Sony Vegas 5 Manual

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Working with markers
Markers are useful for identifying and navigating to specific locations in longer projects. As you place 
markers in your project, they are automatically numbered (up to 99) in the order that they are placed. 
Markers appear as orange tags above the ruler. You may name them and reposition them along the project’s 
timeline.
Inserting a marker at the cursor
1.
Position the cursor where you want to place the marker.
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Deleting markers
1.
Place the mouse pointer on the marker that you want to delete. The pointer changes to a hand ( ).
2.Right-click to display a shortcut menu.
3.From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. The marker is removed from your project. 
The tags are not renumbered as you remove them. For example, if you have five markers in your project and 
delete markers 3 and 4, the remaining markers will be listed as 1, 2 and 5. However, as you add markers 
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Naming regions
1.
Place the mouse pointer on the left region marker you want to name or rename. The pointer changes to a 
hand icon ( ).
2.Right-click to display a shortcut menu.
3.From the shortcut menu, choose Rename. A text box appears next to the region marker.
4.Type the region’s name.
5. Press   or click anywhere in the track view to set the name.
Selecting regions
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Working with command markers
Command markers add interactivity to a multimedia presentation streamed over the Internet by inserting 
metadata into streaming media files. As your video plays, any number of other actions can be programmed to 
occur. These commands are a part of the Microsoft® Windows Media® and RealMedia® streaming formats. 
Most frequently, these actions add text or open a related Web site where the viewer can find more 
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Defining streaming media commands
In a streaming media file, command markers can be used to display headlines, show captions, link to Web 
sites, or any other function you define. Several command types are included that you may add to a streaming 
media file. Some command types are exclusive to either the Windows Media or the RealMedia player.
Defining Scott Studios data commands
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Inserting command markers
Command markers appear as blue tags on the command bar, which is above the marker bar.
1.Position the cursor where you want to place the command marker.
2.From the Insert menu, choose Command, or press .
3.Complete the Command Properties dialog:
If desired, choose a custom template from the 
Te m p l a t e drop-down list. For more information, see 
Saving command properties as a custom template on page 
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Deleting command markers
1.
Place the mouse pointer on the command marker. The pointer changes to a hand icon ( ).
2.Right-click to display a shortcut menu.
3.From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. The command marker is removed from your project.
Working with CD layout markers
Markers on the CD layout bar indicate the locations of tracks and indices in an audio CD layout project. 
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1.From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The 
Preferences dialog appears.
2.In the Preferences dialog, click the Audio tab.
3.Click the Browse button to the right of the Preferred 
audio editor
 box. The Preferred Audio Editor dialog 
appears.
4.From this dialog, navigate to the application to use for 
editing audio files.
5.Select the application’s executable icon (.exe) and 
click 
Open to set the application as your default audio 
editor.
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Opening an audio editor from Vegas software
All events in your project are references to media files on a storage device. When you edit an audio event in 
an audio editor, you can choose to open the original media file or a copy of the file. 
Opening a file in an audio editor
You can directly edit the media file to which an audio event is referenced. Any changes you make and save 
in the audio editor are permanent and are reflected in the event in your project. 
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