Easy rubber band select?

Martin L wrote on 9/8/2010, 1:56 AM
Hi!
I find it tiring to always have to click on the Selection Edit Tool button in order to select events that lye adjacently. I do to group events after lining up audio and video events from different cameras and recorders and syncing them. Now they need to get grouped.

So to group I just press G. And to go back to normal editing I use Ctrl-D. Easy. But is there no easier way to "rubber band select" events. Any keybard shortcut? I dont want to use the crtl and click on each event. Just encircle them as with a rubber band. Anyone?

Martin

Comments

Rory Cooper wrote on 9/8/2010, 2:10 AM
Select the first clip hold shift select the last clip in sequence
Martin L wrote on 9/8/2010, 3:40 AM
Can it be done over different track too? Audio and video tracks?
Martin L wrote on 9/8/2010, 3:50 AM
Aah, I see it works over tracks as well. But it doesnt work both at the same time, unless they are located on top of each other. If some events are located further to one direction and some on different track, it doesnt work. So no real rubberbanding then...? But at least this is better than how I used to do it. Thanks!
Chienworks wrote on 9/8/2010, 8:44 AM
Shift click will select everything between the current item and the last clicked item, inclusively. However i don't know how well this handles multiple tracks. In simple cases it selects vertically as well as horizontally, but if you have very complex layouts it may do unexpected things.
TeetimeNC wrote on 9/8/2010, 11:55 AM
Shift click will select everything between the current item and the last clicked item, inclusively. However i don't know how well this handles multiple tracks. In simple cases it selects vertically as well as horizontally, but if you have very complex layouts it may do unexpected things.

Could use ctrl click to deselect an extraneous items, or add any missing items.

/jerry
Martin L wrote on 9/8/2010, 11:52 PM
Thanks guys! I see now what is possible and what is not.
So, if anyone from Sony reads this, this is my wish for future Vegas versions, to have rubber band selection. It is very practical. Many other DAW's have that and I am used to it from SONAR and so on. Could be a good new feature in Vegas too.
Regards,
Martin
Mahesh wrote on 9/9/2010, 1:05 AM
Would 'Selection Edit Tool' ( icon with diagonal arrow ) be any good?
jetdv wrote on 9/9/2010, 6:59 AM
I just use the Select Events tool in Excalibur. Create a region around the events I want, run the tool, and I'm done. I originally created it to select everything after the cursor to the end of the project but it's very flexible in selecting events.