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| Introduction |
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| Hardware, Add-ons, and Installation |
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4 | (3) |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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One-click and you're done |
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11 | (2) |
| It's Vegas, Baby |
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13 | (20) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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Time display and time ruler |
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18 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (3) |
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Save and recall workspaces |
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32 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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| Getting the Good Stuff In |
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33 | (20) |
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33 | (1) |
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New project and properties |
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35 | (2) |
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Open, close, save, save as |
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37 | (1) |
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To Media Pool or not to Media Pool |
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37 | (3) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (4) |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (1) |
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Adding third-party material |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
| Slicing, Dicing, and Cooking Creative |
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53 | (18) |
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Adding tracks and media to the Timeline |
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54 | (2) |
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Right Click Add Media Options |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (1) |
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Timeline Trimming and Splitting |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (2) |
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Vegas 5 Transition Envelopes |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
| More Editing Wizardry |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (5) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (4) |
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Picture-In-Picture effects |
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85 | (2) |
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Superimposing, levels, opacity |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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Composite using chroma key |
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92 | (3) |
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Improve playback performance |
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95 | (2) |
| Titling Tools and Video Vexations |
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97 | (40) |
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97 | (5) |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (2) |
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Add text one letter or line at a time |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (2) |
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Fill a title with moving video |
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116 | (2) |
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Create a lower-third graphic in Vegas |
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118 | (4) |
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Create a lower-third graphic in Movie Studio |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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Using video scopes (wavefrom/vectorscope) |
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125 | (2) |
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Adjust brightness and contrast |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Advanced color correction |
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131 | (2) |
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Using three-wheel color correction |
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133 | (2) |
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Using secondary color correction |
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135 | (2) |
| Sound Off! |
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137 | (30) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (5) |
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144 | (2) |
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Cleaning up production dialog |
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146 | (4) |
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150 | (2) |
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Mangle sounds in unique ways |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (5) |
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159 | (4) |
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Authoring and Burning CDs |
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163 | (1) |
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Integration with Sound Forge |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (1) |
| A potpourri of stylin' FX |
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Fast, slow, reverse, strobe, and ghost |
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168 | (2) |
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Black and white/old film looks |
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170 | (3) |
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Night vision and turn day into night |
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173 | (2) |
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Unique color and shape effects |
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175 | (4) |
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Borders, widescreen, and letterboxing |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (3) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (2) |
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Extremely quick slideshow production |
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188 | (1) |
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Export a still from the Timeline |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (4) |
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Freeze frame foreground/changing background |
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195 | (3) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (3) |
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203 | (4) |
| Show your stuff |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (3) |
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Render to a DV file on the hard drive |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (3) |
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Render DVD video and AC-3 audio separately |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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Using the Vegas Batch Render Script |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (2) |
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