Request: image capture that "shifts gears"

Laurence wrote on 3/24/2007, 2:20 PM

I have an idea for a script but don't have the knowledge to make it work. The idea is a script that does the following:

1/ Switch the project properties to 1920x1080p with an interpolate deinterlace.

2/ Swap a single proxy clip out for the original m2t clip.

3/ Capture a single frame where the cursor is.

4/ Return everything back to normal

I would use this script on every project I used Gearshift on (which is basically every project).

Comments

johnmeyer wrote on 3/24/2007, 5:30 PM

If you're looking to develop something like this yourself, this old "Snapshot to Clipboard" script is a good starting point:

// This script copies a snapshot of the current cursor position to the clipboard



import System.Windows.Forms; 

import Sony.Vegas.Script; 

import Sony.Vegas;



// Save original Settings

var origPreviewRenderQuality = Vegas.Project.Preview.RenderQuality; 

var origPreviewFillSize = Vegas.Project.Preview.FullSize; 

var origFieldOrder = Vegas.Project.Video.FieldOrder; 

var origProjectDeinterlaceMethod = Vegas.Project.Video.DeinterlaceMethod; 



try 

{ 



	// Setup Preview for image capture

	Vegas.Project.Preview.RenderQuality = VideoRenderQuality.Best; 

	Vegas.Project.Preview.FullSize = true; 



	// Set the field order and deinterlace method 

	Vegas.Project.Video.FieldOrder = VideoFieldOrder.ProgressiveScan; 

	Vegas.Project.Video.DeinterlaceMethod = VideoDeinterlaceMethod.InterpolateFields; 



	// Copy Snapshot to Clipboard

	Vegas.SaveSnapshot(Vegas.Cursor) == RenderStatus.Complete;



}

catch (e)

{ 

	MessageBox.Show(e); 

} 





// Restore Previous Settings

Vegas.Project.Preview.RenderQuality = origPreviewRenderQuality; 

Vegas.Project.Preview.FullSize = origPreviewFillSize; 

Vegas.Project.Video.FieldOrder = origFieldOrder; 

Vegas.Project.Video.DeinterlaceMethod = origProjectDeinterlaceMethod;

Laurence wrote on 3/24/2007, 8:11 PM

So the two things I would need to add to this script are the change in properties from SD to 1920x1080p HD and replacing the proxy file with the original clip. Where would I look for a reference for how to write these two commands?