backward video?

weasel_ferret wrote on 6/9/2003, 6:47 PM

Uhm, it appears that I cannot run video backward in Vegas. In fact, I can't make a video clip run slower than 25%.

Am I stupid, or is Vegas limited?

This is something that might not come up every day, but there's no excuse for it not being implemented.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 6/9/2003, 6:53 PM

Insert a velocity envelope on the video track, then drag the envelope down to -100%.

johnmeyer wrote on 6/9/2003, 7:14 PM

Weasel,

Don't feel bad, this one throws everyone. You expect it to be an extension of the slow motion you can get by changing the media properties, but you have to use the velocity envelope instead.

You can set points on the velocity envelope and use the keyframe capability to smoothly go from normal forward speed to reverse, should you desire that effect.

One last note, when using the velicity envelope to generate reverse speed video, make sure you force Vegas to resample the video. If you don't, the video may be slightly jerky.

weasel_ferret wrote on 6/10/2003, 12:37 AM

Thank you guys. I didn't find anything in the help file when searching for "reverse" or "backward" so I figured the feature wasn't implemented.

SonyKevin wrote on 6/12/2003, 1:05 AM

Sorry about that, all. The Vegas help index has been updated to include entries for reverse/backward video. The new help file will be available in the next update.

If you ever have trouble finding other topics, try the Search tab. This tab allows you to perform a full-text search on the help file. The Index is, unfortunately, a largely manual affair, and it's susceptible to these sorts of sins of omission.

Thanks for using Vegas,
Kevin