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Use the mouse to 
select a series of 
edits. 
When you undo an edit or a series of edits, they are added to the redo history. This 
feature allows you to restore your project to a previous state. 
Tip: From the Edit menu, choose Undo All to undo all edits in the history. All edits 
are undone and added to the redo history. 
Using redo

Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Z or clicking the Redo button (
) redoes the last undo performed. 
Repeatedly using the keyboard command or toolbar button continues redoing undos 
in reverse order, from most recent to oldest. In addition, you may redo the last edit by 
choosing it from the Edit menu. 
Redoing a series of edits 
You can view the redo history by clicking the arrow on the right side of the Redo 
button ( ). The top item in the list that appears is the most recent undo edit. If you 
redo a specific edit that appears farther down the list, all subsequent edits above it are 
redone as well. 
When you redo an edit or a series of edits, they are added to the undo history again. 
The redo history is cleared when a new edit is performed. 
Note: You are given unlimited undo and redo functionality while working on your 

project, even to the extent of being able to undo changes made before the last time 

a project was saved (but not closed). While you are working with a project, an undo 

history of the changes that you have performed is created. Each time you undo

something, that change is placed in the redo history.

When you close the project or exit the software, both the undo and redo histories 

are cleared.

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Adding project markers and regions 
Several types of project markers are provided that identify parts of your project, serve 
as cues, and provide additional functionality: 
•	Markers are points that you mark along the project’s timeline. They are typically 
used to mark locations in the project for later reference or to mark timing cues. 
•	Regions are ranges of time that you mark along the timeline. Regions identify 
ranges of time for your reference and can function as permanent time selections. 
•	CD layout markers are markers that indicate tracks and indexes for an audio CD 
layout. These marks are used to create tracks and index points when burning an 
audio CD. 
Tip: You can use ripple editing to automatically move markers and regions as you 
edit in the timeline. For more information, see Crossfading events on page 43. 
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. 
Markers 
Marker 
bar 
Right-click the marker bar 
Inserting a marker at the cursor 
1.	Position the cursor where you want to place the marker. 
2.	From the Insert menu, choose Marker, or press M. 
3.	Type a name for the marker and press Enter. If you do not want to name the marker, 
simply press Enter. 
Inserting a marker during playback 
During playback, press M. The marker appears on the marker bar. You may name the 
marker after it has been set. 
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Naming (or renaming) a marker 
1.	Place the mouse pointer on the 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 opens next to the marker. 
4.	Type the marker name. 
5.	Press Enter to set the marker’s name. 
You can also double-click an existing name or double-click the space just to the right of 
a marker to rename it. 
Moving markers 
You can reposition a marker by dragging it on the marker bar. 
Navigating to markers 
You can jump the cursor to any marker on the timeline by clicking the marker. You can 
also jump to a marker by pressing the number keys along the top of the keyboard (not 
the numeric keypad). 
Tip: Jump the cursor to the next or previous marker by pressing Ctrl + Right Arrow 
or Ctrl + Left Arrow. 
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 again, Vegas Movie Studio software begins 
numbering the missing sequence first, in this case 3 and 4, then 6, 7, 8, etc. 
Deleting all markers and regions 
1.	Right-click the marker bar. 
2.	From the shortcut menu, choose Markers/Regions, and choose Delete All from the 
submenu. 
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Working with regions 
Regions identify ranges of time and provide a way to subdivide your project. A region is 
defined as the area between two region markers that share the same number. Regions 
can function as semi-permanent time selections. You can view region information in 
the Explorer by clicking the arrow next to the View button ( ) and selecting Region 
View. 
Inserting regions 
1.	Make a time selection. For more information, see Selecting a time range on page 33. 
2.	From the Insert menu, choose Region, or press R. 
3.	Type a name for the region and press Enter. If you do not want to name the region, 
simply press Enter. 
Region markers appear at the beginning and end points of a time selection. 
Region start Region end Right-click the marker bar 
Marker bar 
Moving regions 
Drag a region marker to reposition it. To move both region markers (start and end 
markers) at once, hold Alt while dragging a region marker. 
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 Enter or click anywhere in the track view to set the 
name. 
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Selecting regions 
You may select the events, across all tracks, within the region for editing or playing 
back. 
1.	Right-click one of the region markers to display a shortcut menu. 
Selected region 
2.	From the shortcut menu, choose Select Region. 
Tip: You can also select a region by pressing a number on your keyboard (not the 
numeric keypad) or by double-clicking a region marker. 
Navigating to regions 
You can move the cursor to the start or end of a region by clicking either region marker. 
You may press Ctrl + Right Arrow or Ctrl + Left Arrow to move the cursor to the next or 
previous region markers. 
Right-click a region marker to display a shortcut menu that allows you to navigate to 
the beginning (Go to Start) or the end (Go to End) of a region. 
Deleting regions 
1.	Place the mouse pointer on the region marker’s starting or ending point. The 
pointer changes to a hand icon ( ). 
2.	Right-click to display a shortcut menu. 
3. From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. The region is removed from your project. 
The tags are not renumbered as you remove them. For example, if you have five 
regions in your project and delete region 3 and 4, the remaining regions are listed at 1, 
2 and 5. However, as you add regions again, Vegas Movie Studio software begins 
numbering the missing sequence first, in this case 3 and 4, and then 6, 7, 8, etc. 
Deleting all regions and markers 
1.	Right-click the marker bar. 
2.	From the shortcut menu, choose Markers/Regions, and choose Delete All from the 
submenu. 
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Using an external audio editing program 
Vegas Movie Studio software is a nondestructive editing environment, which means 
that the original source files remain unchanged by any editing done in the software. 
Destructive edits that modify the actual source media file may be done in a separate 
application such as Sound Forge® software from Sony Creative Software Inc. By setting 
up a separate audio editor, you can quickly access the program from Vegas Movie 
Studio software via the Tools menu or by pressing Ctrl+E. 
Setting up an audio editing program 
If you already have Sound Forge software loaded on your computer when you installed 
Vegas Movie Studio software, the installation should have detected it and made it your 
default audio editing program. However, if you do not have Sound Forge software or 
want to specify a different audio editor, you may do so in the Preferences dialog. 
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.

The application’s path appears in the Preferred audio editor box.

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Saving and Rendering Projects Chapter 4 
What do you do after you’ve added the final touches to your movie and it’s 
ready to be shown to the world? Vegas Movie Studio Platinum allows you to 
easily save and render your projects so you can amaze your family and 
friends. 
Make Movie Wizard 
After you’ve completed your masterpiece, you can use the Make Movie 
Wizard to save your project in a variety of formats. 
Note: Opening the Make Movie Wizard is the same for all formats listed 
below. From the Project menu, choose Make Movie, or click the Make 
Movie button on the toolbar. 
Save it to your hard drive 
1.	Select the Save it to my hard drive radio button and click Next. The 
Render Settings page appears. 
2.	Choose File path, Format, Template, and other settings that will be 
used to save your file, and then click Next. 
Note: For more rendering options, click Advanced Render on the 
Render Settings page. 
3.	The project begins to render to your hard drive. When it’s complete, 
click Finish to close the Make Movie Wizard. 
Burn it to DVD 
1.	Select the Burn it to a DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or CD radio button, and click 
Next. The Burn a Disc page appears. 
2.	Select the DVD radio button and click Next. The Render Settings page 
appears. 
3.	Choose Video file path, Audio file path, and other settings to indicate 
where the file will be created and click Next. 
4.	The project will begin to render to your hard drive. 
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5.	When it’s complete, click Send to DVD Architect Studio to start DVD Architect 
Studio and create a project with your movie. 
-or ­
Click Finish to close the Make Movie Wizard. 
Note: For more information about using DVD Architect Studio software, please 
refer to its documentation. 
Burn it to Blu-ray Disc
 This feature is available only in Vegas Movie Studio Platinum. 
1.	Select the Burn it to a DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or CD radio button and click Next. The 
Burn a Disc page appears. 
2.	Select the Blu-ray Disc radio button and click Next. The Burn Blu-ray Disc dialog 
appears. 
3.	Select a radio button to choose what you want to do: 
•	Render image and burn: renders your current project as a Blu-ray compliant 
file and burns it to disc. 
•	Render image only: renders your current project as a Blu-ray compliant file 
that you can burn at a later time. 
•	Burn existing image file: burns an already-rendered file to a Blu-ray Disc. 
4.	If you selected the Render image and burn or Render image only radio button, 
choose your rendering settings: 
a.	Choose a setting from the Video template drop-down list to specify the 
parameters that should be used for rendering your video stream. 
b.	Choose a setting from the Audio template drop-down list to specify the 
parameters that should be used for rendering your audio stream. 
c.	Select the Render loop region only check box if you want to use only a portion 
of your project. If the check box is cleared, the entire project will be rendered 
and burned to the Blu-ray Disc. 
d.	Select the Stretch video to fill output frame check box if you want to reformat 
your video so it fills the output frame size listed in the Description box. When 
the check box is cleared, the current aspect ratio is maintained, and black 
borders are added to fill the extra frame area (letterbox). This option is useful 
when the desired output format does not match the frame aspect ratio of your 
project. 
e.	Select the Insert chapter points at markers check box if you want to use 
markers from the timeline as chapter points in your rendered file. 
5.	If you selected the Render image and burn or Render image only radio button, the 
File path box displays the folder and file that will be used to render your project. 
If you selected the Burn existing image file radio button, type the path to the file 
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you want to burn in the File path box (or click the Browse button to locate the file). 
6.	Select recording options for your Blu-ray drive: 
a.	Choose a drive from the Burn drive drop-down list to specify the drive you 
want to use. 
b.	From the Burn speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to 
record. Max will record using the fastest speed possible with your drive; 
decrease the speed if you have difficulty recording. 
c.	Select the Eject when done check box if you want to eject the disc 

automatically when burning has completed.

7.	Click OK to start rendering your project and burning your disc. 
Burn it to Video CD (VCD) 
1.	Select the Burn it to a DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or CD radio button, and then click the 
Next button. The Burn a Disc page appears. 
2.	Choose the Video CD radio button and click Next. The Burn Video CD dialog 
appears. 
3.	From the Burn drive drop-down list, use the CD drive that you want to use to burn 
your Video CD. 
4.	From the Burn speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to burn. 
Max will use your drive’s fastest possible speed; decrease the setting to prevent the 
possibility of buffer underruns. 
5.	Select your burning options: 
Option Description 
Buffer 
underrun 
protection 
Automatically If you’re burning to rewritable media, select this check box to erase the disc 
erase before burning. 
rewritable 
discs 
Eject when Select this check box to eject the CD automatically when burning has 
done completed. 
Select this check box if your CD recorder supports buffer underrun 
protection. Buffer underrun protection allows a CD recorder to stop and 
resume burning. 
Note: Buffer underrun protection can create a disc that can be played in CD 
players, but may contain a bit error where burning stopped and restarted. 
Consider clearing this check box when creating a premaster disc. 
6. Choose a radio button in the Burn mode area: 
Option Description 
Burn CDs Begins recording the video file to your CD immediately. 
Test first, then Performs a test to determine whether your file can be written to the CD 
burn CDs recorder without encountering buffer underruns. The file is not recorded to 
the CD during the test, and recording begins after the test if it is successful. 
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Option Description 
Test only (do Performs a test to determine whether your file can be written to the CD 
not burn CDs) recorder without encountering buffer underruns. The file is not recorded to 
the CD. 
7.	Choose the movie file you want to use: 
•	If you want to render the current project, select the Render format radio 
button. 
a.	Edit the contents of the File path box to specify the name and location of 
your rendered file. 
b.	Choose a template from the Template drop-down list to specify the 
parameters that should be used for rendering your file, or click the Custom 
button to create a new template. 
c.	Select the Render loop region only check box if you want to use only a 
portion of your project. If the check box is cleared, the entire project will be 
rendered and saved to the Video CD. 
d.	Select the Stretch video to fill output frame check box if you want your 
video to be reformatted so it fills the output frame size listed in the 
Description box. When the check box is cleared, the current aspect ratio is 
maintained and black borders are added to fill the extra frame area 
(letterbox). This option is useful when the desired output format does not 
match the frame aspect ratio of you project. 
•	If you want to use an already-rendered MPEG file, select the Use an existing file 
radio button, and enter the path to the file in the File path box (or click the 
Browse button to locate the file). 
8.	Click OK. 
Burn it to CD-ROM 
1.	Select the Burn it to a DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or CD radio button, and then click the 
Next button. The Burn a Disc page appears. 
2.	Choose the Video CD or CD-ROM with a movie file radio button and click Next. 
The Burn Video CD dialog appears. 
3.	From the Burn drive drop-down list, use the CD drive that you want to use to burn 
your multimedia CD. 
4.	From the Burn speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to burn. 
Max will use your drive’s fastest possible speed; decrease the setting to prevent the 
possibility of buffer underruns. 
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