VegasVideo: Anyone know how to add boxes, circles to a video?

[Rex256]

I've looked everywhere but I don't see where I can add a box** or
circle** around an element in a film. Does anyone know how to do that
in V V? I imagine it doesn't matter which version of Vegas Video
being used, the technique should remain similar between versions, I
imagine ...

Thanks.

** i.e., if you were in MS Paint, when you'd open an image and then
choose rounded rectangle and no fill and drew it around an object in
the image as a way to make it stand out. I'd like to do something
similar in V V. I need to put a rounded rectangle around a face in
the video and to underline some of the text after it pans down to the
bottom of the image (the image has graphics and text and need to make
a particular picture and text stand out).

[David Ruether]

Post by Rex256
I've looked everywhere but I don't see where I can add a box** or
circle** around an element in a film. Does anyone know how to do that
in V V? I imagine it doesn't matter which version of Vegas Video
being used, the technique should remain similar between versions, I
imagine ...
** i.e., if you were in MS Paint, when you'd open an image and then
choose rounded rectangle and no fill and drew it around an object in
the image as a way to make it stand out. I'd like to do something
similar in V V. I need to put a rounded rectangle around a face in
the video and to underline some of the text after it pans down to the
bottom of the image (the image has graphics and text and need to make
a particular picture and text stand out).

Take a look here at "Pan and Scan Techniques" and "Track Motion" -
www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/trainingvids.asp?prod=vegaspro.
You *may* be able to use no magnification, but place a crop edge where
you want it, and adjust the edge characteristics (but I've never done this
in Vegas - but it used to be easy in Premiere 6 using masks...). You may
also find something useful here -
www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/trainingvids-stroud.asp, especially
at -
www.sonycreativesoftware.com/video/video.asp?file=training/stroud/CroppingAnImage&title=Training+%2D+Les+Stroud%3A+Cropping+an+Image&VideoPref.
--DR