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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 13
Introduction 23
Technical Support 25
About Vegas Pro 25
Interactive Tutorials 26
The Vegas Pro Window 27
Toolbar 28
Editing Tool 29
Time Display 32
Track List 32
Scrubbing 33
Timeline (Track View) 34
Marker Bar 35
Transport Controls 36
Viewing the Status Bar 37
Window Docking Area and Floating Window Docks 39
The Explorer Window 40
The Trimmer Window 42
The Master Bus Window 43
The Video Preview Window 43
The Project Media Window 44
The Edit Details Window 44
The Transitions Window 45
The Video FX Window 46
The Media Generators Window 47
The Compositors Window 48
The Plug-In Manager Window 48
The Video Scopes Window 49
The Surround Panner Window 50
TABLE OF CONTENTS13
The Media Manager Window 50
The XDCAM Explorer Window 51
The Mixing Console Window 51
The Device Explorer Window 52
Working with Projects 53
Creating a New Project 53
Setting Project Properties 53
Opening a Project or Media File 62
Creating Rotated Projects 65
Nesting Projects 67
Opening a Recent Project 68
Saving a Project 68
Automatic Project Saving 68
Saving and Renaming a Project (Save As) 69
Project References in Rendered Files 70
Sharing a Project Online 71
Uploading Your Movie to YouTube 71
Importing and Exporting AAF Files 73
Importing and Exporting Projects 75
Exporting a Movie to a PSP 77
Edit Decision Lists 78
Closing a Project 79
Exiting the Vegas Pro Application 80
Adding, Managing, and Arranging Media 81
Using the Project Media Window 81
Previewing Media Files 88
Adding Media Files to Your Project 89
Adding Layered PSD Files to the Timeline 94
Creating a Picture Slideshow 95
Import Media 96
Importing Media from a Project File 97
Importing Broadcast Wave Format Files 98
14TABLE OF CONTENTS
Importing Video from a DVD Camcorder 99
Editing Video from an XDCAM Station with StreamChase 100
Using the Device Explorer 103
Sorting Your Media with Bins 105
Viewing or Changing Media File Properties 107
Recording Audio 113
Metronome 119
Capturing Video 119
Capturing from an SDI Card 120
Capture Preferences 123
Converting Video to 24p 127
Extracting Audio from CDs 128
Obtaining CD Information 129
Getting Media from the Web 130
Editing Events on the Timeline 131
Inserting an Empty Event 131
Insert Time 131
Selecting Time and Events 132
Moving Events 135
Automatic Crossfades 136
Enable Snapping 137
Quantize to Frames 140
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Events 140
Deleting Events 143
Trimming Events 145
Post-Edit Ripple 145
Splitting Events 147
Shuffling Events 147
Using the Trimmer 148
Adjusting an Event's Length 156
Expanded Edit Mode 159
Slipping and Sliding Events 162
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Repairing Audio/Video Synchronization Offsets 163
Event Envelopes 164
Stabilizing Video Clips 168
Reversing an Event 168
Using Takes as Alternate Versions of Events 169
Grouping Events 171
Using Sync Links 172
Applying Switches to Events 173
Audio Streams 175
Audio Channels 175
Opening Events in an Audio Editor 176
Opening a Copy of an Event in an Audio Editor 177
Editing Event Properties 178
Copying and Pasting Event Attributes 183
Using the Edit Details Window 183
Removing Red Eye from Still Images 184
Undoing and Redoing Edit Operations 185
Rebuild Audio Peaks 186
Zooming and Magnification 186
Multicamera Editing 189
Shooting Multicamera Video 189
Capturing Multicamera Video 190
Synchronizing Video in Multicamera Projects 190
Creating Multicamera Events 191
Editing Multicamera Video 192
Stereoscopic 3D Editing 197
Stereoscopic 3D Project Setup 197
Stereoscopic 3D Preview Setup 201
Stereoscopic 3D Event Synchronization 202
Stereoscopic 3D Alignment and Depth Adjustment 206
Stereoscopic 3D Rendering 208
Using Markers, Regions, and Commands 213
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Inserting Markers 213
Inserting Regions 214
Using Media Markers and Regions 216
Inserting Commands 217
Inserting CD Track Regions 220
Inserting CD Index Markers 221
The Marker Tool 221
Track Editing 223
Inserting Audio Tracks 223
Inserting Video Tracks 223
Selecting Tracks 223
Arranging Tracks 225
Grouping Tracks 225
Duplicate Track 227
Audio Track Controls 227
Video Track Controls 236
Audio Bus Tracks 242
Video Bus Track 244
Setting Default Track Properties 248
Render to New Track 249
Using Automation 251
Audio Track Automation 251
Video Track Automation 256
Automating Audio Effect Parameters 259
Adjusting Envelopes 262
Recording Track Envelope and Keyframe Automation 266
Animating Video Events and Tracks 271
Panning and Cropping Video Events 271
Editing Track Motion 281
Keyframe Animation 289
Applying Effects 295
Adding/Editing Audio Track Effects 295
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Adding/Editing Audio Event Effects 297
Using Bus Effects 298
Applying Non-Real-Time Event Effects 299
Using Assignable Effects 300
Adding an Assignable Effects Chain 300
Routing Tracks to an Assignable Effects Chain 302
Using Assignable Effects Envelopes 303
Removing an Assignable Effects Chain 303
Creating and Using Effects Packages 304
Bypassing All Audio Effects 304
Editing Audio Plug-Ins 304
Applying Video Effects 309
Adding Transitions 311
Adding Generated Media to Your Project 316
Using the Titles & Text Plug-In 317
Creating Text and Titles 320
Mixing Audio 323
Using the Master Bus Window 323
Busses - Overview 325
Adding Audio Busses 326
Assigning Tracks to Busses 327
Using Bus Envelopes 328
Routing Busses 328
Signal Flow Diagram 330
Using Input Busses 330
Adding or Deleting Input Busses 331
Recording Using an Input Bus 332
Using Input Busses with Hardware-Based Effects 334
Real-Time Rendering 336
The Mixing Console 339
The Mixing Console Toolbar 340
The Channel List Pane 342
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The View Controls Pane 343
Channel Strips 344
Using the Mixing Console 346
Adding Track, Assignable FX, and Bus Channels 346
Audio Track Channel Strips 347
Bus Channel Strips 355
Input Bus Channel Strips 361
FX Send (Assignable Effects) Channel Strips 367
Creating a Cue (Headphone) Mix with the Mixing Console 373
Compositing Video 377
Compositing and Masks 377
3D Compositing 383
Video Signal Flow Diagram 392
HDV Editing with Vegas Pro 395
Capturing HDV Clips 395
Editing HDV Video on the Timeline 396
Working with XDCAM Video 397
XDCAM EX Workflow 397
XDCAM and XDCAM HD Workflow 398
Setting up an XDCAM Device 398
Using the XDCAM Explorer Window 399
Importing XDCAM Discs 402
Editing XDCAM Clips on the Timeline 404
Exporting Video to XDCAM Discs 405
Working with RED Camera Clips 409
Working with AVCHD Video 411
Creating Proxy Files for High-Definition Editing 412
S-Log and ACES workflow in Vegas Pro12.0 415
Enabling color management in your Vegas Pro project 422
Specifying the color space for individual shots 423
Specifying the color space in a custom rendering template 423
5.1 Surround Overview 425
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5.1 Surround Setup 425
5.1 Surround Panning and Mixing 428
Audio Panning Modes 436
Rendering Your 5.1-Channel Mix 439
Exporting a Vegas Pro Project to DVD Architect Software 441
Closed Captioning 443
Adding Closed Captioning to Video Files 443
Captioning Windows Media Files 454
Previewing Your Project 457
Loop Playback 457
Mute All Audio 457
Mute All Video 457
Using the Video Preview Window 457
Split-Screen Previews 464
Using Dynamic RAM Previews 465
Using an External Video Monitor 466
Previewing Video on a Secondary Windows Display 467
External Monitor via IEEE-1394 468
External Monitor via SDI 469
Selectively Prerender Video 470
Cleaning Up Prerendered Video 471
Monitoring Video with Scopes 473
The Vectorscope Monitor 473
The Video Waveform Monitor 474
The Histogram Monitor 475
The RGB Parade Monitor 478
Video Scope Settings 479
Timecode Synchronization 481
Generate MIDI Timecode 481
Generate MIDI Clock 482
Trigger from MIDI Timecode 482
Burning Discs 485
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