ABSTRACT
Compositing can be as simple as laying a title onto a visual image or as complex as combining hundreds of photographs, video, and animated elements to create complex images. Vegas has a Pan/Crop tool that can be used on any video event. This powerful tool can be used to correct camera depth, create motion on a still image, match aspect ratio, or crop out unwanted material from an image. The Pan/Crop tool can also be used to create 3D-like imagery. By spinning an image, whether video, photo, or graphic, the illusion of 3D can be created by adding a glow or shadow to the image. Masks created in the Pan/Crop tool may be copied and pasted to other events. The most common method of copying or pasting a mask is to copy an event containing a mask contained in the Pan/Crop tool, right-click on the destination event or video clip, and select Paste Attributes from the submenu that appears.
