Inserting an envelope in video tracks

dan-hedrick wrote on 9/4/2011, 7:56 PM

I would like to have two or more tracks of video or photos and be able to gradually fade in one track while fading out the other track..... Essentially what I would like to do is to create an envelope similar to the way it is done in audio tracks by adjusting the volume up and down.
Is this possible in VMS10 Platinum?
Computer specs:HP Pavilion Elite HPE-112y, AMD Phenom II 925 Quad core, 8 GB Ram, Video card: ATI Radeon HD 4350

Thanks in advance.
lcdrdan

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MSmart wrote on 9/4/2011, 8:28 PM

No need for envelopes.

If the events are on the same track, simply drag the latter event over the first event for the desired transition length. This automatically creates a cross-fade.

If the events are on separate tracks, drag either the leading or trailing top corner of the upper video event (see the little blue triangles?) They create a fade for the length you drag. When you see the cursor change, right click to change the type of transition.

Once you've played with it a little, you'll become a pro.

Bonus tip: If you hover your mouse over the top edge of a video event so it changes to a hand, you can drag down/up to change that event's opacity. Doing the same on the audio event lowers the volume.

dan-hedrick wrote on 9/5/2011, 7:48 AM

Thanks, MSmart for your quick response. Yes...I have done what you suggested and it works "somewhat"....But, what I would like to do is to have two tracks of video or photos and have one track fade completely down to zero while the top track fades in to full view. (Example: bottom track is of a sunrise / sunset that I have in full view....the top track will be a person (my wife) walking on the beach....I want to fade out the sunset while fading in my wife...and then back to the full view of the sunset). I would like to be able to adjust the opacity of both tracks similar to the volume envelopes available in the audio tracks where you can set points and lower the volume all the way to "mute" (zero) and then gradually back to full volume. Hope this makes sense.
Any other ideas out there?

lcdrdan

Former user wrote on 9/5/2011, 8:23 AM

You can do something like this using the Opacity settings on the track and splitting your video.

First, split the video event where you would want to put each point of different opacitys. then on each new event, hover your mouse near the top of the video track until it changes to a hand. Now you can drag the opacity down to where you want. By dissolving between each event, you can fade in and out to black at a non-linear pace.

Is this kind of what you want to do?

Dave T2

Chienworks wrote on 9/5/2011, 8:32 AM

M Smart's suggestion should accomplish exactly what you want to do. Fade out the upper track and the lower track will appear to fade in. You may have to split and remove some of the upper track if it is continuous, since you can't add a fade in the middle of a track. Add the split in the middle of the section where you want the lower track to show, then (with ripple edit off) drag the newly created ends apart so that the upper clip ends where you want to fade to the lower track to end, and the new second part starts where you want the fade back to start. Add fades to these newly created ends.

Vegas Pro has a "Track Composite Level" under Insert / Video Envelope. Vegas Movie Studio doesn't have this?

Bob Decker wrote on 9/5/2011, 11:26 AM

VMS 10 has a composite level envelope available. Right click the track header, select "Insert/Remove Envelope" from the drop down menu. Click on "Composite Level" and it will insert an envelope into the selected track. You can use control points or draw the envelope by pressings CTRL/Shift and holding down the left mouse button.

dan-hedrick wrote on 9/5/2011, 11:43 AM

Thanks, Bob Decker...
That is EXACTLY what I was trying to achieve. Also thanks to all of you for taking the time to help me with my "problem." I learn something every time I long on to this forum.

Thanks again....I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

lcdrdan

Bob Decker wrote on 9/5/2011, 9:39 PM

You're welcome and I do want to correct myself. You just press "Shift" and the left mouse button. The CTRL key does need to be involved. Glad this helped.