Transitions

Is there a way to ad different transitions to a whole bunch of clips or pictures at once? I would like a variety of them and was wondering if there is a fast way of doing a lot at once, instead of one picture at a time. Does it have a “shuffle” feature or something like it?

In Vegas movie studio you can add a transition to more than one clip at a time. What you will want to do is select all the video clips you want to add transitions to, this can be done by shift clicking the first and last clip in a track. Then drag the transition you want from the transition tab and drop it on one of the points between two of the selected clips. The transition will be added to all the transition points where you have clips selected.

This will be the same transition on all selected clips. As for a “shuffle” feature, Vegas Movie Studio doesn’t have one, and I think I know why. This program was designed to give you maximum flexibility in editing your videos. You won’t find “edit it for me” type buttons or abilities because they assume going in that the reason you are using this program is because you want to have control and make it look exactly how you want it to look.

As an editor I personally would suggest that you be very judicious with your use of animated wipes and transitions. They are fun to use the first time but after watching a video a few times they can start to get old fast. To me editing is about telling stories, your photos and your video are like the words and the embellishment kits and the transitions are the punctuation. No one wants to read a book that ends every sentence with an exclamation mark! So be sure to use transitions and effects carefully to augment the story you are telling with your video.