reversing field dominance

Astronuts wrote on 4/15/2003, 9:53 PM
What is the best way to produce a copy of an event with its field dominance reversed? Change and event's properties on the TL and then render out? I'm trying to do the old AFX trick of putting 2 copies of the same clip on top of each other, the upper most one with the opposite field dominance to the one below it and 50% opacity. Since there is no way to do an 'interpret footage' on an event by event basis in Vegas, I assume I'll have to render out a copy of the clip with reversed dominance and then re-import. Am I on the right track here?

Thanks again.
DW.

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jetdv wrote on 4/15/2003, 10:02 PM
Right-click the event, choose properties, and change the field order.
FuTz wrote on 4/15/2003, 10:42 PM

I tried and I'm almost sure you have to render before. Unless there is some trick I passed on... That said, I didn't try rendering.
I ended up, always, changing the field for both clips (to a common field) by modifying either the top or bottom clip.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 4/15/2003, 11:19 PM
Someone posted this before. I don't know why, but Vegas doesn't ask you if you want to make a new event or clone the old one when putting 2+ of the same thing on the timeline (it only clones). Most programs do. Maybe that's in version 4c? :)
Anyway, and easy, and NO RENDER REQURED way to do it is to make a copy of your source media and give the copy a new name. Then, when you import them, they will be 2 seperate events that you can work with. I tried it and it works like that.
Trichome wrote on 4/15/2003, 11:33 PM
Thx Friar... great tip!
Astronuts wrote on 4/15/2003, 11:47 PM
you make me happy..Friar!

Yeah, it was me last time with the same request. I just thought there might be a way around it in vegas. Having to duplicate the source footage in order to pull it off kind of relagates this to an "only small project" effect huh? Like you say, maybe corrected in the next SOFO upgrade. Have to say, of all the software we use, 3D/2D/editing - sonic foundry are on the ball with actually listening to what people say on the forums. Mind numbing exception in my experience.

Anyway, thanks again HF!
FuTz wrote on 4/16/2003, 8:45 AM
HappyFriar: wiiiiiiise guy..! :D