@Jack S - Hi. Yes, I tried it and it does work. Thank you for finding another way including all the snapshots you took for further clarity! I appreciate that very much!

Did you see my last note regarding NewBlueFX's instructions how to do it as a work-around? For me, that seems to be the easiest way only because I do not have to cross fade two videos together in order to perform this task. As I stated in an earlier post, I use the ZOOM plugin at the very beginning of a video as an intro to start the video as it plays, and you can also use it as an outro at the end of the video too WITHOUT cross-fading any other video at the beginning or end. In other words, one single video can stand alone in the track and you can still perform this task. Edward at NewBlueFX saw that you cannot "drag and drop" the ZOOM plugin either like all the other ones and he said he was going to report it as this needs to be corrected. But he found a work-around. In case you did not see it, this is what he said:

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"Ok, I just tested it and it does work in Vegas Pro 18. However, I was not able to drag and drop it on the crossfade. I'm not sure why. However, I did find a workaround - drag some other transition to the crossfade, in the dialog that opens click on the "f+" button on the right hand side at the top, and then double-click on the NewBlue zoom transition. That will properly add it to the transition and you can then pick the desired preset. I will report this too."

So, you can do this with a single video on the track without cross-fading another video into it. And in my case, I usually have only the video I want to use ZOOM on a single track with nothing else on that track.

I so appreciate all the input because, until there is a "back-to-a-normal-fix", we now know of 3 different work-arounds!! And I was just thrilled to get it working somehow!! Thanks again Jack for all your help as others benefit from this post as well!