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Sony Vegas Pro 11 Beginner's Guide
Sony Vegas Pro 11 Beginner's Guide
Table of Contents
Sony Vegas Pro 11 Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
Why Subscribe?
Free Access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Acquainted with your New Best Friend: Vegas Pro 11 Overview
A note on your computer
System requirements
Getting help
Online Help
Interactive Tutorials
Getting to know the windows: Exploring the Vegas Pro 11 interface
The Vegas Pro 11 windows
Customizing the User Interface
Time for action — customizing the Vegas User Interface
What just happened?
Beginner's Guide to Vegas Pro 11 Media
Video Killed the Radio Star
Summary
2. Let the Magic Begin: Beginning the Project and Acquiring Media
Creating a project
Project Properties
Standard Definition versus High Definition
Pixel Aspect Ratio
FIELD ORDER
FRAME RATE
MATCH MEDIA SETTINGS
Time for action — using the supplied clips to set Project Properties
What just happened?
Time for action — setting Project Properties from scratch
What just happened?
Pop quiz — formats
The Preview Monitor
Importing media clips
Time for action — importing media
What just happened?
Importing from other sources
Import
What just happened?
The Smart tool and media clips
Keyboard Shortcuts
Summary
3. Video Editing Concepts and Application
Editing: A light history lesson
Time for action — creating a second version of our project
What just happened?
What makes a good edit or cut
Time for action — selecting edit points in our media clips
What just happened?
Have a go hero — finding glitches and unwanted video artefacts
Method two: Multicamera tool
Time for action — creating edits with the Multicamera tool
What just happened?
Event panning and cropping tool
Time for action — making a creative zoom with the Pan/Crop tool
Time for more action removing an unwanted shadow
What just happened?
Slow and fast motion
Time for action — using slow motion as a creative tool
Pop quiz
Summary
4. Essential Editing Tools
Important preliminary points
Video effects (a.k.a. FX)
Time for action — applying global FX to our media
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with the FX
Global FX (another option)
Time for action — applying FX to individual clips
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with the Media FX
Time for action — removing the muted media clips
What just happened?
Transitions
Time for action — using transitions
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with transitions
Media generators
Time for action — media generators
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with media generators
The advent of 3D editing
Summary
5. Eye Catching Titles, Text, and Effects
Titles and text
Time for action — working with the SONY Pro Type Titler
What just happened?
Time for action — animating our title
What just happened?
Creating opening or closing titles
Time for action — making a series of credits with the Sony Pro Type Titler
What just happened?
Have a go hero — experimenting with the other Titler Collections
Transitions: The key to a smooth flow
Time for action — creating effective transitions
What just happened?
Production values
Summary
6. Color Correction Techniques
A note on our project
What are White Balance and Level Correction?
Time for action — using the White Balance tool
What just happened?
Have a go hero — using White Balance on your own footage or pictures
Level correction
A lesson on levels
Time for action — using the Levels plugin
What just happened?
Another way of looking at changes to levels and colors
The Waveform scope
Time for action — practical use of Levels and the Waveform scope
What just happened?
The RGB Parade scope
The Histogram scope
Time for action — using Levels and the Histogram scope on our project
What just happened?
The Vectorscope
Time for action — learning to read the Vectorscope
What just happened?
Color correction and matching
Time for action — color correction
What just happened?
Have a go hero — fine tuning using the color correction tool
Color Corrector Secondary plugin: Reducing the red
Time for action — removing the redness using the Color Corrector Secondary plugin
What just happened?
Summary
7. Look, I Made it Move!!—Automating Tools in Sony Vegas
Pan/crop and zooming automation
Time for action — automating the pan/crop tool
Zooming
Panning left to right
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with video panning
Parameter automation
Time for action — automating parameters
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with FX automation (animation)
The Track Motion Tool
Time for action — using Track Motion to move two tracks together
What just happened?
The Motion Blur Tool
Time for action — adding Motion Blur
What just happened?
Summary
8. The Importance of Audio
Concepts of audio
Audio 101
Time for action — load and listen to the tones file
What just happened?
Equalization
Time for action — using the EQ plugin to equalize a guitar sound
What just happened?
Have a go hero — Equalize the acoustic guitar to your liking
Compression
Time for action — using the Compressor plugin to change an audio clip
What just happened?
Noise Gate
Pop quiz — on the Audio Track FX
Have a go hero — using the Track FX on multiple tracks
The mixing console
Time for action — using the mixing console
What just happened?
Summary
9. Soundtrack of our Lives: Audio for Video
Recording the spoken word
Microphones
Recording a voice over into Vegas Pro 11
Time for action — recording audio into Vegas Pro 11
What just happened?
Have a go hero — creating an atmosphere with music and voice
Music copyright
Creating original music with products such as ACID Music Studio
Surround sound concepts and Vegas Pro
Time for action — using Surround Sound tools in Vegas Pro 11
What just happened?
Summary
10. Can I put this on YouTube?: Rendering and Delivering the Final Project
Video compression
Codecs
Video formats available
Image Sequence
AVC
MPG (MPEG)
MOV
Real Media
Sony AVC
Sony MXF
AVI
WMV
XDCAM EX
FLV
Audio formats available
ATRAC Audio
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
DOLBY AC-3
FLAC AUDIO (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
MP3
Ogg VORBIS
Sony Perfect Clarity Audio
Sony Wave 64
Wave
Windows Media Audio
Rendering video and audio for DVD Architect
Time for action - preparing Master Files for DVD Architect
What just happened?
Pop quiz
Rendering for the Web
Have a go hero
Burning DVD or Blu-ray directly from the timeline
Time for action - burning a disc directly from the timeline
What just happened?
More rendering information
Summary
A. Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 2, Let the Magic Begin: Beginning the Project and Acquiring Media
Chapter 3, Video Editing Concepts and Application
Chapter 8, The Importance of Audio
Chapter 10, Can I Put This On YouTube?: Rendering and Delivering the Final Project
Index
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Sony Vegas Pro 11 Beginner's Guide
Table of Contents
Sony Vegas Pro 11 Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
Why Subscribe?
Free Access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Acquainted with your New Best Friend: Vegas Pro 11 Overview
A note on your computer
System requirements
Getting help
Online Help
Interactive Tutorials
Getting to know the windows: Exploring the Vegas Pro 11 interface
The Vegas Pro 11 windows
Customizing the User Interface
Time for action — customizing the Vegas User Interface
What just happened?
Beginner's Guide to Vegas Pro 11 Media
Video Killed the Radio Star
Summary
2. Let the Magic Begin: Beginning the Project and Acquiring Media
Creating a project
Project Properties
Standard Definition versus High Definition
Pixel Aspect Ratio
FIELD ORDER
FRAME RATE
MATCH MEDIA SETTINGS
Time for action — using the supplied clips to set Project Properties
What just happened?
Time for action — setting Project Properties from scratch
What just happened?
Pop quiz — formats
The Preview Monitor
Importing media clips
Time for action — importing media
What just happened?
Importing from other sources
Import
What just happened?
The Smart tool and media clips
Keyboard Shortcuts
Summary
3. Video Editing Concepts and Application
Editing: A light history lesson
Time for action — creating a second version of our project
What just happened?
What makes a good edit or cut
Time for action — selecting edit points in our media clips
What just happened?
Have a go hero — finding glitches and unwanted video artefacts
Method two: Multicamera tool
Time for action — creating edits with the Multicamera tool
What just happened?
Event panning and cropping tool
Time for action — making a creative zoom with the Pan/Crop tool
Time for more action removing an unwanted shadow
What just happened?
Slow and fast motion
Time for action — using slow motion as a creative tool
Pop quiz
Summary
4. Essential Editing Tools
Important preliminary points
Video effects (a.k.a. FX)
Time for action — applying global FX to our media
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with the FX
Global FX (another option)
Time for action — applying FX to individual clips
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with the Media FX
Time for action — removing the muted media clips
What just happened?
Transitions
Time for action — using transitions
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with transitions
Media generators
Time for action — media generators
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with media generators
The advent of 3D editing
Summary
5. Eye Catching Titles, Text, and Effects
Titles and text
Time for action — working with the SONY Pro Type Titler
What just happened?
Time for action — animating our title
What just happened?
Creating opening or closing titles
Time for action — making a series of credits with the Sony Pro Type Titler
What just happened?
Have a go hero — experimenting with the other Titler Collections
Transitions: The key to a smooth flow
Time for action — creating effective transitions
What just happened?
Production values
Summary
6. Color Correction Techniques
A note on our project
What are White Balance and Level Correction?
Time for action — using the White Balance tool
What just happened?
Have a go hero — using White Balance on your own footage or pictures
Level correction
A lesson on levels
Time for action — using the Levels plugin
What just happened?
Another way of looking at changes to levels and colors
The Waveform scope
Time for action — practical use of Levels and the Waveform scope
What just happened?
The RGB Parade scope
The Histogram scope
Time for action — using Levels and the Histogram scope on our project
What just happened?
The Vectorscope
Time for action — learning to read the Vectorscope
What just happened?
Color correction and matching
Time for action — color correction
What just happened?
Have a go hero — fine tuning using the color correction tool
Color Corrector Secondary plugin: Reducing the red
Time for action — removing the redness using the Color Corrector Secondary plugin
What just happened?
Summary
7. Look, I Made it Move!!—Automating Tools in Sony Vegas
Pan/crop and zooming automation
Time for action — automating the pan/crop tool
Zooming
Panning left to right
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with video panning
Parameter automation
Time for action — automating parameters
What just happened?
Have a go hero — doing more with FX automation (animation)
The Track Motion Tool
Time for action — using Track Motion to move two tracks together
What just happened?
The Motion Blur Tool
Time for action — adding Motion Blur
What just happened?
Summary
8. The Importance of Audio
Concepts of audio
Audio 101
Time for action — load and listen to the tones file
What just happened?
Equalization
Time for action — using the EQ plugin to equalize a guitar sound
What just happened?
Have a go hero — Equalize the acoustic guitar to your liking
Compression
Time for action — using the Compressor plugin to change an audio clip
What just happened?
Noise Gate
Pop quiz — on the Audio Track FX
Have a go hero — using the Track FX on multiple tracks
The mixing console
Time for action — using the mixing console
What just happened?
Summary
9. Soundtrack of our Lives: Audio for Video
Recording the spoken word
Microphones
Recording a voice over into Vegas Pro 11
Time for action — recording audio into Vegas Pro 11
What just happened?
Have a go hero — creating an atmosphere with music and voice
Music copyright
Creating original music with products such as ACID Music Studio
Surround sound concepts and Vegas Pro
Time for action — using Surround Sound tools in Vegas Pro 11
What just happened?
Summary
10. Can I put this on YouTube?: Rendering and Delivering the Final Project
Video compression
Codecs
Video formats available
Image Sequence
AVC
MPG (MPEG)
MOV
Real Media
Sony AVC
Sony MXF
AVI
WMV
XDCAM EX
FLV
Audio formats available
ATRAC Audio
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
DOLBY AC-3
FLAC AUDIO (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
MP3
Ogg VORBIS
Sony Perfect Clarity Audio
Sony Wave 64
Wave
Windows Media Audio
Rendering video and audio for DVD Architect
Time for action - preparing Master Files for DVD Architect
What just happened?
Pop quiz
Rendering for the Web
Have a go hero
Burning DVD or Blu-ray directly from the timeline
Time for action - burning a disc directly from the timeline
What just happened?
More rendering information
Summary
A. Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 2, Let the Magic Begin: Beginning the Project and Acquiring Media
Chapter 3, Video Editing Concepts and Application
Chapter 8, The Importance of Audio
Chapter 10, Can I Put This On YouTube?: Rendering and Delivering the Final Project
Index
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