• VEGAS Pro

  Looking for shortcut key…

  Posted by Reg Gothard on July 24, 2006 at 5:21 am

  This question is for Edward, since he’s trod the same path I’m just going down now…

  I’m currerntly working on what I hope will be my last EditDV project before forcing myself to learn Vegas.
  I did the 30 day trial thing with Vegas in May and was very impressed. Similar feel, but so much more functionality, and I can see that things WILL be easier! I know it’ll take a while to become as productive as I currently am with EditDV, but once the learning curve is behind me…

  During the 30 day trial, I was unable to find one of the features I use all the time in EditDV: adjusting the cut/trim point between two adjacent clips. Here’s how I work in EditDV to create a program using footage of an event from two or more cameras.
  1) Lay down the tracks and synch them up (usually to a camera flash)
  2) Select which footage I want from which camera and copy to a new track.
  3) Switch to Trim Monitor mode (short cut is 0). This presents two preview screens – the last frame of the outgoing clip and the first frame of the incoming.
  4) Use the F5 – F8 keys to move the trim point (back 10 frames, back 1 frame, forward 1 frame, 10 frames respectively).
  5) If I want to trim either clip indivdually (i.e. affect the overall length of the program), I can select using F9 or F11.

  I use this A LOT to place the cut in exactly the right place (relative to music or speech or movement).
  Try as I might, I couldn’t find the equivalent in Vegas. There’s a trim function (“Trim adjacent”) that allows you to do a similar thing via mouse dragging, but I couldn’t find shortcut keys to move the trim point a specific number of frames (e.g., 1 or 10) at a time.
  Is there such a feature? If so, how? If not, what can you suggest as a working method for achieving something a little more precise than dragging via the mouse?

  Thanks

  Reg Gothard replied 19 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Adam Rose esq.

  July 24, 2006 at 8:12 am

  use number keypad

  4 – move pixel left
  6 – move pixel right
  1 – move 1 frame left
  3 – move 1 frame right
  5 – exit edge trim mode

  also

  7 – go to event start
  9 – go to event end
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  Chris Young

  July 24, 2006 at 8:02 pm

  Adding to Fuddam’s suggestions. Select ‘Num Lock’ on the numeric keypad, use 7 or 9 or the keyboard brackets [ ] to go to the head or tail of a clip, the clip will now have a ‘red’ bracket at its end. Next place the cursor over that selected cut point between the two clips, hold CTRL & ALT keys together and using the numeric pad keys 1 or 3 you can “roll” the cut point to the left or right a frame at a time with a dual picture trim window. More key taps either way equals more frames trimmed. I dont know of any shortcut in Vegas to trim a set number of frames at a time. If you unlock the audio you can roll the video or audio cut points between the two clips independantly. A quick way of doing video or audio split edits.

  Chris Young
  CYV Productions
  Sydney
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  Edward Troxel

  July 25, 2006 at 2:54 am

  Would you like a better option? Take a look at the multi-cam video at https://www.jetdv.com/excalibur

  One thing you can do is put the cursor over a cut or dissolve, hold down CTRL-ALT, click and drag it.

  Edward Troxel
  
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  Reg Gothard

  July 26, 2006 at 6:33 pm

  Thanks all for your suggestions and info.
  I’m planning to buy the product in September (no time to play before then) but this one keyboard shortcut was my only reservation. I thinbk I can now “buy with confidence” and finally eliminate my dependence on my Radius Firewire card.

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