user manual
Chapter
8
Saving and Rendering Projects
What do you do after you’ve added the final touches to your movie and it’s ready to be shown to the world? Vegas®
Movie Studio HD Platinum software allows you to easily save and render your projects so you can amaze your family
and friends.
Make Movie Wizard
After you’ve completed your masterpiece, you can use the Make Movie Wizard to save your project in a variety of
formats.
Note:
Opening the Make Movie Wizard is the same for all formats listed below. From the Project menu, choose
Make Movie, or click the Make Movie button ( ) on the toolbar.
Upload it to YouTube
Important:
This feature requires that you have a YouTube account. If you don’t already have an account, you can
go to http://www.youtube.com/signup to sign up.
1.
Click the Upload it to YouTube button. The Upload to YouTube dialog is displayed.
2.
Type your YouTube username and password in the YouTube username and YouTub e pass word boxes.
Tip:
If you have a Gmail address linked with your YouTube account, you can use your Gmail username and
password to log in.
3.
Type a title to identify your video in the Title box.
The information from the Title box on the Summary tab of the Project Properties dialog is used by default.
4.
Type a description of your movie in the Description box.
The information from the Comments box on the Summary tab of the Project Properties dialog is used by
default.
5.
Choose a setting from the Video category drop-down list. The category you choose is used to classify videos on
the YouTube site.
6.
Type keywords you want to associate with your movie in the Tags box. Use words that relate to your movie and
describe its content. These tags will be used when searching YouTube. You can use commas or spaces to
separate multiple keywords.
Note:
If you are uploading a stereoscopic 3D project, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum automatically adds the tags
needed to enable 3D viewing on YouTube. For more information, see Rendering a stereoscopic 3D project on page 56.
7.
Select the Public or Private radio button to set broadcast options for your movie. Public videos can be seen by
any YouTube user; private videos can be seen only by members you specify.
8.
Select the Normal or Higher radio button to set the video quality for your movie. The Higher setting creates
better-looking video for broadband connections but will take longer to render.
The estimated file size is displayed at the bottom of the dialog.
9.
Select the Render and upload loop region only check box if you want to save only the portion of the project
that is contained within the loop region. Loop Playback does not need to be selected for this option to work.
10.
Click the Upload button to start uploading your movie to YouTube.
After your movie has been uploaded, you can click the Edit Video Info button to display the My Account page in
a browser window, where you can edit the information about your video, or click Close to return to the Vegas
Movie Studio HD Platinum timeline.
Note:
Videos you upload to YouTube are transcoded after uploading and are not immediately available. You can
visit the My Videos page on the YouTube Web site to check the status of your uploaded videos.
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