Is there a 'Glue' tool?

muzicman0 wrote on 12/9/2006, 1:35 PM
Hi, in my audio software, if I remove a section of audio from the middle, I can glue the two remaining pieces together to make 1 event...is there a way to do this in vegas? I'm constantly cutting out something, and then needing to to move everything in the timeline...I know that there is 'select events to end', but I'm looking for something else...anyone?
mm0

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farss wrote on 12/9/2006, 1:44 PM
Try Grouping events. Doesn't quite Glue them but pretty close.
Videocanuck wrote on 12/9/2006, 2:06 PM
Perhaps you want to "ripple" the timeline. When you cut out a portion, you can automatically or manually ripple the contents to close up the gap. This won't create one event, however. To ripple the events on a timeline, click on the "Auto-ripple" icon on the toolbar prior to cutting or choose Edit>Post-Edit Ripple.
hugoharris wrote on 12/9/2006, 2:47 PM
This always struck me as an odd omission. After completing a vocal comp or instrument edit, it would be nice to combine the results into a single event. I guess one could solo the track and render out that portion only, but that would require a few more steps/clicks.

Kevin
Former user wrote on 12/9/2006, 3:43 PM
Or just render to a new track.

Dave T2
DavidSinger wrote on 12/10/2006, 12:50 PM
In sound editing the tool is typically called "Merge sound bytes" which is closer to GROUP than to RENDER, but is neither.
Render makes a new file, and with video we suffer some loss of detail.
Merge (cannot be UNMERGED as we can UNGROUP) makes a new file without loss of detail. Well, that's my understanding of it.

Merge will include any highlighted cut-out spaces on the track.

Merge Video Bytes would be very nice, without having to resort to RENDER, even if we didn't want to ripple out the cut areas.
earthrisers wrote on 12/10/2006, 4:35 PM
Actually, there's not any loss of video detail when you render -- at least, there's no loss unless you're rendering to a more-compressed format such as going from avi to mpg. Rendering avi to avi doesn't lose any detail.

I agree it would sure be nice to have a "glue", by whatever name...
[r]Evolution wrote on 12/10/2006, 8:46 PM
'Grouped' Events are 'Glued' Events
By Grouping them... You are Gluing them.

Once you have them Grouped/Glued - You can adjust the CrossFade to make them blend seamlessly. Obviously, if your Events aren't Lined Up/Synced no matter what you do, it won't sound right. Zoom in to your WaveForm and make sure it's perfectly on Beat and adjust the CrossFade to blend it together smoothly.

Put all of your clips on the same timeline butted up together and Group/Glue them. They are now all the same color and continuous making it a 'Glued' Event. You'll barely even see the lines where the 'Glued' Events come together after you Group/Glue your Events together.
corug7 wrote on 12/10/2006, 10:34 PM
"Actually, there's not any loss of video detail when you render"

Yes, most of the time, there is, unless you have applied zero effects to the event and even then only with a like codec, and only if that codec can "smart" render.