How to make a Video Wall in VMS9 Platinum?

Markk655 wrote on 10/26/2008, 2:12 PM
There seem to be a few ways for Vegas Pro users (1 from VASST and another from Davitools) that enables easy photo or video walls. I guess they both work with scripting because they don't work with VMS,

So, what are the best ways to make a video/picture wall? Ideally free, but inexpensive would also be OK. They don't have to be as complicated as something that Heroglyph (proDAD) can do.

Any suggestions?

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Eugenia wrote on 10/26/2008, 2:47 PM
You put many different videos on tracks and then you use pan/crop to make them smaller and fit them next to each other. If VMS doesn't support as many video tracks as videos you have, you render them out 4x4 and you bring them to new projects.
Markk655 wrote on 10/26/2008, 7:31 PM
Eugenia,

Thanks. I guess I was hoping for an elaborate solution...Vegas seems to have one for everything that I can find!

Also, I would like to thank you for all of your help answering questions on this forum. Your blog is also very helpful and contains some good nuggets of information which I have already used (such as the Magic Bullet Looks).

dibbkd wrote on 10/26/2008, 8:42 PM
You can use Alan's free Picturewall program:

http://www.vasst.com/resource.aspx?id=7505a4df-c080-4a9b-a831-9a7585322a7f
Markk655 wrote on 10/27/2008, 6:50 AM
Does that work in VMS 9?
Markk655 wrote on 10/27/2008, 8:18 PM
Looks like it does work.

I had an error due to Vista because MSVBVM50.dll was required. Downloading it and installing enabled Picturewall to work.

Thanks for re-suggesting it.
dibbkd wrote on 10/28/2008, 5:57 PM
Glad it worked for you. You can thank Vegas user http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowProfile.asp?UserID=33545AlanC[/link] if you like it, he's a regular poster on the forums and an all around good guy. :)
OhMyGosh wrote on 10/28/2008, 10:11 PM
Followed the link, but was unable to find the free program to download, not to mention I don't even know what a 'Picturewall' is :O Cin
Markk655 wrote on 10/29/2008, 6:27 AM
Cin,

A picture (or video wall) is essentially a group of pictures lines up - picture a 2x2 window or 4x4 or whatever columns/rows you want. You would be able to add all of these pictures into a single track.

Use of proDAD Hergolyph (comes as trial with VMS, I think) can give you a feel for what is possible. See http://www.prodad.de/gb/heroglyph_std_workshop.html

PictureWallII is available here - http://www.vasst.com/search.aspx?g=1&text=picture%20wall. Click on the Read button and it will bring you to the download page. It is a very simple & small program that allows you to grab however many pictures place them in a "wall" of custom proportions and save it as a bmp for use in an NLE.

OhMyGosh wrote on 10/30/2008, 11:59 AM
Thank you Mark. With your help, I was able to download it, but apparently not smart enough to use it!!! The browser function isn't particularly friendly, and I can't find my desktop to get to my pics with it :O but thank you for taking the time to explain what a picture wall is, and the links. Cin