Using Lower Thirds in Sony Vegas

This little tutorial shows how to use Movietools.biz Lower Third Animations with Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.

Step 1

Create a new Sony Vegas project (CTRL+N). At next import your video footage and your Lower Third animation to your project. (PROJECT->IMPORT MEDIA). Drag the footage clip to the first video track and the Lower Third to the second track in your timeline:

Import Footage

Step 2

Right-click the Lower Third animation, select Properties and click the Media tab. Select straight (unmatted) for the alpha channel:
Setting up the Alpha Channel

That's all. Now you can add some text or additional graphics:

Monitor