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Ray of Light Motion Graphic Animation

Rob Strobbe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:30:41 +0000

Its Senior Editor D. Eric Franks has created another Sony Vegas tutorial for the Digital Juice website. This time, he combines an animation from one of DJ’s Motion Designer Toolkit, Vegas track motion, and the Ray FX from Sony Vegas Pro 9. Of course, you can use any basic animation or still image for the base if you don’t have the animation used in the tutorial. And if you’re on a previous version of Vegas, the track motion Glow or 2D Shadow options will provide something at least similar to the Ray FX.

Link: A Ray of Light with Motion Designer’s Toolkit in Sony Vegas

Creating a Reflection

Rob Strobbe — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:37:30 +0000

Digital Juice has just released a quick tutorial called Adding Depth with Reflection. Hosted by senior editor D. Eric Franks, the video describes how to use track motion, a gradient mask, and compositing to give your media the appearance of being reflected (on water, glass, some alien surface). And best of all, the tutorial is for Sony Vegas (including Vegas Movie Studio) users.

Filmmaking Techniques

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:00:33 +0000

We’ve got something a little different today from Youtube. It’s not really a tutorial and not specifically to do with Sony Vegas. (In fact, the description states that the piece was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro. We’ll just ignore that little tidbit. [Oh, I'm just kidding.] Best I can tell, all of the post-production effects could just as well have been done in Vegas.) But what it is, is a series of several filmmaking technique examples from alfredbrownjohn for a high school production project. Part vocabulary lesson and part creative inspiration, it was too well done for me to leave unmentioned.

Syncing to the Beat

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:00:55 +0000

Here’s a little tutorial from Youtube user Torley on how to sync your video to the beat of your music bed. You’ll need MixMeister BPM Analyzier or some other BPM analyzer if you don’t already know the BPM of your song. Unless you’re one of those talented people who can figure it out on your own.

A Few Vegas Keyboard Shortcuts

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:04:41 +0000

Spend less time switching between mouse and keyboard and more time editing. In this Youtube video, washashore demonstrates keyboard shortcuts for some of the most used actions in Sony Vegas.

Changing Speed

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:29:07 +0000

Here’s a quick video posted on Youtube by VASSTTraining. In in, Douglas Spotted Eagle introduces you to some of the techniques available in Sony Vegas Movie Studio for slowing down and speeding up your video. If you’re using Sony Vegas Pro, you also have these options as well as the velocity envelope.

Creating an Alien

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:25:39 +0000

Want to try something kind of silly and fun? Youtube user richw is the man for the job. Little Rich shows you how to use Sony Vegas’ Spherize FX to give your actor a more alien look in order to create…well…an alien.

Gary Kleiner Training Sample

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:00:49 +0000

Gary Kleiner is a Sony Vegas trainer who publishes training DVDs. In this free sample from his Vegas Pro 8.0 package, Gary (Youtube username: vegasediting) gives a brief overview of some of the basics. Topics include the default layout and how to change it, setting project properties, and adding media to the timeline.

A Tip for Multitrack Editing

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:38 +0000

There are many ways to combine multiple pieces of media in Sony Vegas. Some like to place their media on multiple tracks and split / delete what they don’t need from higher tracks in order to “let through” the lower tracks. Some slice their clips up in the trimmer first. Some even avoid multiple tracks altogether.

In this video posted on Youtube, Bill Myers (username guerillabill) gives a tip on a method that doesn’t involve making any cuts at all: Using Composite Level Envelopes to fade or mute tracks as needed.

Track Motion Basics

Rob Strobbe — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:34:16 +0000

Youtube user montagical goes over some the basics of Sony Vegas’ track motion tool in this video. Topics include positioning, the track shadow and glow effects, locking movement to X or Y axis, rotating, and a few others.