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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.
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.
In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at creating a walk-by transition in Sony Vegas Pro 11….
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
Adding lens flares to transitions in video can really help make your video look more professional and…
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.
