2 Questions on Sony vegas

[medley]

thx for the advice I've received off other people since i joined.
My first question: I want to pan and zoom at the same time into a section of my video. So the video starts centred and then focuses + zooms into the bottom right hand side. I know how to do normal zooming on a video (or object) but panning and zooming is the part that is tripping me up. The only thing that should be moving is the camera, if you get what i mean. I've read the inbuilt guide on this but i can't seem to get what i want.


My 2nd question is why do all the videos i output contain lines radiating from the video. Here are my settings - http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2773/image26dy8.jpg

here is an example of what i mean -

I generally use XviD but i've tried DIVX and WMV and the outcome is still the same

[edDV]

For Pan+Zoom learn to use the Event Pan/Crop controls and use keyframes to move through the effect.

[medley]

Still cant get it to do what i want to do. Imagine theres a small image at the bottom right hand side of your screen. You want the camera to slowly zoom into that region. Should i be trying to edit the settings of the background image or the picture (which is bottom right) where i want the camera to be

[edDV]

Still cant get it to do what i want to do. Imagine theres a small image at the bottom right hand side of your screen. You want the camera to slowly zoom into that region. Should i be trying to edit the settings of the background image or the picture (which is bottom right) where i want the camera to be

Isn't that what my lower image above shows?

[medley]

Dunno. looks like you've just selected the central image and zoomed in on that

[edDV]

Dunno. looks like you've just selected the central image and zoomed in on that

Not center, "and Flor" is center right in the frame.

You can zoom where you want and set keyframes with spline moves.

[medley]

ah right i see. Spline moves? so how did you get the F movement thing to focus on that specific area without it adjusting the original position of the object

[edDV]

Too complicated to explain it all in detail. Read the manual, look for a book. You are in the advanced levels now.

BTW, your Xvid probably is encoded progressive, so you would need progressive project settings.


http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/splines/

[medley]

ok thx for your help

[edDV]

ok thx for your help

Figure out how to place the 2D object in space. I gave you two common examples.

First example is treating the foreground frame as an object and then placing it in 3D space.

Second example is zooming into a frame which is like camera manipulation (hint: but from a fixed point of view). If you want more manipulation (e.g. movable cameras) move to After Effects or go full 3D.

Next step, set keyframes in 3D space for all the effects moves.

Third, define motion paths through the keyframes (aka motion splines and velocity profiles).

Vegas is a prosumer program so they expect you to learn this stuff. If you do, your work will start to look like pro commercials (not yet Hollywood). Consumer programs offer simplified cookbooks.