Flash transition

veidog

veidog

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I have added a number of flash transitions to a video I'm producing. The template I'm using is (NTSC DV 24p Widescreen (720x480, 23.976 fps) I have cropped all video clips with the 16/9 template. when I render it with the following template (NTSC DV 24p inserting 2-3-3-2 pulldown the transition bleeds over the 16/9 image. I have tried to render it using the (NTSC DV widescreen 24p inserting 2-3-3-2 pulldown template but when I watch it in my camcorder the image jumps and I get an error message. The video camera I'm outputting to is not my DVX. How do I get it to stay within my widescreen output? When I preview it in the timeline I don't have that problem, only when I render it. mark.
 
Sounds like somewhere along the line you did not mask a certain event or applied the tranny after the mask. Always apply your mask last.
 
It sounds like your final output is intended to be 4:3?

You'd be better off editing in the final output format, i.e., 4:3. If you had, you would have seen the flash transition cover the whole frame on your timeline.

If your final output really is intended to be 4:3, sometimes it's better to insert a letterbox mask on the top layer than it is to crop it -- and this problem illustrates one of those moments. If you apply the mask, it should cover the flash.
 
I deleted the tranny, then cropped to 4:3 applied the tranny again, cropped to 16:9 with the same result.
 
tranny problem

tranny problem

Jubal28 said:
It sounds like your final output is intended to be 4:3?

You'd be better off editing in the final output format, i.e., 4:3. If you had, you would have seen the flash transition cover the whole frame on your timeline.

If your final output really is intended to be 4:3, sometimes it's better to insert a letterbox mask on the top layer than it is to crop it -- and this problem illustrates one of those moments. If you apply the mask, it should cover the flash.
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My output is intended to be 16:9. How do I go about getting or creating a letterbox mask? this may be my only work around at this point.
 
OK, let's back up. Are you intending the final output to be ANAMORPHIC widescreen for display on 16:9 TVs, or letterboxed widescreen for display on 4:3 TVs?

If you want the letterbox, use a mask and render as NTSC DV 24p, not widescreen.

If you want anamorphic, don't use a mask -- crop the footage -- and render as NTSC Widescreen 24p.

To make a mask, go to the Media Generator and choose something close, like the rectangular gradient, and manipulate it until you have an event which is black on the top and bottom and transparent in the middle. Use a cropped clip as your guide.

Why are you recording back to a camera?
 
tranny problem

tranny problem

Jubal28 said:
OK, let's back up. Are you intending the final output to be ANAMORPHIC widescreen for display on 16:9 TVs, or letterboxed widescreen for display on 4:3 TVs?

If you want the letterbox, use a mask and render as NTSC DV 24p, not widescreen.

If you want anamorphic, don't use a mask -- crop the footage -- and render as NTSC Widescreen 24p.

To make a mask, go to the Media Generator and choose something close, like the rectangular gradient, and manipulate it until you have an event which is black on the top and bottom and transparent in the middle. Use a cropped clip as your guide.

Why are you recording back to a camera?
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From your description i guess I'm going for letterbox widescreen for display on a 4:3 TV. I'm recording to camera because the video contest that I'm submitting to prefers that I submit it on MiniDV. I'll try the mask idea, thanks. mark.
 
When I first started messing with Vegas, I'd run into similar problems. Here's how I edit & render now, and it never fails me:

Set the project up as widescreen in the properties section of the project
Bring my 4:3 clip(s) onto the timeline, then click on the crop/pan icon on the clip
Right click on the crop/pan section inside the window, and choose "match output"
When I render, I render it in 16:9 / widescreen (you WILL get the spill over from flash, etc. if you render to 4:3) to MPEG2 for DVD authoring
From there, once it's authored on the DVD, if I play it on a 4:3 TV it will automatically be letterboxed. If I play it on a 16:9, it will fill the screen perfectly.

I'm not sure why you're watching it through your camera, or how that's supposed to come into play.
 
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