Slow Video Stabilization in Vegas Pro 13

MadMaverick wrote on 9/3/2016, 2:36 AM

So I just applied a light stabilization to a 7 second shot on Vegas Pro 13... and it took about FOURTEEN minutes. This is probably because it's a clip cut from a big 20 minute video... so I assume that it's applying the effect to the entire 20 minute video. The stabilizer on Vegas Pro 10 was a lot faster, but it had this option you could click that read, "apply to sub-clip" or something like that. I don't see an option for that on this version. Any recommendations?

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Marco. wrote on 9/3/2016, 3:29 AM

You'd better make a subclip of your 7 second trimming and apply stabilization to the subclip instead.

MadMaverick wrote on 9/4/2016, 12:16 AM

You'd better make a subclip of your 7 second trimming and apply stabilization to the subclip instead.

Thanks for your response Marco. By "make a subclip" do you mean render the clip and re-import it? The problem with this is that you lose quality with every render. This particular video is from a DV-AVI source, so I believe I could smart-render it... but for some of my other projects this wouldn't be practical, such as with the videos that are .M2T, or any video file type that can't be smart-rendered.

Rich Parry wrote on 9/4/2016, 12:47 AM

Did you put the entier 20 minute clip on the TIMELINE and then drag the end points in (left and right) to make a 7 second clip, or did you load the 20 minute clip into the TRIMMER and "cut out" the desired 7 seconds to put on the timeline? I suspect you used the first method and should have used the second method. If you did use the second method, then I can't explain what you are seeing.

Good luck,

Rich

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ushere wrote on 9/4/2016, 1:42 AM

you lose quality with every render

i think for one generation it's pretty negligible. vhs would be another matter ;-)

altarvic wrote on 9/4/2016, 3:20 AM

By "make a subclip" do you mean render the clip and re-import it? 

Right-click the event and choose Create Subclip

MadMaverick wrote on 9/4/2016, 3:46 AM

By "make a subclip" do you mean render the clip and re-import it? 

Right-click the event and choose Create Subclip

Wow, that was so simple. Thank you. Does this method maintain the full quality? It looks like it does.

I notice that the sub-clip is available in my media bin. Is there any kind of method to where I could also get this sub-clip available as a new video in my source folder? I notice that it's there, but it's an .sfk file.

Marco. wrote on 9/4/2016, 3:55 AM

Yes, a subclip still is your same original, unrendered clip. It's just a new (time) reference without touching the signal. Zero change in quality.

That said, you can't get a subclip as new video source. It just is not a new video.

altarvic wrote on 9/4/2016, 3:57 AM

Subclips are virtual clips. They do not exist on your hard drive until you render them.

NickHope wrote on 9/4/2016, 6:33 AM

The .sfk file is just an audio waveform preview.

MadMaverick wrote on 9/4/2016, 5:33 PM

Thanks for the help guys!