How to join to split clips on the timeline

Rafa@mediatechplus wrote on 3/27/2008, 9:33 AM
Hello everyone:
I have a simple situation. I am editing a looooooong file in my time line. It is an interview to a client but in raw form, meaning that I just need the parts he actually answers the questions. There is a lot of footage of him waiting....somebody fixing his makeup, etc.
I split (S) where the stuff I don't want starts, and split again where it ends so that I only have what I want in my time line. The question is, how can I joint all my pieces that are now split, together (without rendering the video) so that in the time line it is one continuous piece of footage?

Thanks!

Comments

rmack350 wrote on 3/27/2008, 9:39 AM
Umm, that would be a render. However, Vegas can do no-recompress renders on some types of footage. In this case it copies all the unaltered data into a new file.

This can be very fast but the downside is that the new file no longer has the timecode data that would allow you to recapture from the original sources. It would be a good idea to make sure you keep a veg file that has the original media on the timeline. It could be your current project with the originals on a track beneath the render, or you could save a backup of the project.

<edit>Are you sure you really need to do this?

Rob Mack
musicvid10 wrote on 3/27/2008, 9:50 AM
Enable auto-ripple editing.
This will care of it for you.

Also, you don't have to split twice. You can split once and drag the edges, or use regions or the loop region tool to delete portions. You can still drag the event edges to fine-tune your cuts. Much faster!

EDIT: rob, thanks, it looks like I misread his post. If he wants to join events into one track without showing the split points, "render to new track" would be the way to go. Like you, I don't see why he would need to do this . . .
JJKizak wrote on 3/27/2008, 10:11 AM
Copy and paste each section that you want him to view to another track then mute the original track and play back from the timeline. Or take all of those selected tracks and copy paste to another veg file. You can render the second veg file.
JJK
DavidMcKnight wrote on 3/27/2008, 10:20 AM
Render to new track might be the best answer if it is a lot of clips, but something else you can do is Ctrl-click each event you want to join (including audio) and click G for group. Then they are all connected and move together on the T/L as one.