User Guide

CHP. 4 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES
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Adding selections at the cursor
1.
Open a media file in the Trimmer.
2. Make a time selection in the Trimmer.
3. Select the track in the timeline where the selection will be added.
4. Position the cursor in the timeline at either the start or end point where you want to add the selection.
5. Add the selection to the timeline in one of the following ways:
• Click the
Add Media from Cursor button ( ) or press to insert the event after the cursor.
• Click the
Add Media up to Cursor button ( ) or press to insert the event before the cursor.
Alternately, you can drag the selection from the Trimmer to the
timeline
Note: Post-edit rippling (if enabled) applies to clips inserted
from the Trimmer. For more information, see Editing events
on page 61.
Filling a time selection on the timeline
You can select a range of time on the project timeline and then fill it with the same length selection from the
Trimmer.
1. Create a time selection in the timeline where you want to add the event. This sets the duration and
position of the event that you will create.
2. Open the media file you want to use to fill the time selection in the Trimmer window.
3. Right-click the file in the Trimmer window and choose Sync Track View Selection Time from Cursor or Sync
Track View Selection Time
up to Cursor from the shortcut menu. Vegas creates a time selection in the file in
the Trimmer window to match the time selection in the timeline.
4. Adjust the location of the time selection in the Trimmer as needed by dragging the time selection (the
area between the yellow triangles) on the Trimmer marker bar.
5. Drag the event from the Trimmer to the timeline and allow it to snap into place within the time selection.
Adding selections from a media file with audio and video
You can open a file in the Trimmer that has both audio and video streams (e.g., AVI). When you add a
selection from this type of file to the timeline, both streams are added:
• If you select a video track before adding the selection, Vegas adds the video to the selected track and adds
the associated audio to the track below it.
• If you select an audio track before adding the selection, Vegas adds the audio to the selected track and
adds the associated video to the track above it.
Vegas creates new tracks for the added media if necessary.
A
Shift +A
Drag from the
Trimmer...
...to a project
track