User Guide

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4. Click Save.
Tip: Select the Copy and trim media with project check box to
save both the project file and copies of the media files to a
common location. For more information, see Saving a project
with media on page 236.
Renaming a project (using Save As)
After you have been working with your project, you may use the Save As command in the File menu to save
a copy of a project with a new name. This is useful for backing up different versions of a project. For more
information, see Creating a copy of a project (using Save As...) on page 236.
Getting media files
You can add media from a variety of sources to a Vegas project. You can add audio and video files, record
audio into a track, capture video from a video camera, or extract music from a CD. You can also create media
such as text overlays, backgrounds, and credit rolls from within Vegas. For more information, see Using
generated media on page 187.
Selecting media
Vegas supports a wide range of media file types. You may select any of the media file types listed below to add
to your Vegas project.
Format Extension Definition
GIF .gif 256 index color, lossless image and animation format widely used on
the Internet.
JPEG .jpg True color, lossy Internet image format.
Macintosh AIFF File .aif Standard audio format used on Macintosh computers.
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 .mpg MPEGs, files compressed using a lossy audio/video compression
method, can be used with Vegas.
MPEG Layer 3 .mp3 Highly compressed audio file.
Ogg Vorbis .ogg A patent-free audio encoding and streaming technology.
Photoshop .psd
Adobe Photoshop
®
proprietary image format (flattened).
Portable Network Graphic .png True color or indexed color, lossy or lossless Internet image format.
QuickTime .mov, .qt Quicktime standard audio/video format used on Macintosh computers.
Sonic Foundry Audio .sfa Sonic Foundry proprietary uncompressed format that should only be
used for compatibility with other Sonic Foundry applications.
Sonic Foundry Perfect
Clarity Audio
.pca Sonic Foundry proprietary lossless audio compression format.
Sonic Foundry Wave 64 .w64 Sonic Foundry proprietary Wave64 audio file that does not have a
limited file size (unlike Windows WAV files that are limited to ~2GB).
TARGA .tga True color, lossless image format that supports alpha channel
transparency.
TIFF .tif Tagged Image File Format, a common bitmap format. You must have
QuickTime installed to use TIFF files in Vegas.
Video for Windows .avi Standard audio/video format used on Windows-based computers.
Wave (Microsoft) .wav Standard audio format used on Windows-based computers.
Wave (Scott Studios) .wav Standard audio format used with Scott Studios systems.
Windows Bitmap .bmp Standard graphic format used on Windows-based computers.
Windows Media Audio .wma The Microsoft audio-only format used to create files for streaming or
downloading via the Web.
Windows Media Format .wmv The Microsoft standard used for streaming audio and video media via
the Web.