crossfades and other stuff

gmes29 wrote on 9/16/2006, 3:02 PM
why is it every time i add a transition then delete it there's always a left over crossfade hanging around that wasn't there before?? (no, i don't have automatic crossfades selected.) how do i get rid of these things?? there doesn't seem to an easy way other than to undo back to the point prior to you adding the transition..

also, when i edit out the commercials in my video, i select auto ripple/ALL tracks, etc from the toolbar but when i do a simple delete from the popup menu, that portion of the audio track does not get deleted along with the video. i have to do a Group/Delete All to make it work. since i have ALL tracks selected for auto-ripple, why doesn't the audio go away too??

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autopilot wrote on 9/16/2006, 3:18 PM
Speaking for myself, sometimes I don't want the audio to " go away ", as I'll use it as a voiceover when I insert another video clip where I took out the unneeded one.
rustier wrote on 9/17/2006, 4:57 AM
if you have your snap on - or if you are very good at lining up your video, and you have butted the video together but not overlapped the video - and - you add a crossfade, you are asking the program to create something out of nothing. Amazingly enough the program will do this by looping your video a default length for the transition you selected. By looping I mean if you take a ten second clip and grab the edge you can pull it out as long as you like and it will just repeat itself to make up the difference. I believe that even with looping turned off if you butt the video it will loop to make up the difference of video for the transition.

I would suggest you overlap your video clips if you want crossfades and then add an effect if you wish - this method prevents looping. If you don't want crossfades just butt them - or place them wherever you want and avoid using transitions - this method will avoid having to zoom in and clip out all those default length loops. Or you could keep on using that undo button - which is mighty convenient - if you are not sure what you want to do.

If you hold down the control button you can make multiple selections to delete. A better method for you may be to find the beginning of your commercials, press the S button, find the end of your commercials, press the S button again, then click on the "split" you just made and cut it out.
gmes29 wrote on 9/17/2006, 7:21 AM
"A better method for you may be to find the beginning of your commercials, press the S button, find the end of your commercials, press the S button again, then click on the "split" you just made and cut it out."
this is what i'm doing. after hitting S twice leaving the commercial segment in it's own event, i rmb on that video clip, then select group/delete all.. delete by itself only works on the video clip clicked even though auto-ripple is set to all tracks.. this is what confuses me. maybe i'm just misunderstanding how auto-ripple works in conjunction with deleting clips/events but it actually does work properly after the delete all - that is the gaps are filled.
the only thing i can think of is that the 'all tracks' option for auto-ripple refers to all SELECTED tracks.

as far as the crossfades, i actually don't want them.. they seem to show up after adding a transition then deleting it so i assumed they were put there by the transition itself.. once it's there, i can't seem to get rid of it..
Chienworks wrote on 9/17/2006, 11:28 AM
Try double-clicking instead of right-mouse-button clicking. This will select the space between the splits and all events within in instead of selecting only the event you've clicked on.

Crossfades are an essential part of transitions. You CANNOT have a transition without first having a crossfade in that spot. So, when you add a transition, the crossfade is generated for you if it doesn't already exist. Then the transition is added. If you remove the transition you're left with the crossfade that you forced Vegas to create. Yeah, i suppose it might be nice if Vegas could remember that that crossfade was created because you asked for it with the transition you've now removed, and remove it too. That might be asking a bit too much of the software as there are so many zillion other things you can do inbetween that it would have to keep track of.

If you want to play with transitions i suggest you add the crossfade yourself first. Then at least you know where it came from and why it's there, and you'll remember what you did to get it so you can take it back out yourself easily.