System information
3. When you release the mouse button, a shortcut menu is displayed. Choose Add Across Tracks to
import the PSD layers across tracks in the timeline.
The PSD layers, including the composite layer, are now available as streams. You can change an
event’s stream by right-clicking an event, choosing Stream from the shortcut menu, and then
choosing the stream you want to use for the event.
Creating a Picture Slideshow
If you want to create a slideshow using your photos or other still images, Vegas Pro makes it a breeze.
1. Set the duration you want each photo to be displayed on screen.
a. From the Options menu, choose Preferences.
b. Click the Editing tab.
c. In the New still image length box, type the number of seconds you'd like each photo to be
displayed in your movie.
For example, if you wanted each photo to be displayed for three seconds with a one-second
crossfade between photos, choose 5 seconds.
If you have 40 images that you want to display during a three-and-a-half-minute song,
choose 5.25 (210 seconds divided by 40 images).
d. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.
2. If you want to automatically add crossfades between events when you add them to the timeline,
you can configure cut-to-overlap conversion:
a. From the Options menu, choose Preferences.
b. Click the Editing tab.
c. Select the Automatically overlap multiple selected media when added check box.
d. In the Cut-to-overlap section of the tab, type the desired fade length in the Amount
(seconds) box.
For example, if you'd set the New still image length setting to 5 in the previous step and set
the Amount (seconds) setting to 1, dragging three still images to the timeline would create
three five-second events with one second of overlap between them.
3. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.
4. Select the files you want to use in the Project Media or Explorer window. For more information, see
"Adding media files to your project" on page 91.
5. Drag the files to a video track.
6. If you want to use transitions between events, drag a preset from the Transitions window to the
overlapping area between two events. For more information, see "Adding Transitions" on page 318.
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