OK, trying to learn Vegas - I've used products from Pinnacle, Ulead, Magix, etc. so not a novice, but a novice to Vegas.

I want to do something very simple in most programs. I need to import a small rectangular graphic - something like a blue rectangle with Joe's Training Videos Inc on it in white text - and place it precisely in the video in the location in the frame where I want it. I also want to size it.

In most programs, such as Pinnacle's products or the Magix products, I'd simply drag the joes.bmp onto a timeline below the video timeline, stretch it to the length of the video, then enter a form of Edit Object which will let me size the rectangle then simply drag it to where I want it to be in the frame.

In Vegas, all I can find is an option in which the rectangle is shown on a form of outline of a frame, then it looks like I have to try to resize the frame and move the frame to get the object to the size and placement I need, rather than directly act on the object. It is clumsy, and it behaves oddly in terms of not doing what I would expect it to do.

Is there another, simpler way to place an overlay graphic object on the frame and size it and place it?

Thanks