I am rather new to Vegas (but not new to video editing). Perhaps this is common knowledge to everyone, but it is possible to do shadowed and outlined textured titling using only the built-in Vegas functionality. If interested, you can pull down my Veggie file (entitled "techdiver-texturedtitles") at:
http://www.vegasusers.com/vegshare/
The Veggie file consists of 4 tracks:
#1 is the plain title (no shadow or outline) to create the mask.
#2 is the texture that gets mapped onto the font.
#3 is there only if you want to add a shadow or outline, but you can also keep this track if you want to make regular titles. In that case, just don't put anything on tracks 1 and 2.
#4 is the background for demonstration purposes.
Again, sorry if this is obvious to all you seasoned Vegas users.
http://www.vegasusers.com/vegshare/
The Veggie file consists of 4 tracks:
#1 is the plain title (no shadow or outline) to create the mask.
#2 is the texture that gets mapped onto the font.
#3 is there only if you want to add a shadow or outline, but you can also keep this track if you want to make regular titles. In that case, just don't put anything on tracks 1 and 2.
#4 is the background for demonstration purposes.
Again, sorry if this is obvious to all you seasoned Vegas users.