I think that one of the major reasons for having the trimmer is because lots of other video editing software has very little ability to trim on the timeline. Since many people come in to Vegas from other software, they feel lost at first not having the trimmer. Gradually as people get more used to Vegas they'll probably use the trimmer less and less.

It can be useful though if you have long clips that you want short sections of, and your timeline is already getting crowded. It's especially helpful if you need to add a small piece of a long clip in the middle of your project.

You're not missing anything. Its a matter of choice. Like with most things in Vegas there are multiple ways of doing common tasks. So whatever floats your boat. There really isn't an advantage to one way or the other. Personally I see no point in dragging stuff back and forth from and to the timeline/trimmer.

Thanks guys

Thanks, BillyBoy, for your short and clear explanation. I, personally, have never seen the need to use the trimmer. You can make pin-point edits on the timeline, so, why bother with anything else?

Different strokes for different folks be fine, I don't argue that - but, I fail to see how my timeline might "get crowded" - and, if I need just a snippet from a huge clip, I just throw the whole shebang on the timeline, select what I want to use and delete the rest.

I still suspect I may be missing some important point of functionality here (I've posted on this exact same topic within the month), but, so far, no one has enlightened me.

Caruso

It is a matter of choice, but....

Peter is right, when you have a bunch of clips, its nice to use the trimmer to pull the portions of each clip you want rather than sticking all of the clips on the timeline.

If I do a larger project, I rarely ever use the trimmer except to add a clip from some stock footage. Remember, depending on the length of the clip, it can take some time for Vegas to go through and record all the peaks of the audio when placing it on the timeline.

So, the trimmer does have its uses.

I never use the trimmer either but I think HeeHee's post showed me something. Occasionally I will bring in an old mpg or avi to composite with the movie I'm working on. Sounds like the trimmer will help me get just the section I want and then move that to the timeline. Well, maybe I'll start using the trimmer once and a while!

As far as I can see the Trimmer is essential when using long clips. Say you have a 40 minute interview. The first thing I would do is load it into the trimmer and mark the sections I need to use with region markers. These are then dragged into the timeline as needed.

OMG! i never knew most of you people never use the trimmer. for me it is one of the essential tools in vegas. lets say im creating a music video out of a VCD i converted to mpeg. i then load the long mpeg to the trimmer, choose the scenes there, mark regions and all, then i place them on the timeline. its essential for me.

The main advantage of using the Trimmer is that you can save Markers and Regions to files.

If you're likely to have to reuse a clip it often makes sense to mark it in the Trimmer first rather than having to trim on the timeline in several projects.

This thread has brought home to me the value of Markers and Trimmer. The killing function for me is the Save to file options of the Markers of the Trimmer clip AND the transportation of those Markers to the Timeline - Thank you all very much for the support AND RichR for asking it. - Ican't believe where I've come from in a year from using VideoWave > > Studio 7 >> VF > > VV. THIS is definaltey down to the support of these forums - Cheers . . ..

Grazie