I'm just surprised that this useful feature is in the program for $ 100,

and in a much more expensive vegas for $ 600, unfortunately, not.

It might be that this looks as a useful feature for you because of your previous experience with other NLEs but not for others.

For example, I hardly can think of a situation when it might be useful for me.

I'm importing medias to the project, then dropping everything to timeline and then I'm working with timeline only.

If I delete something from timeline it is still in the project and here I might want to see such 'tick' for the media in case if I'd like to put it back. In reality I never wanted it back yet. If I deleted a fragment from timeline by mistake -- I'm just undo-ing it (Ctrl+Z). If I'd like to delete all medias that are not on timeline any more (to make project file smaller) -- I just use the button to clean up the project.

Different people have different workflows. So, could you please explain in short your workflow and how these ticks can be useful for you? May be I'm just missing something interesting/useful?

Thanks.

This is asked for often. Here's one thread about it: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/how-to-get-mvp-14-to-indicate-clips-used-in-media-files--105166/

It might be that this looks as a useful feature for you because of your previous experience with other NLEs but not for others.

For example, I hardly can think of a situation when it might be useful for me.

I'm importing medias to the project, then dropping everything to timeline and then I'm working with timeline only.

If I delete something from timeline it is still in the project and here I might want to see such 'tick' for the media in case if I'd like to put it back. In reality I never wanted it back yet. If I deleted a fragment from timeline by mistake -- I'm just undo-ing it (Ctrl+Z). If I'd like to delete all medias that are not on timeline any more (to make project file smaller) -- I just use the button to clean up the project.

 

Different people have different workflows. So, could you please explain in short your workflow and how these ticks can be useful for you? May be I'm just missing something interesting/useful?

Thanks.

I've been working on VP for 2 years. I started with Pinnacle Studio, then Adobe Premiere and in each of them was and is present check mark function.It made work easier for me, especially on projects with a lot of scenes where I was able to assess which ones have already been used and which ones were not especially when you put scenes on the timeline without keeping the order.

Definitively check marks helped me solve Nick Hope by directing me to a specific post.

Summing up the VP also it works, only in a different way

This is asked for often. Here's one thread about it: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/how-to-get-mvp-14-to-indicate-clips-used-in-media-files--105166/

Thanks Nick Hope. It's good to listen to smarter people

I too was looking for this in VP 16. For "me", I'll have many photos and videos for use in a project. As I decide on the length of the project, I know I won't be using all the media. So, it would be nice to know which media is used on the timeline to avoid duplicates showing up. Especially in projects with many photos in them.

I too have Pinnacle Studio 23, and knowing something is used on the timeline is a big help.

This is asked for often. Here's one thread about it: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/how-to-get-mvp-14-to-indicate-clips-used-in-media-files--105166/

Thanks Nick Hope. It's good to listen to smarter people

That is an uncalled for "dig." (= Insult). People have a variance of approach, and what features are really important.

"Smarter" people? I have had to read and re read your initial request to try to understand what you're talking about. I know English is not your first language, so I would not question who is "smart" based on that, but c'mon.

This is a Forum to request help, not insult people. Please stop. If I want to know which files are being used, I:

"Select All" (control A) in the timeline, which selects all timeline events, then...

right click on any of the selected events for "Select in Project Media list" and see which files highlight in Project Media.

I believe you can also use "Clean Project Media" to automatically delete files from the project, (but not your hard drive). If you'd want to delete and remove from drive as well, you select manually and then you'd have that option as well.

I don't need this a lot, so it's not a big deal for me, one way or the other.

Also, many people on this Forum, for years, have had "wish lists" of things THEY wish the developers would focus on, and yours is just "one more" - and that feature, whether useful or not, may be way down on people's lists of things that they would be concerned with, so there is that idea, people won't rally for something like that, only because they can't get more "important" (to them) things looked at. Nothing personal, at all, just the way the software game is played sometimes.

If you do "Remove ALL Unused files from Project" you will still have the "subclips" you've created (even if not used) and proxies - both related to used files. This will not highlight when you'd Select All in the timeline then reference the Project Media files window.

Can't repro.

Can't repro.

Maybe because my files are across two different computers on a network. I'm thinking you're referencing the proxies and subclips after a "purge" of non utilized files. But, again, the main file from which the subclip is derived is an active file, so, as you'd know (but others maybe not)-- the subclip is really a pointer, not the file itself.

"Select All" (control A) in the timeline, which selects all timeline events, then...

right click on any of the selected events for "Select in Project Media list" and see which files highlight in Project Media.

Thanks @zdogg. It does work as intended, but for me specifically, I have have to do this several times since all the photos aren't next to each other. I'll have photos at the beginning, in between video clips, etc... I don't think making a request to have something to let you know the asset is being used on the timeline would cause so much grief.

Again, thanks.

Vegas doesn't use a check mark, but it does show media usage. If you change the MEDIA POOL display to Details it shows a count. Not exactly what you are asking, but it works.