VEGAS Pro 18 Update 3 (Build 434) - General Discussion

Bri-Hageman wrote on 1/25/2021, 8:40 AM

Dear Community,

We have just released the third update for VEGAS Pro 18. Please give us your feedback in this thread.

If you already have an earlier build of VEGAS Pro 18,  there is no need to uninstall it, build 434 will overwrite your installation and retain your settings. Keep in mind that your computer will need to be online for activation after the update.

For more information, please refer to our official announcement with patch notes.

I hope you have a great rest of your week.

Sincerely,

Bri

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D7K wrote on 1/25/2021, 8:49 AM

Upgrade went smoothly for me.

musko wrote on 1/25/2021, 8:57 AM

@Bri-Hageman
Track Motion window still don't remember size and position.

It's sad and ridiculous

@RogerS Here is what I mean ...

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Wiew wrote on 1/25/2021, 9:23 AM

Upgrade went perfectly

 

Illusion wrote on 1/25/2021, 9:34 AM

reposting here so it doesn't get lost

.mpg file will now import AC3 but I have a problem with some files. BTW, all the .mpg here were created with the Import DVD from the deprecated feature of Vegas Pro 18 (build 334).

Some of the files have the proper length while many others have a length of 13h ish. When I drop in the timeline, the audio is there with proper length but video is 13h long. The playback is fine for the length of the audio. The remaining of the video after the audio are garbage frames, it is a repeat of the first few frames of the clip. Easy workaround is to trim the video at the audio edge. An improvement over 373 but still not there yet.

Looking at the file in Windows, it has the proper length (00:36) and VLC plays is just fine, not 13h long.

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Reyfox wrote on 1/25/2021, 9:50 AM

How large is this file? I see 129KB. On my computer Win10, it tells me Windows protected me from running the app. Then when I do try and run it, I get another error window saying it can not be run on my PC.

Updating from within VP18, the download is slow...really slow..... considering it's only 710MB and I have fiber optic internet speed...

But the update from within VP went smoothly and all is well.

@musko when I select Track Motion, this is what I see on my 4K monitor. No resizing needed unless I want to make it larger. And yes, if I save the project with the Track Motion window larger, it doesn't "stick" when I exit and restart VP

musko wrote on 1/25/2021, 9:54 AM

I have not 4K monitor 😕
But I think what this is same problem, but on my monitor is Track Motion window small

RogerS wrote on 1/25/2021, 10:09 AM

Track motion starts unusably small on my 1080p display and has to be expanded each time you open Vegas.

alifftudm95 wrote on 1/25/2021, 10:42 AM

My project is 1080P, set the pan/crop 21:9 ratio (1920x800), color grade the clip with some color corrector FX, I added beziere Mask and and it mess up the preview

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musko wrote on 1/25/2021, 11:59 AM

I can't add motion tracking data from Motion Tracking Window (not using drag & drop):

Strange
 

Papots wrote on 1/25/2021, 2:24 PM

EDIT: Fixed, just went to the folder where it has been installed opened the 700Mo file from there.

Hello, I can't Install it after getting this error. "The installation program canot update Vega Pro 18.0 if it's running."

Erkki wrote on 1/25/2021, 2:30 PM

I have crash problem when switching between applications. For example I am fixing fixes to edit..

  1. From Vegas pro 18..
  2. Switch to windows explorer (alt+tab). Open previously rendered video clip with Windows media player. Play, rewind etc.
  3. Switch back (alt+tab) back to Vegas. --> Crash.

Happens quite often (not always) but cannot yet pinpoint exact steps. I have 3 displays with various resolutions. Vegas application remains on same display.

 

 

terry54321 wrote on 1/25/2021, 2:32 PM

I found that VP18 still can not display in the preview window the Canon EOSR 4k All-i MP4 file. It is just all black even though VP16 could display the same file with just a few black frames. So I will continue to have to edit in VP16 until Magix decides to fix VP18 so it can work with modern video files and codecs. Here is a sample of the Canon file that can not display in VP18 that you can download and test: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZUlimXZweDM68Gasl8Ey8gfwY5rGurNyJSy

j-v wrote on 1/25/2021, 3:01 PM

@terry54321
Nothing wrong with that file and it plays normally on Vegas Pro 18 on my laptop, look

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jsbugrain wrote on 1/25/2021, 3:56 PM

How large is this file? I see 129KB. On my computer Win10, it tells me Windows protected me from running the app. Then when I do try and run it, I get another error window saying it can not be run on my PC.

When I try and install VEGAS Pro 18 update from the forum link it first says "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised app from starting". If I choose Run Anyway it then says "The app can't run on your PC".

Looking at the file downloaded, it's only 129k in size and is in fact a PNG file with an EXE file extension. If I change extension and view, it's an image for Percussive Instruments (see attached)

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set wrote on 1/25/2021, 4:32 PM

I found that VP18 still can not display in the preview window the Canon EOSR 4k All-i MP4 file. It is just all black even though VP16 could display the same file with just a few black frames. So I will continue to have to edit in VP16 until Magix decides to fix VP18 so it can work with modern video files and codecs. Here is a sample of the Canon file that can not display in VP18 that you can download and test: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZUlimXZweDM68Gasl8Ey8gfwY5rGurNyJSy

no trouble to me as well.... I can open without issues.

How large is this file? I see 129KB. On my computer Win10, it tells me Windows protected me from running the app. Then when I do try and run it, I get another error window saying it can not be run on my PC.

When I try and install VEGAS Pro 18 update from the forum link it first says "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised app from starting". If I choose Run Anyway it then says "The app can't run on your PC".

Looking at the file downloaded, it's only 129k in size and is in fact a PNG file with an EXE file extension. If I change extension and view, it's an image for Percussive Instruments (see attached)

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This is weird... can you try temporary stop the MS Defender Smartscreen and retry download?

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jsbugrain wrote on 1/25/2021, 4:52 PM
 

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This is weird... can you try temporary stop the MS Defender Smartscreen and retry download?

Sorry, too late. Downloaded via the program (failed to install) and located the downloaded file and ran manually.

set wrote on 1/25/2021, 4:55 PM

ok no prob.

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terry54321 wrote on 1/25/2021, 5:22 PM

@terry54321
Nothing wrong with that file and it plays normally on Vegas Pro 18 on my laptop, look

 

terry54321 wrote on 1/25/2021, 5:30 PM

I tried just tried also installing VP18 on my laptop to see if I can edit the Canon EOSR 4k all-i mp4 file and it displays the file as a red screen in the preview window. I don't know if there is a setting that needs to be changed in VP18 or if I need a newer graphics card than my Geoforce Nvidia gtx-980 with 4GB ram on my desktop PC which has an i7 5930K cpu and 32GB ram.

Piotr-Banasiak wrote on 1/25/2021, 5:56 PM

Hello,
I have VEGAS Pro 18 (VEGAS_Pro_18.0.0.434_DE-EN-FR-ES_nVUsnks40).
The program hangs (stops working) as soon as I select "render as ...". You can't even set the rendering options.
My equipment:
Windows 10 Home,
Intel Core i9 CPU,
NVIDA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GPU,
32 GB RAM.
What is wrong?

Bernd-Porr wrote on 1/25/2021, 6:17 PM
From within Vegas it doesn't work. So I downloaded the version again from the "my products" page, installed it again and activated it.
 

EDIT: Fixed, just went to the folder where it has been installed opened the 700Mo file from there.
Curious where the internal downloader installed the exe as I couldn't find it so had to download it from the "my products" page.
 
 

Hello, I can't Install it after getting this error. "The installation program canot update Vega Pro 18.0 if it's running."

 

set wrote on 1/25/2021, 6:34 PM

Hello,
I have VEGAS Pro 18 (VEGAS_Pro_18.0.0.434_DE-EN-FR-ES_nVUsnks40).
The program hangs (stops working) as soon as I select "render as ...". You can't even set the rendering options.
My equipment:
Windows 10 Home,
Intel Core i9 CPU,
NVIDA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GPU,
32 GB RAM.
What is wrong?

Many times in my laptop, I had this issue too... My workaround that always works to me is to cancel opening last project, add any media generator, file>render as - After dialog box appear, cancel, then open last project, and proceed.

Is this workaround works for you?

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jim-helpert wrote on 1/25/2021, 7:14 PM

Color grading panel will no longer produce large numbers of undo events

Finally!

Piotr-Banasiak wrote on 1/25/2021, 7:35 PM

Hello,
I have VEGAS Pro 18 (VEGAS_Pro_18.0.0.434_DE-EN-FR-ES_nVUsnks40).
The program hangs (stops working) as soon as I select "render as ...". You can't even set the rendering options.
My equipment:
Windows 10 Home,
Intel Core i9 CPU,
NVIDA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GPU,
32 GB RAM.
What is wrong?

Many times in my laptop, I had this issue too... My workaround that always works to me is to cancel opening last project, add any media generator, file>render as - After dialog box appear, cancel, then open last project, and proceed.

Is this workaround works for you?

Unfortunately it does not work, cannot be canceled because selecting "render as ..." disables VEGAS.