Improving things in Videostudio 10...

[blplhp]

brucefl,

I guess I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish, but I just created a sample project file with a 10 sec. color clip and an 8 sec. title clip. In the title clip, I selected "Multiple titles" and placed the first one at top center, the second one at middle center and the third one at bottom center. For the top one, I chose the fade animation, for the middle one I chose the fly animation (entering from the bottom and exiting at the top), for the bottom one I chose the turn animation. All three enter the scene at different times, overlap each other, move over each other and exit the scene at different times, all within the 10 sec. color clip. The middle title flys right over the top title, as it leaves the scene. All of this happening inside one title clip with no intermediate renders. Are you trying to do something more or different than this?


Just trying to understand............

EDIT: Above I mentioned that each title can enter and leave at different times, however, you can also adjust each title animation to have all three titles appear at the same time, pause for the same duration and leave at the same time. It takes a little trial and error, but it will work.

[Ron P.]

I must say that I've never tried more then 2 or 3 titles, and they appeared one after the other, by design. However to see just how far VS will go on this, I had over 6 titles, doing crazy stuff all over the place, kinda like a title montage, all inside of 5 secs.

So I stand ( or sit, I'm at my PC) corrected. I guess you can fill your screen with titles. There are some title animations that you don't have control over, like the cross-fade, with the exception of short, intermediate or long pause.

[blplhp]

Thanks Ron,

And even with the crossfade, I've found that you can start with selecting a short, intermediate or long pause, but then under the preview screen, you can adjust the left and right trim handles to customize your entry/exit speed and pause duration (you are virtually limitless in how you can set this effect).

So with this kind of flexibility using the "Multiple titles" selection, with the numerous variations of provided animations and with the moderate amount of control you can have with customizing the animations, I'm not sure that an extra title track is really necessary.

[Ron P.]

I'll agree with that.. Even with MSP, there are not multiple title tracks. So VS accomplishes about the same thing with the Multiple Titles.. I guess I've never had a need for a bazillion titles so never tried to put more then one or two on the screen at a time, love to learn something new everyday...

Thanks...

[LV_426]

Whilst I've little doubt that we could all add new features until Doomsday, I'm afraid I fall into the camp of:

Don't add anything new until you've got what's there working right all (or even nearly all) of the time.

I'd like to see an early fix for:

- crackling audio, both preview and rendered, where the file is imported with a DD soundtrack
- crashes when rendering video to an mpeg file - every time - after only a few minutes of rendering
- preview video goes unsynchronised when adding chapters after the time index goes over 1 hour every time
- use of jog dial in "add chapters" window causes the window and program to freeze requiring a 3-finger salute to clear (and loss of work of course)
- all the things that have workrounds documented in the lead (sticky) article of this page.

I'm saddened that the fix pack recently issued does little to improve matters.

My above experiences based largely on files imported from DVDVideo discs made on my Pioneer tabletop machine in PAL format.

[Black Lab]

I'm afraid some of the things you mention would not appear in a patch fix because they are not necessarily a bug in the program.

For instance, I have no problem with crackling audio or crashes when rendering to an mpeg.

I agree, fix what's broken before you add new stuff. But not everything "broken" is the fault of the program.

[LV_426]

I'm afraid some of the things you mention.... are not necessarily a bug in the program.
For instance, I have no problem with crackling audio or crashes when rendering to an mpeg.... not everything "broken" is the fault of the program.

Perhaps, instead, it is intolerance of the program to variations in the source material. Or maybe it just doesn't like working in PAL format. Either way, absolutely ALL of the things I mention are new "features" in v10, not present in v9. Equally, the similarly-priced Adobe Premiere Elements, whilst lacking the very useful (when it works) Smart Render, does not suffer similar instabilities with the same source material.

[CycleWriter]

Equally, the similarly-priced Adobe Premiere Elements, whilst lacking the very useful (when it works) Smart Render, does not suffer similar instabilities with the same source material.

If not for Adobe's insistence on ignoring those of us who need to capture analog sources, I would be using Premiere Elements almost exclusively.

[Ron P.]

Just bumping this topic to see if anyone may still have ideas not already listed..

[KoNanSteel]

1) Vidoman, I agree that transitions should be applicable to the overlay tracks. I was very surprised to see that was not a feature since VS10 is so good.

2) Others mentioned being able to tag clips better with labels or information to help clarify what clips are what. I think it can get confusing pretty quick with all the clips.

3) I have had to use the Multi-trim video feature to cut up tracks. I would like to see some type of anotation tag created automatically to track clips. For example, you start with a clip that is very long that you are going to edit. Then you split that down into smaller pieces. When you split that down, I would like to see a sequential number to each of the clips taken. Then, if some of those clips are split again, then, the tag would include the parent tag plus the sequential tag for the smaller clips. I am thinking of the WBS field which is automatically created in Microsoft project when you have a sub-sub task under a sub-task under a task. That might be one way to help keep track of the clips better.

4) I would like to be able to select a number of clips in the timeline by shift clicking particular clips and then, once selected, be able to add transitions, effects, etc. to that group.