Scoring video w/ Acid

Tattoo wrote on 3/11/2006, 7:02 AM

For the first time, I'd like to score a video with Acid. I want to see the video in Acid so the timing is perfect. Do I have to render the video completely first and then import that to Acid to create a score? I'd prefer to have the results of my Vegas tracks magically transfer over and the Acid track transfer back for a more interactive approach, but my initial research doesn't seem to support that.

(I'm using Vegas 5d and Acid Studio 4, but will upgrade to Acid Pro 6 when it arrives.)

Comments

DavidMcKnight wrote on 3/11/2006, 7:05 AM

I don't have a lot of exp. with Acid, but I think your video needs to be in avi format. Alternatively, you can get a lot accomplished by dragging Acid loops into vegas.

In either case, check out "ACID for Non-Linear Editors" here - http://vasst.com/product.aspx?id=1521b36e-1794-4906-bf6c-d0fd81546ce3

JohnnyRoy wrote on 3/11/2006, 9:59 AM

Yes, you have to render a reference video to bring into ACID to score to but it doesn’t have to be high quality. Just draft render will do. If you are just adding soundscapes you may be able to do that right in Vegas since it supports ACID loops. Where you really need ACID is when you have multiple loops that need to be in the same key and tempo. Vegas doesn’t do this for you and ACID makes it very easy.

~jr

Jim H wrote on 3/11/2006, 1:25 PM

also remember that if you change your reference video in vegas you ACID sound track won't change... I've used Acid to render a track once. When I saved the Acid track I made sure the origial video track was muted, then I imported that Acid track back into Vegas. Not sure if that's the expected workflow, but it worked for me.