System information
Adding, Managing, and Arranging Media
After you've created a project, you're going to need to add media to it.
The objects you work with in Vegas Pro projects are referred to as media files and events:
n Media files are the source audio and video files that are stored on your hard disk. Vegas Pro projects
do not operate on or modify these files. Files can be accessed from the Explorer window.
n An event is an occurrence of a media file on the Vegas Pro timeline. An event can represent an
entire media file or a portion of it. A single media file can be used repeatedly to create any number
of different events, since each event can be trimmed independently. An event's position on the
timeline determines when it will be played back in your project.
Using the Project Media window
From the View menu, choose Project Media to toggle the display of the Project Media window.
You can use the Project Media window to collect and arrange all the media you will use in your project. You
can add media, preview it, view and change file properties, and add effects to a file.
If you've used previous versions of Vegas Pro, the Project Media window is the window you came to
know and love as the Media Pool. Its name was changed to protect the innocent (and prevent
confusion with the Media Manager window).
Adding media files to the Project Media window
Files are added to the Project Media window when you open media files, import media, or add media files
to the timeline using the Explorer.
You can also drag the files to the Project Media window from the Vegas Pro Explorer or Windows Explorer.
To add media files from external sources, use the buttons in the Project Media toolbar:
Item Description
Import Media: click to add a media file to your project without adding it to
the timeline.
Capture Video: click to start the video capture application specified on the
Video tab of the Preferences dialog.
For more information, see "Capturing Video" on page 121.
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