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Chienworks wrote on 5/30/2005, 8:38 PM
Well, this isn't a great method, so hopefully someone else will come up with something a lot better ... but, here goes.

You can position the cursor at the beginning of the clip in several ways. Ctrl-Alt-arrows works well. Hold the shift key down and click on an empty spot on the timeline before or after the cursor (depending on which way you want to move the clip); exact placement not necessary. This will create a loop region. Under the lower right corner of the timeline are three timecode displays. The third one is the duration of the selection. Double-click this and type in the amount you want to move the clip by. This is in hh:mm:ss;ff format, so if the amount is more than 1 second you'll have to convert to that format. Hit enter. You'll now have a loop selection equal to the amount you want for shifting the clip. With snapping enabled, you can easily move the clip so that the beginning snaps to the other end of the selection area.

This sounds complicated, but it's actually a lot easier and faster than it looks.
johnmeyer wrote on 5/30/2005, 9:00 PM
It would be trivial to do in a script.
GaryKleiner wrote on 5/30/2005, 10:46 PM
If you are talking about a few frames, it's easy enough to hit the 1 or 3 keys to move the selected event(s) a frame each hit.

Gary
GlennChan wrote on 5/30/2005, 10:55 PM
EDIT: See Gary's message. The keys he refers to are for the numpad.
Rod Van Nortwick wrote on 5/31/2005, 9:08 AM
I know about using the num pad to move clips 1 frame at time, but when yoiu need to move a clip 20 frames it would be nice to select the clip hit 20 on the num pad and the clip moves, the - key moves the clips backwards, other programs I use have this function, it would be nice if Vegas had this as well.
thanks
rod
Rosebud wrote on 5/31/2005, 11:30 AM
With V6, when you move a clip, the value is indicated in top of Time Line.
Rod Van Nortwick wrote on 5/31/2005, 12:32 PM
yes, but I can't beleive I am the only person that wants to move clips quickly with the num pad....
rod
rdolishny wrote on 5/31/2005, 2:48 PM
You are not alone. I use it all the time in FCP.

In FCP you select your clip(s) and type "+" 20 and it move the selected clips 20 frames to the right. Very handy.

- R
ibliss wrote on 5/31/2005, 4:12 PM
Again, not quite what you're asking for but fairly close:

Use the Edit Details start time to type in precise moves of events.