[Edward Troxel]

[Adam Spencer] “What’s the keyboard shortcut for the “Selection Edit Tool”?”

From the “normal” edit tool, press “D” twice. Personally, I almost never have a need to switch from the “normal” tool – I use a script to select events if there’s more than a few to select.

[Adam Spencer] “Also, when I move a clip, I get a small horizontal blue arrow above the timeline that tells me how far forward or backwards I just moved the clip. What is the function of this?”

It shows you how far things will be moved if you do a “post ripple edit”. Search for ripple editing in the help file.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

Using Scenalyzer Live, you can capture audio only via firewire.

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[Edward Troxel]

You need the proper video codec installed on your system. Whatever codec your video file is using isn’t avaialble to Vegas.

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[Edward Troxel]

122 minutes will easily fit on a standard DVD. You just need a lower bitrate. The bad news is that the Movie Studio versions don’t give you access to the MPEG2 custom settings (you need the Pro version for that). What format were the original files? If they were DV, just render out to DV, give DVD Architect the DV-AVI file, and it will convert it to MPEG2 for you using the proper bitrate so that it will fit.

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[Edward Troxel]

Hold down the ctrl key and resize the clip smaller.

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[Edward Troxel]

Right-click it, “Channels”, then “Left Only” or “Right Only” depending on which channel it’s on.

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[Edward Troxel]

Your “automation” is the KEYFRAMES my post talked about.

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[Edward Troxel]

Copy it, paste it into notepad, save it into the “Script Menu” folder in the Vegas install folder as “SelectEventsAfterCursor.cs”

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[Edward Troxel]

/**
* This script will select all events after the cursor
*
* Written By: Edward Troxel
* Modified: 10-23-2007
**/

using System;
using Sony.Vegas;
public class EntryPoint
{
Vegas myVegas;

public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
{
myVegas = vegas;

foreach (Track track in myVegas.Project.Tracks)
{
foreach(TrackEvent evnt in track.Events)
{
evnt.Selected = false;
if (evnt.Start >= myVegas.Cursor)
{
evnt.Selected = true;
}
}
}

}

}

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

For the best support, you’re better off filing a help ticket a newbluefx.com/support.html

Edward Troxel