VV3 doesnt produce perfect cuts ??

z3rg wrote on 4/21/2002, 5:58 AM
Hi, im using VV3 for about a month so might i look over something important. Im having problems with clear cuts (no transitions). Even if im using Snapping the vegas doesnt produce good cuts ... the best to ilustrate whats going on is picture on my site http://www.volny.cz/klub_m ... The left cut is perfect, but i tuned it manually (the arrow is narrow) but the right cut seems to be bad (if i play the rendered video on tv you can see that cut isnt ok) .. using auto-snapping. I didnt have probs with other programs (Pinnacle Studio 7) and this confuse me cuz i like the vegas very much.

Btw im using build 107

Thx anyone

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Chienworks wrote on 4/21/2002, 8:03 AM
Go to Options/Preferences/Editing. Do you have "Fade edit edges of video events" checked? If so, turn this off.
Former user wrote on 4/21/2002, 9:35 AM
When you are doing cuts only, it is a good idea to keep the video on the same track. This way you can tell when the images line up edge to edge. Unlike Studio 7, Vegas does not always snap the pix edge for edge.

Dave T2
z3rg wrote on 4/21/2002, 10:21 AM
Nope, just audio had been checked, so i disabled it.

To DaveT2 ... but i think i'm using only one track for editing video ... just using split to A/B edit cuz its more transparent for editing and transitions are better visible

btw, dont understand what does "cut-to-overlap conversion" mean ?

hey, i found that :)) disabled options/quantize to frames and the cuts seems to fine right now. will have to look it up in the faq or knowledge base
Stiffler wrote on 4/21/2002, 1:45 PM
Move that lower video event back up to the top track. Then zoom in to the cut, I bet you have a space between frames? Put your mouse on the edge of an event, and pull it over to fill the space.
Cheesehole wrote on 4/21/2002, 2:29 PM
>>>Move that lower video event back up to the top track. Then zoom in to the cut, I bet you have a space between frames? Put your mouse on the edge of an event, and pull it over to fill the space.

Siffler:
he is already using just one track. he just has it expanded to show the transitions. I don't like to work that way, but it's there for a reason.

z3rg: you should go back into the options and put the check back on fade audio edges. you'll get pops and clicks in your audio edits otherwise.

also, cut to overlap conversion is the snap point for auto transitions. so if you set it for .25 seconds, when you overlap two events they'll snap at .25 seconds overlapped. that also determines the transition time if you drop a bunch of images or movies on the timeline at once. you'll have them all overlapping by .25 seconds. that's good for making a quick slideshow.
HPV wrote on 4/21/2002, 2:30 PM

A few things that might help you here. (And open a whole can of worms, ugh.)

Horz. zooming the timeline will tell all. The trick to using is setting the cursor line to the end of the clip via Ctrl-Alt-R.Arrow. Now zooming will stay focused on the end of the clip and will show any gaps in the timline. Also uneven AV length.
If you want snapping to event edges to work well, don't have the cursor in the above position. Park it somewhere else when adding clips.
Also, your clips may have more or less audio vs. video. My captures are few samples less of audio. This here is part of that can of worms. Zooming in will show you and save you. If you have extra audio on your captures, thats where your black frames are coming from. Less audio just messs with you while editing (multi per clip event snapping), you never hear those missing samples. (Second can of worms, vegas renders have extra audio. Anyone else getting this?)
When audio fade at edits is activated and you butt to clips up to each other, the new fade will stay with an audio clip when moved. So when you move it, there will be snapping for both audio and video. If your not zoomed in on the timeline, you never see the two. An alternitive way to check a project is the jump to event key commands I mentioned above. Scrub/frame step the edit area.
Audio fade at edits is helpful (no pops), you just have to watch out for it. You can reset at any time by dragging the audio fade away. Easy to grab when zoomed in.
Now I'll mention I'm using Vegas 2.h and don't have quantize to frames. It's designed to limit your edits to whole frames. I don't know how it deals with clips that have longer or shorter audio clips.

Craig H.