hi, i just got Vegas 4.0, and i have some questions.
* I can not get transparent texts into my videos. When i drag one of the transparent texts on my timeline over a video and i preview the video...the background is always either blue or black...but NOT transparent....i never see the underlying video !
This is such a basic thing and i really wonder what's wrong there...did i miss something ?
* I need more plug-ins! I had quite nice ones already in MovieMaker2, eg. the "Star Wars' 3D scrolling text....and very SIMPLE scene transistions, eg. heart-shape and stars like in MovieMaker2. I did not see anything like that in Vegas ?
Where can i get such plug-ins fre off the net ? (Mainly the star-wars type scroller and the different shapes....)
* why am i unable to preview in fullscreen ?
I mean even in MovieMaker2 i could immediately preview my 640x480 videos FULL SCREEN...and it did not take any time to 'render'.
Why is there no option in Vegas so my preview gets stretched and i can see my preview full screen ???
When i chose the option 'pre-view in player'....THEN it takes a long time to 'render' [why 'render ??? i only want preview !!!] and i have to wait 20mins or so just to preview what i just did.
Besides i dont udnerstand what is there to render, because (in this case) i dont re-compress my video, nor change the resolution....it stays the same. I only want to apply effects..some sound....and then (pre)view it...not 'render' it and wait for 20mins.
Btw my config is an AMD 1900+ under XP SP1
Greetings
* I can not get transparent texts into my videos. When i drag one of the transparent texts on my timeline over a video and i preview the video...the background is always either blue or black...but NOT transparent....i never see the underlying video !
This is such a basic thing and i really wonder what's wrong there...did i miss something ?
* I need more plug-ins! I had quite nice ones already in MovieMaker2, eg. the "Star Wars' 3D scrolling text....and very SIMPLE scene transistions, eg. heart-shape and stars like in MovieMaker2. I did not see anything like that in Vegas ?
Where can i get such plug-ins fre off the net ? (Mainly the star-wars type scroller and the different shapes....)
* why am i unable to preview in fullscreen ?
I mean even in MovieMaker2 i could immediately preview my 640x480 videos FULL SCREEN...and it did not take any time to 'render'.
Why is there no option in Vegas so my preview gets stretched and i can see my preview full screen ???
When i chose the option 'pre-view in player'....THEN it takes a long time to 'render' [why 'render ??? i only want preview !!!] and i have to wait 20mins or so just to preview what i just did.
Besides i dont udnerstand what is there to render, because (in this case) i dont re-compress my video, nor change the resolution....it stays the same. I only want to apply effects..some sound....and then (pre)view it...not 'render' it and wait for 20mins.
Btw my config is an AMD 1900+ under XP SP1
Greetings