Vegas 5 won't apply a 16:9 mask!

mahedy wrote on 8/2/2004, 8:03 AM

Hi
I've just upgraded to Vegas 5. I was doing an edit this week and noticed I couldn't generate a 16:9 crop/ mask for the entire track like I used to with Vegas 4 on the track motion option. I had to go into each clip and put it on seperately with the event/pan option!
Am I being silly or have they forgotten to include this feature with Vegas 5?
regards to all

Sparky

can't wait for XL2!

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 8/2/2004, 8:58 AM

The presets are gone in Vegas 5, 3D makes some things more challenging...
You can always create a mask using pan/crop and parent it to the whole project, or create a transparent mask in Pshop or other tool and do this in a similar fashion.
Yeah, the XL2 is a very nice cam, feels good, looks good. Native 16:9, 24P in real usable modes, pro audio connections, better lens...lotsa goodies there.

vitalforces wrote on 8/2/2004, 11:56 AM

I'm working on a feature project and am using a photoshop-made 1:85 mask that sits on the top track and extents across the entire project, but curious as to how to use pan-crop to parent the whole project. How is that done?

This makes me wish, of course, that the output buttons along the top of the project view window could include a 'letterbox' mask setting.