User Guide

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GETTING STARTED CHP. 2
Scrubbing on the timeline
The second way that a project can be scrubbed is by positioning the
mouse pointer over the timeline cursor at a location that is not over
any events and pressing . The cursor changes to a speaker icon.
Now, when you left-click, the cursor icon changes again to a pan/
scrub icon. Drag the mouse left or right to scrub the timeline.
Tip: You can also choose to enable timeline scrubbing when
the mouse is positioned over events. From the
Options
menu, choose
Preferences, and select Allow Ctrl+drag cursor
style scrub over events on the General tab.
Scrubbing with the keyboard
Vegas uses three letters (JKL) as a keyboard scrub control.
Note: Choose a setting from the JKL / shuttle speed drop-
down list on the
Editing tab of the Preferences dialog to control
the scrub speed and range.
Press for reverse and for forward playback. Press to pause
playback.
There are several ways to adjust playback speed:
• Adjust the
JKL / shuttle speed selection on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog.
• Press and hold while pressing or to emulate a shuttle knob mode. Press to turn the knob
to the left or to turn the knob to the left. Press again or
to return to normal mode.
Previewing to media player
Vegas can preview a project in a media player by mixing and rendering the project according to the project’s
properties and playing back using the media player associated with the file type you select.
1. From the Tools menu, choose Preview in Player. The Preview dialog appears.
2. Select the file type from the drop-down list.
3. Click OK to begin the mixing and rendering process. A progress dialog appears indicating the percent
complete of the new file.
Note: You may cancel the preview by clicking the Cancel
button on the status bar.
When mixing is completed, the associated media player opens and begins playback.
Prerendering video previews
Playing a project using the transport controls can instantly show how a project is progressing, but it does not
actually render your project as it will appear in its final form. The preview you see in the Video Preview
window may be different from your final project in a number of ways: frame size, frame rate, and quality. In
most cases, the Video Preview is all you need for checking the timing of events in your project. Eventually,
however, you may need to output a full-quality preview of a section of your project. To do this, from the
Tools menu, choose Selectively Prerender Video. For more information, see Prerendering video on page 223.
Press Ctrl over
timeline cursor
Left-click and
drag to scrub
Ctrl
JK
L
Reverse
Pause
Forward
Keyboard scrub letters
J L K
K J L K +J
K +L K
Space