Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Vegas Installing Vegas * The Basic Tools in Vegas * Track Control Pane * Timeline/Track View * Vegas Windows Saving Templates/layouts in Vegas 5,/h4> * File Menu * Edit Menu * View Menu * Insert Menu * Tools Menu * Options Menu Cursors and Selections * Say You'll be MINE! * XP Themes in Vegas 5 * Key Features! * Color My World * Flashy Titles Chapter 2: Capturing Video * Getting Media from the Camera to the Hard Drive * Manual Capturing/Capturing Entire Tape * Advanced Capture Tools Chapter 3: Editing Tools, Transitions, Filters and Other Basic Video Tools Importing Media to the Timeline * Subclips in Vegas 5 * Placing Media on the Timeline * Placing Still Images or Graphics on the Timeline Editing Events on the Timeline * And the Envelope Please...? Transitional Envelopes * Using Keyframes in Vegas * Filters in Vegas * Opacity Envelopes * Velocity Filters * Event Switches in Vegas Chapter 4: Filters and Add-ons Working with Plug-ins in Vegas * Pixelan SpiceMASTER 2 * SpiceFILTERS * BorisFX * WinMorph/PluginPac * Zenote Chapter 5: Audio Tools in Vegas Recording Audio in Vegas * Basic Setup * Recording Multiple Tracks * Advanced Recording Techniques and Tools * Using Track FX * Recording Multiple Tracks Editing Audio in Vegas * Placing Audio on the Timeline * Extracting Audio from Cds * Inserting Markers * Rubber Audio * Variable Speed Audio in Vegas * Trimming Events on the Timeline * Deleting Events from the Timeline * Using Ripple Editing * Grouping Working with Audio Plug-ins * Working with Audio Plug-ins * Working with Other Types of Plug-ins * Other Controlling Devices * Audiomation? * Training Vegas * Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make! * Feeling Fat? Get Thin! * Faders Flying Everywhere Mixing Audio in Vegas * Mixing Techniques * Surrounded by FX: Surround Plugins * I'm All Mixed ... Down! Downmixing in Vegas Chapter 6: Compositing in Vegas What Is Compositing? * Basic Compositing * Using the Pan/Crop Tool Masking with the Pan/Crop tool * But How Is This a Mask? * Using Track Motion in Vegas The Next Dimension: 3D Track Motion Tools * Nesting Composites * Parental Guidance/Shadows and Glow * Growth Curves from Vegas Users * Generated Media * Credit Rolls * Creating/Using Masks in Vegas,/h5> * Compositing Modes in Vegas * Using Chromakey Tools in Vegas * Creating a Garbage Matte in Vegas Create a Holograph in Vegas * Motion Blur Chapter 7: Color Correction and Manipulation Understanding the Color Correction Tools in Vegas * Displays and Scopes * Using Color Correction as FX * Making Digital Video Look Film-Like Chapter 8: Streaming Media Creating High-Quality Streaming Media * Shooting, Editing, and Delivering Chapter 9: DVD Architect Setting Up a DVD Project * Menu Flow in DVD Architect DVD Architect * A Whole New Blueprint! * Setting Up DVD Architect * From the Top Down Using an External Monitor * Hey, Look Me Over! The Project Overview Window * Inserting a Background * Properties Window * Highlight Masks * Subtitling * Changing Fonts and Sizes * Secondary Audio Tracks * Editing in DVD Architect * Masks, Masking, and Masked Images * Building Compilations * Remote Control Actions * Previewing the DVD * Transporting a Project The Final Burn * Mixing File Formats in DVD Architect * Working with 24p Media in DVD Architect * Inserting an AC-3 Audio File * Determining Bit Rates Chapter 10: Output and Export Last Steps with Vegas * Output Formats * Mastering * Burning to a Master CD * Mastering Audio for Videom * Using Equalizers * Dithering Audio in Vegas * Rendering Options in Vegas * Exporting Events to Third-party Applications EDLs and Vegas * Outputting Other than AVI Files * Outputting an AC-3 Format File * Creating a VCD/SVCD * Additional Rendering Options Network Rendering * Setting Up the Rendering Network (Render Farming) * Rendering Clients * To set up a distributed network render * For non-distributed network rendering * Monitoring Rendering Progress * File Mapping * Additional Functions of the Network Rendering Application * High Definition Video * 4:2:2 MPEG Capability * New Codecs * Scripting * Using Vegas with DVD Architect Chapter 11: 24p HDCAM/DVCAM Workflow for the Independent Filmmaker Overview * 24p HDCAM Acquisition * Setting Up a 24p Vegas Project * Capturing 24p HDCAM footage as 24p DV using the Sony JH-3 deck * Additional Capture Notes * Remove 2-3 Pulldown from the Downconverted 60i DV Clips * Editing with 24p DV Video Files * 24p Timecode * Create Finished Audio Tracks in a 24p Vegas Timeline * Create Finished Composites and Video fx, and Export as 24p HD * Uncompressed .avi Index

About the Author

Douglas Spotted Eagle is a recognized world leader in the Vegas product knowledgebase. He has authored numerous articles for Vegas and its sister applications. He also hosts two web sites for users of Vegas and related products and contributes to Videography, Studio, Parachutist, and Worship Video among other publications.

Reviews

"...an exhaustive, richly detailed resource that no Vegas user should be without. Highly recommended!" --Jeffrey P. Fisher, music/audio/video producer and writer