Oh, yeah, I don't like the histograms as the ONLY way to pan/zoom, etc. Generally they're too...fiddly and I can't get things precise enough for my tastes. There is an option to manually set the camera at any point - as discussed above. And yes, I often don't have the histograms displayed (other than the fade one) because I might accidentally do stuff with them. But I do find it kind of handy to be able to see where I'm panning/zooming at various points, as visual shorthand.
The one thing that is different is that the pan/zoom is set by TRACK, not by clip. Which is...sometimes annoying and different. So like, if you want to only zoom for ONE clip, you have to set camera keyframes on the last frame of the clip BEFORE the zoomed clip, then keyframes for the new pan/zoom parameters on the first frame of the NEXT clip, then on the last frame of the zoom clip so that the zoom stays static (cus otherwise it'll just move between keyframes) and then on the very first frame of the next clip so that the camera resets itself. O_O
Which is ridiculous, and why, when I have a clip that is being zoomed or panned on, I put it on a different track, in like, my Scrap Camera track (the "check camera" track above). So I have plenty of space on each side of said clip to like, reset the camera before and after it without the fiddliness of having to do it on EXACTLY THE FRAME BEFORE.
Though yes, I can see how this might cramp you, "eeeeh, panning, zooming, I'll sort it out later!" style? Though if you're still rearranging on a spare track, it wouldn't be so bad?
It's really weird because, yeah, I've started randomly using more tracks too, to do stuff like rearrange clips and all sorts of other crap. As I said, 90% of my issues with Cinelerra were solved by kicking my desire to ALWAYS USE AS FEW TRACKS AS POSSIBLE. So this totally doesn't make you not a real vidder and I LOOOOVE your timeline! :D
As to programs and stuff it was fear of changing programs that for a long time made me think that WMM was just going to be my limiting factor and to get over it. Eventually, I was motivated enough to move beyond it. The same will happen with you, I think. If you ever get to the point where Vegas is stopping you from doing things you want to do, you'll either learn to do them in Vegas, or if you can't, you'll make a decision about whether to live with the limitation or learn with a different program.
I can say that after being TERRIFIED of changing programs for a long time, I'm now much calmer about it, having done it a bunch of times, but I needed my own motivations to go ahead an do that? So...seriously, don't stress it too much. Especially since you obviously loooove Vegas.
Plus it's stable for you which is a benefit that CANNOT be underestimated. As I said above, Cinelerra isn't stable for many people, but it is for me and it's just...such a relief?
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The one thing that is different is that the pan/zoom is set by TRACK, not by clip. Which is...sometimes annoying and different. So like, if you want to only zoom for ONE clip, you have to set camera keyframes on the last frame of the clip BEFORE the zoomed clip, then keyframes for the new pan/zoom parameters on the first frame of the NEXT clip, then on the last frame of the zoom clip so that the zoom stays static (cus otherwise it'll just move between keyframes) and then on the very first frame of the next clip so that the camera resets itself. O_O
Which is ridiculous, and why, when I have a clip that is being zoomed or panned on, I put it on a different track, in like, my Scrap Camera track (the "check camera" track above). So I have plenty of space on each side of said clip to like, reset the camera before and after it without the fiddliness of having to do it on EXACTLY THE FRAME BEFORE.
Though yes, I can see how this might cramp you, "eeeeh, panning, zooming, I'll sort it out later!" style? Though if you're still rearranging on a spare track, it wouldn't be so bad?
It's really weird because, yeah, I've started randomly using more tracks too, to do stuff like rearrange clips and all sorts of other crap. As I said, 90% of my issues with Cinelerra were solved by kicking my desire to ALWAYS USE AS FEW TRACKS AS POSSIBLE. So this totally doesn't make you not a real vidder and I LOOOOVE your timeline! :D
As to programs and stuff it was fear of changing programs that for a long time made me think that WMM was just going to be my limiting factor and to get over it. Eventually, I was motivated enough to move beyond it. The same will happen with you, I think. If you ever get to the point where Vegas is stopping you from doing things you want to do, you'll either learn to do them in Vegas, or if you can't, you'll make a decision about whether to live with the limitation or learn with a different program.
I can say that after being TERRIFIED of changing programs for a long time, I'm now much calmer about it, having done it a bunch of times, but I needed my own motivations to go ahead an do that? So...seriously, don't stress it too much. Especially since you obviously loooove Vegas.
Plus it's stable for you which is a benefit that CANNOT be underestimated. As I said above, Cinelerra isn't stable for many people, but it is for me and it's just...such a relief?