Sony Vegas Software Tutorials and Tools

Tutorial: By Jeffrey P. Fisher

Slow, Fast, Reverse, and Freeze Motion in Sony Vegas Pro
Speed ramping is a snap in Sony Vegas Pro

Changing the playback speed of video clips is a versatile way to either condense or extend them. You can accelerate sequences to show more in less time and you can slow down a section to reveal more detail. Even slight increases or decreases can be useful, such as slightly slowing down a clip to make a pan seem smoother or to lengthen a stock footage clip to fill a specific duration. Read More

As editors we are always looking for ways to be more efficient so we can focus on what we do best: telling stories with sound and visuals. But let's face it, there are a lot of mundane and routine tasks when editing that swallow our time but don't call upon our collective creative inspiration. Read More

Feature: By Mike Jones

Going one better: RED editing and what Vegas 9 has under the hood

There's a substantial history of camera technology being released to the public before the technology of post-production has caught up. HDV springs as an obvious example where the long-GOP structure was fantastically efficient for image acquisition and recording but presented considerable issues for non-linear editing systems traditionally reliant on individual frames and not groups-of-pictures. AVCHD presents the same issue where shooting is easy but timeline performance is less than stellar. And Sony's XDCAMEX is a great balance of quality and efficiency but it's wrapping in an Mp4 format initially gave many NLE's considerable trouble. Read More

Feature: By Heath McKnight

Keying virtual backgrounds for "Hellevator"

In the past two to three years, I've been relying more and more on using green screen and chroma keying for my film and video work. After working with visual effects (FX) artists, I began to realize there is nothing complicated when using software to key virtual backgrounds and sets in. Read More

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Product Review:
	Sony Vegas Pro 9 - Sony delivers a robust version 9 of its flagship NLE Sony Vegas with support for 4k video, including Red One, new UI