Sony Vegas 5 Manual

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Copying an envelope to another track
1.
Select the Envelope Edit Tool button ( ). The Envelope Edit tool is active.
2.Click within a track to select it.
3.From the Edit menu, choose Select All.
4.From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
5.Click within a track to select it.
6.Click Go to Start ( ) if you want the envelope to appear exactly as it was in the original track, or click to 
position the cursor where you want the envelope to start.
7.From the Edit menu, choose Paste. The...

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If you want to thin envelope points after recording 
automation, you can select the 
Smooth and thin automation 
data after recording 
check box on the External Control & 
Automation tab of the Preferences dialog or right-click the 
envelope and choose Thin Points from the shortcut menu.
Recording automation settings
1.Add an envelope or automatable/keyframeable effect to a track. 
For automatable audio track effects, you must add and effect automation envelope for each...

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Overwriting recorded settings in Latch mode
In Latch mode, envelope points or keyframes are created when you change a control setting, and recording 
continues until you stop playback. When you stop adjusting the control, the controls current setting 
overwrites the existing envelope points/keyframes.
Use Latch mode to overwrite automation settings with new values. 
1.Click the Automation Settings button   in the track header and select Show Automation Controls.
2.Click the...

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Automation Write (Touch) The envelope/keyframe value is applied during playback, and the control follows 
the envelope/keyframe settings during playback and when you position the 
cursor.
Envelope points or keyframes are created only while a control is being adjusted. 
When you stop adjusting the control, automation recording stops and the 
existing envelope points/keyframes are unaffected.
Automation Write (Latch) The envelope/keyframe value is applied during playback, and the...

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Working with Events
Events are windows into media files in a project and are the most basic unit of editing in Vegas® software. 
Media files that are inserted into the timeline are automatically contained within an event. Trimming and 
editing an event does not affect the source media file in any way.
Setting event switches
Event switches are important functions that are used to determine the basic behavior of events. You can set 
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For video events, turning off the Loop switch makes the last frame repeat for the duration of the event 
beyond its original length, creating a freeze frame effect (as in the middle example below). The Loop switch 
is enabled for the event in the last example below.
Invert phase (audio only)
This switch inverts the audio event at its baseline, in effect reversing its polarity. Inverting an event, while 
creating no audible difference, is occasionally useful for matching...

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3.Click Re-calculate to normalize the event again. 
Tip: You can set the maximum decibel level used to calculate 
the event during normalization. For more information, see 
Audio tab on page 289.
Maintain aspect ratio (video only)
Video and image files of various sizes and formats can be included in a single project. The project itself may 
have a different frame size aspect ratio from the source media files. This is not a problem, but you must 
specify how these differences...

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Accessing event properties
The properties of an event are automatically determined based on the properties of the source media file. In 
addition to the event switches (mute, loop, etc.) described in the previous section, event properties include 
playback and undersample rates for video and pitch shifting for audio.
1.Right-click an event to display a shortcut menu.
2.From the shortcut menu, choose Properties. The Properties dialog appears.
The first tab in the dialog,...

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Copying and pasting event attributes
Yo u’ve set up one event exactly the way you want it, and now you want to apply the same attributes to 
another event. A quick way to copy the attributes of one event and paste them onto another is provided. 
You can copy and paste multiple event attributes, including:
Properties (pg. 136), including audio pitch shift (pg. 91) and video playback rate (pg. 93)
Switches (pg. 133)
Video event plug-ins (pg. 207)
Cropping (pg. 187)
1.Click...

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Setting an event’s fade in and out
The event handles allow you to change an audio event’s fade in and out volume. You can also change the 
type of curve that the event uses to control the volume’s fade in or out.
1.Place the mouse pointer on a handle (upper corners of the event). The pointer changes to the envelope 
cursor ( ).
2.As you drag, the volume envelope appears. Both the time in the event and the decibel level are displayed.
Changing an event’s fade curve
You can...