Mosaic Gallery and Parent Child Cropping

sakendrick wrote on 10/10/2020, 8:16 PM

Has anyone made anything like this Mosaic Photo/Video Gallery?

https://elements.envato.com/photo-gallery-promo-V3PLZS5

Is there a way to do this without moving every single individual video "tile"? Is there a way to pan around a large canvas for example?

I've run into a limitation with parent/children that if using track motion, I put a child in a parent and that child is outside of the video project bounds, the child video is cropped... so that I when I track motion the parent, and the child comes into view, the part of the video that was outside of the project frame is essentially missing/cut off. I can post a picture if it's easier to explain. I'm pretty sure it's a limitation of the software.

So I can only put children in parents within the video frame space, and then move that parent to a location outside the video frame space.

Anyways - core question is, what's the easiest way to build something like the template example above? Does any template like this exist for Movie Studio 17 Platinum? Seems like none of the Vegasaur stuff works for MSP.

Thanks!

Comments

EricLNZ wrote on 10/10/2020, 8:31 PM

Yes I understand the problem as I've encountered it. Parent Track Motion can only show what is on the tracks so to achieve what you want involves moving each single Event. I know of no way of getting around it.

sakendrick wrote on 10/10/2020, 9:10 PM

Do you happen to know if it may be possible/easier in Vegas Pro? Does it have the same limitation, or, I read something about Nested Projects?

EricLNZ wrote on 10/10/2020, 9:20 PM

I doubt that it's possible in Vegas Pro but suggest you post in the Pro section to ask. I've not used Pro so cannot be sure. Nested Projects is something different.

I recall something similar cropping up recently. Maybe tools from Vegasaur or HOS might help.

FayFen wrote on 10/11/2020, 6:08 AM

It will be nuts to do it without nesting so VMS isn't the right tool.

sakendrick wrote on 10/11/2020, 6:36 AM

I will post in the Pro message board, but is there information about nesting and how/why this would help?

vkmast wrote on 10/11/2020, 7:04 AM

Consider testing the current VEGAS Pro version for yourself with the free time-limited trial. The online Help (incl. items on nesting) should be available in the trial as well.

And please continue in your new thread https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/mosaic-gallery-and-parent-child-cropping-pro-vs-msp--124463/