⭐Flow for VEGAS Pro(Extension for animations based on bezier curves)⭐

m3lquixd wrote on 3/23/2023, 4:49 PM

Fellow Vegas Users, Celebrate! Because now we have an amazing extension to help us create delicious smooth animations with keyframes. Created by RatinFX, this extension brings an experience similar to Flow for After Effects, but directly from your Vegas Pro! It already comes with a library of 25 Bezier Curves presets and you can even create your own presets through the simple and friendly interface that Vegas Pro Flow provides you. But if you prefer something more exact, you can still set values manually by entering the coordinates. Did you like it? You'll like it even more, the extension is completely FREE! Vegas Pro Flow really comes in handy.
For more information and download! Just access the link.


*I was so excited about this discovery that I made this fanmade AD just to promote this extension.

How to install:


How to use:

 

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Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

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set wrote on 3/23/2023, 11:32 PM

Nice one... thanks for sharing.

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FayFen wrote on 3/23/2023, 11:57 PM

Interesting

I placed the files in created Documents\Vegas Application Extensions folder and run VP twice.

but I don't see it in my VP19 extensions...🙁

 

3POINT wrote on 3/24/2023, 1:41 AM

Looks very interesting and easy to handle, will give it a try.

3POINT wrote on 3/24/2023, 4:41 AM

Interesting

I placed the files in created Documents\Vegas Application Extensions folder and run VP twice.

but I don't see it in my VP19 extensions...🙁

 

Same issue here in VP20, extension doesn't show up.

jetdv wrote on 3/24/2023, 7:41 AM

I had wondered if he had built that based off of my tutorials. If he did - GREAT! The functionality looks very similar. The interface is cleaner but my purpose was to show the process, not make a perfect interface.

m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 8:28 AM

In my Vegas 20 and previous Vegas that friends of mine tested and it's working perfectly.

About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
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FayFen wrote on 3/24/2023, 8:53 AM

Thank you! I followed your video, now I have it .

I don't know what went wrong before.

*Now I need to learn how to use it.

m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 9:04 AM

@FayFen Great!
@3POINT Would following the video I posted solve your problem as well?

About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/post-your-vegas-creations--109464/?page=37#ca872169

PC Specs:
Operating System:
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU:
    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.60 GHz
RAM:
    32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz
Motherboard:
    BIOSTAR Group B450MX-S (AM4)
Graphics:
    4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (ZOTAC International)
Storage:
    465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )
    238GB Lexar 256GB SSD (SATA (SSD))
  931GB KINGSTON SNV2S1000G (SATA-2 (SSD))

Reyfox wrote on 3/24/2023, 10:43 AM

Like @3POINT, I too do not see it in Extensions. I had to create the folder in Documents, extracted to that folder 4 files, started VP20 B370 and it's not there. Decided to try VP18 B527, and it doesn't show up there either.

m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 11:03 AM

@Reyfox @3POINT Please try pasting the files in this path here to see if it works.

C:\ProgramData\Vegas Pro\Application Extensions\

 

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About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/post-your-vegas-creations--109464/?page=37#ca872169

PC Specs:
Operating System:
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU:
    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.60 GHz
RAM:
    32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz
Motherboard:
    BIOSTAR Group B450MX-S (AM4)
Graphics:
    4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (ZOTAC International)
Storage:
    465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )
    238GB Lexar 256GB SSD (SATA (SSD))
  931GB KINGSTON SNV2S1000G (SATA-2 (SSD))

jetdv wrote on 3/24/2023, 11:05 AM

To confirm, you're adding the folder into "My Documents" - wherever that happens to be.

If you're on Windows 11, there's a differences between [user name]\Documents (which won't be seen by VEGAS) and [user name]\OneDrive\Documents (which will be seen by VEGAS)

That's why I always say to put custom commands in:

[My Documents]\Vegas Application Extensions

and regular scripts in:

[My Documents]\Vegas Script Menu

m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 11:13 AM

To confirm, you're adding the folder into "My Documents" - wherever that happens to be.

If you're on Windows 11, there's a differences between [user name]\Documents (which won't be seen by VEGAS) and [user name]\OneDrive\Documents (which will be seen by VEGAS)

That's why I always say to put custom commands in:

[My Documents]\Vegas Application Extensions

and regular scripts in:

[My Documents]\Vegas Script Menu

Exactly, the extension has to be placed in your windows default documents folder, whatever you have defined. For example, I have windows installed on local disk C. However, for the windows library, I defined the folders on local disk D.

About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/post-your-vegas-creations--109464/?page=37#ca872169

PC Specs:
Operating System:
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU:
    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.60 GHz
RAM:
    32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz
Motherboard:
    BIOSTAR Group B450MX-S (AM4)
Graphics:
    4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (ZOTAC International)
Storage:
    465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )
    238GB Lexar 256GB SSD (SATA (SSD))
  931GB KINGSTON SNV2S1000G (SATA-2 (SSD))

Reyfox wrote on 3/24/2023, 11:27 AM

@jetdv your suggestion worked. I don't use OneDrive, but once I put the extensions there, it appears.

jetdv wrote on 3/24/2023, 11:31 AM

@Reyfox I don't either. But in Windows 11, that's where the "true" [My Documents] folder is located - even though there's still a folder with the same name listed under [user name].

So that's actually an error in his installation documentation. That used to be correct - until "one drive" happened. Now you have to literally specify:

[My Documents]\Vegas Application Extensions

3POINT wrote on 3/24/2023, 11:45 AM

@m3lquixd I put the whole extracted folder in the Vegas Application Extensions Folder. After putting just the .dll's in that folder, I have access in Vegas to the extension. Thanks.

m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 11:55 AM

@3POINT 👏👏

About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/post-your-vegas-creations--109464/?page=37#ca872169

PC Specs:
Operating System:
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU:
    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.60 GHz
RAM:
    32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz
Motherboard:
    BIOSTAR Group B450MX-S (AM4)
Graphics:
    4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (ZOTAC International)
Storage:
    465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )
    238GB Lexar 256GB SSD (SATA (SSD))
  931GB KINGSTON SNV2S1000G (SATA-2 (SSD))

3POINT wrote on 3/24/2023, 4:53 PM

@m3lquixd After playing a few moments with this extension, some thoughts:

It generates between two existing keyframes a lot of extra keyframes to achieve a specific curve (same as Vegasaur Tweener), disadvantage is to change the generated curve you have to delete those keyframes before you can generate a new curve. The effect of the curve is visible only after applying it.

Generating curves is only possible for pan/crop or TrackFX, not for Event FX.(as far as I saw)

I can achieve same Bezier curves directly in Vegas, just between TWO keyframes when using Vegas Bezier curves, advantage you can make changes while watching/looping the effect of the curves changes in the preview:

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set wrote on 3/24/2023, 6:14 PM

A lot of image animations still feel 'easier to do' via pan/crop rather than, say, Picture in Picture FX.

So this tool can be helpful for 'smoothing' the pan/crop keyframes. - but agree with the disadvantage you mentioned.

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m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 6:15 PM

@3POINT Your observations are true. However, the native vegas curves are not very good to work with, because when we apply very large parameters the keyframe goes out of our field of view, making it impossible to create the curve. The advantage of vegas flow is also being able to use the same curves without having to create them every time you animate.

About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/post-your-vegas-creations--109464/?page=37#ca872169

PC Specs:
Operating System:
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU:
    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.60 GHz
RAM:
    32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz
Motherboard:
    BIOSTAR Group B450MX-S (AM4)
Graphics:
    4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (ZOTAC International)
Storage:
    465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )
    238GB Lexar 256GB SSD (SATA (SSD))
  931GB KINGSTON SNV2S1000G (SATA-2 (SSD))

m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 6:20 PM

disadvantage is to change the generated curve you have to delete those keyframes before you can generate a new curve. The effect of the curve is visible only after applying it.

@3POINT I also gave this feedback to the creator, it would really be interesting to be able to preview the animation before applying it.

About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/post-your-vegas-creations--109464/?page=37#ca872169

PC Specs:
Operating System:
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU:
    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.60 GHz
RAM:
    32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz
Motherboard:
    BIOSTAR Group B450MX-S (AM4)
Graphics:
    4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (ZOTAC International)
Storage:
    465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )
    238GB Lexar 256GB SSD (SATA (SSD))
  931GB KINGSTON SNV2S1000G (SATA-2 (SSD))

m3lquixd wrote on 3/24/2023, 6:23 PM

@set I think PiP is extremely superior to Pan/Crop because we can animate the parameters individually. And worse, the vegas team still needs to add the anchor point parameter.

About me:
Hi! Melqui Calheiros Here. I've been using Vegas as my only video editor for over 10 years. I edit professionally for various influencers, public bodies and small businesses. My goal is to squeeze Vegas to the fullest! And end the prejudice that software has here in Brazil.

⬇️ Some of my jobs. ⬇️
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/post-your-vegas-creations--109464/?page=37#ca872169

PC Specs:
Operating System:
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU:
    AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.60 GHz
RAM:
    32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz
Motherboard:
    BIOSTAR Group B450MX-S (AM4)
Graphics:
    4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (ZOTAC International)
Storage:
    465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )
    238GB Lexar 256GB SSD (SATA (SSD))
  931GB KINGSTON SNV2S1000G (SATA-2 (SSD))

set wrote on 3/24/2023, 6:29 PM

Probably they have to create something like 'dummy' reference for 'preview simulation' inside the UI interface of the plugin before really apply the keyframes to the VEGAS keyframe timeline.

Aside from that, make usage of 'undo' function as it only one command:

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Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz   2.90 GHz
Video Card1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Driver 31.0.101.2127 (Feb 1 2024 Release date))
Video Card2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 (Driver Version 551.23 Studio Driver (Jan 24 2024 Release Date))
RAM: 32.0 GB
OS: Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.3693
Drive OS: SSD 240GB
Drive Working: NVMe 1TB
Drive Storage: 4TB+2TB

 

System 2-2018:
ASUS ROG Strix Hero II GL504GM Gaming Laptop
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 8750H CPU @2.20GHz 2.21 GHz
Video Card 1: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (Driver 31.0.101.2111)
Video Card 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 VRAM (Driver Version 537.58)
RAM: 16GB
OS: Win11 Home 64-bit Version 22H2 OS Build 22621.2428
Storage: M.2 NVMe PCIe 256GB SSD & 2.5" 5400rpm 1TB SSHD

 

* I don't work for VEGAS Creative Software Team. I'm just Voluntary Moderator in this forum.

3POINT wrote on 3/24/2023, 6:30 PM

A lot of image animations still feel 'easier to do' via pan/crop rather than, say, Picture in Picture FX.

Pan/crop tool is the most confusing tool (for beginners) in Vegas, I hardly use it anymore. I think it will become a deprecated feature one day. All FX/Transitions and Title&Text have the possibility to generate Bezier curves except Pan/crop.