logo color changed

dbsoccer wrote on 6/10/2009, 8:06 PM

I copied a logo from a web site and stored it in explorer as a .png file. When I import it into the timeline, instead of being a primarily red logo it is now primarily blue. It appears the red has been replaced by blue. Can you help?

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Eugenia wrote on 6/10/2009, 8:30 PM

Load it with an image manipulation app, and resave it as PNG. It should now be read properly.

dbsoccer wrote on 6/10/2009, 8:43 PM

image manipulation app is what? Is this something in Vegas? I very new to what I'm doing.

Thanks.

Viddy wrote on 6/11/2009, 2:15 AM

Hi there

I think that Eugenia is referring to an image editing application such as Photoshop, PaintShop Pro etc. If you import the png into a program like these they will allow you to save a png file that is reliable and which conforms to the png standards etc. It sounds like the png you downloaded was not in a format that Vegas was happy with.

If you haven't got an image editing application I believe that there are some online sites that will allow you to convert to different image types (but it would really be better to do it in an application which you have got installed on your computer as I daresay you're gonna be wanting to create more images for Vegas etc).

Hope that helps
Viddy

Sonata wrote on 6/11/2009, 7:18 AM

I use GIMP for my image manipulation, which I can save as PNG and Vegas loves it. (GIMP is open-source and thus free.)

musicvid10 wrote on 6/11/2009, 10:40 AM

Can you post a link to the logo in question?
I suspect there is a very simple explanation and fix, but I'd need to see it first.

dbsoccer wrote on 6/11/2009, 7:39 PM

http://www.forcesoccer.org/force/

is the link to the logo. The logo in question is the red Force logo with the screaming flying soccer ball.

One other piece of data. I'm using Movie Studio 6. When I pull the same logo into either Studio 9 or Vegas Pro (both demo downloads) it is fine. Maybe there is something weird about 6.

Thanks for all the help and the input. I am filming soccer games for the Force for the purposes of training so my output doesn't need to be amended with a ton of bells and whistles but since I have the SW I figured I might add a few things.

dbsoccer wrote on 6/11/2009, 7:57 PM

I pulled the logo into GIMP and resaved it as a .png and it is still blue.

musicvid10 wrote on 6/11/2009, 8:44 PM

Check your email.
If this doesn't work, I don't know what else to do.

MSmart wrote on 6/12/2009, 12:37 AM

did you try opening a new project in VMS6 and bringing the logo into the timeline?

if not, you should try it. it sounds like you have some sort of color-correction effect enabled for that particular track.

Chienworks wrote on 6/12/2009, 3:16 PM

I suspect a possibly odd compositing mode might be in play here.

MSmart wrote on 6/12/2009, 10:06 PM

Or is it as simple as the Preview overlay being set to Blue?

Click on the drop-down icon that looks like # and see if Blue is selected. If so, change it to Safe Areas or just click on the # to disable the overlay.

Tim L wrote on 6/13/2009, 8:07 AM

Maybe there is something weird about 6.

I've been around here for quite a while (but not as long a Kelly) and I do remember a post a long time ago about somebody having trouble with PNG's coming into VMS with the wrong colors -- not just a color shift, but a strange color "swap" as you are describing. I searched the forum ("png bug", "png wrong color" etc.) but have not found that thread. It may have been 2 or 3 years ago.

Anyway, at the time I think we concluded it was an actual bug. Also I *think* (but can't confirm) that the poster might have gotten a response from Sony that confirmed it as a bug.

The fact that it works correctly in newer versions might back that up.

I looked through some of the older VMS Release Notes here http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/updates/vegasfamily but didn't see anything about fixing PNG issues. (But I didn't really look that hard...)

Tim L