Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago

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This is a Beginners Guide for how to use Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 17 (Part 1/6). In this tutorial, I show you a Tour of the User Interface and Program Settings.

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🔗 Chapter Topics for this Video
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Overview of 6 Part Series
1:40 Setting up the User Interface
2:13 Hamburger Button system
2:38 Video % Audio Tracks
3:57 Window Layouts
4:46 Moving Windows
5:14 Project Media tab
5:23 Explorer tab
5:33 Transitions tab
6:15 Video FX tab
6:41 Media Generators tab
6:57 Colour Grading Panel
7:15 Preference Settings
11:35 Project Properties
11:45 Show Me How tutorials
11:55 Help & Contents File
12:18 Make Movie & File Explorer Settings
12:56 Storyboard Mode

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