Adobe Premiere plugin

[mzanchi]

hi guys...

i come from Adobe Premiere and i'm valuating MSP 7 in it's trial version.

Now i have many question about this program and for some of this i would like to ask you

1. can i use Adobe plugin in MSP7, and if this is true how?
2. Is there A/B timeline editing like in Premiere Pro

Thanks in advance
Marco from Italy

[thecoalman]

2. Is there A/B timeline editing like in Premiere Pro

Yes there is and up to an additional 90+ overlay video tracks.

[mzanchi]

Thanks...
how i can use it, i don't find any option/flag

sorry

Marco.

[steveandbelinda]

2. Is there A/B timeline editing like in Premiere Pro

Yes there is and up to an additional 90+ overlay video tracks.

What exactly do you mean that there are 90+ overlay video track? Cause I have VS8, and I know that there is only one track for: video/image, overlay. text, music, and Voice. You can't do more than one overlay per image, right. Like if I had a picture of a schoolbus from the side, and I wanted to put a video overlay of one of my kids in one window, I could. But I could not take that pic and put an overlay video in each window could I ? And another thing, is the a way to rotate the the overylay box (or video/pic) if you background pic is not square?

[Terry Stetler]

He means what he said: there are 90+ overlay tracks in MSPro (actually: 99).

This allows you to create very complex overlay effects where you have one layer moving in front of, between or behind other layers.

These overlays can be images, blue/green screened video or whatever your creative mind comes up with. In your example; as long as the school bus has less than 99 windows, sure. Why not? Go for it

Moving, rotating etc. of the layers is accomplished with the 2D or 3D moving path effects. You apply which ever you need to a given layer then adjust its settings using keyframes to move them over time.

Apply a 2D moving path and you can move it in X/Y space or change its size. If you set the same values for the start and end keyframes the layer stays stationary.

Apply a 3D moving path and you can move a layer in 3D space (X, Y or Z), size, rotate or even tumble if you so desire.

Other complex paint layer operations can be done using the features found in the VideoPaint rotoscoping program that comes with MSPro.

There are also up to 99 audio tracks, each associated a video layer but not necessarily locked to use with only that layer.

The only real limitation on this kind of thing is your patience to set up all the effects. Practice....and patience, are the keys to sucess.

Also useful is a system with a good deal of RAM. I usually recommend at least 512 MB and preferrably 1 GIG. This prevents the system from bogging down when editing complex projects.

Needless to say the creative options allowed by MSPro are far beyond those available in VideoStudio when it comes to doing effects.

[Terry Stetler]

hi guys...

i come from Adobe Premiere and i'm valuating MSP 7 in it's trial version.

Now i have many question about this program and for some of this i would like to ask you

1. can i use Adobe plugin in MSP7, and if this is true how?

No, their plugin archetectures are completely different.

That said you can use some Photoshop plugins as video filters. You have to edit the msp.ini file to do this though. The detials can be found the Readme.hlp file located in the MSPro7 installation folder.

2. Is there A/B timeline editing like in Premiere Pro

No. Premiere Pro uses a timeline style called "single track", wherein you apply transitions between the A and B videos on the same track.

This does save desktop real estate, but IMO the way PPro actually does it is painful in operation; you have to trim the clips before dropping the transition between them. VideoStudio does single track much more intuitively in that it's simply drag & drop without the hystrionics.

MSPro uses the A/B timeline style used by Premiere in previous builds. With it the A and B video tracks are separate with the transitions applied to an Fx track located between them.

That said many with Uleads ear have suggested that MSPro also get single track timeline operation in the future, but for now it's A/B.

Thanks in advance
Marco from Italy

Your welcome

[GeorgeW]

Hi, I seem to recall a limit of 3 or 5 (don't remember exactly how many) video overlay tracks in the TRIAL version of MSP (they might have changed that for version 7).

[steveandbelinda]

He means what he said: there are 90+ overlay tracks in MSPro (actually: 99).

This allows you to create very complex overlay effects where you have one layer moving in front of, between or behind other layers.

These overlays can be images, blue/green screened video or whatever your creative mind comes up with. In your example; as long as the school bus has less than 99 windows, sure. Why not? Go for it

Moving, rotating etc. of the layers is accomplished with the 2D or 3D moving path effects. You apply which ever you need to a given layer then adjust its settings using keyframes to move them over time.

Apply a 2D moving path and you can move it in X/Y space or change its size. If you set the same values for the start and end keyframes the layer stays stationary.

Apply a 3D moving path and you can move a layer in 3D space (X, Y or Z), size, rotate or even tumble if you so desire.

Other complex paint layer operations can be done using the features found in the VideoPaint rotoscoping program that comes with MSPro.

There are also up to 99 audio tracks, each associated a video layer but not necessarily locked to use with only that layer.

The only real limitation on this kind of thing is your patience to set up all the effects. Practice....and patience, are the keys to sucess.

Also useful is a system with a good deal of RAM. I usually recommend at least 512 MB and preferrably 1 GIG. This prevents the system from bogging down when editing complex projects.

Needless to say the creative options allowed by MSPro are far beyond those available in VideoStudio when it comes to doing effects.

Sorry, I thought that he was refering to VS , since this is the Video Studio
page. Sorry

[GeorgeW]

Sorry, I thought that he was refering to VS , since this is the Video Studio
page. Sorry

That's strange, I see this post in the MediaStudio Pro forum

[thecoalman]

He means what he said: there are 90+ overlay tracks in MSPro (actually: 99).

I wasn't sure if the A/B track were counted in the 99 so I stuck with 90+

[steveandbelinda]

Sorry, I thought that he was refering to VS , since this is the Video Studio
page. Sorry

That's strange, I see this post in the MediaStudio Pro forum

You're absolutely right, I thought that I was in the VS page. I noticed that I wasn't after I posted the message. Sorry