quick trimming

[Graham Bernard]

1] Click/Select Event

2] Click LEFT Square Bracket and use Left or Right to trim START

3] Click RIGHT Square Bracket and use Left or Right to trim END

Job done!

G

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
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[Roger Bansemer]

Hi Graham,
I like that tip except I’m not clear on it.
1. Select the event on the timeline?
2. What is the “square bracket”?

You know that tip you gave me Ctrl-? is really great for muting an event. It really comes in handy for me.

Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

[Stephen Mann]

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In ten years of editing with Vegas I’ve never used the trimmer.

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

[Aleksey Tarasov]

Vegas Pro 12 allows you to use Alt+[ and Alt+] to trim events on the timeline

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[Grzegorz Kwiatkowski]

Indeed… you can select start or end of event using brackets.. But you can’t trim it using keyboard? Only mouse?

[Grzegorz Kwiatkowski]

Aleksey,

I select an event, press Alt and the bracket and nothing happens

[Grzegorz Kwiatkowski]

Ahh.. it works..

[Grzegorz Kwiatkowski]

It works but not the way it might work. I wanted to automatically trim from left or right frame by frame by clicking a key.

[Roger Bansemer]

I thought this was about trimming on the timeline and not in the trimmer. I’m like you… never used the trimmer in all my editing. So much easier to just slide the event on the timeline. If I want fine tuning I scroll my mouse wheel to get in closer before shortening the event.

Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

[Graham Bernard]

[Grzegorz Kwiatkowski] ” I wanted to automatically trim from left or right frame by frame by clicking a key.”

O…K….

Please explain further? However, using the the KeyPad 4 and 6 Key you can adjust by a “frame”.

G

p.s. Steve, muchly appreciated;-)

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge