None that I know of with the built-in multicam in Vegas. Easily done with the Excalibur multicam capability. Have done it as a teaching tool for my camera trainees.

Edit-Undo, or CTL-Z will undo the transition. You can also navigate back to a camera transition's first frame and re-select the previous camera, that will effectively do away with the transition (making it a camera to same camera transition).

If I recall correctly, your can render multicam preview in VP8.0
This has been considered as a bug and fixed in VP8.0a

From VP8 readme file:
“Fixed an issue with rendered output that could occur when multicamera editing mode is enabled."

Tom, track motion was the reminder I needed. It will do what I need.

Tom/bayside, you're right that I can effectively remove the cut/transition by just making the cut/transition move to the same camera, but the break still appears in the timeline. How do I remove that? I shouldn't have said "undo" because what I really meant to say was to remove a cut/transition that later proved to be a mistake after which point it was hard/impossible/inconvenient to Ctrl-Z.

You'd think there would be a "Remove Transition" command.

Rosebud, I think that fix may be talking about something else.

Thanks again.

>Rosebud, I think that fix may be talking about something else.

I don't think so ;)

OK ;-)

So I guess the question still is... how?

Thanks.

Install VP8.0 (first release) in another computer ?

Or else, you can use the script “VideoGrid.cs” (provided in the script SDK) to generate a video wall:

/**

 * This script creates video tracks whose track motion is preset to

 * create a "Brady Bunch"-style grid.

 *

 * Revision Date: Jul 09, 2007.

 **/



using System;

using Sony.Vegas;



public class EntryPoint

{

    // modifiy these variable to change to dimentions of the grid

    int TracksX = 3;

    int TracksY = 3;

    

    public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)

    {

        int width = vegas.Project.Video.Width;

        int height = vegas.Project.Video.Height;

        int trackWidth = width / TracksX;

        int trackHeight = height / TracksY;

        int startX = -width/2 + trackWidth/2;

        int startY = height/2 - trackHeight/2;

        int trackIndex = 0;

        for (int y = 0; y < TracksY; y++) {

            for (int x = 0; x < TracksX; x++) {

                VideoTrack track = new VideoTrack(trackIndex++);

                vegas.Project.Tracks.Add(track);

                TrackMotionKeyframe mkf = track.TrackMotion.MotionKeyframes[0];

                mkf.Width = trackWidth;

                mkf.Height = trackHeight;

                mkf.PositionX = startX + (x*trackWidth);

                mkf.PositionY = startY - (y*trackHeight);

            }

        }

    }

}

I'm already using VP8.0c.

How do I render the preview window with VP8.0c?

I'll try the script too (I see that it basically automates the Track Motion commands I did manually).

>How do I render the preview window with VP8.0c?

As I said, you can’t.
You have to install VP8 first release on another computer.

Sorry, you've thoroughly confused me.

How is installing the same program I'm using now on another computer going to help me render a preview window like view on this one?

can't you share your project with this other computer ?

Yes, and...??

I hate to be asking to be spoon fed a solution, but I'm at a loss as to what you're suggesting to do.

Take a look back in this thread.

Rosebud said that VP8.0 can do this while later updates cannot, as the ability was considered a bug and fixed in later updates by SONY.

If you have a spare system, install VP8.0 original release and try.

Simple enuff??

LOL
Tom

Oh! I missed the significance of "first release". I.e. 8.0a can do it, 8.0c can't.

Gotcha. Thanks.

NO!
8.0 can, 8.0a cannot.
Tom