"Full version of Vegas software"

sheared wrote on 1/21/2006, 9:09 PM
When, in the PDF manual, I come across the statement: "This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software," does it mean in the version that I've purchased, or in the version above Movie Studio+DVD Platinum?

I'm trying to figure out 3D Compositing, but my menus don't match up with what the PDF file is saying, and I'm wondering if I'm just wasting my time on this particular function with my version of the software?

Comments

Tim L wrote on 1/21/2006, 9:38 PM
If you have Vegas Movie Studio+DVD ($89.95) or Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition+DVD ($129.95), you don't have 3D track motion compositing.

When the manual says "full version of Vegas", its talking about the software that costs $449.96 (Vegas) or $674.96 (Vegas+DVD).

Its always disappointing to come across a feature the "big boys" have that we don't. but still, I think the Movie Studio versions are a fantastic bargain and still very powerful.

Tim L
stevec5375 wrote on 1/22/2006, 6:44 AM
I would much rather have a one-line blurb in the documentation telling me about a feature that's only in the "Big Brother" product as an incentive to upgrade rather than Pinnacle's approach. They load up your hard drive with all this "stuff" that you can't use unless you purchase an unlock key. So there it sits taking up precious disk space even if you never plan to pay to use it!

Thanks to the creators of this product for being considerate of our system resources.
sheared wrote on 1/22/2006, 8:12 AM
I agree, but I just needed to make sure I wasn't just really missing something obvious. I'll stop trying to figure out the 3D Compositing.... :-)
MAMF wrote on 1/23/2006, 7:20 AM
Just out of curiousity - what the heck is 3D compositing?
Chienworks wrote on 1/23/2006, 12:12 PM
3D compositing is the ability to move the source video frames around in 3D space instead of layering them all in the same 2D frame. The track motion feature in the full version of Vegas lets you spin the tracks around not just clockwise or counterclockwise, but around the other two axes as well. You can tilt the frame forward or back, side to side, or any combination of the three axes. You can also move the frame forward (closer to the viewer's eye) or backward (farther away) as well as left/right and up/down.

True, the resulting image after compositing will be 2D. However, you can use 3D compositing to make your images look like they are moving in any direction through space.