User Guide
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ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES CHP. 4
Previewing and selecting takes
Vegas allows you to preview the takes for a given event.
1.
Select an event containing multiple takes.
2.
Right-click to display a shortcut menu or, from the Edit menu, choose Tak e to display a submenu.
3.
Choose Choose Active... from the submenu. The Take Chooser
dialog appears.
4.
Select the take that you want to preview and use the Play ()
and
Stop ( ) buttons within the dialog.
5.
To use a take, select it and click OK. The selected take is now the
active take.
Deleting takes
You can delete individual takes from an event at any time.
1.
Right-click an event with multiple takes.
2.
From the shortcut menu, choose Tak e, and choose Delete Active from the submenu to immediately remove
the active take. Alternately, choose
Delete to open a dialog with a list of all of the takes contained in this
event.
Working with take names
Displaying take names on events
Take names may be displayed on the events in the timeline.
1.
From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog
appears.
2.
On the General tab, select the Show active take name in events check
box.
3.
Click OK.
Changing take names
Changing the name of a take does not affect the source media file in any way. Typically, you may want to
change an event’s name after recording multiple takes into a track or event. For more information, see Working
with multiple recorded takes on page 150.
1.
Select the take to be renamed. For more information, see Selecting takes on page 91.
2.
Right-click the event to display a shortcut menu.
3.
From the shortcut menu, choose Properties. The Properties dialog opens.
4.
Type the new name in the Active take name box.
5.
Click OK to set the new take name.
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