Using Singular Software Presto™ with Sony Vegas® Pro

Presto uses your videos of the presenter and their projection screen, along with the original slides, to automatically create an engaging presentation video that combines the crisp bright slide images with a closely tracked inset of your presenter.  To learn more about the benefits of using Presto, refer to the Presto product description.

This page explains how to get started with Presto, leads you through each step of Presto's wizard interface, and also introduces a sample project that you can download to experiment with Presto right away.

Presto works with Sony Vegas Pro v8, v8.1, v9 or newer, and in both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions.

Video tutorial

Using Presto with Sony Vegas Pro (~4 minutes)

Getting started: the Presto workflow

The figure above shows the media you need to collect before creating a presentation using Presto. You can download the sample project to experiment with Presto right away.

1. Record a video of your presenter with one camera and a video of the projection screen with another camera, preferably with presenter audio on both cameras (so that you can use PluralEyes to synchronize them). Important: See Guidelines for recording your presentation. The sample project includes a presenter video and screen video example to help you get started.
   
   
2. Convert your PowerPoint® or Keynote presentation into image files. (See How to convert a PPT or Keynote file to images.).  The sample project includes slide images ready to use.
   
   
3. Start Vegas Pro and create a new project.
   
   
4. Start Presto from the Vegas Pro menu item Views > Extensions > Presto (or add Presto to the toolbar).
   
   
5. The Presto wizard will take you through the steps of adding your source media, processing it, fine-tuning the appearance of the presentation, and rendering your presentation video.

For a quick video introduction to Presto, view the video tutorial.

Adding Presto to the Vegas Pro toolbar

For quick access to Presto, add the Presto button to your Vegas Pro toolbar via the menu item Options > Customize Toolbar.

Using the Presto wizard

• Step 1: Get video
• Step 2: Get slides
• Step 3: Process
• Step 4: Adjust
• Step 5: Make video

For further help with using Presto see tips and tricks.

Sample project

The sample project includes the first two minutes of an example presentation and contains everything you need to try out Presto: presenter video, projection screen video, microphone audio, and slide images.

For a detailed explanation of the equipment, setup, recording procedure, and post-production workflow used for creating this presentation, click here.

 

To download the sample project ZIP file, click here.

 

5. Support

For further assistance, please visit our support page.

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