I figured I would try to compile the wish list of features to help our awesome Vegas programmers. These are not all my ideas, but they are all things I would like to see. If I missed something add it on.
JBJones
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Folder tracks and possibly nestable vegas projects within a folder.
Bring back track motion presets.
The name of a preset should be there when the FX window is reopened - not "Untitled".
Windows Explorer type thumbnails in the Vegas Explorer window.
Ability to drop AC3 encoded files on the timeline.
Auto Color, Auto Levels.
Script editing managment area similar to the way Photoshop Action management works. Once you install a script it stays in the program available for use with an easy mouse click.
After an automatic tape capture, allow previewing of captured clips in the summary window before the clips are added to the capture project. Or else a way to easily rename a sequential batch of clips after the junk has been deleted from the project.
When final rendering is in progress, have an indication curson moving along the timeline to show which frames are currently in the preview window.
When render is in progress have a X of Total frames being rendered rather than just the current frame. Sometimes it would be nice to know that you are on frame 9,045 of 10,365 frames.
Some 3D motion track scripting capability for the purpose of importing camera tracking data from apps such as SynthEyes. It would be nice to attach a title or graphic above someones head for instance like the signal strength bars on the Cingular commercials or attach a jpeg to the ground as a plane flew over.
Audio Event FX with shadow regions where a sound is extended past the event because of delays or other type FX.
Right clicking the Solo or Mute button gives you options of Solo ALL and Solo None.
An option to be able to scroll through Active compositing modes either with the arrow keys or the mouse wheel. So if I want to see what the composite looks like in Darken or Difference, I can easily switch between them.
Keyframeable DeShaker type option in the Track Motion box to help stabelize shaky clips.
And perhaps associated to the DeShaker, an automatic object tracker that a filter can be attached to such as a masked gausian blur, or a levels adjust ment just on someones face.
Scrub audio by draging the cursor across the timeline or spinning the jog wheel on external hardware. And I'm not talking about the shuttle feature that CTRL currently provides. I think it would be helpful to hear a preview at whatever speed you drag the mouse. And when you stop draging the mouse the cursor would be where your mouse was located.
Preview both audio and video across FireWire.
Zoom and panning on the preview window. Even if there is a "Zoomed to xx" read out to keep one from forgetting it has been zoomed in. "Zoom in" That is a funny word phrase isn't it?
Display tooltip of the file name when hovering over an event in the timeline.
In Video Capture or Vegas, the abiltiy to set a thumbnails preview frame and have it stick when viewed in the other app.
JBJones
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Folder tracks and possibly nestable vegas projects within a folder.
Bring back track motion presets.
The name of a preset should be there when the FX window is reopened - not "Untitled".
Windows Explorer type thumbnails in the Vegas Explorer window.
Ability to drop AC3 encoded files on the timeline.
Auto Color, Auto Levels.
Script editing managment area similar to the way Photoshop Action management works. Once you install a script it stays in the program available for use with an easy mouse click.
After an automatic tape capture, allow previewing of captured clips in the summary window before the clips are added to the capture project. Or else a way to easily rename a sequential batch of clips after the junk has been deleted from the project.
When final rendering is in progress, have an indication curson moving along the timeline to show which frames are currently in the preview window.
When render is in progress have a X of Total frames being rendered rather than just the current frame. Sometimes it would be nice to know that you are on frame 9,045 of 10,365 frames.
Some 3D motion track scripting capability for the purpose of importing camera tracking data from apps such as SynthEyes. It would be nice to attach a title or graphic above someones head for instance like the signal strength bars on the Cingular commercials or attach a jpeg to the ground as a plane flew over.
Audio Event FX with shadow regions where a sound is extended past the event because of delays or other type FX.
Right clicking the Solo or Mute button gives you options of Solo ALL and Solo None.
An option to be able to scroll through Active compositing modes either with the arrow keys or the mouse wheel. So if I want to see what the composite looks like in Darken or Difference, I can easily switch between them.
Keyframeable DeShaker type option in the Track Motion box to help stabelize shaky clips.
And perhaps associated to the DeShaker, an automatic object tracker that a filter can be attached to such as a masked gausian blur, or a levels adjust ment just on someones face.
Scrub audio by draging the cursor across the timeline or spinning the jog wheel on external hardware. And I'm not talking about the shuttle feature that CTRL currently provides. I think it would be helpful to hear a preview at whatever speed you drag the mouse. And when you stop draging the mouse the cursor would be where your mouse was located.
Preview both audio and video across FireWire.
Zoom and panning on the preview window. Even if there is a "Zoomed to xx" read out to keep one from forgetting it has been zoomed in. "Zoom in" That is a funny word phrase isn't it?
Display tooltip of the file name when hovering over an event in the timeline.
In Video Capture or Vegas, the abiltiy to set a thumbnails preview frame and have it stick when viewed in the other app.