US2 lower 3rds Tut. good info :)

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 8/30/2005, 12:13 AM

I was on Vasst.com and saw this tut by Spot, it's got some good info and clearly displays how the thirds are implemented via US2. It's some good info I thought I'd put up for ppl to be aware of.

http://www.sundancemediagroup.com/articles/lower_thirds_with_ultimate_s.htm

Dave

Comments

trock wrote on 8/30/2005, 7:09 AM

Is editing the lower thirds only available in Vegas 6? In Vegas 5 when I right-click on the inserted media there is no "Edit Source Media" option.

"Lower thirds are editable as well. Right click any inserted lower third, and choose "Edit Source Media" and this will open a new copy of Vegas. Be sure to do a "Save As" or you'll find yourself erasing the original lower third that was packaged with Ultimate S. The newly saved third will show up in Ultimate S. To replace the existing lower third with the newly saved lower third, right click the existing lower third and choose "Replace media." then browse for the newly saved file."

JohnnyRoy wrote on 8/30/2005, 7:29 AM

> Is editing the lower thirds only available in Vegas 6? In Vegas 5 when I right-click on the inserted media there is no "Edit Source Media" option.

Yes, the "Edit Source Media" option is new for Vegas 6 and the lower thirds themselves were created in Vegas 6 so you can’t even edit the veg files manually in Vegas 5 (sorry).

~jr

trock wrote on 8/30/2005, 3:38 PM

OK, thanks.