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Vegas
Video 4.0 Tutorial
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8.
Drag
all of your new motion clips out to the same 00:01:00:00 mark that you
took the still background to. Make sure all video clips start at the
beginning.
Note:
When stretching or moving many clips to the same mark, it is often helpful
to place the cursor on the timeline window at exactly the spot you'll
need it. Click near (as close as possible) to the 00:01:00:00 mark within
the timeline area. The flashing cursor will now appear there. At the
bottom right corner of the timeline area, you'll see the project clock.
Use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard to find the
exact location on 00:01:00:00. You may now drag all of your video assets
over to this line and have them snap to 00:01:00:00. You can
now be sure that they all end on the same frame. This
is important for smooth looping of video
TIP:
If the clock is skipping frames, you may use ALT+left or right arrow
to move frame by frame. The default frame rate of the left and right
arrow alone will vary depending upon your zoom level.
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9.
We'll
next need to order the video streams properly. Vegas sees, or "stacks,"
the video streams from top to bottom. Because we want the red background
to be the background, or on the bottom, we need to move that video track
to the bottom. Click the mouse on a "non-button" area of the
Track Control for the red background. Simply drag it below the
lowest video track and drop it there.
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10.
We'll
now begin using the Track Motion controls for each of the "video
windows."
Be
sure your Timeline cursor is at the beginning of the project, 00:00:00:00.
Click on the Track Motion control for the first video track.
When the adjustment window appears, for size, use 144.5 x 96.3. For Center,
use 523.5 and 240.
Looking
at the Preview Window, notice how one of the Motion Clips appears
to be a small "window" on top of another Motion Clip.
These types of size adjustments can also be made by using typical "click
and drag" re-size moves in the large area of the adjustment window.
I've supplied the numbers in the steps above and below to make your project
identical to the samples you'll see throughout the tutorial. All changes
are viewable in the preview window.
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11.
Repeat step 10 above for the remaining three "windows." Use
the same size measurements, and the following locations...
360 and 240, 362.2 and 350, 523.4 and 351.5.
You
should now have four small "windows" in a cube pattern over
top of the red background file, as shown to the right.
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12.
The
next step is optional, but I thought it was appropriate in this case and
a good way to sneak an extra feature into this tutorial.
Go to the Multi-tool area and click on the Video FX tab. In
the list area to the left, click on Border. To the right, you'll
find
a list of preconfigured options. Find the selection for Solid White Border.
Click and drag the Solid White Border "clip" on top of
any of the "window" video track clips. A feature set window will
immediately appear. This is how you can customize the color, shape and style
of your border. For this example, we'll use the default white border, size=1.000.
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