by Mark Struthers | Publisher: Virtual Training Company, Inc. | Release Date: December 2012 | ISBN: 9781618660855

Sony's Vegas Pro 12 is the latest update to the extremely popular professional digital video editing software. In this VTC course, you will learn how to create a music video from video footage and audio files provided. As the course progresses, author and expert Mark Struthers will demonstrate the functions required for a music video project. He will illustrate various audio and video effects prior to looking at the Vegas Pro 12 Mixing Console. Focusing on certain sections of the music video, the course aims to teach you techniques and skills that you can use in practice on the provided work files and then on your own projects as your skill in Vegas improves. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.

1. Introduction
   • Warning 00:00:50
   • Welcome 00:05:15
   • System Requirements 00:05:51
   • Installation Overview 00:05:03
   • UI First Look 00:04:36
   • UI Principles 00:05:21
   • GPU Acceleration Issues 00:06:01
   • Customizing Displays 00:06:58
   • Using the Command Bar 00:06:58
   • Ruler and Marker 00:05:10
   • Transport Controls 00:05:02
   • Track List Operation 00:04:43
   • Status and Scrub 00:06:45
2. Getting Started
   • Creating Projects 00:07:02
   • Saving and Naming Projects 00:07:02
   • Organizing Media Types 00:05:13
   • Importing and Assessing Files 00:03:17
   • Further File Assessing 00:05:15
   • Matching Video Properties to a Project 00:04:38
   • Sending Media to the Timeline 00:07:04
   • Trimming Media 00:05:24
   • Constructing Sequences 00:06:58
   • New Panel Workspaces 00:06:33
3. Vegas Workflow
   • Window Layouts 00:03:46
   • Adapting Window Layouts 00:04:14
   • Understanding Files and Events 00:06:41
   • Using Bins 00:05:28
   • Adjusting Timeline Events 00:06:06
   • Working with Tracks 00:07:07
   • Project Nesting 00:06:24
   • Playing the Project 00:04:56
   • Adjusting the Display 00:04:46
   • Previewing 00:05:27
4. Adapting a Project
   • Replacing Audio 00:05:13
   • Substituting Audio pt. 1 00:04:16
   • Substituting Audio pt. 2 00:03:42
   • Track Connections 00:03:05
   • Exporting Sections 00:06:30
   • Quantizing Frames 00:03:46
   • Building the Timeline pt. 1 00:03:07
   • Building the Timeline pt. 2 00:02:23
   • Streamlining the Project 00:05:35
   • Loop Switching 00:04:51
   • Range Copying Events 00:03:03
   • Event Cutting and Pasting 00:05:32
   • Event Duplication 00:06:47
5. Further Editing
   • Deleting Events 00:07:06
   • Event Trimming 00:04:26
   • Event Splitting 00:03:32
   • Slipping and Sliding 00:06:30
   • Audio and Video Syncing 00:06:18
   • Ripple Deleting 00:05:44
   • Crossfading and Curves 00:05:53
   • Crossfade Sliding 00:03:50
   • Event Shuffling 00:03:58
   • Undoing and Redoing 00:03:53
   • Edit History 00:04:07
   • Utilizing Photographs 00:06:05
6. Sonic Improvements
   • Replacing Audio 00:06:53
   • Introducing Audio FX pt. 1 00:04:14
   • Introducing Audio FX pt. 2 00:04:29
   • Using an Audio Editor 00:07:05
   • Normalizing Preparation 00:05:39
   • Normalizing Audio 00:04:28
   • Multitrack Audio Considerations 00:05:44
   • Adding Compression pt. 1 00:04:08
   • Adding Compression pt. 2 00:04:31
   • Track Effects 00:04:13
   • Using Event Effects 00:04:21
   • Equalization Issues 00:06:47
   • Levels and Pan 00:06:23
   • Using 3rd Party Effects 00:04:53
7. Video Effects
   • Using Video Effects 00:04:15
   • Chaining Video Effects 00:05:43
   • Third Party Video Effects 00:07:02
   • Brightness and Contrast pt. 1 00:05:35
   • Brightness and Contrast pt. 2 00:03:01
   • Stabilizing Video 00:06:28
   • Media Manager 00:06:16
   • Adding Effects to Images 00:04:38
   • Using Video Effects on Photos 00:03:19
   • Automating Effects 00:04:29
8. Using the Mixer
   • Opening the Mixer Console 00:04:26
   • Looking at the Mixer 00:03:45
   • Quick Look 00:00:48
   • Using Channel Strips 00:05:28
   • Track Levels 00:05:50
   • Adding Effects 00:06:51
   • Adding Master Effects 00:04:10
   • Adding Text 00:05:26
   • Adapting Text 00:03:29
   • DVD Creation 00:05:28
9. Conclusion
   • Course Wrap Up 00:04:52
10. Credits
    • About the Musicians in this Course 00:01:46
    • About the Course Author 00:00:46