Sony Vegas 6 Manual

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4.Select the Reverse check box if you want the subclip to be played backward when you add it to your 
project.
5.Click OK to create the subclip. You can then create events from subclip via the Project Media window.
Selecting a subclip in its parent media
This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.
1.Right-click a subclip in the Project Media window and choose Open in Trimmer from the shortcut menu.
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Using the Edit Details window
This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.
The Edit Details window displays a database for all of the media in your project. It shows information about 
how the files are being used and allows you to modify many of those properties. You may sort, add or change 
information, rearrange columns, and edit items in the project.
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Events
The Events category displays information about all of the events in your project. You may sort any of the 
information by clicking a column’s header. The number of columns in the 
Events category requires that you 
use the scroll bar to view them all. 
The following table explains each column in the Events category and describes its function.
Markers
The Markers category displays information about markers on the project’s timeline. This category displays 
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Customizing the Edit Details window
You may arrange and delete columns from each category and save the changes to a personal template. One 
template is available from which you may create your own display options.
1.From the Show drop-down list, choose the category that you want to customize.
2.Drag a column’s header to the new position. The cursor changes to a column icon () as you move the 
column. If you want to remove the column from the display, drag the icon...

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Working with Tracks
Tracks contain the media events on the timeline of a project. There are two types of tracks in a Vegas® 
project: video and audio. Each type of track has its own features and controls. While tracks can be organized 
and mixed in any order, track hierarchy can be important in determining the final output for video. Because 
tracks are containers for events, effects that are applied to a track apply to every event in that track.
Managing tracks
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Deleting a track
You can delete a track from your project and all of the events contained on it. You can delete one track or 
select multiple tracks to delete.
1.Select the track that you want to delete. To select multiple tracks, click each one while pressing  to 
select a range of adjacent tracks or 
 to select discontinuous tracks.
2.From the Edit menu, choose Delete.
Tip: You can also delete a track by selecting it and pressing 
.
Naming or renaming a track
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Changing track color
When you add a track, it is automatically assigned a color. This color is easily changed. This feature is useful 
if you want to use color to organize similar tracks. 
1.In the track list, right-click a track to display a shortcut menu.
2.From the shortcut menu, choose Track Display Color, and choose a color from the submenu.
To change the available colors, use the Display Tab in the 
Preferences dialog.
Changing track height
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Using the track list
Each track in your project has its own controls, faders, and sliders that are contained in the track list on the 
left side of the track. You can work with these controls to affect the events on the track.
The controls in the track list can function as trim controls or automation controls for track volume, panning, 
assignable effects send, and bus send levels. Adjusting the trim control affects the level of the entire track.
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Tip: Press  while dragging or use the mouse wheel for 
finer control of the fader. You can also move the fader by 
using the right or left arrow keys.
Volume envelopes allow you to automate track volume changes. For more information, see Vo lu m e  o r  pa n  
automation (audio only) on page 156.
Using the multipurpose slider (audio only)
This slider controls several features, including panning, bus 
send levels, and assignable effects send levels. The options for 
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You can further control the panning by right-clicking the multipurpose slider and selecting an option from 
the shortcut menu:
The Add Channels panning model is most useful for panning 
stereo source material. This model makes the stereo image 
appear to move as a unit between the speakers. As the fader is 
moved from the center to a side, more and more of the signal 
from the opposite side is folded into the side you are panning 
towards, until at the extreme, both...