One of the most wanted things in video editing, is superb video quality.  Today, I’ll be showing you how to render your videos in 1080p HD quality, using a custom rendering template and settings to bring your video quality to it’s max. Also, I’ll be showing you how to change slight settings to help reduce the video file size for a very small and almost insignificant decrease in video quality!

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What’s better to add to your gameplay than a “kill counter”, a small feature displayed on your video to show off your killing spree! Today I’ll be showing you how to create a simple, yet effective, kill counter effect in Sony Vegas ! The kill counter will increase each time you get a kill, giving a continuous “live”-ish feeling to your video!

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A very commonly requested effect and yet a very simple effect to create, is the “Split Screen Effect”. The Split Screen Effect is simply two video clips, playing side by side simultaneously. It’s very simple to create as long as you follow the steps carefully!

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One of the most common requests from Sony Vegas users, is “how do I speed up the rendering time of my video project” or “how do I increase the performance of Sony Vegas ( Pro 11 / whatever version ) and make the preview window less laggy?” Today, I’m going to be going over some of my “favourite” tips to give to people rendering on Vegas on how to reduce your rendering time of your project and also one or two tips on how to increase the overall performance of your Sony Vegas editing program!

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When you’re editing in Sony Vegas, it’s nice to have a setup you can work easily with. Today we’ll be going through how to use an external monitor, which is hooked up to your laptop / PC, as a full preview screen for your Sony Vegas project!

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Have you ever wanted to create a video with a first person view down the sniper scope or down some binoculars like they do in Hollywood films? Well today we’re going to create a similar effect, although it’s pretty basic it can have a nice feel for your video!

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Today I am going to show you how to get the best quality on YouTube when rendering footage from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 in any of the Sony Vegas versions.

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Is it that time of year again? Yes it is. We’re in mid-December and moving up on Christmas.

And with Christmas comes Christmas / Winter styled videos and tutorials. Today, it’s a simple Christmas themed template for Sony Vegas.

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A common question in Sony Vegas is, how do I create a HD video in Sony Vegas? And more recently, the question has been how do I save/render a HD video in the new version of Vegas, Sony Vegas Pro 11? Well today I’ll be showing you how to render a video into 720p HD quality . This video will be very well optimized for uploading to YouTube and other video sites, but it well also work very well for home movies for display on your computer or HDTV .

We’re going to take a step by step approach, this makes it a lot easier for you to follow and if you make a mistake, it’s easy for you to retrace your steps.  If you’re having trouble following the text instructions, make sure to watch the video tutorial which is embedded towards the bottom of this page.

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Today, I’ll be showing you how to enable GPU Acceleration in Sony Vegas Pro 11 ! Before we get into the details, keep in mind that to have the ability to enable GPU Acceleration in Sony Vegas Pro 11 you will need a graphics card that is supported for this. Don’t worry about checking this online, when we try to enable GPU Acceleration in Vegas Pro 11 we’ll find out whether or not your graphics card will allow it!

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