Trying to Freeze Frame

RayC wrote on 3/3/2008, 6:56 AM

Vegas 8b
I have an event on the timeline and want to freeze the last frame and hold it for about 8 seconds. The descriptions in the PDF instruction manual are clear as mud. Something about looping but turning looping off. Totally confusing.
Can anyone provide this novice with a step by step procedure for doing this?
Thanks,
Ray

Comments

Former user wrote on 3/3/2008, 7:02 AM

The easiest way I found is to use a Velocity envelope and set it for 0 speed at the frame you want to freeze.

Dave T2

Grazie wrote on 3/3/2008, 7:22 AM

Yes, it does read as confusing. One would think that to turn looping off would, er,. stop looping. When you and I know looping could mean to allow for something else to happen, like playing a looping of an event – yes? That always confused me too. OK, the "Looping" here refers to the result you would get IF you grabbed the END of the Event/Clip and pulled it further out. What happens is that the Event/Clip just keeps on REPEATING – meaning Looping!

OK, now we got THAT outta the way, if you RIGHT click on the Event, select Properties you will see "Looping" if you uncheck that then, when you get back to the Event and then pull out the event, it wont repeat and in fact that LAST frame - what you want! - will remain the length you pull out the event. DONE!

And yes, when you get to it, using the Velocity Envelop and setting that last frame to 0 = ZERO and HOLD, you will get that frame to remain for as long as you pull it out.

<EDIT> NOW it makes more sense!!!

RayC wrote on 3/3/2008, 9:10 AM

Thanks, Dave and Grazie.
I'll give both a try.
Ray

johnmeyer wrote on 3/3/2008, 9:23 AM

I described how to do this about two years ago in this post:

Freezing the last frame of a video?