Music Performances/scene changes

greg mgm · Post by **greg mgm** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:02 pm

I thought I read a post about this before, but I can't find it now...I shot video of 6 street performers and various beach boardwalk scenes. I'd like to start a scene with a performer, cut to different scenes with the performers music playing, then return to the performer ending the song. I just experimented a bit with the overlay track. If I put other scenes onto the overlay track and drag out the "box" so the overlay fills the screen (not PIP), and mute the audio, I seem to get the results I want. Is this an OK method? It seems to work!

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:31 pm

While you don't say which version of VS you are using, it certainly sounds OK to me. And hey, if it works, that is all you are after anyway...

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:50 pm

If it works...it works!

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:53 am

Please view:
Multi Camera Editing

OK you perhaps only have one camera but the procedure is the same.

greg mgm · Post by **greg mgm** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:28 am

Oh ya, I use VS 10.
"If it works, it works" Isn't that a famous song by someone? Maybe it should be! (lol)
Yes, the video is from one camera. Using the overlay track and expanding the boxes to fill the screen makes it a breeze to cut between scenes. Thanks for that link. Lot's of great info.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:00 pm

BTW, to expand the "box" in the overlay track you do not need to stretch all four sides. Just right click on it and choose Fit to Screen. Or, if you want ALL of your overlays to fill the screen go to File > Preferences > General Tab, and check Use Fit-to-Screen as Default Size in Overlay Track.