Grazie,

As you Ctrl/Alt?drag a cip in the timeline, it is essentialy the same as keeping the clip stationary while you slide across it, a piece of paper with a window cut out. You are resetting the in and out points (which you see represented in the split preview) while you are moving the event position across the timeline.

I am not sure how useful this actually is though. Maybe someone who does use this can chime in on when it is useful.

HOWEVER, using Ctrl/Alt/drag to adjust the timing of an edit between two events is extremely useful. This lets you simulatneously adjust the out point of clip A and the in point of clip B. The preview shows both of these points in the same split screen.
This works on cuts as well as overapped transitions.

Gary Kleiner

. . oh . . . i'll practice a bit . . . . g

Since we're on the subject... does anyone else want the option to set Vegas so the adjacent clips that appear on the screen are not stretched but rather shrunk down in their proper aspect? This is how Premiere does it and I think it works better this way as you are seeing a more accurate representation of the clips.

Marc

>set Vegas so the adjacent clips that appear on the screen are not stretched but rather shrunk down in their proper aspect? <

Marc,

I am not following you. Please elaborate.

Gary

StorMarc,

Are you working in PAL.

Describe your scnerio in more detail, I think it sounds like a problem I have to deal with.

PAW

I must be missing something, I cntrl/Alt drag a clip and get a left and right preview but they are the same frame and it does change the lenght of the project.

Now where is that manual...........

PAW

Oops, no manual just engaged the brain - you ment on the transition......

PAW - it looks as though it SHOULD be a good idea . . . can't quiet fathom it yet . . . .

Grazie

slipping and sliding is something I never use - the start and end of a piece of time don't tie in to my content if that makes sense.

If I change the start I will almost certainly change my mind about the end....

How does everyone use this, any real examples would help broaden my mind.

Cheers, PAW

To clarify:

In Vegas when you perform a slip trim –the two adjacent clips in the monitor appear next to each other at the same time. To achieve this Vegas distorts (squashes the two clips horizontally).

Alternatively programs like Premiere shrink both clips so that there is empty space on the top and bottom of the screen but they are not distorted (just smaller) and thereby fit on the screen side by side.

I am hoping they give us the option for it work this way as I think it’s easier and also looks more professional when working with clients (as they are used to seeing it this way).

Marc