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Videoon 8/16/2016
VASST Plug-ins in Vegas Pro 13
Hi Johnny, Thank you very much. I downloaded the updated versions and my VASST Plug-ins are now installed and operational in both Movie Studio and Vegas Pro. I find the plug-ins very useful and well worth the small amount they cost. I also deeply appreciate all of the helpful information I have gleaned from your posts over the years. I'm sorry you've mostly moved over to the Mac. since you're such a valuable source of support, but understand why you did it. Again, I appreciate your help. Jillian
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Videoon 8/15/2016
VASST Plug-ins in Vegas Pro 13
Thanks for the link, VK. Unfortunately, no luck so far. I must be the only one having this problem. Uninstalling and re-installing everything, even as administrator, doesn't seem to make a difference. At least the plug-ins still work in Movie Studio.
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Videoon 4/8/2016
Consumer Camcorders
If you're really talking about a new 4K consumer camcorder for about $1000 I'd look at the: Panasonic HC-WXF991, or Sony FDR-AX33 or AX53. These are reasonable size, reasonable price, reasonable weight to actually use at the upper consumer/travel level. They have viewfinders which are now extremely rare on consumer cams. The lower level cams are being replaced by smartphones, which people already have and carry.... I suppose the thinking is why purchase a separate camcorder that's left at home on a shelf when you have a smartphone? Remember that the Panasonic and Sony menu systems are different from that of Canon, so you sometimes have to look for common settings in strange places under strange names.
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Videoon 4/4/2016
Cinescore Theme Pack listing
I know you're trying to resurrect a long dead horse, but maybe you should consider switching to SonicFire Pro and be done with it. There are hundreds of discs available and if you wait for the big sales you can get them at good prices. Some of the music is really good, if repetitive, so you have to watch what you're doing or it can get boring. Speaking of watching, I'm watching a BBC series right now that uses Soundstream music, so there is something for almost any need. It would be nice if companies made stuff like this freely available when they drop them, but that is not the way most businesses work. One day it disappears and one assumes the companies simply dump everything in the basement, if not the trash, and walk away from their customers.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 4/2/2016
Big problem
You can subscribe to Media Composer for $50 per month. Why not try it out and let us know how well it serves as a USB capture device. There are probably hundreds of people who would be interested in this new capability for an old warhorse program. Or, you could spend that money to purchase a USB digitizer and then use any compatible capture software/editor to do what you want.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 3/29/2016
Question regarding upgrading
You might also consider upgrading to MS12 rather than 13 if you don't want to deal with the new interface. Last time I looked you could still get 12 from Amazon and probably other places on the internet. MS13 is okay, but many people have been put off by the huge icons and inability to arrange the task-bar to your liking. There are a few good new features in 13, otherwise it is pretty much a downgraded version of 12 as far as usability is concerned. But, like anything, some people swear by version 13. Just an observation. I have MS11, 12 and 13 but use MS12 about 99.9 percent of the time. YMMV.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 3/29/2016
Movie Studio 12 won't read MOV no more PLEASE HELP
Since you are not editing on a Mac, why are you recording in MOV? It would be much easier to edit if you recorded in AVCHD. That won't help with your present problem, but might make things better in future. The first thing I would try would be to re-install quicktime. It is easy for things to get scrambled during an update or when installing other software. Hope this helps.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 3/15/2016
ISO File Maybe Corrupted On Blu Ray
Also, begin with the most basic. Did you stick any type of label on the disc. If so, remove it. Is the disc dirty? Carefully clean it. Is the disc scratched? You may or may not be able to repair. As stated, some computer player/writers seem to be able to read almost any disc. You might need to try several computers and/or programs. You may be able to offload some or all of the data and re-generate the disc with a new menu or structure. BluRay players and software can be much more finicky than DVDs because they are stuffing much more information into a tiny amount of space. Hopefully something will help you.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 3/4/2016
Text effects presets or plugins
NewBlue Titler EX should have come with Platinum 13??? Are you sure you downloaded and installed everything?
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 2/25/2016
New Camera: Canon Vixia HF R60
I do a lot of wildlife photography and shoot that in 4K, even though I mostly deliver in BluRay/DVD. For regular work, such as travel, I shoot in 60i/30p since that seems to give the best bang for the buck as far as ease of editing and size of files. For a while I shot travel in 60p but the resulting BluRay was actually slightly duller that the 60i/30p. The best solution is probably to shoot some footage in several resolutions, edit and render it into your chosen delivery format, and look at it on your TV/Computer. One resolution may stand out, then you'll know what works best for you.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 2/23/2016
Clip Image in Timeline
Options, Preferences, Video, Thumbnails to show in Video Events, Head
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Videoon 2/21/2016
How to select english audio stream in a video
Try this: Click on the audio stream to select it. Now Right Click the audio and select "Take." With luck it will show "Take One" Japanese and "Take Two" English. Select "Take Two" and the English track should play. Hope this helps.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 2/19/2016
Movie Studio Platinum 13 no longer crashing
Thanks for posting. Heat issues are a major problem with many systems. One of the first things you might consider is to open your case and blow/vacuum anything that has dust on or in it. Then check your CPU cooler. If it is the standard fan, you might consider upgrading to a basic liquid cooler or better heat-sink/fan combination. You may just need to renew your thermal paste, but it would be well worth it to upgrade your cooling at the same time. Fifty bucks spent on cooling can greatly extend your computer's comfort level! If you don't feel comfortable working inside your system, a computer store can do all of the above for a hundred dollars... it's cheap insurance against early system failure. Hope this helps.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 2/13/2016
How to stabilize Video?
If you are using MS13, you should use the BCC Optical Stabilizer rather than the Sony "built-in" stabilizer. Apply it to an event just as you would use any other effect. It takes a little learning, but it is much more effective and useful than the Sony effect. The most important thing to learn about the BCC Optical Stabilizer is that you must set the Mode switch to "Smooth" rather than "Stabilize." Otherwise it will make your event rock steady but "magnify" the image so much you will hardly recognize it. So, apply BCC Optical Stabilizer Set Mode: to Smooth Set Stabilize: to Translation, Translation + Rotation, or Translation + Rotation + Zoom, as needed. Press Analise Wait for the processing to complete. You might want to set up three presets for the three Stabilize choices. But, you must remember to set Mode to Smooth, rather than Stabilize unless you want it to over-stabilize your event. You can play around with the other settings if you have a special situation. Stabilization is an aid... not a cure-all! It will not rescue bad footage, only make marginal footage a little better. One other note, the BCC Optical Stabilizer uses a lot of CPU power, so it takes time unless you have a reasonable computer. Hope this helps.
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Videoon 2/5/2016
Rendering Threads & Dynamic Ram
Sorry, I didn't make myself very clear. I was simply trying to say that it seems as if there is a definite decrease in bang-for-buck as you go up the processor line, then I pulled the wrong processor number from memory which made my comment meaningless. I apologize for the mistake.
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Videoon 2/4/2016
Rendering Threads & Dynamic Ram
@ OldSmoke You Wrote: You would have been better off with 5960X on water running at 4+GHz. Just a question, wouldn't one be much better off with a pair of something like 5820Ks at 4GHz for much less money? In my one use of a 5960 I found it extremely hot and not very impressive for the price. But, that may have just been the particular set-up.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 1/15/2016
Selecting Part of an Image for Color Grading
If you are serious about working with color you might want to download the free version of Resolve. It takes a little getting used to, but it gives you several orders of magnitude better color control than MS. The present version of Resolve is 12, but 11 is easier to learn and use, and takes much less computer power. Version 12 is a full-featured editor while version 11 is more of a specialty tool. Hope this helps.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 12/26/2015
Ripple indication
It depends on how you have your interface set up and on what version of Movie Studio you are using. So, the first question is, what version are you using? And, if you are using MS13, are you in easy or advanced mode?
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 12/16/2015
Extremely poor preview performance
You might try setting Dynamic Preview Ram to 200MB. In my experience, it needs a little bit, but not much. Hope this helps.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 12/8/2015
Okay... infuriating errors...
Your boot drive may be failing. I would make sure your system is backed up and consider replacing that drive. Hard Drives are dirt cheap and easy to clone/replace with a larger and perhaps faster one. It is really cheap insurance. It could also be a memory stick going bad, but that sounds less likely if you are getting a "can't find place on drive" type error. Remember when troubleshooting that if you are having problems that other people aren't having, it means there is some problem in your system/setup, not the program. Sometimes it is the program, but most times it is either our system or setup. Hope this helps.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 12/5/2015
SCS Catalyst Browse software
Catalyst Browse is one of a new suite of video programs for the Pro and semi-pro market where different people handle separate parts of the production scheme. Its major importance for Sony is as an intro into the "Pro" editing market where Vegas Pro is still a minor player. In particular, Catalyst is suppose to be ported to the Mac to break into Sony's dreamworld of smartphone video. For example, several cameramen using different equipment get shots to be used on the evening news. There is also vertical i-phone footage from bystanders. Catalyst Browse would be used by someone to convert all the clips in various codecs and condition into one common codec. Basic color correction and a few other elements might also be massaged. The clips would be passed to the editor who would use another Catalyst product, such as Catalyst Edit, and turn all this into what was going to be used on the newscast. The director might then use even another future Catalyst product to give the clips a final "look" to fit the Station's image. OK, you see that Browse is not really designed for people like us, but we "might" find it useful if we have a Pro or Semi-Pro Camcorder or DSLR that is shooting in some obscure "Pro" codec or container. You might post your question over on the Vegas Pro Forum where a number of people have tried it... although I don't know if anyone is actually using it as yet. Hope this helps,
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 11/28/2015
GPS coordinates embedded in m2ts files
Just a guess, since I don't have any experience with Playmemories Home. Generally, data such as GPS coordinates are not actually in the m2ts files but in a different file in a separate folder. When Playmemories moves the clips from your camcorder to your external HD it is also copying the necessary metadata. When you move the clip from the external HD to your internal drive you are only moving the clips, not the metadata. The only solution is to copy the full data structure from your camcorder to the external HD, then use Playmemories to extract the clips you want to your internal drive. In this case Playmemories will still be able to access the metadata even if it is stored in a separate file. Hope this makes sense.
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 10/12/2015
Unable to render
Are you using Movie Studio 32bit or 64bit?
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Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)on 9/30/2015
Setting a maximum audio level for all of my video
It sounds like you want to normalize all of your audio events. First, read about Normalization in Help. If you have long events with many large volume changes, you might want to snip your long events into smaller portions. Select all of the audio you want to adjust, or you can do it one event at a time. Right click one of the selected events. Go to "Switches" - "Normalize." This will set the highest peak of each event to your selected Normalize level. Please note that if you have one peak much higher then the rest of the clip (such as a cough or loud noise) that will become the high point and the remainder of the clip will still be much lower. Once you have normalized your clips, you can use envelopes to make specific adjustments. The Master controller adjusts the entire project. For instance, if you want to lower the overall levels of your project 10 db so your DVD volume doesn't come out much louder than your normal TV level, you would use the Master. Also remember that when you render, any volumes that are going into the red will be automatically clipped to 0 db, but the other levels will not be effected. Hope this helps.
Jillian
Offline, Member since 6/29/2012