Sony Vegas: Quickly Resize Window for Current Plug-in
Occasionally, you may want to re-size the plug-in window in order to fit all the plug-in settings on the screen at once. Double-click the Title Bar to re-size the window for the current plug-in.
Sony Vegas: Change Display Colors
Vegas Pro gives you the options to adjust Track colors, Envelope colors, Snap colors as well as the intensity of the icons in the track header. To view and change these settings, go to Options > Preferences and click the Display Tab. From here, you can make the appropriate color adjustments.
Sony Vegas: Duplicate Timeline Events
Quickly duplicate any timeline events in Sony Vegas by holding Ctrl while dragging the media over to your target position. To duplicate multiple events at once, select them all and Ctrl — drag them to your target position. Once you let go, you’ll have an exact copy of those events.
Sony Vegas: Duplicate Tracks
You may come across a time where you want to make an exact copy of a track in Sony Vegas — including events, effects, and envelopes. To do this, Right-Click the track header and choose Duplicate Track from the shortcut menu.
Sony Vegas: Override Snapping
Ever need to quickly override snapping while moving media in the Sony Vegas timeline? Simply hold down the Shift key while moving clips to temporarily disable snapping. If snapping’s already disabled and you’d like to quickly enable it, hold down the Shift key while moving clips to temporarily enable snapping. F8 is the shortcut key to completely enable/disable snapping.
Sony Vegas: Walk-By Transition
In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at creating a walk-by transition in Sony Vegas Pro 11….
Sony Vegas: Import Layered PSDs
Sony Vegas Pro allows you to import layered PSD files into the timeline. Just Right-Click and Drag the file to the timeline. Once you let go, a shortcut menu will display. From here, choose Add Across Tracks. All the layers from that PSD file will import as individual tracks in the timeline. This is useful when creating graphics in Photoshop and animating them in Sony Vegas.
Sony Vegas: Adding Only Video/Audio to Timeline
You can choose to only add audio or video to your timeline in Sony Vegas. Simply Right-Click and Drag the files to the timeline. Once you let go, a shortcut menu will display. From here, you can choose Audio Only or Video Only and select how you want them imported…
Sony Vegas: Auto Preview
You can automatically preview selected clips from the Project Media window by selecting the Auto Preview button. Anytime you select a clip in the Project Media Window, it will automatically play in the Trimmer window. To turn this off, simply select the Auto Preview button again.
Sony Vegas: Project Nesting
Vegas Pro allows you to nest other Vegas Projects in the timeline. This can further help you organize your timeline by creating complex compositions in one project and importing it as a single element in your current project. To do this, just import the Vegas Project(.veg) to the timeline in Sony Vegas…
Sony Vegas: Fit Project in Timeline
To fit your entire project within the Timeline window, Double-Click the Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bars. Double-Clicking the Vertical scroll bar will zoom the project out so as many tracks possible will be displayed. Double-Clicking the Horizontal scroll bar will zoom out so that the entire length of the project will display.
