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1.Click the Event Pan/Crop button ( ) on the event.
2.Drag the handles (small boxes) located around the perimeter of the selection area to change the size.
3.Move the mouse to middle of the selection area until the cursor changes to a move icon ( ). Drag the 
selection area to reposition it.
Be aware of the following as you crop a video event: 
To keep the selection area centered as you resize, select the 
Size About Center button ( ).
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4.Select the anchor creation tool ( ) on the left side of the Event Pan/Crop window and click in the 
workspace to create a mask. See the following table for a description of the tools behavior.
Tip: Right-click the curve, choose Initialize Tangents, and 
choose a command from the submenu to smooth the path (or 
portions of the path) to help you get started with your editing.
Editing the path
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Setting path options
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Select a path with the Normal Edit tool  .
2.Expand the Path heading on the left side of the window to set options for the selected path.
3.Choose a setting from the Mode drop-down list to choose the selected paths masking behavior. 

Positive — The area inside the path is visible in your video output.

Negative — The area outside the path is visible in your video output. The area inside the path is 
transparent.

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Adding animation
Keyframe animation dramatically increases the variety of panning, zooming, and rotating effects you can 
create using the Event Pan/Crop window. A later chapter provides examples of zooming in on a still image 
and using pan-and-scan techniques. For more information, see Animating event panning and cropping on page 
241.
Working with still images
You can use still images for a number of purposes including slide shows, overlay graphics, and titles....

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Correcting images for DV pixel aspect ratios
For best results when importing still images, create images that account for the pixel aspect ratio of your 
desired output format. Vegas software does a good job stretching images to fit the output format, but some 
distortion occurs if the pixel aspect ratio for the source format does not match the destination format. 
To calculate pixel aspect ratio correction, use this formula:
Output frame pixel width 
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Creating a slide show
A slide show composed of still images and an accompanying soundtrack can be an excellent way to show off 
your pictures. You can insert multiple images to instantly create a slide show, complete with crossfades. 
Importing high-resolution still images and using panning, cropping, and track motion tools can add interest 
to an otherwise static slide show. For more information, see Cropping video on page 187 and Adding track motion 
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Creating titles from images
While every software application is slightly different, the general procedure for creating titles with a 
transparent background is as follows.
1.Start your image-editing application.
2.From the File menu, choose New. Set the dimensions of the new image to be the same as the frame size for 
the project. For more information, see Correcting images for DV pixel aspect ratios on page 193. Make the 
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Fading titles
Another common technique is to fade a still title in and out. You can create this effect by using an opacity 
envelope on a title event. For more information, see Using opacity envelopes on page 139.
You can also create multiple title images and then use crossfades or custom transitions between them. For 
more information, see Using transition effects on page 231.
Adding closed captioning to Windows Media Video (WMV) files
Closed captioning makes...

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Creating a script spreadsheet
1.
Create a four-column, tab-delimited spreadsheet.
2.In the first column, enter 00:00:00:00 in each of the cells as a placeholder. You will set the actual position 
of each line during playback.
3.In the second column, enter TEXT in each of the cells to specify the command type.
4.In the third column, enter the text that you want to display as a closed caption. Enter each line in its own 
cell.
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Copying and pasting captions into Vegas software
1.
Select the cells in the spreadsheet and copy them.
2.Switch to Vegas software and choose Edit Details from the View menu. The Edit Details window appears.
3.From the Show drop-down list, choose Commands.
4.Right-click the gray box in the upper-left corner and choose Paste from the shortcut menu. The 
spreadsheet data is pasted into the Edit Details window.
5.Click the column header for the Comments column. This...