Sony Vegas 5 Manual

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Creating titles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Creating titles from images  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Fading titles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Adding closed captioning to Windows...

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Creating masks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Creating image masks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Creating video masks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fine-tuning masks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Previewing and Analyzing Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  253
Understanding the Video Preview window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Using the Video Preview window shortcut menu   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Optimizing the Video Preview window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Reducing preview quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Creating custom rendering settings for AVI files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Project tab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Video tab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Audio tab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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CD Settings tab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Sync tab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Keyboard tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300...

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Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Troubleshooting resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Common questions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Why are some of my DirectX plug-ins not working correctly?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Why do I hear gaps in...

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Introduction
We l c o m e
Vegas® software from Sony Pictures Digital is an innovative and advanced multitrack media-editing system. 
Vegas software was designed to create an efficient audio/video production environment without sacrificing 
the quality and processing power that you expect from Sony Pictures Digital. Whether it’s the standard and 
familiar Microsoft® Windows® navigation commands or the clean and uncluttered interface, you’ll find 
Vegas software to be a tool...

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Installing Vegas software
1.Insert the CD-ROM. The setup screen appears (if CD-ROM AutoPlay is enabled).
If CD-ROM AutoPlay is not enabled, click the   button and choose 
Run. In the Run window that 
appears, type the CD-ROM drive’s letter and add 
:\setup.exe. Click OK to start the installation.
2.Click Install Vegas 5.0. The installation process begins.
3.Follow the screen prompts and enter the necessary information when required. 
4.At the last screen prompt, click   to conclude...

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The Contents tab provides a list of available help topics. Double-click a closed book ( ) to open the pages 
and then click a topic page ( ).
The 
Index tab provides a complete listing of the help topics available. Scroll through the list of available 
topics or type a word in the 
Type in the keyword to find box to quickly locate topics related to that word. Select 
the topic and click  .
The 
Search tab allows you to enter a keyword and display all of the topics in the online help...

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Overview
Vegas software is designed to be an easy-to-use program with many tools that provide power and flexibility 
when creating and working with multimedia files. Many operations, menu items, and shortcut keys are 
consistent with other popular Microsoft Windows software applications. 
The following sections provide a graphical tour of the Vegas workspace.
Main window
This is the window that appears when the software is opened. The work area is subdivided into three primary...