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JohnnyRoy wrote on 5/24/2009, 8:52 AM
You could probably script this. The best way is to start by creating the motion manually in a project and then looking at how the Pan/Crop parameters change and then scripting that. Of course you will need to have programing skills to write the script. Do you want to do this a lot? Why do you feel you need a script? It sounds like an easy editing task without a script.

~jr
Mickcim wrote on 5/24/2009, 9:32 AM
Hi Johnny,
I'm looking at this as a solution for stereoscopic editing. Being able to do this would allow you to perform transitions and control of the intereaxial distances between left and right eyes (cameras). This would have to be performed throughout the edit. I can do it very simply in AE, but I don't have a clue where to start in vegas. Bascially I just need the pan/crop event tool to effect the layer below in the opposite manner....
thanks for your input
Grazie wrote on 5/24/2009, 11:30 PM
Bascially I just need the pan/crop event tool to effect the layer below in the opposite manner.... How about the MIRROR Fx?

. .. only a thought . . .

Grazie
Mickcim wrote on 5/25/2009, 1:13 AM
and not a bad thought.... but mirroring won't achieve what is needed.... as it won't control the position of 2 seperate tracks.

I would like to be able to have 2 tracks of video on top of each other..... and when you moved the top track left or right, the track below moves in the opposite direction...

Doesn't sound too hard... but maybe it's more a plugin thing than a script thing?
Grazie wrote on 5/25/2009, 1:38 AM
OK - Just exactly WHAT are you wanting to appear on the Screen? Forget process for the minute . . . What is the narrative of the piece?

Grazie
Mickcim wrote on 5/25/2009, 7:46 AM
I want to see either an interleaved (pixel row by pixel row)/anaglyph combination of the 2 tracks. That part is easy...

I just need to be able to adjust the tracks in a horizontal movement, opposite to each other... without having to adjust them separately.

Ideally a knob, or a slider to adjust them both at once
JohnnyRoy wrote on 5/25/2009, 3:23 PM
> I can do it very simply in AE, but I don't have a clue where to start in vegas.

OK, explain step-by-step how you would do this in AE (I know AE too) and we'll see if it's possible in Vegas. Then if it is, I'll try and write you a script to do it (if it's scriptable).

BTW, feel free to click on my name and send me a personal email if you think it's easier to work that way.

~jr
Mickcim wrote on 5/26/2009, 4:16 AM
Hey Johnny,

In AE it's pretty basic. Take a blank composition, with the 2 recordings, (L +R) on separate layers. Then create an expression slider... alt-click and pick whip the L layer horizontal position to the slider (I had to apply a preset effect to provide separate positions, rather than all three in the same line) , then the same for the R later, but add *.1 to reverse the movement.

What you end up with is a slider that moves the two layers/tracks away from each other horizontally, in small increments.

Sound do-able?