disable / muting an individual clip

Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 12/2/2006, 3:25 PM

Saw this posted on another forum and wondered what the answer was, I suggest taking the opacity down to zero , is the best way?
Never had the need myself.

http://forums.dvdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=40337 POST 8

"A drawback of Sony Vegas is the lack of Enable/Disable for individual clips on a timeline. I've talked this through with demonstrators at several exhibitions and at first they say "Oh yes, it's got Enable/Disable" and then I extract from them the admission that it applies to complete timelines and not to individual clips on a timeline. They then say "Yes, wouldn't it be really useful if it did that. Let me check and get back to you". But they never do.

Editing in general and multitrack editing in particular is so much easier with Enable/Disable for individual clips. No deleting is needed when selecting between cameras and the timeline remains much more coherant."

Comments

monoparadox wrote on 12/2/2006, 3:57 PM

right click/switches/mute ?

JackW wrote on 12/2/2006, 10:21 PM

Absolutely, Monoparadox. Works every time, both for video and audio clips.

Jack

ultrafinriz wrote on 12/3/2006, 6:12 AM

Alt-M for me - worth setting up! Toggles clip based mute on AND off.

Jesse

Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 12/3/2006, 9:13 AM

Thanks for the replies, has been sorted on the other forum now and also a handy tip for me.

Chienworks wrote on 12/3/2006, 9:41 AM

Another handy one is the compositing level line that you can drag down from the top edge of each clip. You can individually set a level for every clip, audio and video, with this in case you want more control than just on or off.