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newbie Vegas Video Slideshow Help
I am new to Vegas, currently using Vegas Pro v8.0b. I try to rearrange photos in a slideshow and having a hard time with the workflow. I searched online help and the web but don’t find an easy solution. Here is the scenerio:
I put many photos on the timeline. I need an easy way to move photos around. I don’t seem to be able to move a photo by dragging a photo on timeline from one location to another within the same track. When I drag the photo, it left a hole there. And when I drop the photo, it lays on top of another photo instead of inserting into the timeline.
Also, it is cumbersome if I only want to drag one photo. In Vegas, when I drag a photo to move, all photos on the right also moves even though I didn’t select them. I have to click the group icon (to ungroup) and then drag/drop and then click group icon again (as I generally like the group icon to be on). Is there a short-cut key that I can assign (such as Ctrl key) which allows me to hold it down while drag a photo/event (or selected photos) from one location to another. Once photo is dropped into the timeline, it will inserted there instead of overlay it and no gap left. This is how is done in Pinnacle Studio. Very easy and intuitive.
Thanks.
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7 Replies
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Right-click and drag. Then you can “Shuffle” them.
Edward Troxel
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Thanks for your quick reply. I will try it when I get home. Another quick question. What is the easiest way to find out the length of a photo on the timeline? The trimmer only shows the default length. Is there a way to customize the screen display to show an event length when click on it?
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Double-click it. That will create a selection area around it and the lower-right hand corner below the timeline will give you the length.
Edward Troxel
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Edward,
Thanks again for the quick reply. I love this webboard. I also found some of your scripts (dating back to 2004 but still good.) I love the lock track script and set event length script. You are a genius!!!
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I will check Excalibur out. As for the right mouse to shuffle events, I would still want to simplify the workflow as I am doing this a lot. Each pop-up will take away my concentration. Ideally, using the left click to shuffle events by drag and drop is the best; however, I am happy if I can use the Ctrl (or Alt or shift) mouse click.
Another annoying thing is there seems to be no way to enable delete confirmation. I accidentally deleted custom Protype preset collections that I downloaded. Is there a way I can enable delete-safe mode where every delete requires a confirmation (unless overriden by holding shift-delete)?
Thanks.
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Another annoying thing is there seems to be no way to enable delete confirmation. I accidentally deleted custom Protype preset collections that I downloaded. Is there a way I can enable delete-safe mode where every delete requires a confirmation (unless overridden by holding shift-delete)?
Thanks.
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