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INDEX i Index Numerics 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack, 186 5.1 Surround, See Surround A A/B roll, See Tracks, Track layers Add channels panning model, 110, 181 Adding empty tracks, 105 Adding media to a bin, 44 Alpha channel, 227 In images, 192, 195 Selecting type for media file, 192 Animation, 212 Arming tracks to record, 53, 165 ASR, See Envelopes Assignable effects, 150–152, 153 Assigning tracks to, 111, 151 Automation, 121 Routing to busses, 152 Volume adjustment, 111, 151 Volume envelope, 126 Attributes Copying from one event to another, 137 Audio CD tab, 290 Audio channels, 136 Audio Device preferences, 295 Audio Display preferences, 298 Audio editor program, 85–87 Opening from Trimmer, 100 Opening from Vegas, 87 Setting up, 85 Audio effects, 153–160 Adding via Plug-in Chooser dialog, 154 Adding via Plug-Ins window, 155 Assignable effects, 150–152 Automation, 122 Bypassing plug-ins, 157 Creating a plug-in chain, 154 Plug-Ins window, 25 Rearranging chain order, 156Removing plug-ins from chain, 157 Audio preferences, 295 Advanced control settings, 296 Playback buffering slider, 296 Audio property settings, 289 Audio proxy files, 322 Audio tab, 289 Auto-crossfades, converting to transitions, 232 Automating Mixer controls, 152 Surround panning, 182–185 Automation Assignable effects automation, 121 Bus automation, 122 Composite level automation, 124 Editing envelopes, 126 Hiding envelopes, 127 Latch mode, 130 Modes, 129 Motion blur automation, 125 Mute automation, 119 Recording, 130 Removing envelopes, 128 Showing or hiding controls, 119 Touch mode, 130 Track automation, 119 Track effect automation, 122 Volume and panning automation, 120 Autosaving, 271 AV I Bit depth, 278 Channels, 278 Creating a movie, 57 Format, 272, 278 Frame rate, 277 Frame size, 276 Sample rate, 278 Te m p l a t e , 2 7 6 Video compression, 277 B Balance panning model, 110, 181 Bins, media, 44 adding media, 44
INDEX ii adding recorded files automatically, 45 creating, 44 deleting media, 45 searching, 45 Blue screening, 228 Burning 5.1-channel audio to DVD, 186 Burning audio CDs, 303 Adding pauses between tracks, 306 Creating a CD layout, 305 Disc-at-once burning, 303, 309 Exporting a track list, 308 Importing CD Architect files, 304 Marking tracks and indices, 306 Settings and preferences, 304 Track-at-once burning, 303, 308 Burning CDs proper use of software, 312 Burning video CDs, 310 Bus automation, 122 Bus tracks, 152 Busses, 111, 112, 145–149 Adding to project, 145 Adjusting for clipping, 148 Adjusting volume, 148 Assigning plug-ins to, 153 Assigning tracks to, 53, 111, 149 Automating parameters, 122 Automation, 122 Bus send volume envelopes, 126 Controls, 145 Deleting from project, 147 Meter resolution, 148 Muting, 148 Naming/renaming, 149 Panning, 179 Routing to hardware, 147 Soloing, 149 Bypassing Audio plug-ins, 157 Video plug-ins, 210 C Capturing images From a scanner, 42 From the Video Preview window, 193 Capturing Video Recapturing offline clips, 42 Capturing video, 42 CD Burning audio CDs, 303 multimedia, 312 CD Architect files, 304 CD layout bar, 20CD Settings tab, 298 CDs video, 310 Channels, audio, 136 Checkerboard, 213 Child tracks (compositing), 214, 222 Chromakeying, 228 Multiple keys, 229 Chrominance monitoring, 260 Clean up prerendered video, 256 Clearing the edit history, 78 Closed captioning, 196–198 Adding from a script, 196–198 Adding line-by-line, 196 Displaying, 198 Color Ti m e D i s p l a y w i n d o w, 2 8 8 Track, 107 Color channels, 259 Color gradient event, 213 Color key, 228 Color levels monitoring, 262 Command markers, 82 Closed captioning, 196–198 Command bar, 19 Editing, 84 Inserting, 84 Scott Studios, 83 Composite level automation, 124 Composite level envelope, 126 Composite level slider, 52, 112, 124, 217 Composite mode Setting default, 114 Compositing, 214–217 Compositing modes, 52, 215–217 parent/child tracks, 214, 222 Constant power panning model, 110, 181 Contrast monitoring, 262 Control surface setup, 301 Converting format, See Rendering Copying events, 63 Event attributes, 137 Time and events, 64 Time selections, 64 Creating a movie, 57, 271–278
INDEX iii Creating a multimedia CD, 312 Creating bins, 44 Creating DVD with DVD Architect, 186 Credit roll event, 213 Credits, 194 Cropping video, 187–189 Copying and pasting cropping settings, 137 Plug-in processing order, 211 Crossfades, 75–77, 231 Automatic, 75 Curve types, 76 Manually setting, 76 Overlapping files added to timeline, 194 Sliding, 76 Video, 231 Cursor indications, 32 Customizing DVD Architect toolbar, 290 Customizing keyboard shortcuts, 300 Customizing Vegas, 285–294 Frame number display, 285 Grid spacing, 287 Preferences, 292–300 Project properties, 289 Rendering settings, 275 Ruler, 285 Ti m e D i s p l a y w i n d o w, 2 8 7–288 Toolbar, 18 Video Preview window, 253 Cuts, 231 Converting to transitions, 234 Cutting events, 64–65 Ripple mode, 64 Time and events, 65 Ti m e s e l e c t i o n s , 6 5 D Deleting Busses, 147 CD layout bar markers, 307 Command markers, 85 Envelope points, 126 Events, 72 Keyframes, 238 Markers, 80 Regions, 81 Takes, 95 Tracks, 106 Deleting media from a bin, 45 Digital multitrack setup, 164 DirectX plug-ins, 153, 207 Disable resample, 135Disc-at-once CD burning, 303, 309 Duplicating Events, 67 Generated media events, 214 Keyframes, 238 Tracks, 106 DV capture cards, 294, 326 DV format, 200 Out-of-range colors, 202 Selecting source media for, 201 Setting project properties for, 201 Templates for, 201 DVD burning 5.1-channel audio, 186 creating with DVD Architect, 186 DVD Architect, 186 Dynamic RAM video previews, 256 E Edge trimming, 67 Edit Decision Lists (EDL), 200 Edit Details window, 24, 101 Audio CD track list category, 102 Closed captioning, 196–198 Commands category, 102 Customizing, 104 Displaying, 102 Edit functions, 101 Editing a CD layout, 308 Events category, 103 Markers category, 103 Regions category, 103 Selected events category, 103 Edit history, clearing, 78 Editing audio in external editor, 87 Editing events, 63 Editing tools Envelope, 140 Selection, 60 Zoom, 50 Effects fine-tuning with split-screen previews, 257 Effects, See Plug-Ins Empty events, 67 Envelope Edit Tool, 128, 140 Envelopes, 126–129, 137–141 Adding points, 126 ASR, 137 Changing fade curves, 127 Deleting from track(s), 128 Deleting points, 126 Event envelopes, 137–141
INDEX iv Fade in and out, 138, 139 Fade types, 138, 139 Hiding on track(s), 127 Mixer controls, 152 Moving points, 127 Opacity, 139 Ripple editing, 74 Track envelopes, 126–129 Ve l o c i t y, 1 3 9 Video, 138 Volume (event), 137 Volume (track), 126 Equipment setup for recording, 163–164 Basic, 163 mixer, 164 With digital multitrack, 164 With MIDI option, 164 Event editing, 63 Event properties Copying and pasting, 137 Displaying names, 95 Name, changing, 95 Pitch shifting, 91 Event switches, 133–135 Copying and pasting, 137 Invert phase, 134 Lock, 133 Loop, 133 Maintain aspect ratio, 135 Mute, 133 Normalize, 134 Reduce interlace flicker, 135 Resample, 135 Event takes, 94 Adding files as, 94 Changing active, 94 Deleting, 95 Displaying names of, 95 Previewing, 95 Recording audio as new, 167 Renaming, 95 Selecting, 94 Events, 48 adding transitions, 233 Channels, 136 Copying, 63 Copying and pasting attributes, 137 Crossfading, 75–77, 194, 231 Cutting, 64 Defined, 39 Deleting, 72 Duplicating, 67 edge trimming with keyboard, 69 Editing, 63 Empty, 67 Envelopes, 137–141 Fade in and out, 138Grouping, 141–142 Moving by small increments, 49 Moving in time, 48 Moving multiple, 49 Moving single, 48 Name, changing, 95 Pasting, 65, 66 Pitch shifting, 91 Placing, 46, 47 Playback rate, 136 Recording into, 168 Reversing, 100 Selecting multiple, 60 Selecting with time, 62 Shifting the contents of, 71 Shuffling, 75 Sliding, 72 Slipping, 71 Slip-trimming, 71 Snapping, 89–90 Splitting, 69–71 Switches, 133–135 Tr i m m i n g , 6 7 Undersample rate, 136 viewing media markers, 100 Expand track keyframes, 52 Expand track layers, 234 Explorer window, 22 Transport bar, 40 External Control & Automation Preferences, 301 External monitor, 266–267, 294 F Fade in and out, 138 Fade to color, 126 Fader Assignable effects, 112 Bus send, 112, 149 Pan, 110 track, 109 Fading in/out Mixer controls, 152 Field order, 203, 322 Filters, See Video effects Focus, 59 Force resample, 135 Frame freeze, 68, 134, 140 Frame numbers, 285 Frame-by-frame cursor movement, 59 Freeze frame, 68, 134, 140
INDEX v G General editing, 59–87 Event vs. file, 48 General preferences, 292 Generator Adding, 213 Duplicating, 214 window, 25 Generic control surface setup, 302 Glossary, 327–338 Glow, 248 Grid lines Safe areas, 258 Snapping events to, 89 Spacing, 287 Grouping events, 141–142 Adding to groups, 142 Clearing groups, 142 Creating new groups, 141 Moving grouped events, 49 Removing events from a group, 142 Selecting events in groups, 142 Suspending grouping, 142 H Hardware Routing surround to, 175 Setting up for surround, 174 Hiding/showing Bus tracks, 152 Toolbar, 290 Histogram, 262 Hold keyframe, 239 I IEEE-1394 DV capture cards, 15, 42, 201, 266, 283, 294, 326 Ignore event grouping, 142 Image masks, 222 Images Automatically crossfading, 194 Capturing in Vegas, 193, 254 Correcting for DV pixel aspect ratios, 193 Creating for use in Vegas, 192 Creating masks from, 222 Creating titles from, 195 Default length, 194 Working with, 192 Zooming in on, 241 Importing Audio CD tracks, 43 CD Architect files, 304 Media, 41Scanned images, 42 Still image sequences, 44 Inserting Command markers, 84 Empty events, 67 Markers, 79 Media, 46 Regions, 80 Ti m e , 6 7 Video files with associated audio, 47 Inserting empty tracks, 105 Installation, 16 System requirements, 15 Interlace, 322 Deinterlacing, 203 Field order, 203, 277, 322 Reduce interlace flicker, 135 Inverting Audio event, 134 Audio track, 113 Invert track phase, 53 Isolate channels, 225 Isolating color channels, 259 K Keyboard commands, 26–31 Cursor placement, 27, 59, 62 Edit, 27 Event, 28 Miscellaneous, 31 Playback, 26 Project file, 26 Selection, 28 Track view, 30 Tr i m m e r w i n d o w, 3 0 Vi e w, 2 8 Window view, 26 Keyboard preferences, 300 Keyboard shortcuts, customizing, 300 Keyframe animation, 212, 237 Event panning and cropping, 241 Generated text, 244 Track motion, 247 Video effects, 243 Keyframe controller, 237 Navigating, 238 Keyframes, 182–185 Adding, 238 Changing relative spacing, 239 Deleting, 238 In track view, 52, 240 Interpolation curves, 239 Modifying, 238 Ripple editing, 74
INDEX vi Keying, 228 L Labeling busses, See Naming busses Labeling tracks, See Naming tracks Level slider, See Composite level slider LFE channel, 173, 176 Locking events, 133 To track envelopes, 129 To track keyframes, 240 Loop playback, 62 Looping events, 133 Luminance, 227 monitoring, 261 M Mackie Control Universal, 301 Main window, 18 Make compositing child, 52, 215, 222, 224 Marker bar, 19 Markers CD layout markers, 85 Command markers, 82 Deleting, 80 Inserting, 79 media, adding, 99 media, viewing, 100 Moving, 79 Navigating, 79 Renaming, 79 Ripple editing, 74 Snapping, 89 Markers and regions, 78–85 Snapping events to, 89 Masks, 222–229 Fine tuning, 225 Image, 222 Mask generator, 226 Video, 224 Match media settings, 38, 203 Media bin adding recorded files automatically, 45 Media bins, 44 adding media, 44 creating, 44 deleting media, 45 searching, 45 Media files Auto preview setting, 40 Inserting, 46 Previewing, 40Properties, 204 Media generator Adding, 213 Duplicating, 214 window, 25 Media generators, 213–214 Media markers adding, 99 viewing in event, 100 Media Pool, 23, 41 Adding media, 41 Adding still image sequences, 44 Capturing video, 42 Extracting CD audio, 43 Getting images, 42 Replacing media in events, 41 Media region viewing in event, 100 Media regions adding, 99 Metronome, 167, 295 MIDI clock output, 300 MIDI control surface setup, 302 MIDI timecode Input devices, 299 Output devices, 299 Ti m e D i s p l a y w i n d o w, 2 8 8 Triggering from, 170 Mixer, 22, 143 Busses, 112, 145–149 Preview fader, 144 Toolbar, 144 Viewing/hiding, 143 Mixer setup (external), 164 Mixer window Automating controls, 152 Routing surround through, 175 Mixing Multiple tracks to a new track, 116 Video tracks, 214–217 Monitoring chrominance, 260 color content, 260 color levels and contrast, 262 luminance, 261 RGB components, 263 Monitoring video with scopes, 259 Motion blur automation, 125 Mouse scroll-wheel shortcuts, 32, 50, 59 MTC, See MIDI timecode Multimedia CD
INDEX vii burning, 312 Multimedia controller scrubbing, 55 Multiple takes Previewing, 95 Recording, 170 Selecting among, 94 Multipurpose slider, 53, 110 Assignable effects send level, 111, 112, 151 Bus send level, 112, 149 Panning, 110, 318 Mute automation, 119 Muting All audio or video tracks, 113 Busses, 148 Events, 133 Mute button, 52, 53 Tracks, 113 N Naming Busses, 149 CD layout markers, 307 Markers, 79 Regions, 81 Takes, 95 Tracks, 106 Noise texture, 213 Non-real-time event effects, 160 Normalize audio event, 134 O OHCI 1394-IEEE cards, 15, 42, 201, 267, 283, 294, 326 Online help, 16 Via the web, 17 What’sThis? help, 17 Optimizing previews, 255–265 Ordering of effects, 156, 210 Organizing tracks, 107–108 Overlays Animating, 250 Compositing modes, 215–217 Masks, 222–229 Position, 247 Safe areas, 258 Shadow, 247 Transparency, 228 P Pan type Setting track default, 114 PanningPan types, 181 Surround, 178 Panning automation, 120 Panning, audio Envelope, 126 Multipurpose slider, 110 Panning models, 110 Panning, video, 241 Pan-and-scan effect, 242 Plug-in processing order, 211 Parent media for subclips, 101 Parent/child tracks, 214, 222 Pasting Event attributes, 137 paste insert, 66 paste repeat, 66 Pasting events, 66 Pasting events, 65 Perfect Clarity (.pca) audio format, 273 Phase inverting Events, 134 tracks, 113 Picture-in-picture effect, 250 Pitch shifting, 91 Copying and pasting between events, 137 Pixel aspect ratio, 203 Custom stream properties, 205 Render settings, 277 Still images, 193 Placing media As takes, 46 Dragging/dropping, 46 Multiple files, 46 Same track, 46 Playback Buffer control, 296 Event playback rate, 136 Interpolate cursor position control, 296 Keyboard shortcuts, 26 Position bias control, 296 Pre-roll buffer control, 296 Scrubbing, 55 Transport bar controls, 20 Plug-in chain Audio hierarchy, 34 Changing order, 156, 157, 210 Creating, 154, 208 Saving presets, 156, 212 Plug-ins Animating, 212 Audio, 153 Bypassing, 157, 210
INDEX viii Copying and pasting event plug-ins, 137 Events with panning/cropping, 211 Generators, 213–214 Keyframes, 212 Masks, 222–229 Media generators, 213–214 Modifying, 212 Ordering, 156, 210 Removing, 157, 211 Transitioning into, 243 Transitions, 231 Video, 207 Window, 25 Post-edit rippling, 74 Post-roll, 169 PQ list, See Track list Preference settings, 292–300 Audio tab, 295 Audio tab, advanced settings, 296 CD Settings tab, 298 Editing tab, 297 General tab, 292 Sync tab, 299 Sync tab, advanced settings, 299 Video device tab, 294 Video tab, 294 Preferences Audio Device tab, 295 Display tab, 298 External Control & Automation tab, 301 Keyboard tab, 300 Preparing video for broadcast Safe areas, 258 Preparing video for television DV format guidelines, 200 Prerendering video, 255 Pre-roll, 169 Preset chains, 159–160 Editing, 159 Organizing, 160 Saving from existing chains, 159 Presets, saving, 156, 212, 236 Preview split screen, 257 Preview fader Adjusting for clipping, 148 Adjusting volume, 144 Hiding/viewing, 144 Meter resolution, 144 Previewing split-screen view, 257 Previews, 54 Full-quality, 255In media players, 56 Optimizing, 255 Prerendering, 255 Resolution, 255 Transitions, 235 Printing to tape from the timeline, 284 Printing video From the timeline, 283 From Video Capture, 283 Project playback Entire, 54 Media player, 56 Time selection, 54 Project property settings, 289–290 Audio CD tab, 290 Audio tab, 289 Matching video settings of existing file, 38, 203 Ruler tab, 290 Summary tab, 290 Video tab, 289 Projects Creating, 37 Renaming, 39 Rendering, 271–278 Saving, 38, 269–271 Saving as EDLs, 200 Proper use of software, 312 Properties Events, 136 Media file, 204 Project, 37, 289–290 Track defaults, 114 Proxy files, audio, 322 Pulldown removal, 39, 293 Configuring, 45 Punch-in, 66, 169 Q Quantizing to frames, 89 Quick start, 37–57 R RAM cache for previews, 256 RealMedia (.rm) commands, 83 File format, 272 file format, 57 Recapturing offline video clips, 42 Recording, 163–171 Arming tracks, 165 Into a time selection, 168
INDEX ix Into an event, 168 Into an event with time selection, 169 Multiple takes, 170 Previewing takes, 95 Selecting track input devices, 166 Specifying storage folder, 170–171 Starting and stopping, 167 Stereo, left, right channel options, 166 Red book CD burning, 303, 309 Redo/Undo commands, 77–78 Clearing history, 78 Multiple, 78 Region, 80 Regions Adding as takes, 99 Deleting, 81 Inserting, 80 media, adding, 99 media, viewing, 100 Moving, 80 Naming, 81 Navigating to, 81 Ripple editing, 74 Selecting, 81 Registering Vegas, 16 Removing Events from a group, 142 Plug-ins, 211 plug-ins, 157 Track envelopes, 128 Velocity envelopes, 141 Renaming Busses, 149 CD layout markers, 307 Markers, 79 Projects, 39, 270 Tracks, 106 Rendering, 57, 271–278 controls and templates, 275 Custom settings, 275 File formats, 57, 272 Surround projects, 185 To a new track, 116 Reordering tracks, 107 Resampling, 199–200 At final render, 199 Event, 135, 140, 199 Reversing a video event, 140 Reversing events, 100 RGB components, 263 Ripple editing, 66 Automatically, 74 Cutting, 64 Deleting, 72Manually, 74 Pasting, 65 Post-edit rippling, 74 Shuffling events, 75 Ruler, 19 Offset, setting, 286 Project property settings, 290 Time formats, 286, 326 Ruler tab, 290 S Safe areas, 258 Saving a project, 38, 269–271 Autosaving, 271 Using Save As, 39, 270 With media files, 270 Scopes histogram, 262 RGB parade, 263 vectorscope, 260 video, 259 waveform, 261 Scott Studio Commands, 78, 83 File format, 40, 272 Scribble strip, 52, 53, 106 Scrolling, 50 Scrubbing, 55–56 Keyboard, 56 Scrub control, 21, 55 Timeline, 56 with multimedia controllers, 55 Searching media bins, 45 Selecting all members of a group, 142 Audio CD tracks, 307 Envelope points, 128 Events and a time range, 62 Events to the end of the track, 61 grouped events, 142 Media files, 40 Multiple events, 60 Range of events, 60 Regions, 81 Takes, 94 time range, 61 Tr a c k s , 6 2 SFAP files, 322 Shadow, 247 Shuffling events, 75 Signal flow, 34–35 Single session CD burning, 303
INDEX x Slide show, creating, 194 Slider Multipurpose, 110 Sliding Crossfades, 76 Events, 72 Slipping events, 71 Slip-trimming events, 71 Smart resample, 135 SMPTE timecode, 324 Changing, 286 Snap offset, 90 Snapping events, 89–90 Quantizing to frames, 89 Snap offset, 90 To a selection, 90 To grid lines, 89 To marker lines, 89 To the cursor, 90 Solid color event, 213 Soloing Assignable effects chains, 150 Busses, 149 Solo button, 52, 53 Tracks, 113 Sorting media with bins, 44 Split-screen previews, 257 Splitting, 69–71 All events at cursor, 70 Selected events, 70 Ti m e s e l e c t i o n , 7 0 Status bar, 20, 117 Streaming media commands, 83 RealPlayer, 83 Windows Media, 83, 196 Stretching events, 93 Subclips, 100 Summary tab, 290 Surround, 173–186 Automating panning, 182–185 Hardware setup, 174 Keyframes, 182–185 LFE channel, 173, 176 Panning, 178 Rendering, 185 Surround Panner window, 180 Switches, 133–135 Invert phase, 134 Lock, 133 Loop, 133 Maintain aspect ratio, 135Mute, 133 Normalize, 134 Reduce interlace flicker, 135 Resample, 135 Sync tab, 299 Advanced control settings, 299 Synchronizing MIDI timecode, 164, 170 System requirements, 15 T Takes, 94 Adding files as, 94 Deleting, 95 Displaying names of, 95 Placing media as, 46 Previewing, 95 Recording audio as new, 167 Renaming, 95 Selecting, 94 Technical support, 15 Test pattern Creating when printing to DV tape, 284 Event, 213 Te x t Credit roll event, 213 Keyframing, 244 Media Generators window, 25 Text event, 213 Ti t l e s , 1 9 4 Time compressing events, 93 Time Display window, 19, 287–288 Changing color, 288 Changing time format, 287 MIDI timecode settings, 288 Time selection, 61 Copying, 64 Cutting, 65 Recording into, 168 With events, 62 Ti m e c o d e MIDI, 164, 170, 299–300 Video, 324 Ti m e l i n e Adding media to, 46 Moving events along, 48 Playback on external monitor, 266–267 Print to DV tape from, 283 Ti t l e s Creating, 194 Fading, 196 Safe areas, 258 Text generator, 213–214 Toolbar, 18 adding buttons, 291