introduction to sony vegas 10
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Track Header Located left of the timeline
Displays the name of each track
Controls for each track: adjust audio volume or panning, video compositing level, apply effects, temporarily mute or solo an audio or video track, apply track motion, change the recording mode, or change the track height.
Timeline This is your main work area
Horizontally, the timeline represents time
Timeline is like a movie filmstrip or unraveled audio tape where you can read your tracks from left to right
Vertically, the timeline shows tracks. A track is a strip where you can put your audio / video files
Event: when an audio, video, or still image file is placed on the timeline, it is referred to as an event.
The timeline lets you precisely control the length and placement of the events in your movie
Project Media Window This windows shows all of your media that are used in
your project.
Audio
Video
Still images
Text
Backdrops
Transitions Categories are listed on the left
Common presets for these categories are listed to the right
To view: hover your mouse over a preset on the right
To add a transition: drag to an overlap of two events
Video FX All of the effect categories are on the left
To view, hover mouse over preset on right
To add, drag preset onto a video event
Media Generators Variety of different text and backdrops categories are
listed on the left and common presets are displayed on the right
To add, drag presets to timeline
Explorer Window Browse your computer for audio, video, or still image.
You can drag a file from the explorer to the timeline to use it in your project
Mixer Audio Controls Adjust the overall project volume
Project properties and preview your audio and video file
Video Preview Displays your video, along with any text or
backdrops, text effects, and transitions in your project
Timeline This is your main work area
Horizontally, the timeline represents time
Timeline is like a movie filmstrip or unraveled audio tape where you can read your tracks from left to right
Vertically, the timeline shows tracks. A track is a strip where you can put your audio / video files
Event: when an audio, video, or still image file is placed on the timeline, it is referred to as an event.
The timeline lets you precisely control the length and placement of the events in your movie
Video Track Video, Still Images, Text, Backdrops
Video events on video tracks show graphical images inside of them which should give you an idea of what the video looks like – very much like frames in a filmstrip.
The video tracks are layered in order from top to bottom.
Audio Track Voice, Music, Sound Effects
Audio events are represented in waveforms, or graphical representations of the audio showing the larger parts having the louder audio peaks.
By using multiple audio tracks, you can have more than one sound playing at once. For instance, you can have someone speaking over background music. The events must be on different tracks but playing at the same time on the timeline.
Zooming In and Out When you zoom in, you will see more detail of your
project. When you zoom out, you will see less detail. In either case, you are not changing anything about your project, just how much of it you can see on the timeline.
Scrolling The horizontal scroll bar controls the visible area of
your project left or right.
The scroll box will become smaller as you zoom in to indicate that the project extends beyond the visible area of the timeline.
The Cursor Inside the timeline, you will see a vertical flashing line.
This is the play cursor.
It indicates the current time in your project.