[Harry Putnam]

[Matt Crowley] “Re: Pop clip to timeline
by Matt Crowley on Sep 29, 2010 at 2:50:01 pm

It might be different in other versions, but in Movie Studio HD 10, two single clicks on a file in detailed view allows you to rename the file, but a double-click puts it on the timeline. Are you sure you’re doing a double click?”

Well, the same timing and motion that pops a clip onto the timeline in `list’ mode does not do so when in `detailed’ mode. I carefully tried to make sure of the timing after seeing your post.

It must be getting interpreted as 2 single clicks. But there must be some small difference when in detailed mode… because I am using the same motion and timing.

Even quite slow paced clicks when in `LIST’ mode will pop the media to timeline. But no amount of speed or sloth, when in `Detailed’ mode will get that result here.

I did not use any scientific measurement so … who knows if its my click style… but I’m convinced something changes when in `detailed’ mode.

Thanks for you input.

[Harry Putnam]

[Mike Kujbida] “Re: Pop clip to timeline
by Mike Kujbida on Sep 27, 2010 at 7:00:39 pm

Maybe I’m not understanding your question but anything I double-click in the Project Media tab automatically gets added to the timeline at the current cursor position.”

You got my problem right.

And thanks for the response.. With your input I investigated more thoroughly.

Here, I habitually keep the media `views’ setting on `detailed’. At that setting a double click offers the chance to rename the item. But does not `pop’ it to the timeline.

However in either `Thumbnail’ or `List’ mode, a double click does send the item to the timeline.

That seems like a peculiar difference to find.
Why would `detailed’ view have different responses to keystrokes?
But anyway, now I know how to get the desired action.
Thanks again.

[Harry Putnam]

[Mike Kujbida] “Re: DV-avi media not bound or grouped on timeline
by Mike Kujbida on Sep 28, 2010 at 8:35:17 am

Fine print being the operative word.
It’s almost as small as the print on a legal contract so I can see why it gets missed :-)”

Hehe… thanks Mike…. that `Q’ action is way usefull… but even
with reading glasses, its almost microscopic

[Harry Putnam]

>> s there a setting I’ve likely disturbed that might be causing such behavior?

> You may have toggled Ignore Event Grouping (Ctrl+Shift+U) on. If so, toggle it off again.

Yup… right on the money… thanks…

Oh, buy the way.. is there any kind of quoting mechanism in the message editor here? Or a convention concerning reply with copy of some or all of the previous message.?

[Harry Putnam]

Harry wrote:
> I’ve run into a goofy problem where when I raise (from timelines) a previously made Titler II for editing… that is, click on the little green box on the right.. Make my edit… deleting one box of text, close the tool, but the deleted text is still there when I next pass the cursor over the title event.

[…]

This turned out to be related to the keyboard on a Sager NP8760 labtop I was using at the time.

When I returned to my regular keyboard (still using the same laptop though) the problem disappears. Also, a few other things seem to happen because of the Sager keyboard.

Ctrt-home doesn’t do anything, home does something unexpected and moves to a specific Titler II event regardless of where I press it on the timeline, and the up_page/down_page don’t do anything either.

If anyone here has experience with something similar I’d still like to here about it, especially if you’ve found a way to work around or in some other way fixed those problem…. there will be times when the builtin keyboard is all there is available.

[Harry Putnam]

Thanks, hehe, but save your money

[Harry Putnam]

Gack, I hate when it ends up being something so painfully obvious.
Thanks

[Harry Putnam]

James wrote:
> Also, you can use Control+Alt+arrow left/right to go to the next edit point.

Thanks Mike and James,
knowing those two really helps

[Harry Putnam]

> You can’t open more than one timeline in an instance of Vegas, but you can open several instances of Vegas, and copy from one to another. Also you can “Nest” a Vegas file and import it into another timline. Do a search for nesting in tne help file. Hope this helps, Danny Hays

OK, thanks, I thought I remembered there being some kind of work alike
Doesn’t sound quite as handy as multiple timelines but I’m sure will
be handy.

I’m using vegas at the moment since it is capable of working with the mpg files from the deconstructed DVD… Adobe tools are not.. (bad on you Adobe, good on you vegas…)

Maybe you can tell me if this is the kind of place any of that might come into play:

I’ve had to deconstruct a DVD of one of my wedding videos, since I lost track of the sources I used… its pretty old.

Consequently I’ve generated a single *.mpg file of the *.vob’s from the DVD. (using TMPGenc mpg Editor 3) My aim is to grab snippets from the full video to add to a small set of sampler snippets I show to customers… or put on line as needed to help get work.

So I’ve put the *.mpg on the vegas timeline with the purpose of cutting away most of it but saving out some key scenes of the various effects and moments during a wedding.

So I will end up with little chunks of video scattered down the timeline.

Then remaster the snippets into a short set of examples of what we do
for weddings.

In Premier I’d probably move the snippets onto separate sequences (timelines) and overhaul them there…(adding text explaining whats being done briefly with short text blocks that segue smoothly into the snippet. Then put them end to end on the main timeline and apply transitions. Go back to the individual timelines if any adjustments or edits are needed… editing the sub timelines would automatically change the full main timeline.

If you have time and the inclination, would you mind outlining how the techniques you laid out might accomplish something similar?

[Harry Putnam]

No… I have that same panel… Sorry… I guess what through me was having *.avi in the file type one another install, in which case the templaes menu offers something very different

If you have *.wav as file type… next time you look all you see are audio formats under the templates dropdown.

I guess my only excuse is lack of use and getting confused with how the templates change with choice of file type, instead of the other way round. I expected to see a list of all available templates under the template drop down, not just those for audio.