Video Studio X2 Wish List for Future Versions

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:10 pm

Support for encoding on the GPU for both Nvidia and ATI.

bgd73 · Post by **bgd73** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:18 am

after a pile of thumbnails build up, another alternative more windows like to highlight all of them (such as with the mouse drawing a rectangle over a group of them) would be quite handy, and then right click, a small menu with delete on it, etc.
I draw animations, and put the pieces together in many many clips, so I gain thumbnails twice for each clip very fast. The trick now with keyboard shortcuts is ok, but I am an unusual size hand with keyboards and mess up this task easily. I have to look at the keyboard while typing, that is my flaw of existence.

Other than that, the x2 version has been great, the encode is slow, but sure quality, and that is all I have been trying for, for several years now.

another more technical tip is an easier means to gain a profile as corel has thier own. this also works good right now, but I pondered the open text of "prx" being a slow poke. The corel presets encode vids quickly, in comparison to a profile made custom.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:33 am

after a pile of thumbnails build up, another alternative more windows like to highlight all of them (such as with the mouse drawing a rectangle over a group of them) would be quite handy, and then right click, a small menu with delete on it, etc.

Clicking on the first thumbnail, pressing the shift key, then clicking on the last thumbnail will select those two and all the thumbnails in between them. Then right clicking will allow you to delete them.

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:20 am

Duplicating clips in the timeline, without having to drag to the library and then back to the timeline. Using a keyboard short-cut like holding down the Control Key, while dragging the clip to the right or to another track.

Changing the opacity/transparency of a clip by dragging down on the top or a "rubber-band" like handle of the clip in the timeline. Plus the ability to do this on multiple selected clips at one time.

Color, Alpha, Luma, Gray, Multiply, Add, Subtract, Difference, and Blue Screen Key that are controllable by KeyFrames.

Video and Image Matte options that are Keyframe controllable.

dalemccl · Post by **dalemccl** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:09 pm

Add "sharpening" to the Color Correction controls for video.

dalemccl · Post by **dalemccl** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:55 am

Let's say you have created a custom video library (i.e. a library other than the pre-defined ones such as "Video", "Audio", "Color", etc.) where you have put clips for a specific project. You select that library from the drop-down list of libraries while you are in the "Edit" tab. Then you put some of those clips in the time line and start editing.

If you then select the "Overlay" or "Share" tabs at the top to do some work there, and then re-select the "Edit" tab again, the library shown is the same library you were working on, i.e. the custom library that was shown before switching tabs.

However, if you go from the "Edit" tab to the "Title" or "Audio" tabs and then go back to the "Edit" tab, the library shown is the default "Video" library instead of the custom library you are working on. You then have to reselect the custom library from the drop-down list.

I'd like VS to remember the library last selected during the edit session and always go back to it when you leave the "Edit" tab by going to another tab, and then go back to the "Edit" tab.

It already does this when you go back and forth between "Edit", "Overlay", and "Share", but not if you go back and forth between "Edit", "Title" and "Audio".

SnedekerDesignz · Post by **SnedekerDesignz** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:23 pm

I'd like to see some Keyframe options, and maybe masking options with a pen tool? So we can create our own mask and then add another keyframe and move the mask to fit our subject.

Other than that, can't wait until the next version!

SnedekerDesignz · Post by **SnedekerDesignz** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:45 pm

Also better cromakey performance, so there's no darkish border around the object.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:19 pm

Also better cromakey performance, so there's no darkish border around the object.

A good chromakey depends on a lot of things; proper lighting of the subject and background, the software, and even the camera.

I just put the supplied sample image I04 on the overlay track, and used the supplied green clip (119,183,0) on the main track. I keyed out the blue sky using the eye dropper with the default 70% color similarity. If there would be a darkish border I would think it would appear around the clouds, since they are semi-transparent, but it looks pretty good.

harhash · Post by **harhash** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:45 pm

Increasing the bitrate of the avchd encoder to 24Mbps to make a better usage of newer canon AVCDHD cameras... also ability to merge files from those cameras without reencoding to lower bitrates (smart render)

SnedekerDesignz · Post by **SnedekerDesignz** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:27 pm

Black Lab wrote:
Also better cromakey performance, so there's no darkish border around the object.
A good chromakey depends on a lot of things; proper lighting of the subject and background, the software, and even the camera.

I just put the supplied sample image I04 on the overlay track, and used the supplied green clip (119,183,0) on the main track. I keyed out the blue sky using the eye dropper with the default 70% color similarity. If there would be a darkish border I would think it would appear around the clouds, since they are semi-transparent, but it looks pretty good.

True, but look at the painter object thingy. When you apply it, and it's any color other than black, it has a slight black border around the whole thing.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:10 pm

Sorry, I don't know what the "painter object thingy". Did you try my little test project? I don't see any black border.

thornburgh · Post by **thornburgh** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:39 am

My biggest wishes:

(1) Import MKV H264 movies. This is becoming the most common format for HD video on the Internet, and I haven't found a good tool for editing them.

(2) Be able to smart encode more than just mpeg-2. I would like to be able to avoid re-encoding whenever possible.

(3) Be able to make profiles without constraints for my choice of container, video codec, audio codec, and resolution. Right now, I can't choose AC3 5.1 unless I choose mpeg-2 at DVD resolution, so there's no easy way to combine 5.1 with HD. I know you can try to make a profile based on an existing movie, but that doesn't always work, you don't always have a sample of the desired settings, and the resulting profile can't be edited without reverting to presets.

(4) Have a keyboard shortcut to jump to the next/previous keyframe.

Thanks for listening.

johnrule · Post by **johnrule** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:36 pm

1) 24 bit audio support (aif, aifc, wav).

2) Selecting a track does NOT move the cursor, or jump to a position.

3) NVidia GPU support (in terms of utilizing the gpu power for rendering - Couda?).

4) Audio track alignment and nudging. However, if #2 is fixed, it should make it easier to align an audio track when it is selected.

5) FX are separate from the video track so that you can stretch/shrink to increase FX time without changing video track length.

6) Option to ignore video track audio totally (disable?). Currently, I must either split the tracks and delete the audio, or I must use the volume control track to lower the volume to zero.

Thank you!

JR

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:51 pm

6) Option to ignore video track audio totally (disable?). Currently, I must either split the tracks and delete the audio, or I must use the volume control track to lower the volume to zero.

Simply click the Mute button.