I’m having problems with slow motion when I try using the video envelop to freeze the frame at 0 villosity.

It works fine until I render it to(PAL) then it is unsteady (Shimming) on the video screen. Is this related to the answer give “You should enable the event resample switch for slo-mo events”?

Yes, check the event resample switch-

Is there a place to set resample to be the default for all velocity envelopes on all new projects? Or must I remember to set this switch each time I add a new velocity envelope?

David_DSS

I’m not quite sure why it is necessary to use the event resample switch for a freeze frame. I have searched the Furum and have come up with a way to do a freeze frame in VF, eg. Use floppy disk icon
to make a still image and drop the still onto the timeline etc. There is obviously a better way to do it in Vegas and it seem event resample my be the key.

Where is this supposed 'floppy disk' icon that can make stills? The only floppy icon I know is 'Save..'

It's right above the upper right corner of the preview window.

OK I see 'Copy Snapshot' in the upper right.. but I thought that was just a temporary frame-store for comparison/preview sake. Eric noted being able to 'drag' the still to the timeline.. but I can't see how to do that..

You've got two options. If you click the icon that looks like two pieces of
paper, it copies the frame to the clipboard so you can paste it into a
photo editor. If you click the little floppy disk icon, it saves the file to
your drive as a .jpg (or other formats if you wish) and also puts this still
in your media pool. You can then drag it from the media pool onto the
timeline.

One thing to beware of that we've discovered ... this function appears to
be a simple "Print Screen" sort of thing. The still image you get will be
the same size as the preview window, and NOT your project size. Arggg.
So if you want a full 655x480 still, you have to make sure your preview
window is that size before grabbing it.

Temporarily set your project properties field order to progressive. Under advanced you'll need to set the deinterlace method to blend fields. Now you can snapshot/grab the preview screen with no field jitter.
If preview window is set to display at project size (right click option), it really doesn' matter the actual size of the window.
I just grabbed a still with the preview window set to project size, but it was only showing 535x415.
If you snapshot to the windows clipboard (only option in ver. 2) then paste and save from a graphics program, you'll need to select clip properties and uncheck "maintain aspect ratio" on the still when it is on the Vegas timeline. This will make the still match the original 720x480 size perfect.
I wouldn't think there would be any jitter on a still that was shot in progressive mode in the camera though?

Craig H.

Thanks, I have enabled event resample and my freeze frames are as steady as a rock.

Save still photograph icon (floppy disk).

Its on top of the right hand side of video preview window. It takes a snap shot of the preview window and puts it into media pool. It works very well I have used it to make prints for video covers.

Thanks, I have enabled event resample and my freeze frames are as steady as a rock.
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Wow, it does work great. I guess the last time I tried it I must have had the preview window quality set to preview. Being as preview quality doesn't use resample, it didn't show how well it works on 0% velocity stills. Since then I've learned about using the good setting to see what the resample will do. Again, wow. This is really cool.
FYI, only OHCI preview output or final DV output will let you see if you have interlace jitter on your stills. Or graphics, or filters, or...............

Craig H.

Is the Save Still Photo icon not available in version 2.0?