Hi all,
I need a short pseudo historical sequence where I wanted to apply the old film FX. It seems to behave strangely - no matter what setting I chose, it always resets itself to other settings after closing it. I also got the impression that it considerably slows down Vegas. Can anyone confirm?
Thanks!
I'm not experiencing this on my system. Can you specify what preset and settings you are using?
It seems to be maintaining changes for me. It does slow things down when on best full but not best auto. It is kind of a gpu intensive effect though.
Like the others above, not seeing this behavior on my system. I'm using Film Effects FX with Very Old Film preset.
Thanks all,
I thought there was an issue with this particular compositing-heavy project, but just rechecked with a new project with just one MXF clip and also on a .png. Vegas instantly drops to 9fps, no matter what preset, I choose "scratches" and it reopens with "dust", sometimes it jitters even if I chose another behaviour. Weird, must be something in my system then, I suppose. I actually got some overlays with real film scratches but for some reason, the makers filmed them on a white screen which you can't really overlay without excessively whitening everything underneath...
I think it has nothing to do with your system. The effect is compute-intensive. But there is no high resolution required for historical footage..The effects are more natural at lower resolutions in the project properties.
I choose "scratches" and it reopens with "dust", sometimes it jitters even if I chose another behaviour.
Maybe the behaviour from the drop-down list is not as expected.This allows the amount of each particle type to be adjusted. In the drop-down list, select the type and set the amount. During the output, the settings of all types of particles are take in account. I would find it more intuitive if there were 5 separate sliders for the settings. But if you know it, it's not a problem.
Works here too, but....
1) Has always been very very slow. It's and old (but really good) effect.
2) The UI is a little awkward & confusing. You have to set the amount each type of particle separately, even though they are all under one checkbox.
Together this means you can make changes that take quite a while to show up in your preview, leading you to believe it isn't working. Maybe this is what you are seeing...or not :)
Works here too, but....
1) Has always been very very slow. It's and old (but really good) effect.
2) The UI is a little awkward & confusing. You have to set the amount each type of particle separately, even though they are all under one checkbox.
Together this means you can make changes that take quite a while to show up in your preview, leading you to believe it isn't working. Maybe this is what you are seeing...or not :)
Duh...Kinvermark, that really was my totally misinterpreting the GUI...I actually thought the parameter shown was the only one active unless you cbose another one and tuned it. Thanks a bunch for clearing that up for me!
I^ll also try and use it with a lower res clip or png.
Any time :)
FWIW I actually prefer the film grain that this effect produces to all others including Filmconvert, 6k film scans, etc. It's actually very subtle and attractive on 4k footage.