30 October 2016

Sony Vegas Pro 13: How to Split Clips

How to split clips in Sony Vegas Pro 13:
  1. Click on the timeline at the location where you want to split the clip.
  2. Press the 'S' key on the keyboard.
  3. The clips are now separate.
  4. To group clips back together, select them, right-click, Group -> Create New. You can also press the 'G' key.
  5. To clear the grouping: select the clips, right-click, Group -> Clear. You can also use CTRL+U.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S99oU299egc

23 October 2016

Sony Vegas Pro 13: How to Render in 1080p

How to render videos in 1080p in Sony Vegas Pro 13:
  1. In the upper-left corner of the preview window, click Project Video Properties
  2. Select HD 1080-60i from the drop-down menu.
  3. Make sure the width is 1920 and the height is 1080.
  4. OK
  5. Add and edit your clips. If a message appears when dragging a clip onto the timeline, answer no.
  6. When you are ready to render, go to File -> Render As...
  7. Find Windows Media Video.
  8. The 1080p options are not 16:9, so we will create our own.
  9. Select 6 Mbps HD 720-30p.
  10. Customize Template...
  11. Go to the Video tab.
  12. For Image size, select (Custom).
  13. Set the width to 1920 and the height to 1080.
  14. Rename the template.
  15. Press the save button next to the name.
  16. OK 
  17. Select the new template.
  18. Render
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkxGkcUYVO8

15 October 2016

How to Fix IPv6 apt-get update Error on DigitalOcean Servers

How to fix the "could not resolve" and "failed to fetch" errors when using apt-get update on DigitalOcean Ubuntu servers connected over IPv6:
  1. Type the following command: nano /etc/resolv.conf
  2. Add these two lines to the end of the file:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
  1. Use CTRL+X to close the editor, type y to save changes, and press enter when the "file name to write" appears.
  2. The apt-get update command should work now.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbbIcM3Gs4

07 October 2016

Sony Vegas Pro 13: How to Unlink Audio From Video

How to unlink audio from video in Sony Vegas Pro 13:
  1. Select the clip by clicking on it.
  2. Press the U key.
  3. The audio and video tracks are now separate.
  4. To link the clips back together, select both by holding CTRL while clicking on them, and then press the G key.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_YBt_doEQ

01 October 2016

LibreOffice Writer: Different Headers on Each Page

How to insert different headers on each page of a document in LibreOffice Writer:
  1. Create the first header.
  2. Go to Styles -> Styles and Formatting.
  3. Switch to Page Styles by clicking its icon near the top of the sidebar.
  4. Right-click, New....
  5. Switch to the Page tab and reset the margins to match the default style.
  6. Switch to the Header tab.
  7. Check the box for Header on. Make sure the header spacing matches the default style.
  8. Apply and OK.
  9. Click at the end of the body text on the first page.
  10. Go to Insert -> Manual Break....
  11. For the type, select Page break.
  12. Set the style to Untitled1 (the style you just created) and click OK.
  13. The header ribbon should say Header (Untitled1). You can now edit the second header without changing the first.
  14. Repeat as necessary for more headers.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqVoFccwEKE