UltimateS Pro

mekelly wrote on 2/18/2009, 7:57 PM
I am trying to compose a Photomontage and am not sure the best way to handle vertical and horizontal pictures. I select 'Crop Event to Aspect Ratio' so I don't have to do that will every picture. The horizontal's are fine but the verticals are rotated 90 degrees. Can the program not sense when it's a vertical?

Without that capability there's still a lot of manual work involved to rotate the verticals and adjust the panning and cropping.

Or am I just missing something simple?

Thanks!

Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/18/2009, 8:44 PM
no, it can't figure out which way the image is facing. You still have to do that manually, normally I just use infranview to rotate them bulk for me.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 2/18/2009, 9:39 PM
Ultimate S Pro - can only see what Vegas can see, since it works inside of Vegas and automates functionalities that are being done manually.

That being said - the information for vertical and horizontal can be read by Vegas Pro, and should be in the meta data of the files.

So the question I'd be asking, is why aren't they.

Dave

JohnnyRoy wrote on 2/19/2009, 8:04 AM
I agree, the problem is that your photos do not have the proper orientation information embedded in the photo itself. Most newer cameras will do this for you. Since your pictures do not have this information, you need to add this before you use them in Vegas.

The simplest way to do this is to use the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. In the Windows Explorer, either right-click the picture and select Open With... | Windows Picture and Fax Viewer or right-click in an empty folder area and select View | Filmstrip. Either way will open the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Then at the bottom you will see two icons to rotate left 90 degrees and rotate right 90 degrees. Use these buttons to orient your photo correctly. This orientation information will be saved in the photo as long as the photo is not marked read-only. It should now display vertically in Windows as a thumbnail. When you bring this into Vegas via Ultimate S Pro it will also display vertically in Vegas. It's very important to set this information correctly for vertical photos BEFORE using them in Vegas.

~jr
bStro wrote on 2/19/2009, 12:18 PM
Easier way would be to go into Windows Explorer, set it to Thumbnail view so you can see all the images in the folder at once. Then select all the ones that have the wrong orientation (using Shift+click and Ctrl+click). The right-click one and choose Rotate Clockwise or Rotate Counter-Clockwise as needed.

Rob