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Snap Offset
What is the purpose of the tiny black “snap offset” point located at the bottom left corner of an event? It can be slid to the right but I can’t find anything about it in the help menu.
ThanksRoger Bansemer
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From the Help: “Each event has a snap offset flag that you can move along the event’s length to fine-tune where snapping will occur… Snapping helps you align items along the timeline when you move events, trim events, or work with markers and regions.”
Vegasaur – automation plugins and tools for Sony Vegas Pro
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Wow, I didn’t know about this!
2-Xeon X5680 @ 3.33, EVGA SR-2 Mobo, 48GB DDR3, GTX 580 3072MB, 16TB Attached Storage, Win7, Vegas 11 x64
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I’m still not following this…
Can you explain a bit more.
ThanksRoger Bansemer
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Roger,
Drag the little white triangle to the right towards the middle of the event. Then drag the event near a marker or edge of another event. (Make sure Options|Snap to [Grid|Marker|All Events] and Options|Enable Snapping are on.)
It changes the snap-to position of the event.
Pretty cool, now I have to find ways to use it.
Jeff
2-Xeon X5680 @ 3.33, EVGA SR-2 Mobo, 48GB DDR3, GTX 580 3072MB, 16TB Attached Storage, Win7, Vegas 11 x64
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Yes, got it.
Thanks.
That has been a mystery to me for a long time.Roger Bansemer
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WOW! I learn something new every day from you guys!
I wasn’t aware of this Snap Offset, but will use it a LOT. I frequently use some sort of short video clip (Digital Juice) to transition from one video clip to the next (A to B). If I want this transition clip to be centered (or little one way or the other) across the two clips, it normally tries to “snap” the start of the transition clip to the juncture of the two A & B clips. I then have to snap-override and slid the transition clip to the left or right to get it centered the way I want. With this Snap Offset, I can just set the snap point to be the middle (or a little one way or the other) of the A & B clip interfaces. I’m working on a lacrosse year end video for high school, with about 35 of these type of transitions (one for each player) and can see that this will be a HUGE timesaver.
Andrew Lenczycki
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Now isn’t that an odd one! Never noticed that before either, so what to do with it?? I notice it only works top down, ie the offset on the top event in a timeline stack will use its offset to snap to a lower event, but not the other way. “Curiouser and curiouser,” said Alice.
Windows 7 Pro64, 16GB RAM, SSD boot drive, GTX 570 Graphics, Vegas Pro 11 and VP10 just in case
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I’ve used it on multicamera projects to help synchronize my tracks.
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If you want something to sync your tracks, look up Pluraleyes.
I use it all the time. It will accurately sync up any number of video clips. I sometimes run 4 cameras at the same time and it syncs them all up. It’s a plug in and worth the money.Roger Bansemer
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