Learning Vegas Pro 14.0
Part 7 of my Vegas journey
Ok, I feel like I’m getting close to the end here. I feel a lot more competent now.
Levels and Pan
To affect the track visibility, drag its slider to the left. 100% = fully visible; 0% = muted.
To add a Pan Envelope, select the Audio Track and go to Insert > Audio Envelope > Pan. You can then toggle on the “Automation Settings: Touch” option to always save your pan envelope. This moves your audio to the left or right. You can do something similar to a video with a Video envelope.
Using Video Effects
You can get to the Video FX by clicking the Video FX tab. Once you select an effect, drag and drop it into your event. Choose between the parameters and close the window. That’s it!
Chaining Video Effects
Click the Video FX button, then Plug-In Chain, choose an effect, hit Add, then OK.
Brightness and Contrast
You can adjust the brightness and contrast of your video tracks by adding the correct effect, which is GPU Accelerated > Brightness and Contrast effect.
To add a transition between two events, go to the Transitions tab, select a transition, for example Dissolve, and drop it in the division between the two events.
Stabilizing Video
To stabilize a video:
- Grab the end of the clip and drag to the left to create a simple fade out. This will help smooth out the stabilization at the end of a scene.
- Do the inverse at the opposite edge.
- Select the event itself, then Tools> Video > Media FX. Alternatively, you can right-click > Media FX.
- Add the OFX > VEGAS Stabilize plug-in. Go through the prompts/options and don’t forget to hit Apply.
Adding Effects to Images
You can also add video effects to photographs. It’s the same process as applying an effect to a video, so I won’t go into much detail here. Similarly, you can apply an effect across an entire track, or to an individual scene (in this case, an individual Still or photo).
That’s it for now!
