Transitions in template?

Golden_Image wrote on 6/13/2002, 12:00 PM

My husband is a photographer. He offers "video proofs". Is there any way to create a template that has the transitions in place? (He can place each customer's images into the same template.) As it it now, he has to add transitions to each of the 450-600 proof images.)
thanks-

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SonyDennis wrote on 6/13/2002, 1:00 PM

Try this:

1. Create a directory full of 600 photos, named or numbered in a consistent manner (e.g., pic001.jpg, pic002.jpg).

2. Create a Vegas project that uses the 600 photos with transitions in the way that you like. Save the project in the same directory as the photos. Close the project.

3. Create a new directory with photos named in the same fashion (i.e., the same names).

4. Copy the Vegas project (.veg) file from the first directory to the second.

5. Rename the first directory so Vegas won't find the photos there (this is the magic part).

6. Open the project from the second directory. Since Vegas can't find the photos using their full path, it use a "relative" path based on the .veg file location, and finds the new photos.

7. Edit as necessary (i.e., trim project based on the total number of photos, etc.).

///d@

swarrine wrote on 6/13/2002, 10:00 PM

You can easily do the photos with a set time for hold and transitions. The problem being all you can use is the default (crossfade) transition.

I have advocated a "paste attributes" function which will hopefully show up in VV4. However, I have not had a reply, so, I don't know if it will.

At any rate, if a crossfade is good enough great, (post if you need to know how).

If you need other transitions between photos - that can be done as well although it can be more tedious. (post if you need to know how).

SonicDennis also has a good idea for a template (do it once and there you go).