Plugins - Jagged edges

charles-mcguyer wrote on 3/9/2011, 8:08 AM

I've looked through all the plugins for a jagged edge or something similar for edges but haven't seen one. I thought at one point VMS had a plugin for that. Am I overlooking it?

Also, is there a place that has plugins for sale for VMS outside of Sony and NewBlue? Thanks for your help.

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/9/2011, 8:31 AM

Virtually any VST plug-ins can be loaded into Vegas Movie Studio, chas. Just do a Google search on "VST plug-ins" and you should find lots of sources.

As for your jagged edges -- they can be caused by a lot of things. All video has jagged edges to some degree (especially digitized analog video), but it's usually not visible on TV, unless you're using the clip as a Picture-in-Picture.

In any event, you can pretty easily trim it off using the Pan/Crop Motion tool.

charles-mcguyer wrote on 3/9/2011, 8:50 AM

Thanks, Steve for the reply. Will do a search for the plugins.

For the jagged edges, what I'm doing is a small video clip in a big video clip. No problem there. I would just like the small video clip to have jagged edges or something of that nature because, to me, having a small, square video clip does not integrate smoothly with the bigger clip. I'm wanting to smooth it out somewhat and do something with the edges of the smaller clip. Thanks again.

Eugenia wrote on 3/9/2011, 1:27 PM

For jaggy edges you simply de-interlace. Use "interpolation", in the project properties dialog, and export as "progressive" at the exporting dialog.

Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/9/2011, 2:19 PM

I guess you've confused us, Chas. Apparently you WANT jagged edges?! You had us thinking you wanted to get rid of them.

If so, you may want to use one of the Cookie Cutter effects.

Chienworks wrote on 3/9/2011, 6:50 PM

Vegas Studio versions 9 & 10 also allow composite masking. One can create any sort of shape one wants as a still image file. Make a black & white image with a white center section where you want the video clip displayed, and a black edge around the outside where you want the edge of the video hidden. The border between the black & white can be any shape you want, even with complex jagged edges.

In Vegas put this mask image file on an upper track and the video to be masked on the track immediately below. Add the "mask effect" to the mask event. Set that track's compositing mode to "Multiply (Mask)".

Note that if you're reducing the size of the video clip to fit as an inset in the frame you'll have to apply the same reduction to the mask image as well.