Sony Vegas 6 Manual

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Splitting a time selection across selected events
Only selected events within the time selection are split at the starting and ending points of the time range. 
Slipping and sliding events
To help you picture what happens when you slip and slide events, think of an event as a window to a media 
file. The window can display the entire media file or a small section. When the window displays only a 
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Sliding an event
Press  while dragging an event. The slide cursor appears ().
As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and the event position changes. 
You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event’s length, but have the event play a different 
section of the source media file at a different point in your project.
Tip: You can apply a ripple edit after slip-trimming or sliding 
an event. For more information, see...

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Detecting and repairing audio and video synchronization problems
When audio and video events are not aligned, Vegas software will highlight the events in the timeline so 
you can see synchronization problems at a glance. 
The software determines whether events are synchronized by comparing grouped and overlapping events:
 An event in a group is compared to other events in the same group (of the opposite media type) that were 
created from the same media, and the events...

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Applying post-edit ripples
You can apply a post-edit ripple that affects either the edited track(s), the track(s) and certain project 
elements, or everything in the timeline. The power lies in the fact that you can apply this post-edit ripple to 
a wide variety of editing tasks, such as trimming, crossfading, cutting, pasting, and deleting events. You can 
also choose to apply your ripple edits manually or automatically.
You can ripple the contents of the timeline...

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Applying a post-edit ripple manually
1.Perform one of edits discussed above. Above the timeline, an arrow indicates 
where the post-edit ripple will occur and the direction the affected events will 
move.
2.From the Edit menu, choose Post-Edit Ripple, and choose a command from the submenu:
Affected Tracks ripples only the track(s) where you performed the edit.
Affected Tracks, Bus Tracks, Markers, and Regions ripples the track(s) where you performed the edit and...

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Shuffling events
A quick way to change the order of a sequence of events in a track is provided. Right-click and drag an event 
to a new location in the track and choose
 Shuffle Events from the shortcut menu that appears. The events are 
shuffled into the new order.
Crossfading events
You are allowed to crossfade between two events on the same 
track. For audio events, crossfading fades out one audio event’s 
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Manually setting a crossfade
An automatic crossfade is not inserted if a shorter event is placed on top of and within the same time frame 
of a longer event. In this case, the longer event begins playing, then the shorter event plays, and then the 
longer event resumes playing at the timeline position. You can manually create a crossfade to fade in and out 
of the shorter event.
1.Place the mouse pointer on one of the shorter event’s handles. The envelope cursor appears...

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As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and the crossfade position 
changes, effectively trimming the edge of the event in the direction you drag. You can use this technique 
when you want to maintain the length of two combined events but want the transition to occur earlier or 
later.
Using undo and redo
You are given unlimited undo and redo functionality while working on your project, even to the extent of 
being able to undo...

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Using redo
Pressing  or clicking the Redo button () redoes the last undo performed. Repeatedly using 
the keyboard command or toolbar button continues redoing undos in reverse order, from most recent to 
oldest. In addition, you may redo the last edit by choosing it from the 
Edit menu.
Redoing a series of edits
You can view the redo history by clicking the arrow on the right side of the Redo button (). The top 
item in the list that appears is the most recent undo...

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Working with markers
Markers are useful for identifying and navigating to specific locations in longer projects. As you place 
markers in your project, they are automatically numbered (up to 99) in the order that they are placed. 
Markers appear as orange tags above the ruler. You may name them and reposition them along the project’s 
timeline.
Inserting a marker at the cursor
1.Position the cursor where you want to place the marker.
2.From the Insert menu, choose...