Has scene detection (changes in the scene) been added to Vegas Pro 12

One useful feature that Sony Vegas Po seems to lack is scene detection by
changes in the scene.
I would like to import a video clip and get Vegas to break it up into video
clips by using scene change.
Other video editors such as Pinnacle Studio HD does this.

Has this feature been added to version 12 of Sony Vegas Pro?

 

I assume from this that you are capturing from tape(?).
Otherwise, if capturing from a memory card or HD, every
time you begin a new recording, a new file is produced.
Vegas can split scenes when downloading tape, but it
doesn't (or didn't...) do it very well with HDV (a couple
of frames at each end of the cut were damaged, at least
with Pro 8...). A better way to download and split HDV
was with the excellent (and free) HDVSplit program (don't
bother with the unnecessary viewer part), offered at --
http://strony.aster.pl/paviko/hdvsplit.htm
--DR

 

I thought it was done by jumps in the time code, which should be easy
to program into any software (by the creators of the program, not by
us!).

 

Windows Movie Maker has that. It has a "create clips" function.

http://www.underwaterphotography.com/Video-Editing/Windows-Movie-Maker/Software/creatingclips.asp

1) from a DV camera that is connected to an IEEE 1394 port,
clips are created based on the time stamp...

2) video from an analog camera or Web camera, a clip is created
when there is a substantial change in one frame of the video
compared to the next frame.

3) import a Windows Media file with an .asf or .wmv file name extension
that has file markers inserted, a clip is created for each marker.
If the source Windows Media file contains no markers or only one marker,
a clip is created when there is a substantial change in one frame of the
video compared to the next frame.

So basically, two methods.

It's one of the few features that WMM can brag about. There isn't
much else of value to it.

Paul

 

If it's SD video you're referring to, ScenalyzerLive is a great and
inexpensive (34.00 U.S.) app for doing this.
http://www.scenalyzer.com/

Mike

 

Most common editing software (that I know of, anyway...;-)
includes this feature, for both SD and HD...
--DR

 

I brought Dazzle recently which came with the video editor Pinnacle Studio
HD and it does an excellent job in detecting scene changes when loading a
video file or importing an analog signal from VHS tape but Pinnacle Studio
is limited in what it offers so I wad hoping that the latest version of
Vegas Pro had this feature added.

One other feature Pinnacle Studio had was stop motion animation and it had
the onion skin feature so you can view the last frame(s) to adjust the
object for the next frame.

 

No its a file that has already been rendered such as most files that you
can download from the internet these days.

 

I want to use a video file that has already been rendered (filename.avi) so
it won't have the timecode.

 

I want to load a video file into Vegas and tell it to detect scene changes
so that it cuts up the video into small parts that can be edited. I have
come across people wanting this feature when they had Vegas version 8 while
searching the internet. This feature does not seem to be in the Vegas movie
studio either.

 

[Combining in one place pieces from others of Brian's posts, below...]

So far, my post above is relevant...;-)

Ah-HAH! This is a very different situation - but most programs
split the video by interruptions in the time code, which is
not what you are looking for...

I doubt that it does (since most material these days is
downloaded from source-video memory cards, which is already
split by takes, or from tapes), but I don't know (I haven't
dared to load my copy of Pro 12 yet...;-).

Some interesting features! Since you now have Pinnacle, why
not just use it for features you want in addition to another
program (like Pro 12) that you may use as your main editing
program?
--DR

 

I didn't guess that from your question...

But others have now addressed the issue, and they know much more than I
do

 

You should be able to run both versions of Vegas on your computer.

The standard version of Pinnacle Studio HD is limited to 2 video tracks and
2 audio tracks and has no key framing.
What I find useful is to study a TV serial to see how it was edited. Once
the video is separated into scene changes I can see how long each scene was
and its surprising that some scenes are less than 2 seconds long. It's look
to learn from the experts.

 

Sorry I should have given more information.

 

Professional editors do that by hand. That's why editors exist in the first
place. I'd hardly expect to see such a thing in any professional editing
product.

 

It's also lacking in their home user product Vegas Movie Studio.
I find it useful as a learning too as I can take apart a video to see how
it's edited.

 

And, of course, you can also go through the video and manually
cut it apart...;-)

I could, BUT, if I open a project in Pro 12 and save it by mistake
(although a warning does appear when doing that...), the project
would no longer be usable in an earlier version of Vegas.

Do that in PS-HD and use another editor for your "serious" work...;-)
--DR

 

It all comes out in the end, so don't worry.

Also, I *could* have said "I misinterpreted your question"