Half & Half: An Encode Question

jrazz wrote on 6/21/2009, 6:47 PM

How can I, without pan & crop, output exactly what I see in the preview window when what I see is half original and half fx laden?

I want to show my employee the difference in the footage he shot and edited and what can be done with color correction. Is there a way to outpu a rendered video that shows half and half just like we can see in the preview window?

I have a feeling the only way to do so is to do two tracks and use pan & crop for placement and have one track with fx and the other without. However, I would like to keep it simple and just output what is seen in the preview window. Can it be done?

j razz

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 6/21/2009, 6:55 PM

I'm pretty sure duplicating the track and masking will be necessary. Try the cookie cutter instead of pan/crop; might be a tad simpler for you.

navydoc wrote on 6/21/2009, 7:16 PM

For my color correction clip on another topic, I used two tracks and the cookie cutter fx.

example

Doc

jrazz wrote on 6/22/2009, 6:20 AM

Thanks guys, cookie cutter it is then.

I will make a suggestion to Sony that they allow for us to do a half and half simply by leaving button pressed on the preview window and selecting a checkbox upon render (kind of like the checkbox for rendering only the selected media).

j razz

jrazz wrote on 6/22/2009, 6:38 AM

Sony

When you view this thread as part of my feature request, note that in your product selection drop down (for submitting a question) there is no selection for a 64 bit version of Vegas pro 9. So, the only option then is Vegas pro 9. If I select Vista 64 as my OS, it then tells me on the next page (after submitting my question) that Vegas pro 9 is not supported on vista 64.

You may want to update the choices or remove the disclaimer. Thanks.

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And for anyone else reading this, I submitted a feature request and pointed them back to this thread, so I assume it will be read.

j razz

PeterWright wrote on 6/22/2009, 7:07 AM

There's an "easy" way of doing this using the Media Generator/Checkerboard/Split Screen event, with two tracks beneath, one with the effect, one without ...... but I can't remember how you set it up with compositing modes or whatever.
Couldn't find it in Help files either - maybe someobe who does know is out there .....

[r]Evolution wrote on 6/23/2009, 9:06 PM

Simplest to me would seem to be:
Export a version WITH Color Correction & Effects.
Export a version WithOUT.
As I'm sure you have 2 separate projects.

Then bring them both back into a Timeline (one on top of the other) & apply a cookie cutter giving you the Split Screen showing half & half.