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Chienworks wrote on 1/12/2004, 7:42 PM
If you double-click on an event it will highlight it in blue with a loop region. Then look in the lower right corner of the timeline window and you'll see three sets of numbers. The first is the current cursor position, the second is the end of the loop region, and the third is the length of the loop region. Double-click on the third number and set this to whatever length you want for the event; you'll see the size of the loop region change accordingly. Lastly, drag the end of the event to the end of the loop region. It will snap to this length when you get close enough. If you have Quantize to Frames turned on then it will snap to a whole number of frames.
epirb wrote on 1/12/2004, 7:50 PM
perfect... I knew it was in there somewhere ,didnt know you could input into that box.

Urr uhm.... what I meant to say was , Of course thats the way you do it .I was just throwing that out there as a test, and Kelly you passed, Gold star for you Tonight!

Really ,Thank you Kelly, I 'm constantly amazed at how fast and helpful the responses are here.
GaryKleiner wrote on 1/12/2004, 9:35 PM
Chienworks' trick is a good one, but here is one better:

Open Edit Details (Alt/4) and type in the length you need. The event instantly changes length when you hit the return key.

This view will also show you the length dynamically as you trim an event.

Gary
Grazie wrote on 1/12/2004, 10:51 PM
. . coooo . . should 'ave known that one . .G
beerandchips wrote on 1/13/2004, 5:48 AM
Gary,

Thanks a million times. Quicker and very efficient.
GaryKleiner wrote on 1/13/2004, 8:12 AM
Now, if the question is how do you set MULTIPLE events to a specific duration, the answer is Duration Wizard in Excalibur 2.0.

Gary
epirb wrote on 1/13/2004, 2:55 PM
Geez...duration wizard right under my nose thats really what I was looking to do . I had four clips on the TL in different spots that I wanted to make all 5 sec's in length.
Duration wizards default was 5 sec's.
What's next Guy's "thought wizard" ?
GaryKleiner wrote on 1/13/2004, 4:09 PM
>What's next Guy's "thought wizard" ?<

We were THINKING about thought wizard! :-)

Gary
Chienworks wrote on 1/13/2004, 4:32 PM
At work we call it the "clairvoyant module" ... as in, "darn it, we should have paid extra for the clairvoyant module", whenever the software doesn't do what we think it should do.
epirb wrote on 1/13/2004, 5:42 PM
I was working on my own thought wizard.....But the keyboard keys were leaving marks in my forehead! :)