User Guide

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GETTING STARTED CHP. 2
Viewing playbacks and previews
Vegas allows you to play back your project in two ways: directly from the timeline from within Vegas or by
mixing the entire project to a preview file.
Using playback in Vegas
The transport bar allows you to play back your entire project or portions of your project based on a time
selection or the current cursor position.
If your project includes video, make sure the Video Preview window is displayed for playback: from the
View
menu, choose
Video Preview or press .
Playing an entire project
1.
Click the Play From Start button ( ) to begin playback at the beginning of the project.
2. Click the Stop button ( ) to stop playback.
Most of the time, you will only want to preview a small portion of the project to perfect a section. You can do
this by creating a time selection.
Playing a time selection
1.
Place the mouse pointer above the ruler on the marker bar. The
mouse pointer changes to include a left/right arrow cursor ( ).
2. Drag to select the time region. To increase or decrease the time
selection, drag its start and end points. The time selection is
highlighted and the loop bar appears above the ruler on the
timeline.
3. Click the Play button ( ) to begin playback. Only the non-muted
tracks and events within the time selection play back.
4. Click the Loop Playback button ( ) to continually play back the events within the time selection. Click
the button again to toggle this feature off.
5. Click the Stop button ( ) to stop playback.
By looping the playback, you can repeatedly watch the same section of the project over and over as you make
changes to filters and effects in real time. You can define selection areas automatically, depending on what
you would like to preview. For more information, see Selecting a time range on page 59 and Time selection
commands on page 29.
Alt +6
Loop bar