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Lower thirds are those graphics you see near the bottom of videos. They usually consist of a static or animated background and some information such as the name of the person speaking if you’re watching the news or a documentary, or statistics if you’re watching sports.

Often, Sony Vegas users create their lower thirds in other programs or buy pre-made ones, but we’re going to make one entirely in Sony Vegas. It won’t be the flashiest lower third you’ve ever seen, but it will be attractive and functional. So, here we go.

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Tags: bezier mask, effects, pan/crop, track motion

Impress your friends with your cloning abilities! Vegas Pro makes it easy to have more than one of the same person in your video using bezier masking, as demonstrated here by Youtube user DaveFrehley.

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Tags: bezier mask, clone

A common question from new users of Sony Vegas Pro is how to create a “news ticker” — simply a line of text that scrolls across the bottom of the screen, usually over a black background. It’s very easy to do using Vegas’ text generated media, and this tutorial will show you how.

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Tags: pan/crop, text, track motion