Trimmer Questions

op3studios wrote on 4/28/2009, 3:51 PM
I don't quite get the trimmer function. I would be interested in knowing how individuals are using it.

also, when I open a video file in the trimmer the video is represented as one thumbnail in the center of the trimmer display.
In movie studio platinum it shows as a strip. I would like to change the display in Vegas 8 to be a strip as well.

When I close a project the media remains in the trimmer.
Is there a quick way to delete the media in the trimmer?

thanks

Comments

rs170a wrote on 4/28/2009, 4:29 PM
First of all, the Discovering the Sony Vegas Pro Trimmer window tutorial from Sony may help explain things better than I can.

You can zoom the Trimmer window the same way that you do the Vegas timeline (the zoom controls are in the bottom right of the Trimmer window).
Click the lighting bolt in the upper right of the Trimmer window to clear the history.
Click the red X next to the lighting bolt to remove the current media from the Trimmer history.

Mike
Jim H wrote on 4/28/2009, 9:26 PM
GOTO options and set it so when you double click on a bit of media in explorer it will go to the trimmer instead of the timeline. It's easier for me to grab just what I want (audio, video or both) instead of importing some huge long video clip to the timeline and trying to work with it there.
Earl_J wrote on 4/29/2009, 9:05 AM
Hello OP,
I'm a relative newcomer to the trimmer as well. . .
It does ease the workflow quite a bit.
Using the trimmer, you can grab only the video, both video and audio, or only the audio. . . very cool.
Also, when you import media, it does not come into Vegas; Vegas points to where it is on your hard drive and remembers it. . . so when you say you open the clip in trimmer, here again, it is only pointing to the clip in the project media folder which is in fact only a pointer to the original file ... you are not duplicating or creating another copy anywhere in Vegas. . . so, whether the media stays in the trimmer or not is of no real consequence ... unless you just don't want it there.

In the trimmer, moving through the clip is easier and quicker than in the timeline itself (I believe) ... so locating a specific point in the clip and trimming it works much better and faster there than on the timeline.

Additionally, if you have a specific length of time in mind, you can set the loop region in the trimmer and move the entire loop region back and forth to locate a piece appropriate for the search. . . it is a real timesaver.

I'll need to go view the tutorial myself... thanks Mike.

Until that time... Earl J.