| We wanted to use
even more than the two video tracks and three audio tracks
that VideoFactory® provided. We wanted to use key framing
and more advanced compositing to move and display these tracks in more creative ways. We also wanted the high
quality Main Concept® MPEG-2 encoding software that came
with Vegas Video®, to improve the quality of our finished
movies in our DVD productions. In short, we wanted more of
everything...we were ready to move up to Vegas Video® 3.0 (yes,
six new version of Vegas
Pro Software - versions 4.0 through
9.0 have been released
since then).
So...we started by downloading the Vegas Video® 3.0 working
trial demo software from the Sony
Creative Software website, installing
it, and completing the excellent tutorials found in the
manual. The tutorial download included all the sample projects (or .VEG
project files) needed to clearly see how to apply more
advanced effects to our movies. We completed them in a
matter of hours, purchased and downloaded Vegas Video® 3.0
online, and immediately began producing a 20 second
track that would become the "First Play" for our
new DVD production, the track that plays
on a DVD before it goes to the main selection menu (like the
FBI warning).
For having only a few hours
of experience with this advanced level video editing tool,
we were absolutely ecstatic at how much we could accomplish
in a very short period of time. At the same time, we
realized that we had barely begun to scratch the surface of
this incredibly powerful software package. Believe us, it was love
at first render!
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