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Working with Tracks
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Tracks contain the media events on the timeline of a project. There are two types of tracks in a Vegas® project: video and audio. Each type of track has its own features and controls. While tracks can be organized and mixed in any order, track hierarchy can be important in determining the final output for video. Because tracks are containers for events, effects that are applied to a track apply to every event in that track.
Managing tracks
Once you have added a track to your project, you may perform basic editing tasks on it such as duplicating, deleting, and renaming.
Inserting an empty track
Tracks are created for you when you drag events to empty spaces in the timeline. You can also add empty (eventless) tracks to a project. You can record into these tracks or use them as placeholders for specific media that you will add later. For example, you may want to create an empty track and then record a voiceover directly into a project.
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2.Choose Insert Audio Track or Insert Video Track.
You may also add an empty track from the Insert menu by choosing Audio Track or Video Track. An empty track is added at the bottom of the track list.
Duplicating a track
You can duplicate a track in your project including all of the events contained on it. When you duplicate a track, the duplicate is placed directly below the original track. You can duplicate one track or select multiple tracks to duplicate.
1.Click the track that you want to duplicate. To select multiple tracks, click each one while pressing Shift to select adjacent tracks or Ctrl to select nonadjacent tracks.
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CHP. 6 | WORKING WITH TRACKS |