How do you get Keyframing to work?

Sigmond wrote on 12/29/2003, 11:56 AM

i am pretty new to vegas but pretty much have all the basics down. what i really need help with is keyframming. i can't get it to work at all. i have read the manual and it doesn't help. i need help with this. thanks

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Spot|DSE wrote on 12/29/2003, 12:00 PM

First place to start is to use the keyframe Sync to cursor button. That helps a lot.
A keyframe is nothing but an indicator of a behavior, at a specific moment in time. Like a wristwatch, but instead of being round, it's linear.
So, insert a filter to an event on the timeline, at the bottom of the filter dialog you'll see the keyframe tool. Move the cursor somewhere in that linear timeline, and adjust a slider in the filter. You'll see a new keyframe popup on the keyframe timeline.
Once you understand keyframes in any NLE, you are halfway to running it.

johnmeyer wrote on 12/29/2003, 6:19 PM

You can't keyframe titles, however.

Spot|DSE wrote on 12/29/2003, 6:39 PM

You can keyframe titles, depending on what you want to do. Granted, Vegas titler isn't Caymen Graphics or Livetype, but it does pretty well.
You can keyframe letters to appear. Keyframe shifting text position, appearing letters, fonts, whatever you want, for as limited as the title tool somewhat is.I just posted a keyframed text veg on the Sundance site.
www.sundancemediagroup.com/help/kb

PDB wrote on 12/30/2003, 2:33 AM

Check out the excellent tutorial written by Mike Jones at
http://www.luciferjones.org/NewKeyframinginVegas.htm

A very good explanation and introduction to why and how keyframes work.

Regards

Paul.

farss wrote on 12/30/2003, 3:08 AM

The bit that really had me confused is this.

Say you want something to stay at one setting from frame 10 to frame 20 and then change to another value at frame 25.
You need a keyframe at frames, 10, 20 and 25.
The ones at 10 and 20 need to have the same values.
The one at 25 is where you want the whatever to end up at, it'll undergo a gradual change from frames 20 to 35.
What I still forget is to put the keyframe ant the end of where I don't want the values to change. All looks good at the first and last keyframes and at times I'm way off somewhere else before I realise something screwy is going on.