This section tells you how to manage the presentation markers in your Presto for Vegas Pro project.
You can use media markers (that is, markers that are embedded in your source media, not markers on the timeline) to tell Presto about layout changes. This is handy when two or more people are working to produce a presentation: one person can review the video and use media markers to indicate the layout sequence they would like; they can then pass this marked-up media on to the person using Presto to create the presentation.
Media markers are created and edited in Vegas Pro using the Trimmer view. There are several ways to open your media in the trimmer, including dragging the media from the Project Media tab into the trimmer, or right-clicking on the media in the timeline and selecting Open in Trimmer. To quickly create a marker, position the cursor at the point in the media where you want a marker, and then press the "m" key. You can then enter the marker's label.
NOTE:
Presto looks for specific marker labels, as detailed in the table below. It ignores any media markers not matching these labels. The media markers can appear anywhere in the events on presenter, screen, and slide video tracks.
Presto's default layout rules still apply, even when you supply media markers, so you may find some additional layout changes in the default sequence. These can be deleted if not wanted.
Layout Template |
Description |
Marker Label |
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Slides only |
Slides |
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Presenter only |
Presenter |
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Left, slanted (presenter on lower left, slides slanted) |
LS |
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Left, flat (presenter on lower left, slides flat on upper right) |
LF |
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Right, slanted (presenter on lower right, slides slanted) |
RS |
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Right, flat (presenter on lower right, slides flat on upper left) |
RF |
Controlling Presto's processing with markers and regions (Vegas Pro Only)
If several people take turns as presenter within a single presentation, Presto may have difficulty with the transition between presenters, or may have difficulty tracking a subsequent presenter. This is because Presto does more than simply face tracking: it learns about the appearance of the presenter's head and upper body to help maintain tracking when the presenter is not directly facing the audience.
If you experience tracking problems in such a case, you can tell Presto about each presenter transition using presenter markers. Presto can handle up to four different presenters using simple labels for each presenter:"p1, p2, p3, or p4. You place these markers on the timeline around the point where a presenter transition occurred, as illustrated below. During processing, Presto will first learn the appearance of each presenter. Then, during tracking, it uses the markers to determine which presenter it expects to see at any point on the timeline.
To place a marker, place the timeline cursor at the point on the timeline where you want to add a marker, and press the "M" key, or choose the menu item Insert > Marker. Then enter the presenter label and press Enter. Vegas Pro shows these markers in orange. Drag a presenter marker to adjust its position. You can use the same presenter label as many times as you wish (e.g. alternating between the first presenter and the second using alternating p1 and p2 markers).