Cutting the middle out of a Video clip

EddieJ wrote on 5/21/2009, 3:36 PM

How do I cut the middle out of a clip? I know how to trim the ends.

In premier there is a simple scissor button and you can easily cut things out and splice but I can't find a thing in Vegas that will let me cut the middle out of a video clip.

Thanks for any help

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MSmart wrote on 5/21/2009, 3:41 PM

Position scrubber at the beginning of were you want the cut to begin, type the letter s (split), position the scrubber at the end point, type s again. Click on the event (between the split point) hit delete.

If you have Auto-Ripple toggled on, the trailing events will move forward to fill the gap.

EddieJ wrote on 5/21/2009, 3:45 PM

You are AWESOME.

stevec5000 wrote on 5/25/2009, 2:26 PM

Can you explain what you mean by: "Position scrubber at the beginning"? I found the scrubber bar but there's nothing that tells how to use it. Thanks.

Terry Esslinger wrote on 5/25/2009, 3:17 PM

He means the time line curser!!

MSmart wrote on 5/25/2009, 9:16 PM

He means the time line curser!!

Right. Position the mouse pointer where you want on the timeline and click. The cursor ("scrubber") will be placed there. Click the plus sign at the lower right corner of the VMS window to zoom in. Press the left or right arrow buttons to move the cursor a frame at a time. (if you're not zoomed in, press the alt key with the arrow keys to move a frame at a time).