Create a "comics page"" presentation

east wrote on 4/6/2019, 8:41 AM

Hi everyone,

I use Vegas Pro 16 and I can't do something that seems simple to me. I made a comic book sheet

that I want to use to present my videos and transitions (somthing like that :

In each box, I want to place a video and then zoom + and zoom - between them for transitions.

I didn't find a simple solution without losing the quality of my videos.

I created a parent track in which I put my comic book sheet. In the children's tracks, I placed the different videos. This way, when I play with the zoom, my videos follow.

The problem is that I can't find the size and original quality of a video when I zoom in on it in full screen.

I tried to leave my video in its original size (1080p) on the child track, then zoom in on the book sheet with the "track motion" button or "even pan/crop" to match the two. But when I then move the whole thing with the "parent motion", my page is cut off

I've been trying to find a solution for two days, but I can't do it.

If someone could help me. Thanks a lot

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east wrote on 4/7/2019, 3:17 PM

I assume you mean John's solution with Parent Motion to zoom in and out?

When I try that I don't see the problem of the mask (grid) being cut off. The only problem is image quality (resolution) when you zoom too far in.

John's solution is to create different projects with differents size, no need parent and child relation

xberk wrote on 4/7/2019, 5:13 PM

Ok. Thanks. I see John's solution now. Brilliant.

john_dennis wrote on 4/12/2019, 9:44 AM

@east

I'm glad you completed your project. It looks good. I'm still mulling on how to make the Parent / Child methodology work and maintaining Full HD for every step.

east wrote on 4/12/2019, 3:22 PM

@east

I'm glad you completed your project. It looks good. I'm still mulling on how to make the Parent / Child methodology work and maintaining Full HD for every step.

Thanks John. I tried to find a solution but without success. It is true that with your method, the final video does not have the optimal quality but I do not see any other alternatives. Thanks for your time.

east wrote on 9/19/2019, 10:21 AM

Maybe someone have new solution with vegas 17, how to make comics presentation without losing video quality ?

ByronK wrote on 9/19/2019, 12:54 PM

To maintain the image quality the grid template will have to be sized to accommodate each frame or event in its native resolution (big). For example a 4x4 1920x1080 grid will need to be a PNG that is 7680x4320 which is divided into four sections. I've done something similar but on a smaller scale using film strip effect and the film strip scrolls across the screen.

The green area is the 1920x1080 frame and the film strip and pictures is 3x bigger, outside the frame. Basically using the Ken Burns effect, the frame can stop at any film strip photo and transition to a moving vid.

east wrote on 9/19/2019, 2:39 PM

To maintain the image quality the grid template will have to be sized to accommodate each frame or event in its native resolution (big). For example a 4x4 1920x1080 grid will need to be a PNG that is 7680x4320 which is divided into four sections. I've done something similar but on a smaller scale using film strip effect and the film strip scrolls across the screen.

The green area is the 1920x1080 frame and the film strip and pictures is 3x bigger, outside the frame. Basically using the Ken Burns effect, the frame can stop at any film strip photo and transition to a moving vid.

I have 2x4 thumbnails in my template. So, if I undestand, I create (2x1920) + (4x1080) = 3840 px x 4320 px template. I created 3960 x 4520 with margins between thumbnails. The problem is when I zoom and unzoom, my template is cut off