Sony Vegas 5 Manual

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Using Automation
Automation allows you to control audio and video levels, panning, and effect parameter automation over 
time. You can create fades, apply stereo panning, and vary effect parameters throughout your project. 
Automation is represented on the Vegas® timeline as an envelope or set of keyframes. You can create 
automation by adding envelopes or keyframes to your tracks (including bus tracks), or you can record 
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Adding or removing mute automation
1.
Select a track.
2.From the Insert menu, choose Audio Envelopes or Video Envelopes, or right-click in the track list and 
choose 
Insert/Remove Envelope from the shortcut menu. 
3.From the submenu, choose Mute. A check mark is displayed next to the command, and an envelope is 
added to the timeline. 
4.You can adjust the automation by editing the envelope in the timeline or by using the Mute button   in 
the track header when 
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When the track has a volume envelope and the track automation mode is set to Read, the fader/slider 
will follow the envelope during playback but cannot be adjusted.
When the track automation mode is set to 
To u c h or Latch, the fader/slider edits the envelope setting at 
the cursor position. If the track does not have a volume/pan envelope, an envelope will be added when 
you adjust the fader/slider.
If multiple tracks are selected, all selected tracks are adjusted. 
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Bus automation (audio only)
You can use bus automation envelopes to vary the level of a track sent to a bus.
Adding or removing a bus automation envelope
Before you can add a bus envelope, youll need to specify the number of busses for your project.
1.Select an audio track.
2.From the Insert menu, choose Audio Envelopes, or right-click in the track list and choose Insert/Remove 
Envelope
 from the shortcut menu.
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1.Click the Tr a c k  F X  button ( ) on a track to open the Audio Plug-In window.
If no track effects exist, clicking the 
Track FX button displays the Plug-In Chooser. Use the Plug-In 
Chooser to create an effect chain including an automatable plug-in.
2.Click the Configure FX Automation button ( ) to display the FX Automation Chooser.
3.Click a plug-in at the top of the FX Automation Chooser. A list of the effect’s automatable parameters 
appears.
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Adjusting effect automation settings
You can adjust automated effect parameters by editing the envelopes in the timeline or by recording 
automation with the controls in the Audio Plug-In Window.
If youve enabled the 
Bypass parameter for a plug-in, you can click the Bypass button in the plug-ins banner 
to toggle the Bypass envelope at the cursor position.
Note: When you automate an effect’s frequency parameter, 
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Adding a motion blur envelope
Motion blur can help you make computer-generated animation look more realistic. For example, if you use 
track motion or event pan/crop to move a clip across the frame, each frame is displayed clearly when no 
motion blur is applied. Turning on motion blur adds a motion-dependent blur to each frame to create the 
appearance of smooth motion in the same way a fast-moving subject is blurred when you take a photograph 
with a slow shutter speed.
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Working with track envelopes
Envelopes represent volume, audio panning, opacity, and fade to color automation settings in the timeline.
Composite Level envelopes and Fade to Color envelopes are only available in the full version of Vegas software.
Adding envelope points
Once you add an envelope to a track, you may add points to it. These points are used to edit the envelope 
line in order to automate the control.
1.Place the mouse pointer on the envelope’s line. 
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Moving envelope points
Once you have added envelope points, you can raise and lower them to different levels along the timeline, or 
you can adjust the envelope’s location along the timeline by dragging it right or left. You can move one 
point at a time, even during playback and check the results in real time. If snapping is enabled, the envelope 
point snaps to time divisions as you drag. Hold   while dragging to override snapping.
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If youve added effect automation envelopes to a track, the track can get cluttered. Click the down arrow 
next to the 
Track FX button   and choose an envelope from the drop-down list to select which envelope 
you want to display.
Removing track envelopes
When an envelope is removed, the events on the track no longer have automated control and the envelope 
line no longer displays.
1.Select the track(s) from which you want to remove envelopes.
2.From the Insert menu, choose...