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jrazz wrote on 10/20/2006, 6:59 PM
Not trying to hijack this thread, but used to if I clicked the audio event that is all that was selected in v4-6, now in 7b it selects both and I have to manually ungroup the 2 if I want to just delete the audio or visa versa.

Also if I placed the cursor at a certain point on the timeline and let the timeline play and hit "s" for split it used to split where the cursor was placed, not the current spot the timeline is playing.

Can I change these back? These things speed up my workflow.
Again, not trying to hijack, but it seems to fit with what you are asking.

j razz
Spot|DSE wrote on 10/20/2006, 7:22 PM
jrazz...you probably had "ignore event grouping" checked in earlier versions of Vegas. Functionality still exists there as in the past.
Jim, selecting an In point and holding shift to create the out point still works for me in my V7 trimmer?
Jim H wrote on 10/20/2006, 7:43 PM
Thanks Spot, If I click and inpoint and shift then click and end point that works. But I used to be able to click hold shift and drag out to the end point. That does not work anymore.
Tim L wrote on 10/20/2006, 8:17 PM
jrazz,

The "delete" functionality of grouped events changed in version 7:

From the release notes:
What's New in Version 7.0
Workflow
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Cut/copy/delete applies to grouped events.
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Previously, I think, deleting a grouped event on the timeline only deleted the selected event -- not the entire group. That logic has changed now, so that deleting a grouped item deletes the group (i.e. audio+video). Like Spot says, that can be overidden by clicking the "Ignore Event Grouping" icon before deleting. (But if you leave that on all the time, I think you then risk moving video without moving the associated audio, etc.)

Tim L
bStro wrote on 10/20/2006, 8:46 PM
I'm probably misreading you, Jim, but if you're using the mouse (since you said "drag"), you don't even need to hold down the shift key to make a selection. Just click and drag over the segment you want.

Rob
Jim H wrote on 10/20/2006, 10:41 PM
I could do that bStro, but then I'm stabbing in the dark at the spot I want. My old work flow has be positioning the curser line thingie to the start point, holding shift, then dragging the curser line thingie to the precise end point. I can still get a precise selection but not I have to stab a rough start and end point, then drag the edges of the highlighted area to the correct start and end points. No huge deal, just odd that they would disable the shift key.
Grazie wrote on 10/21/2006, 1:14 AM
"Shift" in Trimmer works for me. However I now use, almost exclusively, a Mouse Scrub for picking footage from Trimmer. It is quicker 'cos I can scrub back and forwards and I have the mouse IN my hand to then Drag the selection up to the T/L OR RT click and ADD to/from Cursor.

Nope, aint disabled for me.
Jim H wrote on 10/21/2006, 8:06 AM
Explain to me this mouse scrub of which you speak. this is a new term for me. thanks.
Grazie wrote on 10/21/2006, 8:13 AM
"Explain to me this mouse scrub of which you speak. this is a new term for me. thanks."

1 - Put Mouse Pinter over media in trimmer

2 - Hold down LFT MusBut and drag left or right. You are creating a highlight loop region.

You are NOW scrubbing. Like with a bar of Soap? I suppose the CORRECT wording would be DRAG. Scrubbing is used to describe seaching on the timeline - I guess that came from the old days of scrubbing the actual film across heads? Maybe?

Try it you might loike it?

jrazz wrote on 10/21/2006, 11:24 AM
Thanks for the answers on my questions guys.

Grazie, did you have one to many? A lot of misspelled words there :)

j razz