Instant Vegas 5

Nonlinear, or digital, editing permits editors to move film bites around and place them anywhere in the sequence of the film with much greater ease than was ever possible with conventional film editing techniques. Instant Vegas 5 is a PC-platform, nonlinear application distributed by Sony. Carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions illustrate how to use the latest version of the Vegas software in a concise, time-efficient way. Readers learn the rudiments of navigating the application and using it to perform a complete range of tasks, from editing video and audio, to compositing and outputting including the use of the DVD authoring tool, DVD Architect. This is the fourth book in the new VASST Instant Series produced in cooperation with the Sundance Media Group. This book features carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions that illustrate how to use the latest version of the Vegas 5 software in a concise, time-efficient way.

Foreword

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

xv

Hardware, Add-ons, and Installation

1

(12)

What's in the box?

2

(2)

Boys and their toys

4

(3)

Looking good

7

(2)

Sounding better

9

(1)

Up and running

10

(1)

One-click and you're done

11

(2)

It's Vegas, Baby

13

(20)

The nickel tour

13

(1)

Buzzword alert: Events

14

(1)

Toolbar

15

(2)

Time display and time ruler

17

(1)

Track list

18

(1)

Video tracks

19

(1)

Audio tracks

20

(2)

Timeline

22

(2)

Window docking area

24

(3)

Customize your workspace

27

(1)

Save and recall workspaces

28

(1)

Keyboard shortcuts

29

(1)

Adjusting parameters

30

(1)

A note about VS scripts

30

(1)

I did it my way

31

(1)

General tab

31

(1)

Video tab

32

(1)

Audio tab

32

(1)

Audio Device

32

(1)

Getting the Good Stuff In

33

(20)

Off to workflow we go

33

(1)

Project file notes

34

(1)

New project and properties

35

(2)

Open, close, save, save as

37

(1)

To Media Pool or not to Media Pool

37

(3)

Import media

40

(1)

Capturing video workflow

41

(1)

Logging

41

(1)

Get the Hookup

41

(1)

Basic capture

42

(4)

Advanced capture

46

(4)

Extract Audio from CD

50

(1)

Get Media from the Web

50

(1)

Adding third-party material

51

(1)

The future of capture

52

(1)

Slicing, Dicing, and Cooking Creative

53

(18)

Adding tracks and media to the Timeline

54

(2)

Right Click Add Media Options

56

(2)

Moving events

58

(1)

Timeline Trimming and Splitting

59

(1)

Event Envelopes

60

(1)

Video

60

(2)

Audio

62

(1)

Transitions

63

(2)

Vegas 5 Transition Envelopes

65

(1)

Slip trim events

65

(1)

Ripple editing

66

(1)

Shuffle events

67

(1)

Time Selections

68

(1)

Markers and Regions

69

(2)

More Editing Wizardry

71

(26)

Effects (FX)

71

(1)

Video effects

72

(2)

Audio effects

74

(2)

Using FX presets

76

(5)

Vegas automation

81

(1)

Video automation

81

(1)

Audio automation

81

(4)

Picture-In-Picture effects

85

(2)

Adding motion to stills

87

(2)

Superimposing, levels, opacity

89

(2)

Composite modes

91

(1)

Composite using mattes

91

(1)

Composite using chroma key

92

(3)

Improve playback performance

95

(2)

Titling Tools and Video Vexations

97

(40)

Basic titles

97

(5)

Flashy titles

102

(1)

Stay title safe

102

(2)

Add text one letter or line at a time

104

(2)

Gently animate the text

106

(2)

Roll the credits

108

(3)

The Star Wars look

111

(3)

Make a title transparent

114

(2)

Fill a title with moving video

116

(2)

Create a lower-third graphic in Vegas

118

(4)

Create a lower-third graphic in Movie Studio

122

(1)

Add a "bug"

123

(2)

Using video scopes (wavefrom/vectorscope)

125

(2)

Adjust brightness and contrast

127

(1)

Simple color correction

128

(1)

Reducing video noise

129

(1)

Fixing blurry video

130

(1)

Advanced color correction

131

(2)

Using three-wheel color correction

133

(2)

Using secondary color correction

135

(2)

Sound Off!

137

(30)

Sound messages

137

(2)

Prepare to record

139

(5)

Record multiple takes

144

(2)

Cleaning up production dialog

146

(4)

Eliminating noise

150

(2)

Mangle sounds in unique ways

152

(2)

Busing in Vegas

154

(5)

5.1 surround sound

159

(4)

Authoring and Burning CDs

163

(1)

Integration with Sound Forge

164

(2)

Audio for video secrets

166

(1)

A potpourri of stylin' FX

167

(40)

Fast, slow, reverse, strobe, and ghost

168

(2)

Black and white/old film looks

170

(3)

Night vision and turn day into night

173

(2)

Unique color and shape effects

175

(4)

Borders, widescreen, and letterboxing

179

(3)

Add pizzazz to titles

182

(3)

Cookie Cutter Cool

185

(1)

The Cops effect

186

(2)

Extremely quick slideshow production

188

(1)

Export a still from the Timeline

189

(2)

Vegas Bezier masking

191

(4)

Freeze frame foreground/changing background

195

(3)

Adding motion blur

198

(1)

3D transitions

199

(1)

3D track motion

200

(3)

3-D composites

203

(4)

Show your stuff

207

External preview

208

(1)

Why render?

209

(2)

Print to tape (PTT)

211

(3)

Render to a DV file on the hard drive

214

(3)

Render to VCD (MPEG-1)

217

(1)

MPEG-2 encoding tips

218

(2)

Render to DVD (MPEG-2)

220

(3)

Render DVD video and AC-3 audio separately

223

(2)

Render for Web streaming

225

(1)

Render Audio only

226

(1)

Using the Vegas Batch Render Script

227

(2)

Archiving projects

229

(2)

Archiving format

231

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