How do I place a PiP in several different places in Video Track 2 ?
by Dave Gaham
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Apr 10, 2009 at 4:03:00 am
Hi
I put a PiP (Picture in Picture) in video track 2 on the " Left side " then a short time later wanted to put another opposite on the " Right side " but instead it went to the "Left side" like the previous PiP which I did not want
I can put it in a different Track but as there are quite a few I realise there must be a way but somehow I can't find it in the manual or even on a search here
Does anyone know how to place several PiP in different spots on the same Video Track ?
Re: How do I place a PiP in several different places in Video Track 2 ? by Terry Esslinger on Apr 10, 2009 at 4:49:19 pm
I don't believe you can do that. I don't have the Studio version but understand that it is limited to 4 video tracks. If you want PiPs (more that 4) to appear at the same time you will need to have the 'full' version with unlimited tracks. Or use a rather unwieldy work around: That would be to get the first 4 where you want them and render to a lossless format, bring that video back into vegas and you can add 4 more. Of course you would not have control over the first 4 at that point. I don't believe there is any way you can do it on one track.
Re: How do I place a PiP in several different places in Video Track 2 ? by Edward Troxel on Apr 11, 2009 at 1:53:01 pm
Use Track Motion to create the PIPs and then use keyframes in track motion to control where the PIP is located at any point in time. You might want to click the link under my name and look at the first 3 issues of my newsletters which deal with creating PIPs in detail.
I was thinking we had both somehow made a parent/child track I saw mentioned in the manual for compositing around page 280
I have a Sony tutorial dvd set somewhere for Vegas 6 and was going to go through that in search of an answer but now I will focus on the Keyframe like you said
Re: How do I place a PiP in several different places in Video Track 2 ? by Terry Esslinger on Apr 11, 2009 at 7:02:51 pm
Ah Edward,
You jumped in ahead before I could get his answer as to how he was making his PiP. I felt the problem was in his use or non-use of keyframes but was trying to lead him to it. Your way was quicker.
