maximum velocity down script

marcinzm wrote on 4/19/2023, 12:45 PM

Hello,

I wrote a C# script which is able to significantly increase the video velocity forward.

When I do it the same but with decreasing velocity to maximum (lowest value possible), the backward video movement is not so significant, I mean it is not so fast backward moving as it would in the case of velocity forward.

How can I decrease the video speed significantly to make a video moving backward very fast backwards?

I would like to implement it via C# script.

@jetdv can you help it?

Regards

Marcin

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jetdv wrote on 4/19/2023, 1:39 PM

@marcinzm The velocity envelope allows forward up to 1000% down through 0% (freeze frame) down to -100%.

So going forward you can get up to 10x real speed. Going backwards, you can get up to real-time backwards (not 10x).

That's just the limits of the velocity envelope.

It used to be 400% down to -100%...

marcinzm wrote on 4/19/2023, 1:42 PM

@jetdv

Thank you. I also noticed these limits.

Are there any other way (maybe other built-in or third party plugin) to forward down to 1000%?

Marco. wrote on 4/19/2023, 2:06 PM

I'd try to first reverse the clip via the context menu option, then apply the velocity envelope (with +1000 %).

jetdv wrote on 4/19/2023, 2:34 PM

Natively in VEGAS, there are multiple ways to go faster in reverse:

Create a reversed subclip and then apply the velocity envelop UP to 1000%?
Use a velocity envelope at -100% and then apply a playback rate of 4x to get 400% backwards
Put the reversed event in a nested VEG and the use a velocity envelope on the nested VEG file to get 1000% backwards

But there's no way to make the velocity envelope go faster than 100% (regular speed) backwards.

Marco. wrote on 4/19/2023, 2:39 PM

From what I now tested, there's no need to create a subclip of the reversed Event. Directly applying the Velocity Envelope to the reversed Event seems to work fine.

jetdv wrote on 4/19/2023, 2:47 PM

@Marco. if you right-click an event and choose "Reverse", it creates a "reversed subclip" of that event and adds it as a new take to that event.

Marco. wrote on 4/19/2023, 2:55 PM

I see, thanks. I meanwhile forgot what VP does for us in the background.

marcinzm wrote on 4/19/2023, 4:37 PM

Thank you for your comments.

I would like to let the video clip play forward, then when music beat occurrs then play the same videoclip backward (1000%) for a while and then play forward again.

How can I achieve this?

jetdv wrote on 4/20/2023, 7:35 AM

You'll have to use one of the options mentioned above. You're not going to get -1000% without a workaround as it will only go to -100%.