Sony MSPSMS11000 User Manual

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Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome Vegas® Movie Studio HD Platinum software from Sony Creative Software Inc. is

Getting help This Quick Start Manual is intended to help you learn the basic skills you need to create a Vegas Movie Studi

Overview The following sections provide a graphical tour of the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum workspace. Main window The main windo

Time display The Time Display window reflects the cursor’s position on the timeline and the end point of a time selection. You

Marker bar The marker bar is the area where you can place, name, and position markers and regions a

Explorer window - Alt+1 The Explorer window is similar to the Windows Explorer. Use the Explorer window to select media

Mixer window - Alt+3 The Mixer window gives you access to your project’s audio properties and output levels. Video Preview window - Alt+

Project Media window - Alt+5 The Project Media window helps you organize the media files you’re using in a project. The

Media Generators window - Alt+9 The Media Generators window contains the different media generators provided. Media generators make it e

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Chapter 2 Getting Started Vegas® Movie Studio HD P

c. Select the Manage project files check box if you want your project

Using the Project Media window Media files, both video and audio, tend to be the largest files on your h

Importing video from a DVD camcorder From the Project menu,

4. Capture your video. For information about capturing video, see the Ve

Extracting audio from a CD You can extract tracks from a CD and add them to t

Sorting media with bins The detailed view of the Project Media window helps you s

Double-clicking a media file This method places the event at the cursor’s position i

4. Use the Pictures tab to arrange your slides as needed: a. If

Revised April 28, 2011 This quick start manual provides you with a brief introduction

Working with events Events are the most basic objects in a project. An event is something that happens in time,

2. Release the mouse to place the event. Moving multiple events You can move multiple

Changing track height You can change the height of individual tracks by dragging their bo

Button or Control Name Description Solo Isolates a track for playback by muting the other tracks. Volu

Scrubbing Scrubbing is a type of timeline playback that gives you precise control over the speed and direction of playback. Both

Chapter 3 Basic Editing Techniques Vegas® Movie Studio HD Platinum projects are multitrack compilatio

Making selections You can select one or more events, a time range, or events and a time range. All selection options can apply

). Selecting a block of events 1. Click the Selection Edit Tool button ( 2. Position the cursor in a corner

Dragging to select a time range 1. Position the mouse pointer above the ruler (on the marker bar).

Copying selected events When copied, selected events are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time informatio

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Cutting selected events When cut, selected events are removed from the timeline and placed on the clipboard. Time

1. Move the cursor to the desired location on the timeline. 2. Click either the track number or withi

Punching-in and crossfading events You can insert events into the middle of (on top of) existing events without altering

Trimming an event beyond its end You can trim an event beyond its end, extending it as a result. Once extended, the event

Splitting an event 1. Select the events to be split. For more information, see Making selections on page 30. 2. Pla

Splitting and trimming events Hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift and click an event to split i

Changing crossfade curves You can change the crossfade curves that are used to fade

Adding project markers and regions Several types of project markers are provided that identify parts of yo

Navigating to markers You can jump the cursor to any marker on the timeline by clicking the marker. You ca

Naming regions 1. Place the mouse pointer on the left region marker you want to name o

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Using an external audio editing program The Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum timeline is a non

Chapter 4 Adding Transitions, Video Effects, and Titles Adding transitions From the View menu, choose

4. After you’ve found the setting that you want to use, drag it to the a transition on one of the sel

Adding video effects There are several methods available for applying effects to vid

Edit existing video effects 1. Click the FX button ( Plug-in chain Click a plug-in to modify its settings in the lower part of the wind

Adding titles, text, and credits Most video projects include titles and credits. You can use the Titles &

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Chapter 5 Stereoscopic 3D Editing You can use Vegas® Movie Studio HD Platinum to

Setting Line alternate Description Choose this setting when your project will be displayed on a line-alternate 3D monitor.

Setting up stereoscopic 3D previews If your project uses the a

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2. Use one of the following methods to align the audio and video so the video output

5. Delete the audio and video tracks you created in step 1. After synchronizing

Rendering a stereoscopic 3D projec

9. Save your template for future use: a. Type a name in the Template box to identify your rendering template. b. Click the Save Template bu

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Chapter 6 Recording Audio and Adding Audio Effects Recording audio Vegas® Movie Studio HD Platinum softw

Adding audio effects You can use effects to manipulate the audio compon

Adding audio event effects From the Tools menu, choose Audio, and choose Audio Event FX from the

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Chapter 7 5.1 Surround To give your projects a more professional feel, you can create your mo

Assigning tracks to surround channels Each track can be assigned to t

Changing the pan mode Right-click the surround panner on a track, choose Pan Type from the shortcut menu, and then choose a pan type from the

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Chapter 8 Saving and Rendering Projects What do you do after you’ve added

Share it online 1. Click the Share i

11. When rendering is complete, a dialog displays

Burn it to a Blu-ray Disc with menus 1. Click the Bur

Save it to your D

7. Use the Device Control dial

6. Choose render settings: a. Select the Rend

7. Select the Stretch video to fill output frame size (do not letterbox) check box if you want to reformat your video so it

Rend

6. Click the Render button. A dialog is displayed to show rendering progress. 7. When rendering is complete, click the Open button to play

C Index Numerics 3D Blu-ray Discs, 56, 69 3D projects. See stereoscopic 3D projects 5.1 surround panning assigning tracks to channel

H HDV capturing clips, 18 saving to tape, 72–73 help, 6 I importing audio CD tracks, 20 from AVCHD camcorders, 13, 19 from DVD ca

regions (continued) naming, 43 navigating to, 43 selecting, 43 renaming markers, 41 projects, 16 tracks, 26 rendering projects, 75–

V U undoing edits, 40 uploading to YouTube, 67 Video Capture capturing DV video, 18 recapturing offline clips with, 18, 19 video effects,

Adding titles, t