There have been several threads about the step backwards in the keyframe interface in Vegas 5.0:
event pan/crop used to show line
Recap : List of things missing from Pan/Crop/Track Motion
Pan/crop keyframe doesn’t show path in V5
I am sure there are other threads.
I hadn't done a still photo montage for sometime, and I didn't realize how much worse 5.0b is than 4.0 (and it was marginal to begin with).
One of the biggest problems is that the keyframe for the motion of the center of the frame cannot be programmed independently from the motion for the size of the frame. For instance, if I start zoomed in on a part of the photo near the edge, and then want to zoom out to see the entire photo, many of the intermediate frames will have black edges because the computed intermediate keyframes get larger before the center of the keyframe moves towards the center of the picture. As a result, the pan/crop extends beyond the edge of the picture which defaults to the background color (black).
The first step in helping this would be for Sony to restore the path line that was present in 4.0, so at least you can see where the keyframes are going to be computed. In addition, the "Linear," "Smooth," "Fast," "Slow," etc. controls and the "smoothness" setting need to be completely re-thought. What is needed is something closer to what was introduced in 5.0 for transitions, where you can actually create the "move" while the video is playing, with simultaneous controls for direction, size, and rotation.
At the very least, if there is going to be a 5.0c, the path needs to return. If not, Ken Burns wannabees are going to have to look somewhere else to do serious still photo work. I've done lots of it, and Vegas 5.0 is no longer up to the task.
event pan/crop used to show line
Recap : List of things missing from Pan/Crop/Track Motion
Pan/crop keyframe doesn’t show path in V5
I am sure there are other threads.
I hadn't done a still photo montage for sometime, and I didn't realize how much worse 5.0b is than 4.0 (and it was marginal to begin with).
One of the biggest problems is that the keyframe for the motion of the center of the frame cannot be programmed independently from the motion for the size of the frame. For instance, if I start zoomed in on a part of the photo near the edge, and then want to zoom out to see the entire photo, many of the intermediate frames will have black edges because the computed intermediate keyframes get larger before the center of the keyframe moves towards the center of the picture. As a result, the pan/crop extends beyond the edge of the picture which defaults to the background color (black).
The first step in helping this would be for Sony to restore the path line that was present in 4.0, so at least you can see where the keyframes are going to be computed. In addition, the "Linear," "Smooth," "Fast," "Slow," etc. controls and the "smoothness" setting need to be completely re-thought. What is needed is something closer to what was introduced in 5.0 for transitions, where you can actually create the "move" while the video is playing, with simultaneous controls for direction, size, and rotation.
At the very least, if there is going to be a 5.0c, the path needs to return. If not, Ken Burns wannabees are going to have to look somewhere else to do serious still photo work. I've done lots of it, and Vegas 5.0 is no longer up to the task.