Sony Vegas 5 Manual

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Using opacity envelopes
Opacity envelopes set the overall opacity and 
allow you to fade video events in and out. This 
affects the transparency of the event in relation 
to background events on lower tracks. These 
background events can be other video events or 
background colors. For more information, see 
Using generated media on page 213.
Setting a video event’s opacity
When you place the mouse pointer at the top of 
the event, the pointer changes to a hand cursor 
( )...

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Adding velocity envelope points
When combined with points, envelopes can be used to animate velocity changes.
1.Double-click the envelope where you want to add a 
point.
2.Drag the point to adjust it. The time and velocity level 
of the point are displayed as you drag.
3.Right-click the envelope between two points to choose 
a fade type (linear, fast, slow, smooth, or sharp) to set 
the shape of the curve.
Tip: To delete a point, right-click the point and choose 
Delete....

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3.Drag the velocity down to -100% for a normal speed reversal.
Removing a velocity envelope
To remove a velocity envelope and all of its settings, right-click the event and choose Insert/Remove Velocity 
Envelope 
from the shortcut menu. 
Grouping events
You are allowed to group events together within tracks or across separate 
tracks. Once you create a group, you can move all the events in the group 
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Adding an event to an existing group
1.Right-click an event in the existing group, choose Group from the shortcut menu, and choose Select All 
from the submenu to select all of the members of the group.
2.Press   and click the event to be added to the group.
3.Right-click the event, choose Group from the shortcut menu, and choose Create New from the submenu.
Note: Events can only be in one group at a time. Adding an 
event to an existing group essentially clears the old...

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Using the Mixer
The Mixer window is where you control the project’s busses and assignable effects chains.
Multiple audio busses and assignable effects chains are only available in the full version of Vegas® software.
Using the Mixer window
The Mixer is a dockable window where you can control audio busses and assignable effects chains within 
your project and adjust the outgoing signal’s volume and routing.
Viewing the Mixer window
The Mixer window appears in the window...

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Using the Mixer toolbar
The Mixer’s toolbar allows you to access project properties, add busses, and add assignable effects chains to 
the Mixer.
Using the Mixer Preview fader
The Preview fader allows you to adjust the volume and monitor output levels of media files when you 
preview them from the Explorer window or Media Pool, or play them back from the Trimmer window. The 
Preview fader also controls the metronome volume. For more information, see Using the metronome on page...

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Using busses
Multiple audio busses are only available in the full version of Vegas software.
A bus is a master control for the audio-signal mix of one or more tracks. You can assign tracks to play back 
on a specific bus. For more information, see Assigning audio tracks to busses on page 149. 
However, to assign a track to a bus, you must have more than one bus in your project. Each project has a 
Master bus as a default, but you may add up to 25 additional busses to the Mixer...

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Adding multiple busses
1.
Click the Audio Properties button ( ) on the Mixer window. The Project Properties dialog appears with 
the 
Audio tab displaying.
2.In the Number of stereo busses box, enter the desired number of busses (up to 25) to appear in the Mixer 
window. 
3.Click OK to add the specified number of busses and close the Project Properties dialog.
The new busses appear in the Mixer window.
Enter the number
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Deleting busses from a project
You can remove busses from your project at any time. When you remove a bus from a project, any tracks 
assigned to it are reassigned to the Master bus.
Deleting a bus
Right-click the bus to be deleted in the Mixer window and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
Deleting multiple busses
1.
Click the Audio Properties button ( ) on the Mixer window. The Project Properties dialog appears with 
the 
Audio tab displaying.
2.In the Number of stereo...

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Working with busses
Busses in the Mixer window are fully independent and may be adjusted separately. You can adjust the bus 
volume, change the bus meter resolution, and adjust the bus fader to eliminate clipping.
Adjusting bus volume
You can adjust a bus’s volume during project playback by dragging the fader. The fader on a stereo bus is split 
so that you can adjust the levels of the two stereo channels independently.
The fader can function as a trim control that adjusts the...