Color coded events - peach anyone?

fultro wrote on 4/20/2005, 9:42 AM

So in V6 I opened a veg that was created in V5 a while back and one of the events (both audio & video tracks) is colored orange/peach - no it is not selected - and clicking anywhere else does not change it . And now I notice that if I open the same veg in V5 the same event is light grey (again - not selected). In either event the file plays back fine. Is someone trying to tell me something meaningful here?
Also its nice to see that Sony has paid attention to such details and made whatever warning this might be a little sexier as part of the upgrade...

David

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SonyIMC wrote on 4/20/2005, 10:23 AM

This is the A/V synchronization detect feature kicking in. It is alerting you to the fact that the pink event might be out of synch.

From the help file (1st item in the whats new in version 6.0 topic)

When audio and video events are not aligned, Vegas software will highlight the events in the timeline so you can see synchronization problems at a glance.

The software determines whether events are synchronized by comparing grouped and overlapping events:

An event in a group is compared to other events in the same group (of the opposite media type) that were created from the same media, and the events with the most overlap are used to calculate synchronization. If no events overlap, the closest events are used to calculate synchronization.

An event that is not in a group is compared to events (of the opposite media type) that were created from the same media, and the events with the most overlap are used to calculate synchronization. If no events overlap, no synchronization offset is displayed.

The amount of offset is displayed when the Show active take information in events check box is selected on the General tab of the Preferences dialog. Very small offsets that are below the resolution of the timeline may be displayed as 0.00. Set the project time format to samples to see the offset amount.

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To restore synchronization, right-click the audio or video event you want to synchronize, choose Synchronize from the shortcut menu, and then choose a command from the submenu:

By Moving
Moves the event you clicked so it is synchronized to its corresponding audio or video event.

In the sample events above, the audio event would move to the left if you right-clicked it and chose Synchronize > By Moving.

If you right-clicked the video event and chose Synchronize > By Moving, it would move to the right.

By Slipping
Slips the contents of the event you clicked so the audio and video are synchronized. The events do not move, but the contents of the event you right-click are shifted forward or backward to restore synchronization.

fultro wrote on 4/20/2005, 10:35 AM

thanks for the help - never got around to reading about the new sync feature - what I don't understand is how it knows this particular event is out of sync considering that there is no particular or absolute sync required for these two tracks to work together .
David

slacy wrote on 4/20/2005, 10:18 PM

Is there any way to turn this off? The peach color looks like a color cast and is a bit distracting.

fultro wrote on 4/20/2005, 11:01 PM

Hypersnap into Photoshop or other image editing app, create new layer, desatuate, flatten, save as copy, apply for DRM (digital rights management) to Tom DeLay or Benedict 16 - for your own creation - wait for Supreme Court ruling on free speech issue and hopefully peach becomes ? grey??? after all not every thing is black and white....