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Setting preferences
The preferences options are different from project properties. Project properties are unique to each project, while preferences affect how Vegas software functions. Any changes that you make to the preferences remain set until you change them again or reset Vegas software to use the default presets.
You can access the Preferences dialog by choosing Preferences from the Options menu. This dialog contains tabbed pages. The following sections explain the settings on each tab.
Important: Not all preferences listed here are available in all versions of Vegas.
General tab
The General tab includes a variety of settings. The following is a list of these preferences and their meaning.
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| Automatically open last project | When Vegas software is run, the last project saved automatically opens. |
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| Show logo splash screen on | Briefly shows the Vegas software logo while the program is loading. The logo does not increase loading time. |
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| Animate video frames in | Animates the thumbnail representations of frames in a media file opened in the Trimmer. This can visually aid |
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| Trimmer | trimming. |
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| Prompt to keep files after | Opens a dialog where you can enter a name and select a location where audio will be saved after recording |
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| recording | into a track. |
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| Create undos for FX parameter | Allows you to undo changes made in the FX, Transition, Event Pan/Crop and Track Motion windows. |
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| Confirm media file deletion when | When deleting media in the Explorer or Project Media windows, Vegas software warns you if any events in the |
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| still in use | project are using these files. |
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| into Trimmer instead of tracks | this option to open the media file in the Trimmer instead. |
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| Show Trimmer history with file | The Trimmer history |
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| name first, then folder | this to reverse the names. |
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| Automatically save Trimmer | Markers and regions created at the media file level in the Trimmer can be saved to the file. |
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| Show progress in Video Preview | Frames can be displayed in the Video Preview during a render. This will slow a render somewhat. |
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| Save active prerenders on project | Full quality preview renders are cleaned up and deleted when a project is closed, Select this if you want these |
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| close | prerendered files to be available later. |
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| Close media files when not the | This allows media files to be edited in external editors (audio, image, etc.) while they are contained in events. |
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| Close audio and MIDI ports when | Select this check box if you want Vegas software to close audio and MIDI ports when you switch to another |
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| Enable multimedia keyboard | This allows you to use a multimedia keyboard to control playback of a project. |
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| Render large Wave files as | The WAV format is limited by a maximum file size of ~2GB. You can choose to render larger files as |
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| Wave64 | Wave64™ files. |
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| Automatically name regions and | When regions and markers are added, this option automatically prompts you for a name. This does not |
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| Ignore third party DV codecs | Clear this check box to enable |
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| Use Microsoft DV codec | Vegas software uses the Sony Media Software DV codec (which offers improved DV video quality over the |
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| Microsoft codec) as a default. Select this option to have Vegas software use the Microsoft codec to read DV |
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| Strictly conform to AVI2 | Select this option to create 100% AVI2 compliant files. While these files conform to the standards, not all |
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| specification | applications follow these specifications and some programs may not be able to read them. |
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| Disable | Suspends dual processor rendering for AVI files. Selecting this option does not affect other dual processor |
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| Allow pulldown removal when | Select this option to have Vegas software remove pulldown on DV video files in 24 fps |
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| opening 24p DV | format. When this check box is cleared, Vegas software will open 24p files as 29.97 fps interlaced video (60i). |
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