generated media tab on timeline disappeared

kun1 wrote on 3/20/2012, 4:06 PM
When i drag one of the media generator tabs on to the timeline the window which used to pop up no longer does. Also when i click the generated media tab on the timeline it doesnt bring it up any more either?

Could someone please help me with this, i can't create any tiltes in the pro type titler or with the insert text media tab due to this window not popping up anymore.

Thanks.

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Frederic Baumann wrote on 3/20/2012, 6:36 PM
Hi,

Which version of Vegas are you using?

What do you mean by "generator tabs"? do you mean one of the generators displayed in the list, or one of the presets, or something else? (I guess it's one of the generators from the list).

The popup displayed to set the properties of the generators is NOT displayed if you drag while the SHIFT key is pressed. Wouldn't this be the problem?

(by the way, if I SHIFT-click the generator icon from the timeline, nothing happens, so it looks like here as well, you would have the SHIFT key pressed for ever).

Hope this helps,
Frederic - FBmn Software
kun1 wrote on 3/21/2012, 5:07 AM
Hi, thanks for the reply.

I am using pro 10.

Say I go into media generators and select pro type titler and then choose one of the presets, I then drag it too my timeline. As I drop it the window no longer pops up. As you look at the timeline there is now a box where the text would be. Inside the box one of the small icons is called generated media, when I click it it's also refusing to bring up the window to create the text.

I will have to see if the shift key is locked on although I don't think this is possible?
jetdv wrote on 3/21/2012, 12:55 PM
Take a look under the "start bar". Sometimes the windows accidentally get moved there.
ForumAdmin wrote on 3/21/2012, 1:12 PM
Try going to View > Window Layouts > Default Layout (or you can use the keyboard shortcut Alt + D,D) to reset your window layout to the default. This will put the Generated Media window back into the dock.

HTH,
Paddy
SCS
kun1 wrote on 3/21/2012, 2:09 PM
Hi,

The Media generator is still in the dock but when i drop it too the timeline the window wont open.

I've just tried to re-install and it hasn't worked. Same problem.

I also have Sony Vegas Platinum 10 and its working ok. This tells me its the software and not something to do with my computer (locked key etc)

I really need to get this too work. Is there anyway of resetting Pro10?
ForumAdmin wrote on 3/21/2012, 2:11 PM
Is there anyway of resetting Pro10?

Yes, hold down Ctrl + Shift while launching Vegas. When asked if you wish to reset all prefs (and delete cached data), choose Yes.
kun1 wrote on 3/21/2012, 2:20 PM
will this remove the project i'm working on?
jetdv wrote on 3/22/2012, 9:02 AM
Your project will still be there. But you'll need to go to File - Open to find it the first time after restarting.
Cableman44 wrote on 4/12/2015, 7:21 PM
I had the same problem with the "Generated Media" icon missing on a clip of text. The behavior happens when you select "reverse" for a clip so that it plays backwards. If you remove "reverse", then the Generated Media icon should re-appear. This is probably not a bug. There is probably some programmatic reason that the text cannot be edited when the clip is reversed.