Instant Vegas Movie Studio +DVD: VASST

Get to work fast with carefully detailed screenshots and step-by-step directions that illustrate the most-used features of Vegas Movie Studio software in a concise, time-efficient way. Learn how to navigate the interface and perform the essential tasks, from editing video and audio to compositing and outputting.

Douglas Spotted Eagle is an award-winning performer, music producer, and videographer John J. Rofrano is a musician, vocalist, songwriter, videographer and software architect

Introduction

ix

Media Basics

1

(8)

Getting Set Up with Vegas Movie Studio

9

(10)

The Computer System

10

(9)

Getting the Good Stuff In

19

(30)

Workflow Can Be Fun!

20

(1)

Project File Notes

21

(1)

Starting a New Project in Vegas Movie Studio

22

(3)

Open, Close, Save, Save As

25

(2)

To Media Pool or Not to Media Pool

27

(1)

Import Media

28

(2)

Capturing Video Workflow

30

(1)

Logging

31

(1)

Hooking Up the Gear

32

(1)

Basic Capture

33

(7)

Advanced Capture

40

(4)

Scanning Photographs and Other Graphics

44

(2)

Extract Audio from CD

46

(1)

Get Media from the Web

46

(1)

Adding Third-Party Material

47

(2)

Cutting Up!

49

(28)

Adding Tracks and Media to the Timeline

50

(3)

Right-Click Add Media Options

53

(1)

Moving Events

54

(2)

Timeline Trimming and Splitting

56

(3)

Envelopes and Events

59

(1)

Video and Audio

59

(4)

Transitions

63

(5)

Slip Trim Events

68

(2)

Ripple Editing

70

(1)

Time Selections

71

(3)

Markers and Regions

74

(3)

Advanced Editing Techniques

77

(28)

Video FX

78

(1)

Video Effects

78

(2)

Audio Effects

80

(4)

Using FX Presets

84

(2)

Using Keyframes to Change Video FX over Time

86

(1)

Using Envelopes to Change Audio

87

(3)

Resize, Rotate, and Reverse the Video Image

90

(2)

Picture-in-Picture Effects

92

(1)

Adding Motion to Stills

93

(4)

Level Opacity Superimposition

97

(1)

Masking

98

(1)

Chromakey Compositing

99

(6)

Titling Tools and Text Techniques

105

(20)

Basic Titles

106

(5)

Play It Safe

111

(3)

Roll the Credits

114

(4)

The Star Wars look

118

(1)

Create a Lower-Third Graphic in VMS

119

(2)

Add a Fade-In to the Lower-Third Graphic

121

(2)

Creating a Different Type of Lower-Third

123

(1)

Add a ``Bug''

123

(2)

Sound Off!

125

(20)

Sound Messages

126

(1)

Audio for Video Secrets

126

(2)

Prepare to Record

128

(2)

Recording Audio

130

(4)

Cleaning Up Production Dialog

134

(5)

Eliminating Noise

139

(3)

Sound Mangling

142

(2)

Integration with Sound Forge Audio Studio

144

(1)

Getting Creative with Techniques

145

(14)

Fast, Slow, Reverse, Strobe, and Ghost

146

(1)

Black and White and Old Film Looks

147

(1)

Unique Color and Shape effects

148

(2)

Borders, Widescreen, and Letterboxing

150

(3)

Add Pizzazz to Titles

153

(1)

Cookie Cutter Cool

154

(2)

The ``Cops'' Effect

156

(1)

Extremely Quick Slideshow Production

156

(1)

3D Transitions

157

(1)

Reduce Red Eye in Still Photos

157

(2)

Show Your Stuff

159

(14)

Why Render?

160

(2)

Print to Tape (PTT)

162

(3)

Render to a DV File on the Hard Drive

165

(2)

MPEG-2 Encoding Tips

167

(1)

Render to DVD (MPEG-2)

168

(2)

Render for Web Streaming

170

(1)

Archiving Projects

171

(1)

Archiving Format

172

(1)

Burn a DVD

173

(24)

Making Menus

177

(2)

Modifying Text

179

(2)

Hidden Highlights!

181

(3)

Satisfying Slideshows

184

(4)

Music Compilations

188

(2)

Preview the DVD

190

(1)

Advanced Menus

191

(3)

Burn Baby Burn!

194

(3)

ACID: Making Music

197

(18)

Loops, One-Shots, and Beatmaps

198

(3)

Tempo and Key

201

(1)

Preview, Pick, Paint, and Play

201

(5)

Loop Sources

206

(1)

Creating Solos, Melodies, and Themes

207

(2)

Recording in ACID

209

(3)

Scoring to Video

212

(3)

ACID to the Nth Degree

215

(8)

Using FX

216

(1)

Arranging Parts

217

(1)

Changing Tempo and Key

218

(2)

Mixing (Level, EQ, Pan, FX)

220

(3)

Export Finished Songs

223

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