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autopilot wrote on 7/1/2006, 2:21 PM
If you highlight the words that you want to change, and then select your font, it will change the font.

Put your timeline cursor on your title and you will immediately see the changes.
MovieMontage wrote on 7/2/2006, 12:52 PM
No it doesn't change, this thing comes up and i change the text in the box that comes up and then i press the save thing and the box stays so i x outa the box and font don change
Chienworks wrote on 7/2/2006, 2:01 PM
Are you typing your text in a tiny one-line box at the top of the Text Generator window and then pressing the floppy disk icon? If so, this is where you save text presets that you want to reuse later. There is a very much larger box down below this one where you should be typing your text. No save is necessary; the video preview will show all your changes as you type them (as long as your cursor is inside the text event at the time). Even before you close the box the text in your video has been updated.
MovieMontage wrote on 7/2/2006, 2:19 PM
Alright it works excpet for the font called modern never looks as it's supposed to, never changes for modern.
Chienworks wrote on 7/2/2006, 8:08 PM
Hmmm, trying to recall, and i can't check 'cause i'm recovering from a very serious computer crash (lost 3 of my 4 hard drives, including the boot drive) so i don't have any Sony software or any fonts installed yet .... but anyway ... i seem to recall that Modern isn't a TrueType font. Vegas doesn't handle non-TrueType fonts well. You might do better if you select another font that is similar enough to meet your needs.
autopilot wrote on 7/3/2006, 2:57 PM
Yeah, there is a Modern, a Modern #20, and a Moderne font.
MovieMontage wrote on 7/3/2006, 8:04 PM
yea, dang it stinks i wanted to use it. Thanks for the help guys. Now I am no longer so confused. One thing though, how do I edit music?
Paul Mead wrote on 7/3/2006, 8:29 PM
What exactly do you mean by "edit music"? Are you talking simple edits like splicing pieces together, or do you want to do more complicated things? The audio tracks can be shuffled, spliced, copied, overlaid, etc. If you want to do more sophisticated stuff then you will want to use a separate package and then pull in the music.
MovieMontage wrote on 7/4/2006, 10:53 AM
I want to have the music play, then get lower in volume midway through,and then get louder.
Chienworks wrote on 7/4/2006, 11:01 AM
Volume envelope. It should be under the Insert menu, or you can click on the audio track and type V. You'll get a thin blue line running through the middle of the track. Double-click on this line to add a point where you want the volume to drop. Add another point just after this. Add a third point where you want it to start getting louder again, and a fourth point where it should be back up to full volume. Now drag the line between the 2nd and 3rd points down to make that section quieter. You can add as many points as you need and shove them up to make the volume louder, down to make it quieter and also left or right to adjust the timing.
MovieMontage wrote on 7/4/2006, 11:05 AM
Wow man, you rock, thanks so much for the help! : ))))
Paul Mead wrote on 7/5/2006, 8:56 AM
Also, tinker with right clicking on the set points. You can specify the exact volume and you get lots of different fade options (linear, fast, slow, etc.).

Oh, and make sure you understand the "Switches -> Normalize" function for audio tracks. That can be a big help for getting consistent sound levels when using multiple clips in a track.