Create Matrix Video Backgrounds
It's hard not to associate a black background with green digits scrolling across the screen with the Matrix. Maybe that *is* the Matrix. So what if you want to add a similar backdrop to your own video? If you're using After Effects to generate special effects, Digital Producer has a tutorial to show you how. The screenshots are from the Mac version but the result should be the same for Windows users....
Using Scripts with Sony Vegas
Scripts are one of those powerful often underutilized features of digital video editing products. Digital Video Editing presents a good introductory tutorial on adding scripts to your toolset in Sony Vegas. "Sony Vegas Software has offered a powerful user-controlled function since Sony Vegas 4.0 known as "scripting." Scripting allows Visual Basic/Javascript-savvy users the ability to develop custom tools that work inside Sony Vegas, drawing on the tools and resources found inside the Vegas software application....
