Sony MSPSMS11000 Chapter 4Adding Transitions, Video Effects, and Titles, Adding transitions, Tips:, Adding transitions to events, Adding a transition to all selected events

Chapter 4 Adding Transitions, Video Effects, and Titles

Adding transitions

From the View menu, choose Transitions to display or hide the Transitions window. Use this window to choose and

preview transition effects that you can use to control how a video event begins or ends, or to change the way one event flows into another.

For information about each transition type, see the Vegas® Movie Studio HD Platinum online help. From the Help menu, choose Contents and Index to display the online help.

Tips:

•To apply a preset without displaying the Video Event FX dialog, hold the Shift key while dragging a preset from the Transitions window to the timeline.

•To move transition controls in fine increments, hold Ctrl while dragging the control.

•Select Show event fade lengths from the View menu to display fade lengths between selected and nonselected events in the timeline. You can use this display as a quick indicator of a transition’s length.

Adding transitions to events

1.From the View menu, choose Transitions to display the Transitions window.

2.Select a transition from the list on the left side of the window. The thumbnail images on the right side of the window represent each of the existing presets for the selected transition. Hover your cursor over a preset to see an animated example.

3.After you’ve found the setting that you want to use, drag it to the position where you want it to occur on the timeline.

You can drop the transition at either end of an event, between two overlapping events, or between two adjacent events.

The Video Event FX dialog is displayed to allow you to edit the transitions settings, and a Transition Properties

button () is displayed in the timeline to show you where the transition takes place. You can also click this button to edit the transition’s settings.

Adding a transition to all selected events

If you tend to use the same transitions often, you can save yourself some time by adding a transition to all selected events at once.

1.Select the events where you want to add the transition.

2.From the View menu, choose Transitions to display the Transitions window.

3.Select a transition from the list on the left side of the window. The thumbnail images on the right side of the window represent each of the existing presets for the selected transition. Hover your cursor over a preset to see an animated example.

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