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Tips: If an item in the Search Results pane displays a   
button, you can click it to find related media. For example, 
clicking the button in the following example adds an item to 
the Advanced section to help you find other media with a beat 
count of 16.
You can also drag a column heading from the Search Results 
pane to the Advanced section of the Search pane.
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3.Click the Stop Preview button () to stop the preview, or turn off the preview feature by deselecting the 
Auto Preview button.
If the file is offline, you’ll be prompted to locate the file or choose a replacement.
Tip: To preview a media file in its associated media player, 
right-click the file and choose 
Open with  
from the shortcut menu.
Media relationships
When you’re searching or browsing the contents of your media library, you may be overwhelmed by the 
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Adding media to your project
After you’ve added media to your library, tagged it, and searched for specific files or related media, you’ve 
probably found just the right piece of media for your current project.
You can add media to your project from the Search Results pane by performing any of the following actions:
 Dragging a file from the Search Results pane to the project timeline. The file is added wherever you drop 
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4.Repeat step 3 for each file in the list.
5.Click the OK button to preview the files or add the files to your project and update the media library with 
the replacement files.
Customizing the Media Manager window
Much of what you see in the Media Manager window can be customized to suit your preferences.
Automatically hiding the Search pane
Click the push pin button () in the title bar of the Search pane if you want to save space in the Media 
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Adding custom columns
You can add custom columns to the Search Results pane to store additional information about media files. 
When you add custom columns, they are added to the current library only.
For example, if you wanted to keep track of which removable hard drive contained a media file, you could 
create a custom 
Drive Number column to assign any numeric rating to a media file. You could then use the 
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Using the Properties pane
The Properties pane displays extended information about the selected file in the Search Results pane. You 
can view and edit file attributes and view a listing of all tags that have been applied to the file.
Note: Properties that are editable are displayed in black.
Right-click a file in the Search Results pane and choose Show Properties Pane from the shortcut menu to 
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Setting Media Manager options
Use the Media Manager Options dialog to set options for working with the Media Manager tool.
To display the Media Manager Options dialog, click the Media Library Actions button () and choose 
Options from the menu.
General tab
Media Library tab
PreferenceDescription
Reference libraryChoose the library you want to load when you click the Switch to Reference Library button in the upper right 
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Thumbnails tab
Thumbnail (*.sftb) files are used to represent image and video files in the Media Manager. Use the 
Thumbnails tab to edit settings for saving and using thumbnails
About tab
Use the About tab to view information on the version of the Media Manager that is currently installed. This 
information can be useful when troubleshooting issues with the Media Manager.
Using the Media Manager with multiple computers
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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. 
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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 179.
Note: You can select...