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Robert Carreno

Robert has been making video tutorials on YouTube since 2007. Teaching Photoshop and Sony Vegas, he's made over 250 video tutorials helping over 10 million people and has been recognized by Sony. He loves being able to share his knowledge with others and inspiring them to create something awesome.

Sony Vegas: Timeline Position

If you prefer to work with the timeline at the top on the main window in Sony Vegas, go to Options > Preferences. In the Display tab, un-check “Display timeline at bottom of main window”. Click Apply > OK. Your timeline will now appear at the top of the main window. If you’d like your timeline to be at the bottom of the main window, simply do the opposite.

Sony Vegas: Match Media Settings

In the Vegas Pro Project Properties window, you can automatically match the settings of any media file. To do this, simply click the Match Media Settings button in the Project Properties Window. You must then choose which file you’d like to match and click Open. Your Project Properties should now match the properties from the selected media file.

Sony Vegas: Open the Keyframe Window

In previous versions of Sony Vegas, the Keyframe window always remained visible. With Vegas Pro 11, you must open the Keyframe window when you want to animate Keyframes. To do this, click a controls Animate (Stop Watch) icon next to each item you wish to animate.

Sony Vegas: Solo Tracks

Soloing tracks or singling out tracks in Sony Vegas is easy. Click the exclamation point (Solo) button in the track header for a selected track you want to single out or Solo. That track will be the only one visible. You can also Solo additional tracks to single out a group of tracks. To remove a track from the solo group, click the Solo button again…

Sony Vegas: Sync Cursor

While animating keyframes in Sony Vegas, you can synchronize the cursor positions on the main timeline and Keyframe Controller timeline. To do this, simply select the Sync Cursor button. If you move the cursor in either window, it’ll automatically position itself in both timelines. Select it again, to turn it off.

Sony Vegas: Remove from Group

A quick way to un-link your tracks in Sony Vegas is to use the shortcut key “U“. This is especially useful when you need to un-group audio or video to move them around separately. Normally, you’d right-click the clip and choose, Group > Remove From.

Sony Vegas: Add Transition to Multiple Events

You may come across a time where you want to add a certain transition to multiple clips in your timeline. To add a transition to multiple clips at once, Select all the clips you’d like to apply a transition to. Find the transition in the Transitions Window and drag your chosen transition down to one of the selected clips. All the selected clips should now have the added transition.

After Effects: Shy Layers

Working in After Effects, you’re bound to having many layers in your composition. Why not make life easier by hiding certain layers like lights or cameras, so you can work only on the layers you need. Just mark all the layers you want to hide as Shy by clicking the Shy Icon next to the layers name. Then, toggle between hiding or showing all shy layers by clicking the Shy Layers composition switch at the top of the Timeline panel.