Making space for an event

kunal wrote on 10/24/2009, 1:14 PM

Pardon the basic question, but if I have a sequence like this on the timeline:
A,B,C,D,E

and I want to move video event D + its associated audio event from where they currently are to between A & B how do I do that? i.e, how do I get B, C and E to all shift right and make space for D?

Thanks.

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 10/24/2009, 1:20 PM

Auto-ripple. It's an icon in your toolbar.

xberk wrote on 10/24/2009, 3:21 PM

As suggested by musicvid, turn on "auto-ripple" (Ctrl+L).
But you can't just drag event D and drop it after event A with "auto-ripple" on. Event E will come with it..

Select event D. I assume event D's associated audio is grouped with the video.
Do Ctrl-X (for cut). Auto-ripple will close the gap between C & E.
Place the timeline cursor at the end of event A.
Do Ctrl-V for paste.
Vegas will insert the event at that point and move everything else to the right.
Done.
Knowing when and when not to use Auto-ripple and how it works is important.
There are many other ways to accomplish this task.

Mahesh wrote on 10/24/2009, 4:47 PM

All above is good.
OR
right click on event D. Drag it to end of event A. Let go and choose 'shuffle events' from the drop down menu.

xberk wrote on 10/24/2009, 10:01 PM

Nice suggestion Mahesh. I never use that -- but I will now. Very handy.