Can sony vegas easily do this?

[Zack Yoshyaro]

[Mike Kujbida]

I’ll take a guess and say yes by placing each clip on it’s own track and using Track Motion to position them.
I don’t see a picture though so this is only a guess.

[Terry Esslinger]

Mike, he posted a picture as you were replying and I would say you are correct.

[Zack Yoshyaro]

Thanks a lot, Mike! Related question: when resizing, is there a way to make the video’s edge snap to the screen’s edge?

Thanks!

[Mike Kujbida]

Zack, Track Motion does have a snapping option that you can enable.
If it’s not fine enough for you (due to the limited number of points), go into the Snap Settings option (bottom right of the Track Motion tools) and increase the Grid Spacing.

[Zack Yoshyaro]

Thanks again, Mike.

Last question: Can you recommend any good books on videography? Starting with the complete basics (cameras, lighting, framerates, aspect ratios, etc..).

[Mike Kujbida]

Zack, that’s a really tough one.
The biggest problem is that the technology is changing so rapidly that books are out of date before they’re printed 🙁
VASST has some training DVDs on a range of topics that you might find useful.