Overview

The following sections provide a graphical tour of the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum workspace.

Main window

The main window appears when you open the software. The work area is divided into three primary areas: the track list, the timeline (track view), and the window docking area. You can resize the track list, timeline, and window docking area by dragging the dividers between them.

Menu bar

Toolbar

Window docking area

Marker bar

Time

display

Ruler

Track list

Timeline (track view)

Scrub control

Status bar

Transport bar

Toolbar

The toolbar allows you to quickly access the most commonly used functions and features. From the Options menu, choose Customize Toolbar to specify which buttons are displayed.

Create new empty project

Open existing project

Save project

Open project properties

Cut selected events or time range

Copy selected events or time range

Paste items from clipboard into project

Undo

Redo

Enable snapping to grid lines

Enable automatic crossfades

Enable automatic ripple editing

Lock envelopes to events

Ignore event grouping

Normal edit tool

Envelope edit tool

Selection edit tool

Zoom edit tool

Make Movie Wizard

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