Still Pics Video transitions

kccabby wrote on 12/22/2003, 1:23 PM

I am very new to video editing. I started with Sonys Screenblast Pro and just upgraded to Vegas. I am currently working on a project for my wedding that is all Still pics (jpg) I was wondering if there was a way that when you import all of the pics to the time line to auto insert a crossfade transition instead of having cuts between each pic. Thanks for the help in advance.

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Jsnkc wrote on 12/22/2003, 1:37 PM

Yes, there is a very simple way to do this. Go into the Preferences for Vegas. Options- Preverences, then go under the editing tab. Under the New Image still length to set the length you want each still image to be. Then under Cut to Overlap conversion set how many seconds or frames you want each picture to overlap with each other. Make sure you have Automatically overlap multiple selected media when added checked, hit apply and you're all set.

Go into the explorer window, select all your pictures, drag them onto the timeline and it will automatically set them for the length and put a fade in between them. Also you need to have your images numbered in order like image001, image002, image003 etc...

kccabby wrote on 12/22/2003, 1:42 PM

Thanks alot I figured it was something simple like that.

kccabby wrote on 12/22/2003, 1:55 PM

Another question I have in regards to this is I followed your directions and the files are overlapped but it plays as a cut not a fade/transition.

farss wrote on 12/22/2003, 2:33 PM

Vv probably hasn't got time to render the transition, so long as you see a long "X" where the two images overlap it will render as a cross fade. To check stpe through the transition frame by frame.

BTW, you may get better performance using something like Photoshop to convert the images to PNG beforehand. Also if the images are greater than screen res the downscaling to screen res at the same time will speed things up. That's unless you plan to zoom into the images in which case you'll need the extra resolution.

You may also find you need to tick the 'Reduce Interlace Flicker' box on the media and render at Best. I'd try a sample first, these options slow down render no end so don't use unless necessary.

kccabby wrote on 12/22/2003, 3:22 PM

Thanks. I have also heard that .tiff is good as well as .tga any opinion?

PH125 wrote on 12/22/2003, 3:36 PM

They are also both good. I have used TGA's in the past and they are very clear and crisp.

farss wrote on 12/22/2003, 3:45 PM

Warning,
.tiff will REALLY slowdown VV. Seems it uses QT to decode it which is as slow as...
There is no resolution loss going from TIFF or TGA to PNG as PNG uses lossless compression and VV can natively decode PNG.