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Videoon 3/25/2013
Text generators doesn't like OpenType?
Must admit I didn't know OpenType was several different formats, as NormanPCN mention with Postscript outline or TrueType outline. I thought OpenType was what the name says: open type. And I am surprised it has issues with some of the text generators in Vegas - or vice versa. I may accept that a particular font format may not function in some of Vegas' text generators, but why wasn't I told, and why does the fonts in question show up as available in the font selection menu? Very strange. Tor
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Videoon 3/25/2013
Text generators doesn't like OpenType?
Yes Grazie, I am on V12 486. Do you think it is a bug? There's more: Click on italic in either the standard text generator or the NewBlue 1.0 and it will slant the text sort of digitally. Do the same in the old lovely legacy text generator and it will select a real, drawn italic variant, if such exists. Edit: Seems this claim is more true for NewBlue than for the standard text generator, at least for some fonts.
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Videoon 1/8/2013
Slightly OT: Redoing old projects
Paul McCartney, that arrogant sod, once said, on the question of bringing The Beatles back together, that you can't reheat a soufflé. If you have footage of your kid at baptism, at school, on holiday or just sharing its wisdom with your camera - one day that kid may have a confirmation party, a wedding or it will turn 50. Then it is time for you to think about how you can present that footage or some of it to new gatherings of family and friends. And maybe you will realise that it is the content that makes people want to watch it, not your brilliant presentation of it. The Beatles' records stand the test of time, because so much care and cleverness has gone into them. Still, they are remastered every time there is a major re-release of them. Because perception changes over time, as does technology and what kind of presentation techniques people are used to. The Beatles was always a lousy live band anyway.
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Videoon 12/18/2012
Reminder: Blow or suck that dust out
I agree with John, for the simple reason that an air stream can be directional, while sucking action needs tremendous power to achieve the same results. However, a small brush in combination with vacuum can clean out some narrow spaces, too. Tor
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Videoon 12/13/2012
Is any vegas user seriously upgrading to Win 8?
"Charm Bar Layla" could be Hank's cousin. Here's where I come from: I got my first pc in 1984. I got an IBM AT in 1986, mostly to be able to run a music notation program called Personal Composer. I also got a text editor called Microsoft Word for Dos. This was at a time when people around me were running Word Perfect, Word Star or dedicated word processing machines. Hardly anyone sold Microsoft products in Norway then. Word for Dos was a beautiful program, a dream for a lover of typography. And for a writer. Easy to learn, extremely fast, and it fitted on two small floppy discs, three if you counted the multilingual spell checkers and thesauri (yes indeed, and you could easily add to it your own words, dialect and whatnot). The last upgrade I got was on five floppies. I am not a programmer, but I learned my way around MS-Dos. That gave me a feeling of control. Then came Windows, and the story of Windows has been a constant breaking down of the control I had over my pc. Partly, this has to do with raised levels of technological complexity, making it unreasonable for someone like me to keep up and learn all the new aspects of my system. But most of all - I guess - it has to do with sales. Microsoft had conquered a great share of the market, and the most potent growth area would be people who either couldn't care less about computers or didn't understand anything of them - or both. Only natural then, that Microsoft developed software that catered for those people (while pretending to work for the rest of us). Word for Windows is such a construction, made by bureaucrats for bureaucrats. No beauty there, only so called efficiency based on what most people would expect in such and such situations. I respect the majority in democratic elections, but please don't force me into suits that "most people" would have liked. This background is in my blood, so that every time Microsoft comes with a new operating system I think I'll pass. I am writing this on a PC with Win XP Pro SP2 and some of SP3. It can not accommodate the latest upgrades to several of my favorite programs - not just SCS's. So I ordered a new PC - the kind where you can specify the ingredients - and got the choice between Win 7 and Win 8. I went for Win 8. It'll be more than good enough for me I am sure, but I will continue to dream about MS-Dos and Word for Dos. It's like remembering your first love: as over as can be, but a sweet memory nonetheless.
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Videoon 12/13/2012
Today Only - 12/12/12 - Vegas Pro Upgrade $99.95
SCS has been known to refund the earliest buyers' "loss" when an upgrade has been available before the special upgrade price was announced. I suppose they still do, but I think this is different. This was a special sale booster for V 12 linked with the 12.12.12 date. One does not expect a seller to compensate people who missed such a thing, even by a day. There is a difference between a sale or a seasonal discount and a special first month upgrade price. Still, like Chienworks said, no harm in asking. They are a reasonable lot, normally, the SCS people.
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Videoon 12/12/2012
Today Only - 12/12/12 - Vegas Pro Upgrade $99.95
Norway is not in the EU
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Videoon 12/12/2012
Today Only - 12/12/12 - Vegas Pro Upgrade $99.95
I took the plunge today. Got V 12, DVDA 6 and Titler Pro for $ 125 including VAT. (Don't understand why they collect VAT on an exported item, though. I don't suppose they are forwarding money to Norwegian customs.) I have a new computer still in its cardboard box ... musicvid, how did you find out about this offer? I just received an email reminder about the 25% season discount ending soon (Dec. 28) but nothing about the special V 12 day offer. Tor
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Videoon 11/30/2012
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 £2,673?
Sony Creative Software have always been reluctant to recommend hardware and I don’t suppose they will change that policy. The fact that NIDEA recommends fermi architecture for professional work may be strategic. They want to sell the more expensive cards. But the fact that Sony quotes this recommendation in their Vegas Pro 12 promotional material is significant. So even if they do say “GeForce 4xx and beyond” they put “Fermi” very prominently, thus unrecommending GeForce 6xx and beyond. That, to me, is an excellent reason, if in a roundabout way. I think the value of benchmark comparisons is overrated. Quadro cards are made for multimedia, industry and science. GeForce cards are made for gamers and overclockers. That, too, is an excellent reason to put a Quadro card in a video editing machine.
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Videoon 11/28/2012
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 £2,673?
Hi Grazie, JohnnyRoy said in a different thread: "The Quadro 4000 seems to be the sweet spot as far as price/performance goes. Yea the 5000 is a bit faster but it cost twice as much and it is not twice as fast. It only has 352 CUDA cores compared to the 4000's 256 CUDA cores so I couldn't see spending double for it. I'm really happy with my Quadro 4000 and it has performed flawless with Vegas Pro 12.0."
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Videoon 11/28/2012
Lower Occasional spikes in audio
You would compress a spoken track as a rule, spikes or no spikes.
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Videoon 11/28/2012
OT: The Hobbit, Post Production Blog
Yeah, rehearsing is for cowards, no? I recorded music with some such professional musicians at Anvil Studios, Denham (before they moved in at Abbey Road). Not only did they play prima vista, but one of them (Pat Halling – google him if you like) looked cooly at the score I had sweated over for weeks, pointed with his bow and said: “Did you mean to put a sharp sign there?”
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Videoon 11/28/2012
Install of 394 says complete, version 367 launches
It has been said here officially, albeit a long time ago, that all you need to do for a safe upgrade install is to delete the Sony install folder. That is where the install program unpacks files.
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Videoon 11/27/2012
V12- which nvidia boards def work?
Quadro is it. Sony says: “NVIDIA recommends NVIDIA Quadro for professional applications and recommends use of the latest boards based on the Fermi architecture.” A look at Nvidia.com tells me all GeForce cards are made for gamers, and only the older ones are Fermi based, while the Quadro line is directed at manufacturing, media and entertainment, sciences, and energy. It seems the real question for a Vegas user is which Quadro card.
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Videoon 9/7/2011
OT...OT... I'm 60 Today!!!
Grazie, gratla med dagen, as we say in Stavanger. Looks like 2011 will be over before I make it to London. Are you planning on another big freeze this winter? I'll bring a scarf, then. Torzie
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Videoon 7/25/2011
OT: Norway
The number of people joining in torchlight and flower processions in the biggest cities and towns of Norway tonight was as great as when World War 2 ended in 1945. We Norwegians love our system, its democracy and openness, still I am awestruck by such a marvelous manifestation of that love. Tor
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Videoon 7/25/2011
OT: Norway
I agree with your sentiment, but to be fair: the horrible system in this case is the English language (its users). In Norway, reports states the number of deceased, not victims. When media reports traffic incidents etc the phrase "no one was physically harmed" is often used. There is a great awareness of the kind of damage big trauma can do to people and not just the ones who were at the spot. BTW The names of the deceased has not been released yet. Some kids are still missing in the waters around the island, I think. Today the papers are full of of interviews with survivors. One should include them, too, in the list of victims. Tor
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Videoon 7/24/2011
OT: Norway
My family and I was away in a cabin outside all net and phone coverage learning the value of ignorant bliss. Only when we returned to civilization late this afternoon (Sunday) did we received the news. We know many of the camp kids' parents and we have not yet established if all of theirs are accounted for. Apparently some kids have drowned in an attempt to swim from the island. Horrible stuff. Gotta go and watch the news now at 21.00 (local). Thanks, Grazie for having me in mind. Tor
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Videoon 3/12/2010
Dweezil Zappa edits using Sony Vegas Pro
I've seen FZ several times in the 70's. I have interviewed him, too. Different bands every time but always top perfomances, always total delivery and focus. At one time I went to see two shows on the same day. Both were about two hours pluss 20 min encores and guess what: Apart from the opening ditty and one song (I think it was Stink Foot) no songs were played on both shows! How's that for a touring band? I am sure a band like Creedence could have done it - with their great number of hits and straight forward music, but Zappa? I mean they were playing Igor's Boogie! Interestingly with FZ himself helping out Ruth Underwood on xylo (or vibes). Another sign of a true star: At one time the show was delayed because the power supply in the hall was not what the contract said it should be. The crew had to rebuild a lot of transformers and stuff and people were kept outside waiting for an extra hour in the cold February Oslo evening. But when FZ came on stage he took the blame himself. "I am sorry to have kept you waiting out in the cold but now let's play some music to warm you up". Not a word about this being not the band's fault - which would have been the truth. For the sake of the topic: No wonder his son wants the best NLE he can get. He is the son of a quality freak. Tor
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Videoon 1/1/2010
Need help on decision for transitions.
I agree, too. But you might want to put the title and composer/lyricist of the next song up on the black fade-out space between songs. Tor (Godt nyttår!)
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Videoon 12/24/2009
OT: Merry Christmas Everybody!
We have snow in Stavanger this Christmas - most unusual. Merry Christmas everyone - if you celebrate it or not. I pray for peace to all mankind in 2010 and beyond ... Tor
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Videoon 11/18/2009
How should I render my project for DVD film?
Two things typical of this forum are on display here, the quality of advice and the low theshold for invoking them. Tor
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Videoon 11/7/2009
OT: The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
I noted some rather striking omissions: Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood), Tree Colors trilogy - Red White Blue (Krislowski), Salt of the Earth (Herbert Biberman), Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa), The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont) and Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky) are not there. On the other hand, I was impressed to find Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple) listed - a great piece of cinematography. Lists are the thing with online communities nowadays, but most fail to narrow down and clarify their criteria. And thus the lists produced become rather useless. A meaningful list would be The Arts and Faith Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films™. It is of course a narrower type of list which will exclude a lot of great movies but it is useful when you are looking for that kind of thing. For general best films lists I would rather go to IMDB. It is more statistical and also more current than that of the NY Times. Tor
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Videoon 11/6/2009
OT: The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
Jay, There are many best movies lists. What made you pick this one? Tor
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