Sony Vegas 9 Manual

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Editing events 
Copying events 
You can copy events, or portions of events, to the clipboard and paste them into your 
project. You may copy a single event or multiple events. Copying preserves the original 
event information, edits, and other modifications. 
1.	Select the events to be copied. For more information, see Selecting multiple events on 
page 32. 
2.	Select a time range, if applicable. 
3.	Click the Copy button ( ). 
Copying selected...

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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. 
Events before copy Clipboard contents Events after copy 
The original events 
are not affected and 
do not change. 
Cutting events 
Cutting events removes them from their respective tracks, but places the cut 
information (events and time) on the...

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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. 
Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut	Events after cut in 
post-edit ripple 
mode 
Cutting a time selection and events 
Events and portions of selected...

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1.	Move the cursor to the desired location on the timeline. 
2.	Click either the track number or within the track where you want to paste the 
event. This track is the focus track; there can be only one focus track at a time. 
Note: If you are pasting multiple events from different tracks, new tracks are 
automatically created as needed. 
3.	Click the Paste button ( ). 
Clipboard events are pasted at the cursor position on the track. Existing track...

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2. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Insert.

Clipboard contents Events before paste insert Events after paste insert

Events on all tracks (not just tracks with 
pasted material) are pushed down the 
timeline. 
Punching-in and crossfading events 
You can insert events into the middle of (on top of) existing events without altering the 
timing of the project. When the inserted event ends, the original event continues 
playing as if it had never...

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(). 
1.	Press Ctrl. 
2.	Drag the event you want to duplicate to the place where you want the new event 
to be positioned. 
Trimming events 
This section describes simple ways to trim events. 
Tip: You can apply a ripple edit after trimming an event. For more information, see 
Crossfading events on page 43. 
Trimming an event 
During the trimming process for a video event, both the last thumbnail image on the 
event and the Video Preview window show...

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Trimming a time selection 
Trimming events removes all media outside the time selection. The removed 
information is not placed on the clipboard. Trimming is different from cutting in that 
the events within the time selection are preserved. 
1. Select a time range. For more information, see Selecting a time range on page 33. 
2. Press Ctrl + T or, from the Edit menu, choose Trim. 
The material outside the time selection (across all tracks) is...

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Splitting all events at the cursor 
All events are split at the cursor’s position (unless an event is locked). The split occurs 
across all tracks (if no events are selected). 
Events before Events after 

splitting splitting

Splitting selected events 
Only the selected events are split at the cursor’s position. 
Events before Events after 
splitting splitting 
Splitting a time selection 
Unless locked, all events within the time selection are...

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Deleting events 
Deleting an event removes it from its track. Multiple events can be deleted and time 
selections can be used to modify the process. Ripple editing also applies to delete 
actions. Deleting operates exactly like a cutting operation, but the removed 
information is not placed on the clipboard. For more information, see Cutting events on 
page 36. 
1.	Select the events to be deleted. 
2.	Press Delete. 
Crossfading events 
You are...

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Events without crossfade Events with manual crossfade 
This is a fast and effective method of inserting a voiceover on top of a background 
music track (although the music fades out completely) or to replace a bad section of 
audio. For more information, see Punching-in and crossfading events on page 39. 
Changing crossfade curves 
You can change the crossfade curves that are used to fade in and out between two 
events. 
Right-click a crossfade to...