I also have both and have asked this very same question. Unfortunately the answere is no....So what I do is one of two things.

1. I create the FX in the Hollywood FX Easy Editor and save it. Then open up Pinnacle and create a solid black full screen title. Then I find my saved FX in the transitions drop down menu and drop and drag it completely over the blank title. Render to MPEG-2 then import it into Vegas.

2. If it is a simple preset Hollywood FX you want to use from the Pinnalce transtions list, just insert your clips or images on the timeline, choose the Hollywood FX transition you want to use , and render to MPEG-2 then improt into Vegas.

Hope this helps a lttle.....

Well thanks guys at least you have saved me from searching hi and low and further endless tweaking.

Ta very much.

Dave.

If you have HFX I assume you still have Premiere. Why not create the effect in Premiere and output an avi. Then bring this into Vegas
Barry

ANother option -

Open Premiere and create your effect. When you render choose the Satish frame server. Now (keeping Premiere open and the frame server running) open VV and your project. Just imoprt your new media - the frame served sequence from Premiere - into your VV project. Edit and render as normal. When you're done, stop frame serving and close Premiere.

Yet another option:-

If you have Boris Red 3GL or plenty of spare cash to buy it, you can use the Hollywood FX plugin within Boris which in turn plugs into Vegas

how would you use hollywood fx within boris? can you explain how to do this? is it a plugin for boris? and then how would you see it in vegas.

im kinda new at this, so please excuse me if this has been asked before. or is a dumb question

One of the plugins that Hollywood FX comes as is an After Effects plugin. Boris Red 3GL can use After effects plugins. This means you can add a Red 3GL as a Video FX within vegas, then use the Hollywood FX within Red 3GL.

I've quickly tested this and it seems to work fine.

Hope this helps

"If you have HFX I assume you still have Premiere. Why not create the effect in Premiere and output an avi. Then bring this into Vegas"


This is a good idea, but what type of avi will Vegas import. avi 1 or avi 2 or both. I still have Studio with HFX, Studio creates a AVI 2 file.

Does UBB work on this board?

I know this is an old post i am bringing back to life, but I finally purchased Boris Red and I was wondering if anyone knew how to use Hollywood FX as a plug-in as Standish suggested. I haven't installed Boris yet so detailed directions would be very helpful. Itwill be nice to use Hollywood FX again, for some of its 'cheesy" effects.

thanks

I also have Red and would love to know how to do this.

They may seem “cheesy” but the I use the HFX wedding album effects every year when I do a video yearbook for the local school. I place the school yearbook cover as the front page and I use the page turn between the three major sections of the video. It really helps support the “video yearbook” theme.

Unfortunately I can’t afford Red so I have a procedure where I overlap my events in Vegas, then I cut them and bring them up a track and remove the overlap and render just that section. Then I bring them into HFX and I make the overlap again, render to AVI and place that AVI back in the hole I made in the Vegas timeline when I cut the original clips out. It’s tedious but it works.

I would love to have HFX as a plug-in to Vegas but it’s never going to happen unless someone writes a Premiere plugin adapter. I assume its technically impossible or else someone would have done it already.

~jr

my comments about 'cheesy' were actually a joke. I am always reading comments about people making fun of transitions and how they are used. "Simple is better".... I think comments like that are humorous. Bottom line, what I think a lot of people forget, is know your audience.

Standish stated that he was able to install it as a plug in for boris red so I was hoping he would give specific instructions on how he did it.
I guess I'll ghost my machine and give it a shot.

thanks