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You're cropping it before the smart mask Fx. What if you move the smart mask Fx first in the Fx chain? Or add a different Fx after it like picture in picture and or crop? Or use track motion to recenter the video?

Video

4 answers, most recent on 5/23/2023

[Solved] Picture In Picture

I have watched several tutorials.I want to use motion tracking and place an image in the track. But on the second step, where I must put an image into a new video track and then drag the "Picture In Picture" FX into the image, it simply doesn't

Video

7 answers, most recent on 12/22/2024

RE: GPU recommendations?

Yes that 4070-s is good value but only has 12gb, I like the $450 price tag. You think I can get by smoothly with that card, editing 4k footage, color grading, titles, motion tracking, etc? I'll have an i9 14900k and 96Gb RAM. The Ti looks to only

Video

3 answers, most recent on 8/27/2024

RE: Key Frames Not Working

How about a little bit of information??? Version/build of VEGAS On an effect (if so, which one), pan/crop, track motion, envelopes, etc... where are the "not working" Steps to repeat what you are seeing (as I've been using a ton of keyframes and

Video

18 answers, most recent on 2/8/2024

RE: Motion Tracking is inaccurate and loses its object.

Thanks for the reply RogerS, Vegas does update its publicity, but as I wrote in the 2/7/2024, 3:21 PM message, I have version 19 and have not seen a tutorial regarding Motion Tracking updated for this release. There are always variations from

Video

16 answers, most recent on 8/26/2025

RE: 4K Cropping on 1080HD Timeline

My experience is your 4K clip is a 4K clip until you render out as 1080 as VP timeline works on the source media resolution. But Track motion works on project resolution which is where a less clear result will occur as you are zooming/panning into a

Video

4 answers, most recent on 8/19/2024

RE: VP22 - 4K MXF files not doing too well

I have a timeline with MXF file on it, and as soon as I start adjusting track motion, the picture freezes and locks on a frame, and all the track effects don't work anymore. It's unfortunate, because I was SO excited about how much more stable MKVs

Video

4 answers, most recent on 8/19/2024

VP22 - 4K MXF files not doing too well

I have a timeline with MXF file on it, and as soon as I start adjusting track motion, the picture freezes and locks on a frame, and all the track effects don't work anymore. It's unfortunate, because I was SO excited about how much more stable MKVs

Video

21 answers, most recent on 6/1/2023

RE: [Solved] A simple solid frame around a smaller-than-full-frame image

@Parser Hi, have you tried Track Motion, that has a shadow/glow that works on the outside & can be reduced to just a few solid pixels

Video

7 answers, most recent on 9/25/2025

Vegas Pro 23 - AI Auto Reframe is zooming with pictures?

I’m using Vegas Pro 23 and trying to apply the Auto AI Reframe feature. The problem is that my project contains both regular video clips and still images. The still images already have a slight zoom effect in the timeline to create some

Video

15 answers, most recent on 8/3/2024

RE: color correction

@Roger Bansemer You forgot to tell us what fx or at what level you are reducing the image on your top track. However, since you are applying the color cast at the Track Level, "whatever" you choose to reduce your image should also be applied at

Video

12 answers, most recent on 7/16/2024

Apply motion path to a video asset

Hello everyone! I see this was asked some years ago, but is it possible to create a bezier path for a video asset to follow (using Vegas 21.0 Build 315 )? Just to be clear, I'm not seeking to track the motion of an object in a scene, such as using

Video

32 answers, most recent on 11/20/2023

RE: I created a Vegas GPT assistant

@fr0sty @john-brown Bing uses the same back-end as ChatGPT, but the responses are different (because there are some semantic layers between interface A and interface B and the API end-point that do differ). But this is what GPT says; Show me how to

Video

12 answers, most recent on 12/13/2023

Adjustment event still not right?

I have here 4 tracks, Adjustment event Text Media generated colour A picture/video Parent/Child the text & colour with the adjustment event, Parent track motion adjusts all tracks. But if the Parent track is an Adjustment track instead of a

Scripting

33 answers, most recent on 2/13/2025

RE: Psd Layer Splitter Script

Your script is very useful for separating layers in the timeline, but it is still necessary to work on distributing the streams in depth using the Compositing Mode "3D Source Alpha" and adjusting the Track Motion position parameters. The more

Video

152 answers, most recent on 10/30/2024

RE: VEGAS Pro 22 Build 122 General Discussion

jayhoov wrote on 8/26/2024, 2:55 PM MOTION TRACKING TOOL: After creating a region and tracking, the region can no longer be moved or altered for re-tracking. Can only delete it and add another region. In Vegas 21 the region could be altered and

Video

18 answers, most recent on 2/8/2024

Motion Tracking is inaccurate and loses its object.

I think I have performed all the right steps in this video example. The object follows the gondola at first, but then disengages.I purchased the updates until 19 hoping this bug would be fixed, but I could never get Motion Tracking to work

Video

204 answers, most recent on 12/10/2025

RE: VEGAS Pro 21 Build 314 and 315 General Thread

...once I have made that cut and try to move the cut clip (both video and audio tracks) to another track, To move to a new track, you need to have both the video and audio events highlighted - grouping has no effect on moving tracks up or down no

Video

5 answers, most recent on 3/4/2024

RE: Can we drag and drop a shadow easily?

@Uytkownik-Vegasa I'm not sure what you want, but you could use parent track motion to add a shadow at once to multiple events on different tracks.

Video

6 answers, most recent on 12/10/2025

[Solved] Issue with Black Border Cropping Preview Window when Using 2D Shadow

Hello, I’m hoping someone can help me sort out an issue I’ve been dealing with. I’m surprised there were little to no answers online since I tried searching on Google multiple times. I’m having this on‑and‑off problem in VEGAS Pro where it doesn’t

Video

10 answers, most recent on 9/13/2024

RE: What do I need to do to not lose custom settings upon fresh reinstall?

Why in the Registry when other settings are either in your User AppData or your User Documents as shown earlier by Dexcon. There's probably a good technical reason but being inquisitive I wonder why. As for your original query I assume you've

Scripting

7 answers, most recent on 2/5/2024

Is there a way to find out if Track motion is set to 3D Source Alpha?

I am trying to add full 3D capability to my script but there are some items that make Vegas Crash if the Track Motion are is not set to 3D Source Alpha, For example: MessageBox.Show("Setting Second to Defs"); newKeyframeLater.PositionX =

Video

6 answers, most recent on 12/4/2024

RE: Short Youtube Format (1080X1920) : problem moving an image

Dave, the principle of Event Pan/Crop is that you are moving the picture frame, and not the image; so you have to adjust the size handles carefully. This can take a long time to get used to. In the meantime, the suggestion to use Track Motion

Video

8 answers, most recent on 12/16/2022

RE: [Solved] 3 axis image rotation in Vegas Pro.

This can be done in Vegas Pro using the 3D Source Alpha option in Track Motion. The process is detailed in the following tutorial by John Rofrano 10 years ago: http://johnrofrano.com/training/video-tutorials/3d-track-motion-pivot/ Keyframing is