Snapshot/screencapture is lighter than the source video

BobTompson wrote on 3/19/2023, 9:27 PM

I'm in Vegas 18 on a recent build machine. I'm extending the last few seconds of my scene to give space for a dissolve. I saved a Snapshot of the screen using the square floppy disc icon above the viewer. When I drag the capture to the timeline, it's lighter than the original video by about 10 percent. No effects have been applied to the original video. What is cause for this, and what is the fix?

Comments

john_dennis wrote on 3/19/2023, 10:41 PM

@BobTompson

The Project Properties / Pixel Format setting affects the levels of the screen shot.

john_dennis wrote on 3/19/2023, 11:32 PM

I don't have Vegas Pro 18 on a machine at the moment, but in Vegas Pro 20, there is an option from the clip to Freeze Frame at Cursor.

I suspect you could do the same with any Vegas Pro version with a Video Event Velocity Envelope.