Automating Your Video Editing
In this tutorial we begin looking at how to locate the newest changed file in a folder and then expand that search to include all sub-directories as well. For this tutorial, once the newest file is found, we display the full path and file name to verify we have found the newest file. Please sign Read More …
In this tutorial we learn how to toggle the preview screen mode between Preview (Auto) and Best (Full) and explain how that can be useful in some editing situations in order to get a higher preview framerate. Please sign up here and leave comments with suggestions of tasks you would like to see automated. You Read More …
In this tutorial we cycle through the four different Alpha Channel modes for selected events. We cycle through None, Straight, Premultiplied, and Premultiplied Dirty. This will also allow you to see the differences between the various modes and choose the one that works best for each situation. Please sign up here and leave comments with Read More …
In this tutorial we continue looking at how the highlighting of words can be automated. We look at the math behind the code and also look at how the math can be used to change between different resolutions and from horizontal to vertical orientation. Everything works very well for Arial 10pt but changing to other Read More …
In this tutorial we continue looking at how the highlighting of words can be automated. We figure out how to move the individual words to be placed over the same word in the full line based on the “position” of the first word and the size of each word. Please sign up here and leave Read More …
In this tutorial we begin looking at how the highlighting of words can be automated. We take a look at our starting files (two SRT files) which populate the timeline. Then we figure out how to measure the text size which will help determine how far the text needs to be moved. While editing, I Read More …
In this tutorial we look again at the “Remove Quiet Sections” script and learn how the same loudness file can be used to apply to multiple tracks. This is useful if you want the video and audio tracks to get the same changes based on the loudness of the audio. You can find the complete Read More …
In this tutorial we will find all Titles and Text events and compare the text to the search string. Then the events with matching text will be selected and, optionally, moved to a separate track. Also, we can specify whether or not to match case or allow any case to match. You can download this Read More …
In this tutorial we do the opposite of the previous tutorial and export the XML information out to a new file. This tutorial is based on this post from the forum:https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/subtitles-sup-file-import-pngs-via-xml–142432/ Please sign up here and leave comments with suggestions of tasks you would like to see automated. You can help guide the direction of Read More …
In this tutorial combine several past tutorials can create a tutorial that will import a series of image subtitles onto the timeline. This tutorial is based on this post from the forum:https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/subtitles-sup-file-import-pngs-via-xml–142432/ The XML source is slightly different from a few weeks ago (https://youtu.be/TdvZ6nZuR3Y) so we learn some new techniques for reading XML information. It Read More …