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 Save 20% on the entire ACID software family* Only through August 31, 2010; any ACID product, including new licenses, upgrades, and training, is 20% off. ACID Pro 7, ACID Music Studio 8, the ACID Seminar Series; anything and everything you need to start creating great music immediately. Shop the ACID Family and Save 20%  Save $50 on the Imagination Studio Suite* The Imagination Studio Suite includes the latest versions of Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum, Sound Forge Audio Studio, DVD Architect Studio, ACID Music Studio, Photo Go, and more. Through August 31, 2010 save $50 on this collection, starting at just $124.95! Learn more  August is the month for Video Games Live! This month on PBS - Video Games Live!, the documentary that follows Vegas Pro user Tommy Tallarico and a symphony orchestra as they give multi-media presentations of the music from your favorite video games. It's an incredible spectacle, and the film was edited in Vegas Pro. See the preview for and excerpts from Video Games Live! on PBS.org  Vegas Pro in a Man's World Specifically, as a video editor in the online episodic reality docu-series A Man's World. A Man's World is billed as an "unapologetic celebration of the American Man: his lifestyle, culture, community, leisure, play, careers, and indulgences in a fun and mature way. This is not your stereotypical knuckle-dragging caveman show. This series brings to life the true essence of what makes Men and their lives great; it shows the positive, adventurous, and uplifting side of the American man." Bing Bruce, director and co-producer of A Man's World TV show, says Vegas Pro gave him the editing tools he needed in one easy-to-use, affordable package. "I was very impressed with how intuitive Vegas Pro is, virtually no learning curve to deal with. Importing files into sessions or adding effects is simply drag-and-drop, no rendering delays. It works great without having to download patches or buy plug-ins like some other programs." Read more in our full Q & A session with Bing Bruce, or visit the A Man's World website to see Vegas Pro flex its manly muscles to help bring this show to life. |
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Vegas Pro software has always been famous for the wide variety of file formats that it supports. As I covered in a previous article, whether video, audio, or still-image files, the application will accept just about anything you want to throw at it, either right out of the box or in some cases with the simple installation of the proper codec. But one thing that advanced users take for granted and that new users really need to know about early on is that Vegas Pro software can also create its own media for use in your projects.In this article, we'll talk about creating custom media with Vegas Pro media generators. In this discussion, you'll get a feel for what media generators are and how to use them. If you're a new user, this knowledge is indispensible. But hopefully even you more advanced users will find something here that spurs you into thinking about media generators in a new way and gives you some new ideas for your next project. Media generators are built right into Vegas Pro software, so you don't have to install anything special to use them. To access the media generators, click the Media Generators tab in the window docking area. The Media Generators window, shown in Figure 1, lists all of the different generators that you can use. Click through the list and you see thumbnail images of presets that you can add to your project. As you'll see shortly, each of these thumbnails can be fully customized so you get exactly what you want.  As you click through the list, you see that several of the generators are graphical in nature. I'll concentrate on these generators in this article. They enable you to create different graphical textures. I frequently use each of the Color Gradient, Noise Texture, and Solid Color generators in my projects. For example, I might be creating a lower-third graphic that I want to lay under a line of text and so I'll use the Noise Texture generator to create something interesting. Or, perhaps I want a solid color other than black behind a section of my video for some reason, so I'll use the Solid Color generator. Once you start using media generators, you'll come up with more and more uses for them. Click here to continue  *Offers valid August 12 - August 31, 2010 only when purchasing directly from Sony Creative Software via links in this email. Offers can not be combined. |