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  • How to get SV 12 to stop maximizing clips when I put them on timeline!

    Posted by Ron Whitaker on September 9, 2013 at 10:58 pm

    Is there a setting I can select so that SVP 12 will stop maximizing the size of the clip on the timeline?

    For example, I find a clip via the Explorer, then I drag it down onto the timeline and the size of the clip fills the entire timeline. I don’t want that.

    I used to just bring a clip onto the timeline and it came in at a normal size.

    Ron Whitaker replied 12 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Stephen Mann

    September 10, 2013 at 4:48 am

    You can set the thumbnails in Preferences:

    By the way, there are no clips on the timeline. Any media on the timeline is an event.

    Steve Mann
    MannMade Digital Video
    http://www.mmdv.com

  • Ron Whitaker

    September 10, 2013 at 6:36 pm

    Thanks, but that didn’t work.

  • Stephen Mann

    September 10, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    Then, I don’t understand the question.

    Steve Mann
    MannMade Digital Video
    http://www.mmdv.com

  • Ron Whitaker

    September 10, 2013 at 11:50 pm

    OK. I should have included images.

    If I recall, whenever I used to drag a video clip onto the timeline, it looked like this:

    Fine. No problem.

    Now, for some reason, whenever I drag a video clip from the Explorer down to the timeline, it looks like this:

    It now fills the entire timeline whenever I drag it there. It’s annoying, to say the least!!! I have to drag it to make it smaller, or press the ~ key to minimize it, then drag it to the size I want.

  • Stephen Mann

    September 11, 2013 at 3:26 am

    There is a hidden “Track Height” option in Preferences. Maybe this was changed?

    To get there, hold the shift key when you click on options/preferences. Warning, there is a valid reason that this tab is normally hidden. If you aren’t very careful about what you change here, you can truly screw up Vegas.

    Steve Mann
    MannMade Digital Video
    http://www.mmdv.com

  • Ron Whitaker

    September 11, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    Wonderful!

    That did it!

    For some reason my Default Video Track Height was set to 146! How it got there, I don’t know!

    I set video and audio default heights to 64.

    I didn’t know about that feature. It’s obviously something you don’t want to touch unless you know what you’re doing.

    Thanks, again!

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