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Videoon 12/9/2019
VP17 and spinning blue mouse cursor
Take the tick out of the 'Close media files when not the active application' check box in Options/Preferences/ General and see if this helps.
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Videoon 11/18/2019
Hello from NewBlueFX
Hi YouTuber60 Check out my comment to you on your original post.
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Videoon 11/18/2019
Scub to retrieve
YouTuber60 That's a message from Titler Pro 7. It shows while a title is being cached. Unfortunately, if you haven't got the Titler Pro 7 UI open on another monitor you have no way of knowing when the title has finished caching. The message doesn't refresh automatically, that's why you have to scrub. The action of scrubbing refreshes the message. If the caching is complete, the message will disappear when you scrub. The message usually appears if the particular title hasn't been saved. Titler Pro 7 is different to older versions in that each title has to be saved manually when it is first created. Have you moved from Titler Pro 6 (or earlier) to Titler Pro 7? If you have, check out my video tutorial on migrating from TP6 to TP7. I explain there why the message appears.
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Videoon 11/13/2019
Hello from NewBlueFX
Grazie Yes there has. In your Video you go to great lengths in describing how you MUST create Titles prior to any working - your 4 Samples. That's different. That’s not correct. If you listen to my video again, you will hear me say, and I quote “Now, once the title list has been populated with the titles on the Vegas Pro timeline, they need saving. They can either be saved now, or at the end of the session”. I also say later on, “I normally do this before I do any work on the titles, to make sure that they’re all saved”. The operative phrase here is “I normally”. This is my choice. You don’t need to do this. You can create your title(s) from scratch then save them when you exit the session. My choice is to save the titles before I start work on them so I know they are saved. If you leave the saving until the end of the session, you will be prompted to save them one at a time. Since all the titles will have the default name Title, you won’t know which title you’re saving as you’re saving them. Your second point. Again, this is incorrect. The procedure for creating lower thirds where you have 2 text elements, one with, say a name, and the second with a job title is fundamentally exactly the same as with TP6. In fact, TP7 introduced an improvement to this. With TP6, an added text element, needed to be declared as a variable under the Global tab before it could be used for this purpose. TP7 allows you to add a variable text element which is automatically declared as a variable. A chosen variable Name? Ugh . . . . Again, you don’t need to choose a variable name. Changing the default variable name makes it easier when you are filling in the variable fields under the Scene tab. However, you can leave the variable names as default if you want. Thank you, but this is nothing I did in previous versions AND the saviong complexity is still beyond me. How can the saving complexity be beyond you? You save the titles just like you save any other file. That’s it. Once done for any given title, it doesn’t need re-doing. How on earth can that be complex? More changes? OMG . . . Of course there are changes. It wouldn’t be a new version if there weren’t changes. Only just how little I comprehend. ???
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Videoon 11/12/2019
Hello from NewBlueFX
Grazie Simple titles: Nothing has changed here. As soon as you pull the NewBlueFX generated media onto the timeline, TP7 opens up and contains the default title (unless, of course, you have defined your own default title - tutorial coming soon). From this title you can either forget about it and open an existing title from the library (your own design or a built-in one) or modify this title with your own saved styles, etc from the library. Lower Thirds Names and Jobs: Again, nothing has changed. The default title (unless you've changed it) contains two text elements. Simply re-arrange these elements the way you want, apply the styles that you want. Highlight one element then go to the Global tab for that element, come down to the Variable Settings section, tick the Text Variable check box and change the text in the associated box to your chosen variable name. For example, Job Title. Select the second text element and carry out the same procedure as above and call the Text Variable your second choice, for example Name. Go to the scene tab and you should see two variable names defined, one called Name and one called Job Title. You can now enter your names and job titles into these variable boxes for all your titles that have been shared with this one. Now each shared title will show your chosen Name and Job Title. As I mentioned, this is virtually the same procedure as in TP6. There has been some minor changes, which I will explain in my video, but if you follow the procedure above you shouldn't go wrong. I hope this helps.
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Videoon 11/8/2019
Hello from NewBlueFX
Grazie Do you have one on “Names” and “Job Titles” Lower thirds, that take into account on-the-fly Names and JobTitle updating? In NBTP6 and before this was straightforward. By this, do you mean the ability to create several titles, each with the same design, but able to display different text in the 'Job Title' and 'Names' elements? If you do, this is called Multi-title management and Titler Pro 7 is no different to Titler Pro 6 in this respect. If this is what you mean, I haven't done a video on it yet, but I intend to. If this isn't what you mean, and I must admit, I'm not sure what you mean by 'on-the-fly' in this context, can you please clarify. 'On-the-fly' to me means updating in real time and that, I believe, is only possible with 'Titler Live'. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Fundamentally, the only differences between TP6 and TP7 are:- Title assets need to be saved manually (one time only) The name 'Template' has changed to 'Design Sharing' in the multi-title management section Text elements don't require declaring as variables in the Global tab if 'Variable text' is selected in the 'Add Text' drop-down list. The 'Elastic Timeline' feature has been replaced with a 'Pause' point, which does the same job but in a different way (I have produced a YouTube video on this).
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Videoon 11/7/2019
Hello from NewBlueFX
Marcus, thanks for your positive feedback. Titler Pro 7 gets some bad press, mostly undeserved, in my opinion. These videos are my attempt to put this right.
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Videoon 11/7/2019
Hello from NewBlueFX
Grazie Again, this is the WHY. I want to have a straightforward simple saving process. I really don’t NEED to be confused by saving over a project name I’ve already got!? I really want to see a step by step Tutorial on Saving and how I go about saving lower thirds with, for example, different Names and Job Title BUT the same Lower Thirds Style. In NBTP6 and NBTP5 this was straightforward and I wasn't required to save over an exsisting Style or Project. Have you seen my YouTube tutorials on this subject? My channel name is Veteran Video Editor and my first tutorial was about title saving and Design Sharing. Jack
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Videoon 9/25/2019
track motion
Yes, unfortunately that, I think, is a Windows thing, not Vegas.
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Videoon 9/25/2019
track motion
If you double-click the header twice it will turn into almost full screen.
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Videoon 9/8/2019
NewBlueFx Titler Pro 7 and VP 17
Grazie you’re welcome.
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Videoon 9/7/2019
NewBlueFx Titler Pro 7 and VP 17
6 held a Database of Personnel names and so on, which I could change as and when. Where’s that in 7? I've been using Titler Pro 6 for about 18 months now and I'm not aware of a database per se were you could store names. Now if you're talking about text variable fields that can have different text values in different titles with the same design then Titler Pro 7 has these as well. Look under the Scene/Variables tab for each title to find the text variables declared for that title and change them to your heart's content.
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Videoon 9/7/2019
NewBlueFx Titler Pro 7 and VP 17
Grazie Exactly! What you’ve described, and thank you, to get a result is NBTP7 is more complex than NBTP6. In NBTP6 it is simpler and User friendly. I don't agree. If you mean that adding the small step of saving each title,as it's generated, more complex then that's a matter of opinion. However, let me put it into perspective:- Titler Pro 6 Generate title -> -> -> -> -> modify title -> done Titler Pro 7 Generate title -> save title -> modify title -> done The step 'save title' takes, for each title, the sequence 'highlight title in Title List, click File, click Save As, enter name, click Save'. What's complex about that? Once done for any particular title that's it. It's a one time process. Now, if you're saying that the concept of 'Shared Designs' is more complex than the concept of Template sharing in Titler Pro 6 then, I'll grant you, that is a little tricky to get your head around. But more complex, certainly not. In essence the two are very similar but with different names. Design sharing simply describes how 2 or more titles share their particular designs. You could have 10 titles each with their own design in which case each would be declared as [Unshared]. If you take one of those titles, say title 10 and share it with title 1 then both title 1 and title 10 would have a 'Shared Design' of title 1. The other 8 titles would remain as [Unshared]. Any design change you then made to title 1 would be reflected in the design of title 10 and conversely, any design change you made to title 10 would be reflected in the design of title 1. They both share the same design. This fundamentally is the way Titler Pro 6 worked. It's just that the concept and implementation has changed. Why this was done I don't know, but the way I see it is this, it is what it is. It works, so I just get on with using it. I hope that the above explanation makes it easier to understand. I'm sure that it will become familiar to you in time.
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Videoon 9/6/2019
NewBlueFx Titler Pro 7 and VP 17
I didn't say it was the process for NBTP6. I thought you wanted the workflow for NBTP7. As far as adding as an FX, I haven't tried that yet but I would presume that it's identical. Why don't you try it?
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Videoon 9/6/2019
NewBlueFx Titler Pro 7 and VP 17
Grazie This would be my workflow. Best done using two monitors. Pull the first title onto the timeline which opens up TP7. Immediately use File/Save As to save this title using a unique, meaningful name. When naming this title be mindful that this title will be the template for all your other lower thirds. Modify this title to create your lower third. If you simply want two text fields as you describe, the default will suffice. You'll notice that the title name in the Title List will reflect the name you used when you saved it. You will also notice that the description under 'Design Sharing' is [Unshared]. Now pull the next title onto the timeline which places another title in the Title List named Title. Immediately save this title using a unique, meaningful name. Again, the name will change to this name and the description under the 'Design Sharing' column will be [Unshared]. Click the down arrow in this column on the row of this title and you will see, underneath [Unshared], the name you gave the first title. Select this name and you will see that the description in the 'Design Sharing' column of both titles will change from [Unshared] to the name of the first title, indicating that both titles share the same design. Pull the next title onto the timeline and repeat the process until all 10 titles have been processed. You can then go through each one filling in the variable text fields under the Scene/Variables tab with your name/job description. Finally, close TP7 by clicking the green check mark in the bottom right hand corner, to return to VP17. I know this works because I've just created 4 lower thirds using this method. As far as your last point is concerned. If you mean updating titles in real time, I can confirm that even though titles are stored separate from VP17 (unlike TP6), they do update in real time. What you have to do is scrub the timeline cursor slightly to get the display to update.
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Videoon 9/6/2019
NewBlueFx Titler Pro 7 and VP 17
The major difference between TP6 and TP7 is the way individual titles are saved and this is what's causing so much confusion/anger. Once you get your head around this new methodology all the rest is very familiar. The important point to remember, with new projects, is to save individual titles as they are placed on the timeline, with unique, meaningful names. This is a one time process. Once an individual title has been saved you won't need to save it again, irrespective of the changes made to it, as it gets saved automatically when you exit TP7 using the green check mark at the bottom right hand corner. If you have an old project that has titles generated by TP6 and you want to update it to TP7, do the following. Open the project and save it with a new name, just in case. Open TP7 using the first title on the timeline. Systematically save each title with a unique name. Close TP7 with the green check mark. Save the project. Open the project and the titles will be TP7 friendly. That's how I did it. There are other differences between TP6 and TP7 and it's a matter of opinion whether each is beneficial or not. However, I think when you see the benefits of the new caching system you'll look on the new title saving mechanism with a little more tolerance.
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Videoon 9/4/2019
Use CAUTION installing NewBlueFX Titler Pro 7
Yes, It appears that Titler Pro 7 'breaks' projects with titles created using Titler Pro 6. However, this is not true. The methodology used with Titler Pro 7 is different to Titler Pro 6. Titler Pro 7's assets, ie its titles, are stored separate from its host's NLE. This makes for a more efficient caching mechanism. In order to migrate a project with titles created with Titler Pro 6 you need to open the first title in your NLE using Titler Pro 7, then systematically save each title with its own unique name to your hard drive (I use a sub folder within my project folder) until you've saved them all. You can then click the green tick at the bottom right hand of the screen to close TP7 down and return to your NLE. If you create all your titles in one go, as I do, the thing to remember with TP7 is that when you create a new title on the timeline it's important to save this with its unique name as soon as possible because, by default TP7 names each new title 'Title'. If you don't, on exit you will be confronted with the task of saving multiple titles, giving each a different name, and this can get tedious. Another thing that's changed is the concept of Title Templates. As far as multi-title management is concerned this concept has been replaced by the concept of 'Design Sharing' and works in a slightly different way. But that's another story.
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Videoon 8/20/2019
VEGAS PRO 17 "LOVE-IN"
For me the new VEGAS Video Stabilization FX is a godsend. I'm a hobbyist and I create a lot of home movies of my vacations with my wife. Unfortunately my hands aren't as steady as they used to be and, although my trusty Sony camcorder has a brilliant optical image stabiliser it can't cope with my incessant camera drift. I like my static shots to be, well, static, not wandering, however little. I have two presets in the preset pane, one is the default which I use on panned shots (if necessary) and the other is the Freeze Motion preset which I use on all my static shots. I don't even have to create sub-clips as I used to do with the old stabiliser. I know that I will lose a little resolution but that's a small price to pay for having my static shots rock solid. I can even adjust the Reference Frame Number slider to minimise the zoom. What's more, I can leave the User View on Basic, as I've found that all the default values work perfect for me. That, along with all the speed improvements I'm experiencing since I upgraded my NVIDIA graphics card, results in a very pleasant editing experiencing. All I need now is someone to come up with a decent tutorial on Planar Tracking.
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Audioon 8/20/2019
Vegas Pro 17 Problem Selecting Items in Project Media
Yes, the Devs know about this bug. It will be fixed in a later update.
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Videoon 8/13/2019
New Blue Titler Pro 5
It just shows doesn't it. It's all a matter of opinion.
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Videoon 8/13/2019
New Blue Titler Pro 5
I'm using Titler Pro 6 with Vegas Pro 17 and I wouldn't be without it. Admittedly, it has it's quirks and it works better if you have two monitors but, once you get used to it (and it's quirks) it can make your videos look very professional. I use a lot of lower thirds in my videos and it's ideal for these. Over the years I've learned little tricks to speed up my workflow. I should stick with version 5 if I were you, I don't think you get much more with 6. Version 5 has multi-title management and elastic timeline (I think) and these two features, in my opinion, are the most important. Keep at it, you won't regret it.
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Scriptingon 8/10/2019
[Request] Extension to modify Event length
Thanks Marco. Thanks also to wwaag and Harold-Linke for their efforts. Greatly appreciated.
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Scriptingon 8/10/2019
[Request] Extension to modify Event length
Marco I'm new to scripting. Can you tell me how I install these two please? Thanks
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Videoon 8/10/2019
Strange Video Behaviour After Stablization Vegas Pro 17
Are you using the legacy stabiliser (VEGAS Stabilize) or the new stabiliser (VEGAS Video Stabilisation)? I use the latter all the time (my hands aren't as steady as they used to be) for pans ('Smooth motion' mode) and static shots ('Freeze motion' mode) and I get perfect results. I don't bother with any of the other settings except the 'Smoothing' and 'Reference Frame Number' sliders, which I use to tweak the results.
