If it makes it any better, I recently went onto a oil spill forum and talked about velocity envelopes. It all evens out.

That's interesting. I just read that applying a velocity envelope to the well causing the Gulf oil spill was their next bright idea.

perhaps muting the track might be better until they've stopped it? all the background noise is very disconcerting.

We could just reverse the clip then it would all go away :o)

See what I mean?

;?)

Actually, render it to uncompressed HD, with multiple layers of Magic Bullet effects on top. That will slow the flow to a crawl.

Another forum (an audio forum) ran into a similar problem and started an OT area. It worked very well and kept the politics and junk out of the tech area.

I think it is a good idea, but it still needs moderating and that means time for someone, which they may not want to deal with.

Dave T2

Not a good idea. It's like making a place to feed the trolls and when they don't get fed they come back here and lay some bait.

If it's not topical just say OT

This forum is one of the best whether it is on topic or off.

I would be in favour of keeping the OT posts right here. I learn as much from them as I do everything else. I know at a glance from the entries on the ShowTopics page whether a particular Topic Subject (or its poster) will be of interest or benefit to me, whether it lists itself as OT or not. Occasionally the wording or syntax of the topic might throw my discernment factor off, but the first sentence of the original post will correct that immediately, and it’s no trouble to click out of there.

As to the discordances and discrepancies which preoccupy some threads here, I am always reminded of the wisdom of hearing from everyone, even those with whom I disagree. There is not one person who contains all of knowledge, and not one person who doesn’t contain a bit.

My request would be to keep this forum the open, knowledgeable, expansive gift that it already is!

Tim Robertson

I'd like to start a thread on interfaces for multicamera events, like the copperhead but more
affordable. But if I put it in a forum ocean away from video editing it may never be read.

(Yes you did read it even though it was off-topic!)

Bad idea.

Those tend to be rant forums and will surely become a chore for Sony to police. If it is here it is only occasional and most everyone keeps it civil. If it gets out of hand (very rare) the forum mods simply delete it. They are incredibly liberal in what they allow here and as I have said many times, despite some complaints about the software, Vegas has the absolute best user support forum on the internet. That above all makes me a loyal Vegas user.

John

My experience on the Klipsch general forum has been good but they have outlawed any topic on religion and guns.
JJK

I think OT should definitely stay here. Keeps things very interesting when I come to read. I have been on dozens of forums all over the web but this is the best, by far and my favorite. One (real) forum for everything, keeps if very active and interesting. Like .. videohelp.. sucks. So over organized you don't get any where.

Love the forum and hope it never changes.


peace

This is easy. Just make the 'Vegas Pro Production Assistant' forum the de facto OT Forum. No one ever posts in their anyway.

I understand the concern with OT subjects, I myself have done a few to encourage "views" of the work I did in Vegas. Is such a post, so inappropriate for this forum? Perhaps there should be one for just such topic.

I'm sure its fair to say that people can learn new ideas, that may lead to "how did you" type questions by watching what other users are creating.

Just my two cents.

Chad

Chad,
Showing the power of Vegas is perhaps the best use of semi-off topics.
I'd post more myself if wasn't self promotion and the spambots didn't
use the information..

Sites like videcopilot.net show great ideas but use a "popular" overpriced
software package almost exclusively. I'd love to see video tutorials showing
creativity using Vegas.

"If it makes it any better, I recently went onto a oil spill forum and talked about velocity envelopes. It all evens out."

You can never tell about things these days. What's OT yesterday may be on topic today:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37453610/ns/today-entertainment/