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Nat wrote on 2/24/2003, 12:54 AM
When I began using Vegas, I thought all the trimming was to be done in the trimmer, which I found a bit painfull. Then, I discovered that trimming was possible on the timeline and In ever came back to the trimmer.
However, I have found one use to the trimmer.
When I capture a very long clip (like a whole tape) Instead of trimming it on the timeline which can be painful, I setup regions that I name in the trimmer, I then save those regions in the avi clip. I can then setup the explorer to display regions and drag those regions to the timeline, very useful.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/24/2003, 6:42 AM
One of the two downfalls of Vegas I found was the trimmer (the other was the lack of analog preview). The trimmer doesn't have a single frame forward/back buttons. This makes it difficult to do detailed cuts in the trimmer (for me). I think that would be a nice feature, does anyone else?
cyanide wrote on 2/24/2003, 7:14 AM
As on the timeline, use left and right arrows to move 1 frame at a time. I agree, most of the time the trimmer seems unneeded...
jetdv wrote on 2/24/2003, 8:14 AM
What do you mean by "lack of analog preview"???
TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/24/2003, 1:51 PM
Thanks cyanide about the arrow keys.. I upgraded from premiere 5.5 to 6 at work, and in 5.5 I was able to move clips with the arrow keys, in 6 they took that out.

Jetdv, what I mean my lack of analog preview is that on my ATI Radeon TV out, I can't preview onto a TV with Vegas. On the vegas hardware compatability page, it even says that you can't use external monitor and print to tape with a non-DV device (ie analog). It does have a great preview window in the program though. Here's the link: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/Products/showproduct.asp?PID=808&FeatureID=6921&FeatureTL=6903

cyanide wrote on 2/24/2003, 2:05 PM
You should be able to monitor out through firewire to your camcorder, then to an analog display via S-Video or composite....
JJKizak wrote on 2/24/2003, 2:36 PM
I often wondered how the trimmer fit into the "total picture" of
video editing and now I know more. Is this to be considered like
an appendix in video editing---left over from the old ones---?

still learning

JJK