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 one project. Among its analogues we can highlight such programs as: Adobe Premiere, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle Studio and Movavi Video Editor, but they have a number of disadvantages that the Sony product, often used to create videos on Youtube, does not have.
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. Sony Vegas Pro allows you to work with all aspects of editing in an eye-pleasing interface. The editor is different from competitors high speed operation, an intuitive interface and a huge number of additional options needed by professionals.
When creating a video for YouTube, the basic capabilities of Sony Vegas Pro are quite sufficient, which are not difficult to learn. That is why many bloggers give their preference to the program from Sony, creating their videos with its help.
Rules in Sony Vegas video for Youtube
After creating a video in the Sony Vegas program, it needs to be visualized or, as professionals say, “rendered.” Here, novice users of the editor have difficulties, since the program, being a professional tool, allows you to save the final result in tens various formats with individual settings.
The 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. The above 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 you reduce the size of a video using various services and programs, it can greatly lose quality. That's why choose optimal format for the final video it is necessary at the stage of its rendering.
How to save (render) video for Youtube in Sony Vegas
As we stated above, the video format for Youtube is not strictly defined, and in Sony Vegas you can choose various options for visualizing the video. We will provide standard video rendering settings for Youtube in Sony Vegas Pro, which allow you to achieve maximum quality video and sound with a minimum size of the final file.
At the end of the visualization you will receive a video small size with excellent picture and sound parameters, which can be safely uploaded to any video hosting site, including Youtube.
Sony Vegas Pro is a professional video editor for working with media files. It has extensive functionality and allows you to change a wide variety of parameters during installation. The program is universal and suitable for both amateurs and professionals - using Sony Vegas Pro is not difficult when compared with other professional applications. This is the reason why it has gained great popularity.
System requirements
Vegas Pro has a number of system requirements that allow the program to run smoothly. Supports Microsoft® Windows 7-10 (64-bit). Minimum processor requirements– it must be 4-core at least 2.5 GHz.
Also on PC there should be suitable video cards:
- NVIDIA®: starting from GeForce 9XX;
- AMD/ATI®: Radeon with 4 GB and VCE 3.0 or higher;
- Intel®: Starting with GPU HD Graphics Series
To install Vegas Pro directly, you will need 1.5 GB of hard disk memory. In addition, you need to provide 8 GB of RAM.
Required at the time of download and registration Internet connection.
Version selection
Now on the official website 4 versions available for download – Sony Vegas 13, 14, 15 and 16. There are no fundamental differences in working with the program. Of course, with each version the application acquires new functions and capabilities, but general principle work is unchanged. Therefore, our instructions for working with Sony Vegas will be relevant for both versions 13 and 16.
Program installation
The installation procedure is quite simple:
Interface overview
The Vegas interface is divided into several areas:
Installing codecs
A codec is a program that encodes and decodes multimedia files. Codecs themselves do not play media files, but they prepare them for playback on players and video editors. Therefore if video won't open, then the reason is most likely the lack of the required codec.
To work with Vegas Pro it is recommended to install immediately a package of codecs, so that in the future there will be no problems with opening files. It's called K-Lite Codec Pack.
How to create and configure a project
To create a new project, you need to launch Sony Vegas Pro and click on the “” icon on the toolbar. 
For quality work in Vegas, it is recommended to first set up the project. Automatic setup used to preserve the original quality of the media file. Vegas Pro independently determines resolution, fields, frame rate and other parameters and, using this data, produces automatic setup, for this you need:
- In a new window, find the same file that is in the workspace and click " Open».
- Save all changes.
How to add media files
There are several ways to add media files to Vegas.
How to trim a video
Trimming is one of the main actions that will allow you to master basic installation skills:
For convenience, after removing all unnecessary parts, you can move the resulting fragment to the beginning by dragging it with the mouse.
Adding Effects
Sony Vegas has a large number of effects in its arsenal:
Setting up transitions
Transitions are used for smooth unification several fragments together. To set a transition, you need to move one record to another so that they slightly overlap each other. 
Can adjust smoothness, moving the fragment to the right and left. In addition, you can set a special effect in the “ Transitions».
How to rotate a video
To rotate a video, you can use two methods.
The first method is not complicated, but is done manually:
The second method is usually used for automatic rotation at 90, 180 or 270 degrees:
How to speed up or slow down recording
There are several ways to change the speed in Sony Vegas.
The first method is the simplest and fastest; it changes both audio speed:
- Press " Ctrl" and move the cursor to the edge of the fragment.
- Using left mouse button move the edge to the right or left, thereby slowing down or speeding up the video.
The disadvantage of this method is that it cannot be used to change the speed by more than 4 times.
Second way:
This method only changes the video, but the audio speed remains the same.
The third way is more fine tuning speed:
Creating titles and adding text
In Vegas Pro you can also work with text. You can create inscriptions, titles, and add animation to them.
Creating a Freeze Frame
A freeze frame is a static, that is, still frame. To create it in Sony Vegas you need:
How to zoom in on a video fragment
To zoom in on a frame, you only need to follow two steps:
How to stretch a video
To prevent black stripes from being visible on the sides of the frame, you can stretch it:
Reduce video size
After adding effects, animations, and other changes, the media file can take up a lot of space. Therefore, if desired, you can reduce its size:
Rendering acceleration
One of the most significant problems when working with Vegas Pro is rendering speed. Speed reflects all applied effects and animations, so it often happens that one short recording can take more than an hour to process.
There are several ways to speed up rendering. The first is due to quality:
The second way is to speed up processing via graphics card. It can be used if the card supports the technology OpenCL or CUDA. Then in the settings in the “Video” section you need to find “ Encoding mode" and select one of them. 
How to remove green background
Chroma key is a technology for combining media files using a green background (sometimes blue). To process a recording made using this technology in Sony Vegas, you need to:
How to remove noise from audio
Noise in audio recordings is an inevitable nuisance under poor recording conditions, but editing can eliminate this problem completely or partially:
Deleting an audio track
If the audio track is no longer needed, you can delete it. To do this, you just need to click on the track itself right click mouse and click on "". 
How to change your voice
Video stabilization
In Vegas Pro, you can correct camera shake, sudden jolts or jerks when shooting:
How to put multiple videos in one frame
In Sony Vegas Pro, you can use a technique that allows you to play multiple videos simultaneously in one frame:
The position in the frame can be adjusted as desired; you can set them evenly or slightly overlap each other, creating an interesting frame.
Video or audio fading
Fade is used to fade media elements in or out.
How to create a video fade effect:
Audio attenuation is created in the same way:
Color correction
It is with the help of color professional environment a certain mood and atmosphere is set. Therefore, color correction is often used during installation.
The first correction method is to use color curves in Sony Vegas:
- Select from the list " Color curves».
- The dot located on the line in the upper right corner is intended for adjustments light colors . If you pull it to the left in relation to the diagonal, it will lighten light tones, and if you pull it to the right, it will darken.
The dot on the left controls dark tones. The principle of working with it is identical. 
The second method is a color corrector:
The third way is to change the color balance:
Using Plugins
Sony Vegas Pro is professional program and it has a very wide range of tools, but if desired, you can expand this arsenal. Plugins are used for this. For example, here are several popular plugins: plugin. The only thing required is to specify the installation folder. It is recommended to select folder with the program, usually C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro\.
If the plugin was downloaded in *.rar or *.zip format, then it needs to be unpacked into the folder " FileIO Plug-Ins" It is located in the main folder.
Installed plugins are located in the “ Video special effects" If there are no plugins in this list, it means they are not compatible with this version of Sony Vegas.
Saving the project and outputting the video
It is important to save the project during work and upon completion of work so as not to lose data in the event of a failure. You can do this simply:
- After that click on “ Save».
The next thing you need to figure out is the output of the final video. To do this you need:
- In the " Project» select the best video rendering quality.
- Click " OK", saving the settings.
- In the main window, click on " Render».
After these steps, video processing will begin.
Possible mistakes
A wide variety of errors may occur when working with the program. Solutions vary depending on the cause, so it is often difficult to deal with the problem right away.
The most common mistakes:
- Unmanaged Exception;
- *.avi files cannot be opened;
- error when opening the codec.
Unmanaged Exception error
One of the most common errors is “Unmanaged Exception”. Because of her Vegas Pro can't start.
Error code 0xc0000005 can be the result of various reasons. For example, the following may become an obstacle:
Ways to solve the problem:
*.avi files cannot be opened
Another problem that may arise is a problem with opening videos in *.avi format. 
There are a few simple ways eliminating it:
- Download or update K-Lite Codec Pack. If the reason is the lack of codecs necessary for operation, then this will eliminate the problem.
- Install player Quick Time latest version.
- Remove codecs. Sometimes the cause of the error is the incompatibility of installed codecs with the program.
- Convert video recording in a different format.
Error opening codec
It often happens that at the very beginning of working with a new program, an error periodically occurs when opening a video. 
Most often, the reason lies in the lack of codecs necessary for operation. In this case it is recommended to install or update the codec set.
The next thing to do is install or update Quick Time.
If the previous steps did not help solve the problem, you can simply convert the video to another format.
Video editing lesson in Sony Vegas 12 Pro. In this article I would like to talk about the possibilities of video editing in the Sony Vegas Pro 12 program. What's new in the Sony Vegas Pro 12 program, in contrast to previous versions. Video editing lessons can be found on the Internet, but we decided to make our own overview video lesson for beginners on video editing. It is of an introduction nature and provides initial skills in working with 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 and upload video to a project
- how to edit and stitch video
- how to upload sound, how to import a song to a timeline in the program
- how to edit video and sound, setting parameters
- how to make effects, how to add titles
- how to calculate a video, how to render, what is render
So, first, let's launch the program and look at its interface.
First, go to the File menu and select New to start working with a new project
A window will appear with the settings for the new project
If you check the box as in the picture, then all the following project settings will be automatically 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 pointing 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 shot on a DSLR camera with the following settings: resolution 1920x1080, scanning progression, 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. Still, the disadvantage of Sony Vegas Pro 12 is that it only works under Windows platform, and not under Mac Os X. Autosaving of the project can be configured, but it does not always save. Be careful and try to resave 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. Don’t rush 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 periodically during work, using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + S, the project will be saved.
Come up with a name for the project, a way to store 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 instructions). We will show one of the usable methods. Just select from the folder necessary files and transfer them to the timeline ( working window video and sound editing programs) as in the picture below.
In the video viewing 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 increasing the time scale, or for rough stitching when it is enough to see the overall picture of the entire project.
In our case, when transferring video fragments to the timeline, several pieces of video were transferred in the sequence in which we transferred them. During editing, pieces (plans) can be changed among themselves, arranging a sequence of frames in such a way as to subordinate the video sequence to the director’s idea, idea.
How to trim video in sony vegas pro 12
In order to shorten a video fragment, just pull the edges of the video to the left or right and cut it to the desired size. You can place the cursor at the cut location and use the S key to cut the fragment. You can also use a trimmer, but in this case it is not very convenient.
You just need to take a fragment of the video and drag it, or dock it to another. By pulling the triangles in the upper right corner of the fragment you can make a smooth transition, dizolf
If you simply superimpose two fragments on top of each other, a transition is automatically created. Fade out as in the picture above
If you right-click on a transition, you can get the transition properties and select the desired one
The key combination CTRL+L is used as a magnetic snap
Also, a group of objects (grouping) can be selected and dragged by simply selecting objects while holding down the shift key, while the selected objects are highlighted with a yellow highlight.
How to make the transition to Sony Vegas
In the Transitions section, you can select the required transition and drag it onto an already created transition by simply dragging the transition with the mouse, and a 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, so that you can later use it as a preset (ready-made standard installation).
How to make, add effect in Sonya Vegas
To perform color correction, you need to select the filter of interest in the Video Fx section, and just as easily 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 a 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 video track settings and select "Insert video track"
We go to the Media Generators section, as shown in the figure, and drag a preset with titles onto a new track, which can then be changed as desired.
By zooming in by scrolling the wheel, you can zoom in and see the settings of a video fragment, be it a video or a picture or titles. By clicking on the icon, as shown in the figure below, you can go to the fragment settings and play with its properties.
By clicking this picture, you can always get to the video settings, in this case
By entering this window, you can change the position, scale and rotation of the video file
By going into this window you can add video effects to video and audio effects to sound.
In order to add a background music, simply drag and drop the audio file with the song onto the timeline
Now, in order to change the sound volume level, select the audio track and use the hot keys SHIFT + V to call up the volume level line. On this line, by double-clicking the mouse, you can place a marker and use it to adjust the volume level, making the sound quieter or louder.
How to stitch a video in Sony Vegas pro 12
How to turn magnetic tethering on Sony Vegas pro 12 on and off
In order to perform gluing, you need to dock the video clips to each other, trim and delete unnecessary fragments. In order for magnetic snapping 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 a video and save all the videos in the final single video file, you need to select the desired area with the mouse
in the FILE menu select RENDER AS
We will choose the XDCAM EX format in our case
Make sure that the Render loop region only checkbox is checked - rendering only the selected area, so as not to render unnecessary things.
By going to the advanced rendering settings Custom Template... you can configure the codec to suit your needs
Click ok, and then Render and the video is rendered
After the calculation is completed, you can launch the finished file in the player, for example VLC player.
Here's a short lesson 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.
The rest of the questions that arose while studying the Sony Vegas Pro 12 video editing program can be found in the Sony Vegas 12 manual, translated into Russian. The Sony Vegas manual, or instructions otherwise, contains answers to the following questions:
1. What's new for video editing in Sony versions Vegas Pro 12.0
2. Workspace window 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 photos to the project. Working with Media Files in Sony Vegas
6. Editing video on the timeline in Sony Vegas, video stitching and transitions
7. Working with multicam in Sony Vegas, what is a multicam, convenience with multi-camera shooting in multicam
8. Stereoscopic image, working with 3D in Sony Vegas. setting up the project for working with a stereo image.
9. Using markers and commands in Sony Vegas, what are markers for?
10. Editing a timeline in Sony Vegas, changing the properties of the work area
11. Using automation, speeding up editing in Sony Vegas,
12. Animation of videos and tracks in Sony Vegas. Working with tracks
13. Applying effects in Sony Vegas, setting up presets for special effects
14. Working with sound in Sony Vegas, sound plugins, noise reduction, generators, etc.
15. Mixing console, working with sound on the mixer
16. Video Compositing, 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 of your project, preview window and working with it.
25. Video monitoring using instrument graphs, vectorscope and waveforms, spectrum analyzer.
26. Synchronization by Timecode, synchronization by timecode in Sony Vegas
27. Burning discs, preparation and DVD recording and Blu-ray discs
28. Printing video, preparing for recording on DV tape or HDV cassette
29. Project rendering (settings for video rendering, saving to a video file, selecting formats)
30. Use of hardware controllers, MIDI, GPU, Open Gl
31. Application of scripts (scripts)
32. Setting up the interface of the video editing program Sony Vegas pro 12
33. Hot keys, configuration, programming hot key commands
34. Glossary
35. Indexes
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 with its help. And you won’t want to switch to any other similar program.
1. Launch the program.
Double click on the icon Sony Vegas Pro. After which the main workspace of the program will open in front of you.
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 the necessary parameters for sound, etc.
3. Open the file.
Let's move on File -> Open…
A window will open where you will need to select any file (video or audio) you want to work with. After which it will appear on the work area. If you accidentally delete it or an entire track, you can always re-upload 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 video data, and the second - audio data.
4. Delete a track.
Right-click on the desired track and select from the menu "Delete track".
After this, 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 which the data will be divided into two fragments (that is, “scissors” cut the file into two parts). The part you don't need can be removed or moved to the desired location.
5. Overlay transitions.
The end of one fragment can be combined with the beginning of another. This creates a default transition that will be smooth. You can simply darken the end of the video (mute the sound); to do this, you need to slightly move the small green slider located in the corner of the desired fragment to the beginning.
To make a beautiful transition between parts of the video, you need to go to the tab "Transitions".
6. Frame enlargement.
To enlarge the frame, you need to use the special button at the end of the video fragment. Then you can narrow the square (the image is scaled) or, conversely, expand it.
7. Applying effects.
Immediately below the frame zoom button there is an effects overlay icon. You need to click on it, then select an effect and click on the button "Add". Only after all the necessary effects have been selected should you activate the button "OK".
The window for editing effect parameters will open. Decrease or increase the values of one or another parameter, look at the changes in the preview window. Save the result once you have achieved the required video display.
8. Overlaying video fragments.
You can place files on tracks parallel to each other, and then change the blend 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 the effect you need onto the file, then adjust the parameters if necessary.
So that other files do not interfere with viewing the one you are working on in this moment, just mute the other tracks. To do this, click on the icon exclamation mark opposite the track that should “solo”.
10. Adding text to files.
On the Data Generators tab, you can select various templates, including text ones. Simply drag the selected template to the desired location, and then enter the text.
11. Video creation.
You have successfully added files, applied transitions and effects. Now all that remains is to create our video. Select File -> Create As...
A window will appear where you can change the parameters. Click on the button "Save", as soon as you enter the required data.
After which the process of creating your video will begin.
We have considered only the basic capabilities of a program such as Sony Vegas Pro. At first it will be quite difficult to immediately select the desired effect or transition. But over time, you will solve this issue in a second. Good luck creating your own videos and valuable films.
By the way, if the video suddenly does not appear, try.
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Before starting to create a project, it is better to prepare all media files by moving them to HDD computer, so as not to be distracted by capturing and searching for files in the future. Film editing is a creative process and the result largely depends on your imagination. not as small as it might seem at first glance. You can customize all templates for titles, transitions, and effects at your discretion.
First, let's add the video to the Timeline.
We see that in the editing window we have a video sequence, accompanied by soundtrack, located on two tracks (video and audio, respectively).
You can move clips anywhere on a track, as well as from track to track, by simply dragging and holding the left mouse button on the selected clip.
Hold down the right edge of the clip when the cursor becomes
You can drag it to the left to reduce the length of the clip, thereby cutting off its right end. You can do the same thing with the left end of the clip.
If you want to insert one clip into the middle of another, you can do this in two steps:
-cut the clip along the editing line by pressing the S button on the keyboard, having previously installed it in the place you need.
-next you just need to drag the inserted clip to the cut location, aligning the beginning and end of the first two fragments. To ensure that the fragments do not overlap each other and there are no gaps left, hold down the Auto ripple button on the toolbar, and for a precise fit, press the Enable snapping button.
To delete unnecessary fragment clip, just select it first and press the Del button on your keyboard.
Now let's move on to transitions. If you add clips to the Timeline while holding down the Automatic Crossfades button, a Crossfade transition will be automatically created where the clips overlap. This is the most common transition in , representing a smooth fade out of the previous clip while the new clip fades in.
You can also add any of the proposed transitions to the place where the clips join by dragging it from the Transitions window. The Video Event FX window will appear where you can change the transition parameters. We will talk about them in separate sections, but we won’t go deeper now.
With the use of effects it's pretty much the same...
From the Video FX window, drag the selected effect onto the fragment you need and a window will appear with settings for the parameters of this effect, which you can also change at your discretion. In the Preview window, you can immediately see what you ended up with, and if you need to change the effect parameters, click on the Event FX button on the fragment for which you applied the effect.
With this knowledge, you can create a simple video sequence from a sequence of clips and embellish them with the proposed transition and effect templates.
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