User Guide

CHP. 2 GETTING STARTED
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Rendering a Vegas project
Rendering refers to the process of creating a new media file from a Vegas project. The project file is not
affected (overwritten, deleted, or altered) during the rendering process. You may return to the original
project to make edits or adjustments and render it again. The following table describes the formats available
for rendering your Vegas project:
More detailed instructions for rendering to a specific format appear later in this manual. For more
information, see Saving, Rendering, and Printing Projects on page 235.
Creating a movie
To create a movie, you render the Vegas project into an appropriate media file output. The final output
format depends on the destination of the new media file. Some examples are AVI, MOV, and WMV.
1. From the File menu, choose Render As.
2. In the Render As dialog box, choose the appropriate option from the Save as type drop-down list.
3. Click Custom to select custom compression settings. The default compression options are set
automatically according to your project’s properties. For more information, see Customizing the rendering
process on page 240.
4. Enter a name and browse for a destination for your file.
5. Click OK.
Format Name Extension Definition
Audio Interchange File Format .aif The standard audio file format used on Macintosh computers.
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 .mpg Vegas supports MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 file creation through the use of
MainConcept MPEG technology.
MPEG Layer 3 .mp3 Compressed audio format. You may render up to 20 .mp3 files without
registering the optional plug-in.
OggVorbis .ogg A patent-free audio encoding and streaming technology.
QuickTime .mov Apple QuickTime multimedia format.
RealMedia .rm The RealNetworks standard for streaming media via the Web. This option
renders both audio and video into one file.
Scott Studios Wave .wav Standard audio format used with Scott Studios systems.
Sonic Foundry AC-3 .ac3 Encoded Dolby Digital surround sound format. This option creates six mono
files (WAV or AIFF) that your authoring application can use to create DVD-
Video or 5.1-channel music projects.
Sonic Foundry Perfect Clarity
Audio
.pca A Sonic Foundry proprietary format that is compressed and completely
lossless.
Sonic Foundry Wave64 .w64 A Sonic Foundry proprietary format that allows wave files that are
(practically) unrestricted by file size.
Video for Windows .avi The standard video file format used on Windows-based computers. This
option renders both audio and video into one file.
Wave (Microsoft) .wav The standard audio file 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.