Two Questions

cg001 wrote on 9/13/2002, 10:54 AM
Hello Everyone, currently, I am using MediaStudio (MS) Pro 6.5 but I want to try Vegas Video since I heard a lot of it. Question 1, how can I cut a long clip into smaller clips such as in MS they offer sessiors to cut a clip and razor in Premiere is there any equivalent in VV3.
Question2 I have a video clip and I want to delete all the background and surroundings around a person and bring in another video as a background how can I get this effect. Thanks

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Chienworks wrote on 9/13/2002, 11:16 AM
Vegas has a "Split" function. Position the cursor where you want to split the clip and type S. The resulting pieces can be used as individual media events. If you need to have separate files for each split on your drive (but i doubt you will have a need for this most of the time), you can render each split to a new file.

The ChromaKeyer effect will allow you to set a solid background color transparent to allow another video to show through.
Sr_C wrote on 9/13/2002, 11:17 AM
Answer 1: Either put the clip into the timeline (main edit section) and separate into the smaller sections you want by placing the cursor at the point of cut and pressing the S key. The delete the segments you don't want. Or (better imo) place the clip into the trimmer (usually bottom left) and you can drag select the exact section you want and drop it into the timeline. you can also choose to only select audio, video or both in the right click menu.
Answer 2: If the subject you want to keep is filmed in front of a solid color, then all you have to do is use the chroma key fx and key out the background color. If the subject is in front of multiple colors then it would require more diffucult frame by frame editing in a photo ap such as Photoshop. Good luck, -Shon
taliesin wrote on 9/13/2002, 11:19 AM
1. Place your timeline-cursor where you want to split the clip. Hit the 's'-key on your keyboard.

2. If you wanna do this you have to do a keying. Shoot the person in front of a pure color plain, blue will be very fine.
Then use the chroma-keying of VegasVideo to replace the blue against another background.

Marco
cg001 wrote on 9/13/2002, 12:08 PM
Thanks for the help I will try them out
mikkie wrote on 9/13/2002, 1:54 PM
RE: keying...
If you research this, you'll likely find a lot of pros using After Effects with a host of plugins like commotion, but then you're not talking about software NLE's, and your wallet will no doubt be slimmer.

As far as keying in VV3 vs. Ulead, I personally think Vegas does a better job, though I don't think you'll read any published rave reviews about keying in any software NLE.

As mentioned in another post, keying would involve telling the software to create a mask based on the background color -- everything blue or green for example would be considered transparent, as when they shoot the weather person on TV, and whatever background from another track or stream shows through. Depending on your background, this may work.

An option would be to create your own (non-color based) masks, which is basically what they're doing in after effects with the help of various plugins. If your primary subject doesn't have a lot of movement position wise, you might be able to create a few masks that cover most of the background throughout your video. Then you'd just have to worry about a much smaller area to try and color key, sort of like a halo surrounding your subject, though you might have to add more then one color to key.

In my opinion, Vegas handles masks pretty well.