to fit my needs the best.
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Videoam 24.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
BTW, in a previous thread, I did offer some "cut to the chase" forensics: i.e., that when Sony bought Sonic Foundry's (original inventor/developer of Vegas) product line, it hired 70 of the 190 or so of their employees to maintain and develop the product line further; when later, Magix purchased Vegas, the same development team was reduced to about a dozen or so. What does that tell you?https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105208542012539500 Who knows how many coders were in Sonic Foundry? Who knows what corporate resources Magix thought they could provide to the core group of coders by using outside coders? How many of those 70 were administrative or sales staff which would be redundant? "I have a VERY good sense of allocation of resources being determinitive of OUTCOMES, especially the MANIFESTLY OBVIOUS variety." Well you can think things are obvious in this relationship but it's been my experience that relying on the obvious is the way to Chapter 11 or 13. Just not enough information. Look you stay out of my posts and I will stay out of yours.
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Videoam 24.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
I grew up as the son of an entrepreneur, who was the son of an entrepreneur. I have a VERY good sense of allocation of resources being determinitive of OUTCOMES, especially the MANIFESTLY OBVIOUS variety.The "why's" and "how's" don't really matter as much as the WHAT (outcome). ARE you arguing against the manifestly OBVIOUS outcomes or trying to enter into some ridiculous pissing contests, or some sort of "you have no idea" what you're talking about assessment. Really, one doesn't need to know all that much, either things work or don't, and if they don't (or don't work optimally) are they making progress towards fixing that. I don't see how it gets much simpler than that.Again, my friend, my concern is OUTCOMES, and outcomes go to resource allocation. It's manifestly NOT rocket science. Your assuming your wanted outcomes are the outcomes that will drive market share. We know what happens when one assumes....
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Videoam 23.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
This is NOT rocket science, doesn't require and MBA to analyze, it just is, and it is obvious, and go back ten, twelve years ago on the forums....This is where you and I are very different in understanding the arguments you are putting forward. Business management tools (Yep like Multivariate Regression and other mathematical modeling tools) are need when evaluating complex systems. People's assumptions, beliefs, and projections based solely what one believes to be true is like intellectual junk food. Business systems work in large environments which can be impacted by laws, government regulations, reporting systems, (peer and not peer) review groups and users of products and services as well as the internal structure of the firm itself. Your assumptions are based solely on your experience and your evaluation of other personal assumptions made public in communications which are not evaluated for truthfulness and hard data. Understanding the way a business operates and the resulting products and services it provides in an integrated world market is in fact today "Rocket Science" and even then Chaos Theory at this point in time only needs the proverbial Buttery Fly to flap it wings to change the analysis. Case in point the international supply chain and the impact of CD19. Everything you suggest can have unintended consequences to Magix or the actual coding of Vegas. Just because you use a program doesn't make you an expert in how the coding works and what and what is not possible in the current environment. I retired at 55 and am now 71. At one time I did use the tools I talk about to develop a business that two very large firms got into a bidding war over. Without understanding fully a businesses internal and external environments assumptions made about what the customer wants and what is possible for the firm to due (economically and resource availability) results in nothing more than an opinion without merit IMHO. And you are certainly free to disagree with me as I am with you.
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Videoam 23.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
Wow you now are an expert on Samplitude. How long have you been using it? Or as it seems did you just present assumptions based on things you've read on the net? Do you create music? Do you have an MBA in marketing or management? How many firms have your created based on your business expertise that reached 10 million in sales or more? What are your credentials for making such business analysis? BTW, Magix' Samplitude, for years, had the same problem: i.e., marketing dept. telling developers to keep cranking out novel "features" (bells and whistles mostly) when general performance and stability was the quest sought by established users. It performs MUCH better now, but it took years. The dynamic is well established in software concerns, marketing wants NEW users and thus seeks NEWISH GADGETs, like trinkets dangled, to rope in those new sales. It makes perfect sense on the one hand, but OTOH, the PRO USER - the one they've established a relationship with, sometimes is neglected by way of not addressing MORE FUNDAMENTAL issues.
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Videoam 22.06.2021
Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important
Fred - Spoken as a man who thinks he knows more than everyone else or an idiot, perhaps both.
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Videoam 20.06.2021
Vibrance FX Tips
Have you tried saving a frame, taking it into photoshop and correcting it and then export a LUT so you only do it once a project?
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Videoam 13.06.2021
does anyone have screen capture working?
It won't work with my AMD RX 480 8 gig, but it will work the onboard (I have two screens, one on the RX480 and one on the mother board (1080P). The AMD utility is much better if you have an AMD card.
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Videoam 09.06.2021
Vegas Pro Edit or Vegas Pro?
@Alok-Sharma In a discussion like this, it is absolutely necessary to distinguish what kind of music production one will be involved with. They are as different as night and day! 1. Audio recording, editing, and mastering only. Use Sound Forge. 2. MIDI and Loop instrument production. Use an integrated DAW, such as Cubase or Cakewalk (free), which ALSO have Audio Recording and production capabilities. Those are two completely different classes of audio production software, and the distinction must be made prior to purchase, so one isn't saddled with unwanted expensive features, nor left wanting for loop / midi instrument capabilities. It is that simple. Or you get something like Samplitude that does it all at a professional level. Beware of DAW's that require you to buy lots of VSTs to be fully functional.
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Videoam 09.06.2021
Vegas Pro Edit or Vegas Pro?
I can say that Vegas PRO and Samplitude (and all the goodies you get with the suite (includes SF14) it makes a desktop a full video/music production studio for a good (great if you are upgrading) price. I've been using both (got Samplitude just about the same time as Vegas PRO 13) and find them incredibly user friendly and very powerful. There is a Samplitude Music Studio that might work well for your daughter as a DAW. Also she might look at the free scoring program MuseScore, very powerful and can accept input from a keyboard.
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Videoam 21.05.2021
Microsoft One Drive? Keep or Delete?
I've always owned by own businesses (some small, other large) and when WordPerfect "died", I went office (love access and excel together). Word is extremely powerful and outlook is like my second brain. For multiple computers and users it is very inexpensive. Even retired I use it every day.
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Videoam 17.05.2021
Super deal offered on VP18 edit. Seeking advice from you experts.
How about color management, always thought that was the big difference in the two.
D7K
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