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5.Hover over a portion of the monitor to display the luma value at the pointer position:
Displaying color levels and contrast using the histogram monitor
The histogram monitor in the Video Scopes window allows you to monitor color levels and contrast of your 
video. Use the histogram before rendering your project to find and correct out-of-range values that could 
cause problems on the destination playback device.
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6.Use plug-ins such as Brightness and Contrast, Broadcast Colors, and Levels to adjust the color. For more 
information, see Using video effects on page 241. 
Displaying RGB components with RGB parade monitor
The RGB parade monitor in the Video Scopes window displays waveforms for the red, green, and blue 
components of your video signal. The monitor plots RGB values from 0-255 on the vertical axis and three 
times on the horizontal axis.
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Adjusting video scope settings
Click the Settings button () in the Video Scopes window to set your display options. These options adjust 
the display of data in the Video Scopes window and have no effect on your data.
7. 5  I R E  s e t u p
If your video hardware will add a 7.5 IRE setup, you can configure the Video Scopes window so the display 
will be consistent with an external scope connected to a device that adds 7.5 IRE setup.
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Previewing in a player
You can create a full-quality preview that automatically plays in the appropriate media player. You can 
preview the entire project or select a portion.
1.To preview a portion of the project, create a selection containing the portion you want to preview.
2.From the Tools menu, choose Preview in Player.
3.Select the type of preview file to create. Select a 
template or click 
Custom to configure any compression 
options.
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Previewing video on a secondary Windows display
This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.
If your Windows desktop is extended across multiple displays, you can one of those displays to preview the 
timeline with no A/V synchronization drift—for ADR and foley work.
If you intend to deliver your project in an interlaced format, previewing on a computer monitor is not a 
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Setting up an external monitor
The diagram below shows the preferred setup for sending video from the timeline to an external television 
monitor. 
The video is converted to DV format and is sent through the IEEE-1394 card to the DV device (camcorder 
or DV-to-analog media converter). The DV device sends analog output to the television monitor.
Use the Preview Device tab in the Preferences dialog to configure your IEEE-1394 card.
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Viewing on an external monitor via DeckLink
This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.
You can send video directly from the timeline to a video monitor connected to a Blackmagic Design 
DeckLink™ card.
Your system must conform to all DeckLink system requirements to use the card with Vegas software. For 
more information about DeckLink system requirements and for DeckLink support information, please refer 
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Saving, Rendering, 
and Printing Projects
Vegas® software allows you to save and render projects into many different multimedia formats. When you 
render your Vegas project, the project itself is not altered, but rather can be rendered in any number of 
different formats.
This chapter explains saving a project and using the Save As and Render As functions. In addition, you will 
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Creating a copy of a project (using Save As...)
After you have been working with your project, you can use the Save As command in the File menu to create 
a copy of the small project file with a different name. Since multimedia projects can be very complex, and 
since Vegas project files are so small, saving a number of different versions of a project is a low-risk way to try 
new techniques.
1.From the File menu, choose Save As. The Save As dialog...