HELP - Cannot Group Events

tbwfilms wrote on 1/14/2003, 8:33 PM

I have just two events I want to group together. I hold down CTRL and click on both events, but when I go to the EDIT - GROUP menu, all my choices are greyed out. What am I doing wrong here? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help. I AM a newbie, but I'm not stupid - well not until now ....

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swarrine wrote on 1/14/2003, 9:03 PM

Try using your select tool. Select then press "G".

tbwfilms wrote on 1/14/2003, 9:47 PM

yeah i tried to that to no avail. So weird ...

sonicboom wrote on 1/14/2003, 9:53 PM

tbwfilms
hit the contrl button and hilite the events you want to group
they can be audio and or video
while you are holding down the cntrl button---press the "G" button on key board
next step---click on a blank part of the timeline to activate the grouping
now they are grouped
to ungroup events---do the same thing except press the "U" button
good luck
sb

L25 wrote on 1/14/2003, 9:55 PM

under switches do you anything locked?

BillyBoy wrote on 1/14/2003, 10:33 PM

Try this varation. DO NOT press the Ctrl key. Be sure you have the cursor positioned on the first event by clicking on it. NOW hold down the Ctrl key, click on the second and and additional events. Let go of the Ctrl Key, right click on any of the selected events, select create new. You should be getting a visual cue that the events are being selected as you click on them. Do you?

Tyler.Durden wrote on 1/15/2003, 6:40 AM

You might also make sure the "Ignore event Grouping" button on the toolbar is NOT active...

HTH, MPH

Tips:
http://www.martyhedler.com/homepage/Vegas_Tutorials.html

tbwfilms wrote on 1/15/2003, 4:40 PM

Man, what a great asset it is for a rookie like myself to have this forum. I fianlly got it to work, I think the problem was that I was not selecting all of the audio and video events, and as a result they did not move together. Still having some problems with splitting the wrong items, etc... but the only way to learn is to fool around with the program. But THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP. Much apprecited.

Marc

BillyBoy wrote on 1/15/2003, 6:06 PM

Yes... the more you use Vegas, the more you'll discover little things.

For what its worth...

Events if they contain both video and audio streams in a source file are considered one in the same 'file' and should move as a group when selected. If however you input your own audio and/or use the 'remove from' switch under Groups (right click on event) then you need to be careful where you click to be sure what is selected is what you want selected.

Vegas should be giving you a visual clue when something is selected on the timeline.

If you look very closely at an event that you just put on the timeline and haven't touched it you'll see there is a tiny white border. When you select something on the timeline by clicking on it this border should turn blue.

If you use another switch to "lock" something on the timeline in place then that event should be grayed out on the timeline. You won't be abe to work on it until you unlock it. However if you add a volume envelope to a audio track since such an envelope spans the entire track adding points anywhere along the track even over 'locked' events will effect a locked or unlocked event equally as far as what volume it plays at.