keyframing accuracy

TeeJay wrote on 6/28/2006, 7:27 AM

I mentioned this problem a few days ago and thought it had been fixed with a clean install, but i was wrong......

When laying keyframes in Pan/Crop or Track Motion, the effects of the positioning (in the preview window) are not taking affect until the next frame, making it incredibly hard to accurately position objects. In fact, masking keyframes are not even close to representing the actual visible mask in the Pan/Crop view. Not sure whether I'm explaining this very well.......

So for example, say i resize text object and move it slightly in the Pan/Crop window. It doesn't actually move in the Preview Window until i move to the next frame on the timeline......

Anyway of making settings to keyframe accuracy?

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Grazie wrote on 6/28/2006, 7:33 AM

TJ? Which version and build number of Vegas are you using?

Grazie

Former user wrote on 6/28/2006, 7:33 AM

So if you step through the PAN frame by frame, it lands one frame after you have it programmed?

Dave T2

Grazie wrote on 6/28/2006, 7:34 AM

Have got the Keyframe zoomed/expanded down to Frame level?

Grazie

JohnnyRoy wrote on 6/28/2006, 11:10 AM

Do you have the Smoothness set to zero (0.000)? If not, the keyframes will be interpolated. Always set the smoothness to zero if you want accurate keyframing.

~jr

TeeJay wrote on 6/29/2006, 7:44 PM

Thanks to you all for your responses...

Grazie, I'm using version 6C. I'm reluctant to whack Build D on because of the mysterious Beep thing that happened last week when i updated, forcing me to reformat my entire system.

Anyhoo, JohnnyRoy, I do have the Keyframe Interpolation set to 0, but i think the problem may be that my image is flipped horizontally.
The Clip i am working on is where my talent turns his head to the side and burps, and as he burps, Superman flies out of his mouth. (weird I know) I have been masking Superman so that he 'reveals' from the mouth as Track Motion moves him across the page. I had to horizontally flip and resize Superman because he was shot from the wrong side to what my Talent is turning his head.
Laying mask anchors with a flipped image means that you have to ignore the image in the Pan/Crop box and place them around until you stumble upon the right spot. It's a real guessing game. I've done quite a lot of masking and would like to think i'm pretty good at it, but this is doing my head in!

Anyway, after much longer than what it should have taken (4 hours for a 2 second clip) I finally got it to be near enough what i was striving for, and it happens so fast that i'm sure my Client will be none the wiser....

Phew! Moving On :)