How to use Pan / Crop like Track Motion, across multiple Clips?

digfish wrote on 4/4/2018, 6:41 PM

Is there a way to apply Pan/Crop the same way you would with Track Motion across multiple Clips?

I am working with a bunch of 4K video and, it is of course, sliced up (edited) but now I want to Pan/Crop consistently across clips?

I am not talking about static Pan/Crop (that's easy), but a smoothly changing Pan/Crop across several Clips.

The only work-around I can see is to render an intermediate video Clip and then Pan/Crop that?

Hopefully I am missing something. And while it's a Clip FX, it would be a great feature to reflect Pan/Crop on a track key-frame. This way we could use one like the other.

Thanks

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Former user wrote on 4/4/2018, 8:33 PM

Nesting is probably the only way. You open up two instances of Vegas, one with your current timeline and you bring that project into the other instance. It will import in as a single clip. Then you can apply pan/crop. I am not a big fan of nesting. I prefer more like After Effects which allows multiple compositions in a single instance

 

If you are not going to be zooming in larger than the original source, you can do this with Track motion using Parenting. Help file explains the process.

Grazie wrote on 4/5/2018, 1:56 AM

@Former user  Not correct. To Nest I just IMPORT the VEG. No need for the other VEG to be opened in as an instance. Vegas will treat the Imported VEG as just another piece of Media.

Vegas Nesting has been both an effiecent and creative feature. Loads of opportunities.

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digfish wrote on 4/5/2018, 2:20 AM

Thanks. I am working with 3840x and and 5120x source video on a 1920x1080 project. Only cropping to 1920x1080 max

 

Former user wrote on 4/5/2018, 7:25 AM

thanks for the correction Grazie. Like I said, I don't like it and avoid it so I got the procedure a bit wrong.

Grazie wrote on 4/5/2018, 7:36 AM

Like I said, I don't like it and avoid it so I got the procedure a bit wrong.

Understood. I love it and fall back on it when needed. It’s great for layering; multi layer Compositing; introducing suck n see FXing; using Text and lower third repeats in new Veg projects; simulating 3D still layering; preparing tutorials; short stripped rendering.....

Former user wrote on 4/5/2018, 7:40 AM

I like the concept, I just think it is clunky compared to how other apps do it. Specifically, After Effects.

Grazie wrote on 4/5/2018, 7:59 AM

Understood. I like what AE can do and how it does it. But VegHeads - moi - have Nesting already available.