How can I play 4 clips on SONY VEGAS 7.0?

[qazwsx16]

How can I play 4 clips(each taking 1/4 of the screen) in sony vegas 7.0? Thank you!

[BJ_M]

from the help menu and in your manual



Editing Track Motion
Tools Menu



From the Tools menu, choose Video, and choose Track Motion from the submenu (or click the Track Motion button on a track header) to display the Track Motion window.

The Track Motion window is used to move a video track over another track. In the following example, a picture-in-picture window has been created by resizing and positioning the overlay video clip. Motion was used to gradually move the text up from the bottom of the window.




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What do you want to do?
Zoom or pan a video track
When you use a single setting for the track, you move all video on the track. When you add keyframes to change track motion settings through the duration of the track, you can create animation.

Click the Track Motion button on the track that contains the overlay you want to animate. The Track Motion window is displayed.

Choose a setting from the Composite Mode drop-down list to specify how your track will be composited over other tracks. For more information about compositing modes, click here.

Adjust the selection area to change the viewable area of the track and its position. You can use the Position, Orientation, and Rotation controls on the left side of the window, or you can drag the selection box in the workspace. When you drag, guides are displayed in bold to indicate how the track will be moved or rotated:




Moving closer to or farther from viewer. Drag across corners to flip the track.
Dragging the track to change its position.






Rotating around the Z axis


Use the buttons at the top of the dialog to allow or prevent movement or scaling. See the Change editing options heading in this topic for more information.

Right-click the workspace to display a shortcut menu that displays commands to restore, center, or flip the selection box. You can also force the box to match the source media's aspect ratio, your project's output aspect ratio, or a square aspect. Matching the output aspect ratio can prevent black bars from appearing when you use source media (such as photographs) that does not match your project's aspect ratio.

The track motion occurs instantly, and the results are updated in the Video Preview window.

Use the keyframe controller at the bottom of the Track Motion window to establish distinct track motion settings throughout the duration of the track.

During playback, intermediate frames are interpolated to create smooth motion.

Expand the Keyframe interpolation heading on the left side of the window and drag the Smoothness slider to adjust the interpolation. For more information about keyframe animation, click here.

Use the Default Track Motion smoothness control on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog to set the default Smoothness value for new keyframes.

Create a shadow effect
The shadow effect creates a drop shadow under an object, window, or title. A shadow is especially effective under a picture-in-picture window.

This procedure assumes that you have already created an event on the track above the background video to be used as an overlay.

Click the Track Motion button on the track where you want to add a shadow effect. The Track Motion window is displayed.

Select the 2D Shadow row in the keyframe controller. When the 2D Shadow row is selected, shadow controls are displayed in the Track Motion dialog.

Select the 2D Shadow check box to apply the shadow so you can see the results of your shadow in the Video Preview window, or clear the check box to bypass the shadow.



Use the 2D Shadow controls on the left side of the window to set the color and appearance of the shadow:

Item
Description

Blur %
Type a number in the box or click the button to display a slider you can use to soften the edge of the shadow. Set to 0 for a hard edge, or increase the setting to feather the edge of the shadow.

Intensity
Type a number in the box or click the button to display a slider you can use to establish the transparency of the shadow's blurred edge. Decrease the setting for a translucent shadow, or increase the setting for a more opaque shadow.

Color
Click the down arrow next to the color swatch to display a color picker. Use the sliders or edit boxes in the color picker to set the shadow color, or use the eyedropper tool to sample a color from your screen.


Adjust the size position of the shadow by dragging the box in the workspace or using the Position, Orientation, and Rotation controls on the left side of the window. For more information about manipulating the selection box, see the Crop, zoom, or pan a video track heading in this topic.



To animate the shadow, click in the 2D Shadow row of the Keyframe Controller to set the cursor to a later time and adjust the shadow settings.

You can use keyframe animation to change the color or transparency of the shadow, or you can move the shadow independently of the overlay video.

[qazwsx16]

ok, so i got to the point where im able to overlap clips, but I don't understand how to just get a certain piece of a clip. For example. I just want to get the middle of a clip and I want that middle piece to overlap the right side of another clip. Is that possible?

nevermind I figured it out. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are a life saver