1. Click the down arrow Vegas Pro b downarrow2 Split Screen Previews next to the Split-Screen View Vegas Pro b splitscreenpreview Split Screen Previews button and choose FX Bypassed from the menu.

  2. Select the Split-Screen View Vegas Pro b splitscreenpreview Split Screen Previews button. The cursor is displayed as a Vegas Pro crosshaircursor Split Screen Previews.

  3. Choose a preset selection or drag in the Video Preview section to create a selection. This selection will display the unprocessed video. In the following example, the Add Noise plug-in was applied to the event, and the selection displays the original video.

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Vegas Pro tip Split Screen PreviewsDouble-click in the Video Preview window to select the full window, or drag again to replace the existing selection.

  1. Position the cursor on the timeline and click the Copy Snapshot button Vegas Pro b copy Split Screen Previews in the Video Preview window to copy a frame to the clipboard.

  2. Position the cursor at another point on the timeline.

  3. Click the down arrow Vegas Pro b downarrow2 Split Screen Previews next to the Split-Screen View Vegas Pro b splitscreenpreview Split Screen Previews button and choose Clipboard from the menu.

  4. Select the Split-Screen View Vegas Pro b splitscreenpreview Split Screen Previews button.

  5. Choose a preset selection or drag in the Video Preview section to create a selection. This selection will display the contents of the clipboard. In the following example, the snowscape is the current cursor position, and the kayak paddler was copied to the clipboard.

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Vegas Pro tip Split Screen PreviewsDouble-click in the Video Preview window to select the full window, or drag again to replace the existing selection.

Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View Vegas Pro b splitscreenpreview Split Screen Previews button and choose Select Right Half, Select Left Half, or Select All to indicate which portion of the Video Preview Window you want to use to display unprocessed video or the contents of the clipboard.

When the Split-Screen View Vegas Pro b splitscreenpreview Split Screen Previews button is selected, the cursor is displayed as a Vegas Pro crosshaircursor Split Screen Previews. Drag a rectangle in the Video Preview window to create a custom selection.

Split-Screen Previews

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Click the Split-Screen View Vegas Pro b splitscreenpreview Split Screen Previews button in the Video Preview window to turn split-screen previews on or off.

Split-screen previews allow you to split the Video Preview window so you can see your affected and unaffected video or your video and the contents of the clipboard at the same time. Use split-screen previews to fine-tune video effects or to match colors for color correction.

Vegas Pro tip Split Screen PreviewsYou can use split-screen previews to help match colors between clips. When the split-screen preview mode is set to Clipboard, the Video Preview and Video Scopes windows will display the frame you copied to the clipboard and the current frame.

Vegas Pro note Split Screen PreviewsThe Video Preview window temporarily enters split-screen preview mode when you slip-trim a video event. This temporary split-screen mode allows you to see the event’s first and last frame as you trim. You can toggle this preview mode by selecting or deselecting the Video Event Edge Frames command on the View menu.


What do you want to do?

Vegas Pro arrowdn Split Screen Previews Show affected and unprocessed video

Vegas Pro arrowdn Split Screen Previews Show the video at the cursor position and the contents of the clipboard

Vegas Pro arrowdn Split Screen Previews Change the selection for displaying split-screen previews

 

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