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Hulk wrote on 3/18/2010, 9:57 PM
So that's what the lightning bolt does:)

Seems as though you still have to "save as" and copy media if you want to quickly reduce the assets for a project. Still not hard to do.

- Mark
fultronix wrote on 3/18/2010, 9:57 PM
in the Proj Media Tab there is a lightning bolt icon to the far left in the toolbar on top - clicking it will remove all unused media
musicvid10 wrote on 3/18/2010, 9:59 PM
You just click the "lightning bolt" icon to remove unused references from Project Media. You can of course add them later if you want; it doesn't really delete anything, unless you right-click on the media reference and tell it to do so.
TimTyler wrote on 3/18/2010, 10:51 PM
To simply "distinguish" used content, in the Project Explorer, look at the value in the "Use Count" column. Zero means it's not in use.
Grazie wrote on 3/19/2010, 12:48 AM
If you have many ZEROs in the Count Column, and spread vertically in that Column, I click on the "Use Count" column name and this will order ALL your "used"/"unused" Media in numerical order. Very useful indeed.

Another much neglected option is the collation/collection of all used OR unused Media within a New BIN for your further consideration.

Here you go:-

1] In Project Media Right Click on the Grey area directly within the Bin Tree area.

2] Select "Search Media Bins . . . " and you get a feature rich search engine that takes for its parameters ALL the Field names from your Columns.

3] For Unused Media select "Used Count" and select "Less Than" as the Condition and enter 1 - this will group all "0" ZERO used Media already in a NEW Bin ready for you with the Numerical SEARCH criteria "naming" the New Bin. You can, of course, Rename that NEW Bin, if you wish.

Grazie

PeterWright wrote on 3/19/2010, 1:20 AM
One thing Hulk mentioned was unused Takes, and I don't think that the lightning bolt will get rid of these, and also they will not show a Zero Use Count.

The only way to remove these, if you definitely don't want to use them, is to locate each one on the timeline, right click and choose which ones you want to delete - then they will have a Zero use count and can be removed with the lightning bolt.
Grazie wrote on 3/19/2010, 1:55 AM
Well spotted Sherlock! I just reread these final few words, and didn't see this in the Title . . . - Well, and thinking sideways how about this - Use the Takes To Tracks script and that WILL auto separate out the Takes and then it is a very easy job to Group/Select all these Select in Project Media and ZAP 'em dead! - This ways you don't have to go through all (head-banging!)the Events.

Just done it and it works . . .

I bet somebody else is gonna come up with another?

Grazie
AlanC wrote on 3/19/2010, 3:06 AM

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Grazie wrote on 3/19/2010, 3:12 AM
Alan? I speed-read that thread so I may be wrong. Isn't it solely about Events, and not Takes? Will that option separate out Takes too?

Grazie
Hulk wrote on 3/20/2010, 4:37 PM
Wow the depth of Vegas and the users here continues to amaze me.

Thanks.

Mark
Geoff_Wood wrote on 3/20/2010, 6:41 PM
I still think there could be inporoivement in the handling of Takes. One thing I often want to do is to cut copy or drag the top-take only, move it, and then optionally do the same to some other takes.

Sort of like the script 'takes to tracks', but not including all takes.

I want to do this 'mouse-wise, and not necessarily to ALL takes. Like, copy first take 3 and then take 5, comp up a result from those, then delete the remaining.

I guess this relates soley to audio, or is there a video paradigm ?

geoff