User Guide

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GETTING STARTED CHP. 2
Getting images
You can bring images directly into Vegas from your scanner, digital camera, or other TWAIN device. Vegas
adds the images to the Media Pool as JPEG image files.
1. Make sure your device (scanner or digital camera) is on and connected to your computer.
2. In the Media Pool window, click the Get Photo button ( ). Vegas starts the software for the device.
3. Use the device software to get an image and send it to Vegas.
Once the image has been sent, the Scanned Files dialog
appears.
• Click
Rename to give the new image a more meaningful
name.
• Click
Delete to cancel the process of adding the image.
4. Click Done. Vegas adds the new JPEG file to the Media Pool.
Extracting audio from a CD
You can extract tracks from a CD and add them to the Media Pool
window as WAV files.
1. Insert the audio CD.
2. In the Media Pool window, click the Extract Audio from
CD
button ( ). The Extract Audio from CD dialog
appears.
3. From the Action drop-down list, choose the method you
want Vegas to use for extracting the CD audio:
• Read by track - Use this option to choose the tracks
you want to extract from the CD.
• Read entire disc - Use this option to automatically
extract all tracks on the disc. The entire CD is
extracted into one new file in the Media Pool.
• Read by range - Use this option to extract audio from
a specified range of time.
4. If you chose either the Read by track or Read by range
option, specify the track(s) or range to extract:
• For
Read by track, click the track(s) you want to extract in the Tracks to read list. Use the or
keys to select more than one track. Each track is extracted into a separate file in the Media Pool.
• For
Read by range, enter a time in the Range start field and either the Range end or Range length fields. The
range of audio is extracted into one new file in the Media Pool.
Note: If you want to extract multiple tracks to a single file,
choose
Read by track from the Action drop-down list to select
your tracks, and then choose
Read by range from the Action
drop-down list. Vegas will automatically insert the
appropriate time range for the tracks you selected and extract
the time range to a single file.
5. From the Drive drop-down list, choose the drive containing the audio CD from which you want to extract.
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