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Basic elements of editing in Vegas Pro. Save the finished video in Sony Vegas

An article on how to save video without losing quality in a video editor Sony Vegas Pro 13

Hello friends! In this article I will show you the basics of working with the Sony program. Vegas Pro 13. We will learn how to set up the project and save the video without significant loss of quality. The settings that we will look at below are ideal for uploading videos to YouTube hosting and other video hosting sites.

So, first of all, let's cover the Sony Vegas Pro editor itself.

It is best to save the project in separate folder with videos and other materials, so as not to lose the path to these files in the future.

Now let's go back to " File"and click LMB on the item" Properties..." to set up our project.

In the window that appears, click on special badge "Coincident media settings for videos", which is located on the right side of this window and select the video for our project.

Thus, the video properties (width, height, frame rate, etc.) will be transferred to our project.

In the same window, in the drop-down list called " Full Resolution Rendering"choose option" The best", in " motion blur type"choose" Gaussian", in " De-Interlacing Method"choose an item" Missing". We look at the result in the screenshot:

Now that our project is set up, we import the video into the editor, for this, on the toolbar, click on the icon " Import Media... and download the video.

Now it remains to edit our video as you wish. The only thing to note at this point is that in the switches you need to turn off resampling. This is necessary so that the video does not remain "twitchy".

Everything is ready. Go to " File" - "Visualize as...". In section " output format" find tab " Sony AVC/MVC (*.mp4; *.m2ts; *.avc)"and select any option and then click on the button" Customize Template...".

A window with parameters will appear, it must be configured according to the screenshot:

  • Video Format: AVC
  • Frame Size: High Definition
  • Details: High
  • Entropic coding: CABAC
  • Frame rate: same as our video (60)
  • Field Order: None
  • Aspect Ratio: 1,000
  • Bitrate: Set the highest so that the video has fewer pixels
  • Number of layers: 8

In the same window in the lower tab " Project" in " Number of video renders"choose an item" use project settings". Next, press " OK", select a folder to save the video and click on the button" Render". That's all, the video will be saved for some time, the duration will depend on the power of your computer.

Video editing lesson in Sony Vegas 12 Pro. In this article I would like to talk about the possibilities of video editing in Sony program Vegas Pro 12. About what's new in Sony Vegas Pro 12, unlike previous versions. Video editing lessons can be found on the Internet, but we decided to make our review video tutorial for beginners on video editing. It is in the nature of familiarization and gives primary skills in working in the program. You can download sony vegas pro 12 for free from the official website. The lesson on video editing in Sony Vegas will contain answers to the following questions:

  • how to create a project, save a project, change project settings
  • how to import, load a video into a project
  • how to do editing, perform video gluing
  • how to load sound, how to import a song to the timeline in the program
  • how to edit video and sound, adjust settings
  • how to make effects, how to add captions
  • how to calculate video, how to render, what is render

So, for starters, let's run the program and see its interface.

To get started, go to the File menu and select New in order to start working with a new project

a window with the settings of the new project will appear

If you check the box as in the picture, then everything following settings projects will automatically be created with these settings.

If you don’t know what video settings you will have to work with, then you can click the button in the upper right corner and point to the video file, the program will automatically determine the video settings with which our video will be and adjust the project to it.

and in the picture below you can see how the settings changed automatically

In this particular case, the video was filmed on a DSLR camera with the following settings: resolution 1920x1080, progressive scan, frame rate 29.97 NTSC signal, pixel format -1.0 (sometimes called square pixel).

There are many ways to create a project and save it, including automatic creation. But it is also necessary to save the project. All the same, the disadvantage of Sony Vegas Pro 12 is that it only works under windows platform, and not under Mac Os X. Autosave of the project can be configured, but it does not always save. Be careful and try to save the project yourself. It is very important to remember that the Russian version of the Sony Vegas Pro program also does not work correctly in some places, glitches appear. Take your time to download Sony Vegas for free in Russian, it's better to start with the normal version. It is enough to create a project at the beginning of work, save it, and during work, periodically using the CTRL + S key combination, the project will be saved.

Come up with a name for the project, a path for storing it and go ahead, work!

There are many ways to transfer and import video and audio content into a project, all of them can be found in the Sony Vegas Pro 12 Manual (sony vegas pro 12 manual). We will show one of the usable ways. Just select from the folder required files and transfer them to the timeline ( working window software for editing video and sound) as in the picture below.

In the video preview window, you will observe the position of the cursor movement.

By moving the mouse cursor from one place to another you will see how the picture changes in the preview window. By scrolling the mouse wheel, the time scale will change from a shorter period of time on the timeline to a longer one. This is necessary for precise work with video when the time scale is increased, or with rough gluing when it is enough to see big picture the entire project.

In our case, when transferring video fragments to the timeline, several pieces of video were transferred in the sequence that we transferred. During editing, pieces (plans) can be changed among themselves, building a sequence of frames in such a way as to subordinate the video sequence to the director's idea, idea.

how to cut video in sony vegas pro 12

in order to shorten the video fragment, it is enough to drag the edges of the video to the left or right and shorten it to right size. You can put the cursor on the cut and use the S key to cut the fragment. You can also use a trimmer, but in this case this is not very convenient.

It is enough just to take a fragment of the video and drag it, or dock it to another. By dragging the triangles in the upper right corner of the fragment, you can do smooth transition, disolf

If you simply overlay two fragments on top of each other, a transition is automatically created. Fade out (attenuation) as in the figure above

If you right-click on the transition, you can get the properties of the transition and select the desired

Use CTRL+L as a magnetic anchor
Also, a group of objects (grouping) can be selected and dragged using simple selection objects while holding down the shift key, while the selected objects are highlighted in yellow.

How to make a transition to Sony Vegas

In the section Transitions (transitions) you can select the required transition and drag it to the already created transition simple drag and drop mouse transition, the transition settings window will appear, in which you can edit the properties of the transition

in the transition settings window, you can save your changes made when setting up the transition in order to later use it as a preset (ready-made standard installation).

how to add effect in sonia vegas

To perform color correction, you need to select the filter of interest in the Video Fx section (video effects), and just drag it onto the video. Also in the video settings window, you can play with the settings and make a ready-made preset

you can apply different effects to the same video many times, building a sequence of effects.

how to add captions in sony vegas pro 12

To add titles to the project, you need to create another track above the video, since the titles will be superimposed on the video and not vice versa. Right-click as shown in the picture on the area with the video track settings and select "Insert video track"

We go to the Media Generators section, as shown in the figure and drag the preset with titles onto a new track, which can then be changed as you like.

By zooming in by scrolling the wheel, you can zoom in and see the settings of the video segment, whether it is a video or picture or titles. By clicking on the icon, as shown in the figure below, you can go to the fragment settings and play around with its properties.

by clicking this picture, you can always get into the video settings, in this case

by entering this window, you can change the position, scale and rotation of the video file

By entering this window, you can add video effects to video and audio effects to sound.

In order to add a background music, just drag the audio file with the song to the timeline

Now, in order to change the volume level of the sound, select the audio track and hot SHIFT keys+V bring up the volume level line. On this line with double tap mouse, you can put a marker and adjust the volume level with it, making the sound quieter or louder.

How to merge videos in sony vegas pro 12

How to enable and disable Sony vegas pro 12 magnetic snap

In order to perform gluing, you need to dock video clips to each other, cut and delete unnecessary fragments. In order for the magnetic snap to work, use the CTRL + L keys to turn it on and off when necessary and move, move the video as necessary. In order to display the video, to save all the videos in the final single video file, you need to select the desired area with the mouse

select RENDER AS from the FILE menu

We will choose in our case the format XDCAM EX

Make sure that the Render loop region only checkbox is checked - rendering only the selected area, so as not to render too much.

Going into the advanced rendering settings Custom Template ... you can customize the codec for your tasks

Click ok, and then Render and the video clip is rendered

after the calculation is completed, you can run finished file in a player like VLC player.

Here is such a small tutorial on how to make a video in Sony Vegas. How to make video editing in sony vegas, editing clips in sony vegas pro12. The next video lessons will be in other articles on video editing in Sony Vegas.


For other questions that arose while studying the Sony Vegas Pro 12 video editing program, you can find answers in the Sony Vegas 12 manual, translated into Russian. The Sony Vegas manual or instructions in another way contains answers to the following questions:

1. What's New for Video Editing in Sony Vegas Pro 12.0
2. Window working area in Sony Vegas, what is it and what is it for
3. Frequently used windows, workspaces in Sony Vegas
4. Working with projects in Sony Vegas, saving and changing project properties
5. Adding sound, video and photo to the project. Working with media files in Sony Vegas
6. Video Editing in Sony Vegas Timeline, Video Stitching and Transitions
7. Working with multicam in Sony Vegas, what is multicamera, convenience with multicam shooting in multicam
8. Stereoscopic image, work with 3D in Sony Vegas. setting up a project to work with a stereo image.
9. Using markers and commands in Sony Vegas, what markers are for
10. Editing the timeline in Sony Vegas, changing the properties of the workspace
11. Using automation, speed up editing in Sony Vegas,
12. Animation of video and tracks in Sony Vegas. Working with tracks
13. Apply effects in Sony Vegas, set up presets for special effects
14. Working with sound in Sony Vegas, sound plugins, noise reduction, generators, etc.
15. Mixing console, work with sound on the mixer
16. Video Compositing
17. Video capture and work with HDV
18. Working with XDCAM video
19. Working with RED CODE
20. Working with AVCHD video
21.
22. Creating and working with 5.1 sound
23. Entering subtitles into videos
24. Preview Your project, preview window and work with it.
25. Video monitoring by instrument graphs, vectorscope and waveforms, spectrum analyzer.
26. Synchronization by Timecode, synchronization by timecode in Sony Vegas
27. Burning discs, preparing and DVD recording and Bluray discs
28. Printing video, preparation for recording on DV or HDV tape
29. Project rendering (settings for video rendering, saving to a video file, choice of formats)
30. Application of hardware controllers, MIDI, GPU, Open Gl
31. Application of scripts (scripts)
32. Configuring the interface of the Sony Vegas Pro 12 video editing program
33. Hotkeys, setting, programming hotkey commands
34. Glossary
35. Indices
36. Table of Contents

Sony Vegas Pro- a program for working with files (video and audio). At first glance, it seems that it contains a lot of functions. And they are quite difficult to understand. But actually it is not. Working with this program is quite easy and pleasant. You will get used to it. And you will not want to switch to any other similar program.

1. Launching the program.
Double click on the icon Sony Vegas Pro. After that, the main workspace programs.


2. Create a new project.
You can start working with the program immediately after its launch. At the end, the template selected by default by the program itself can be changed to the one you need.
But you can immediately ask necessary settings. Select File -> New... In the window that opens, you can adjust the template settings, video height and width, frame rate, set desired parameters for sound, etc.

3. Opening a file.
Let's move on File -> Open…

A window will open where you will need to select any file (video or audio) that you want to work with. Then it will appear on the workspace. If suddenly you accidentally delete it or an entire track, you can always reload the file through the Project Data tab.
The screenshot shows adding a video file.

Sony Vegas Pro automatically places it on two tracks: the first now contains data with video, and the second - data with sound.

4. Deleting a track.
Right-click on the desired track and select from the menu "Delete Track".

After that, the track and all files that are present on it will be deleted. Files on other tracks will remain.
To delete only part of the file, you need to click on the scissors tool (or CTRL + X). After that, the data will be divided into two fragments (that is, the "scissors" cut the file into two parts). The part that you do not need can be deleted or moved to Right place.

5. Overlay transitions.
The end of one fragment can be combined with the beginning of another. Thus, the default transition is formed, it will be smooth. You can also just darken the end of the video (mute the sound), for this you need to slightly move the green small slider located in the corner of the desired fragment to the beginning.
To make a beautiful transition between the pieces of the video, you need to go to the tab "Transitions".

6. Enlargement of the frame.
To enlarge the frame, use special button at the end of the video clip. Then you can narrow the square (in this case, the image is scaled) or, conversely, expand it.

7. Overlay effects.
Right below the zoom button is the effects overlay icon. You need to click on it, then select the effect and click on the button "Add". Only after all the necessary effects are selected, you need to activate the button "OK".


The effect parameter editing window will open. Decrease or increase the value of one or another parameter, look at the changes in the preview window. Save the result as soon as you achieve the desired video display.

8. Overlay video fragments.
You can place files on parallel tracks, and then change the blending mode on the first one.

The final result of the resulting effect will be visible in the preview window.

9. Video effects.
There are automatic effects for videos, which are located on the corresponding tab.

Drag and drop the effect you want onto the file, then adjust the settings as needed.
So that other files do not interfere with viewing the one you are working on in this moment, just mute other tracks. To do this, click on the icon exclamation point opposite the track that should "solo".

10. Adding text to files.
On the Data Generators tab, you can select various templates, including text ones. Just drag the selected template to the desired location, then enter the text.

11. Create a video.
You have successfully added files, applied transitions and effects. Now it remains only to create our video. Select File -> Create As...

A window will appear where you can change the settings. Click on the button "Save" as soon as you enter the required information.

After that, the process of creating your video will begin.

We have considered only the main features of a program such as Sony Vegas Pro. The first time will be quite difficult to choose right away desired effect or transition. But over time, you will solve this issue in a second. Good luck creating your own clips and valuable films.

By the way, if the video does not suddenly appear, try.

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One of powerful programs for professional and home video editing is Sony Vegas Pro. The editor allows you to work with an unlimited number of tracks, both video and audio within a single project. Among its analogues, one can distinguish such programs as: Adobe Premiere, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle Studio and Movavi Video Editor, but they have a number of drawbacks that the product from Sony, often used to create Youtube videos.

Sony Vegas as a tool for creating Youtube videos

Video editing is a procedure that seems simple, but it has a huge number of nuances. Work with all aspects of editing in an eye-pleasing interface allows the program Sony Vegas Pro. The editor is different from the competition high speed work, intuitive interface and huge amount additional options required by professionals.

When creating a video for Youtube, the basic Sony features Vegas Pro, which is easy to learn. That is why many bloggers give their preference to the program from Sony, creating their videos with it.

Rules in Sony Vegas video for Youtube

After creating a video in Sony Vegas, it needs to be rendered or, as the professionals say, “render”. Here, novice users of the editor have difficulties, since the program, being a professional tool, allows you to save the final result in tens of various formats with individual settings.

Youtube service supports several video formats: 3GP, FLV, MPEG-1.2, WebM, WMV, AVI, MP4, MOV. The most common ones for uploading to video hosting are WMV and MP4. These formats have a number of advantages over competitors, including:

  • Ideal proportions of the quality of the final picture;
  • Stereo audio support;
  • Small size of the finished video.

Important: when resizing a video with various services and programs, it can lose a lot in quality. That is why it is necessary to choose the optimal format for the final video at the stage of its rendering.

How to save (render) video for Youtube in Sony Vegas

As we mentioned above, the video format for Youtube is not strictly defined, and in Sony Vegas you can choose various options video visualization. We will bring standard settings video rendering for Youtube in Sony Vegas Pro, which allow you to achieve maximum quality video and audio at the minimum size of the final file.


At the end of the visualization you will receive a video small size from excellent parameters pictures and sound, which can be safely uploaded to any video hosting, including Youtube.

Hello, friends! In this article, I will tell you how to change the language in Sony Vegaspro11, 12, and 13. Also, some people call this setting a crack.

As you know, I am sharing information with you on how to make it easier to work in Sony Vegas and different chips. By the way, in the future there will be new tricks with this utility. So don't forget to subscribe.

In my previous leading articles, and I did not use the crack, but simply left the default language. I know that I am not a supporter of different scripts that change program languages. But in this method, I will not use any script or code.

Everything will be natural and pure. We will configure, we carry out purely in the registry files. And so in my article I said that when installing the crack script, my computer died. Therefore, since then there was no desire to do this. Recently, on YouTube, a girl asked that it would be better to change the language to Russian. And I thought it was necessary to analyze this topic in more detail. That is why I am writing this post.

This method will help you change the language on all versions of Vegaspro. If you dig, it is also possible to change the language in other programs. We will consider this in the future. The most important thing is that you don’t need any programs and codes to change languages ​​to Russian.

First you need to install any version of Sony Vegas. In my case, I will use Vegas 13. The process of changing the language for all versions is similar. And that's how you set it up? Then let's go. First, I'll fire up Vegas Pro 13 to make sure she's on. English language.

Using the mouse cursor to open the editor regedit registry.

A window like this should appear in front of you. Before you start digging through registry files

      1. Attention friends, before you start working with the registry, I want to warn you. This system partition so important that if you make a mistake on which folder, some function may refuse you or windows won’t load at all and you will have to

Go to folder

We are looking for the Sony creative folder, basically it is located almost at the very bottom, double-click on it

After that, a folder with a number will open, for example, I have it 13. This number depends on the version of your installed Sony Vegas. If you have the 12th version of Vegas, you will have 12 if the 11th then 11. Click on the folder 13 twice

We click on this folder 13.0 and look at the window on the right. There should be a ULangID file

Double click on it and a window like this will open. Or click right button mouse and click edit.

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