Sony Vegas 5 Manual

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CHAPTER59
Basic Editing 
Te c h n i q u e s
Vegas® projects are multitrack compilations of events that occur over time. The events in your project are 
references (pointers) to source media files. Vegas software is a nondestructive editor, so editing events in 
your project does not alter the source media files in any way. 
Getting around
When editing and playing back the project, the cursor identifies where you are along the project’s timeline. 
Moving the cursor
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Making selections
You have the flexibility to select one or more events, a time range, or events and a time range. All selection 
options can apply to a single track or to multiple tracks.
To select an event, click it.
Selecting multiple events
You can select multiple events in your project using several methods. 
Tip: Once you have selected multiple events, you can group 
them together. For more information, see Grouping events on 
page 141.
Note: You can select...

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4.Drag the cursor to the opposite corner of the area you want to select. A rectangle is drawn on the 
workspace. All events within this rectangle are selected.
Hold the left mouse button and right-click to toggle through the three types of selection boxes: free, 
vertical, or horizontal.
Tip: You may include or exclude events from a selection area 
by pressing   and clicking an event. To deselect all events, 
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Selecting a time range during playback
1.
Click the Play () or the Play From Start ( ) button to begin playback.
2.Press   where you want the time selection to begin.
3.Press   where you want the time selection to end.
4.Click the Stop button ( ) to stop playback.
Using shortcuts for time selections
These shortcuts can speed up the process of making precise time selections.
Tip: Press   to recall the last five time selection 
areas.
Looping playback
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Selecting groups of composited tracks
Click the vertical bar below a parent track to select a group of composited tracks. For example, clicking the 
area marked A in the following track list to select tracks 2 through 6. Clicking the area marked B selects 
tracks 5 and 6.
Editing events
Copying events
You can copy events, or portions of events, to the clipboard and paste them into your project. You may copy 
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Copying a time selection
Events within the time selection and across all tracks are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time 
information is also placed on the clipboard.
Copying a time selection and events
Events and portions of selected events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. 
Time information is also placed on the clipboard.
Cutting events
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Cutting a time selection
Events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time information is also 
placed on the clipboard. When cutting a time selection, ripple edit mode affects the position of material on 
all tracks or affected tracks after the cut.
Cutting a time selection and events
Events and portions of selected events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. 
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Clipboard events are pasted at the cursor position on the track. Existing track events can be overlapped 
with newly pasted information.
Using paste repeat
Use paste repeat to specify how many times clipboard events are pasted at the cursor position on the selected 
track and to specify the space between pasted events. 
1.Copy a selection to the clipboard.
2.From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat. The Paste Repeat 
dialog appears.
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Events that have previously been inserted or punched-in are not affected by this change. The concept of 
punching in and out only applies when you are inserting an event that is shorter than the event that it is 
being inserted into. In the following illustration, every frame is numbered so that you can see how the 
original event continues after the inserted event ends, as if it continued to play underneath the original.
Duplicating events
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Trimming an event beyond its end
You can trim an event beyond its end, extending it as a result. Once extended, the event loops as a default. 
A notch indicates where the looped event repeats. 
Alternately, you can turn looping off and make the last frame of an event’s media repeat for the duration of 
the event (a freeze frame). A notch appears at the point in the event where the video ends and the freeze 
frame begins. For more information, see Loop on page 133....