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6.In the Video Event FX window, click the Eyedropper button 
( ). The cursor changes to an eyedropper icon.
7.Draw (click and drag) a small rectangular selection area 
around the color(s) to key out. Although you can select the 
color range from just about anywhere, the Video Preview 
window is the best location.
Note: Other effects that can change the color of the event 
should be bypassed when using the Eyedropper tool.
8.Click the Split Screen View...

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CHP. 14ADDING VIDEO TRANSITIONS AND MOTION
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Adding Video 
Transitions and 
Motion
Want something other than a cut or crossfade between video events? Vegas® software provides a wide 
variety of transitions you can add to your project. This chapter also covers track motion and keyframe 
animation, which allows you to automate video effects, media generators, cropping, panning, and more.
Understanding basic transitions
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Adding a transition
1.Insert a video event onto the timeline.
2.Insert another event so that it overlaps the first to create an 
automatic crossfade.
3.In the Transitions window, browse for a transition effect. If the 
Transitions window is not visible, choose 
Transitions from the 
View menu. 
4.Drag the effect onto the crossfade between the two events.
Note: The duration of a transition is automatically 
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Adding a transition to all selected events
If you tend to use the same transitions often, you can save yourself some time by adding a transition to all 
selected events at once.
1.Select the events where you want to add the transition.
2.From the View menu, choose Transitions to display the 
Transitions window.
3.Select a transition from the list on the left side of the window. 
The thumbnail images on the right side of the window represent 
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3.Add points and adjust the fade curves as desired. For more information, see Using the Envelope Edit tool on 
page 128.
In the following example, the transition starts, progresses to 50%, reverses direction, and then finishes.
Understanding track layers
If you want, you can view and modify transitions in an A/B roll 
mode. Right-click the track header and choose 
Expand Track 
Layers
 from the shortcut menu to expand the track to reveal 
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The duration of the newly inserted transition event is determined by the Cut-to-overlap conversion time set in 
the 
Editing tab of the Preferences dialog. To access this dialog, choose Preferences from the Options menu.
Note: There must be enough media in the respective events 
to cover the transition (e.g., the end of the first event must 
not be the end of the media file).
Tip: You can also convert cuts between audio events to 
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Modifying a transition
All of the transitions include several presets that create standard transitions. If a preset doesn’t meet your 
needs, you can customize a transition to suit your taste. 
Tip: You can also animate the parameters of a transition with 
keyframes. For more information, see Using keyframe 
animation on page 237.
1.Click the Transition Properties button 
( ) on the transition or right-click the 
transition and choose 
Tr a n s i t i o n...

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Using keyframe animation
Keyframe animation is a technique that computer artists 
use to quickly make complex animated sequences. 
Instead of drawing every frame of a title scrolling in from 
top to bottom by hand, an animator simply has to set a 
starting and ending position for the animation and let the 
computer interpolate the intermediate frames. The 
animation pictured on the right has three keyframes: a 
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Adding keyframes
Every effect has a starting keyframe at the beginning (left side) of the keyframe controller. This sets the 
initial parameters for the effect. In order to animate the effect, you must add another keyframe to the effect 
and change some of the parameters. When you first add a new keyframe, it has the same settings (for the 
transition, effect, pan/crop, etc.) as the first keyframe. You can then modify the settings of the new keyframe 
to...