When is a grid mark not a grid mark?

BrianStanding wrote on 11/16/2004, 1:01 PM

I'm very confused about what Vegas thinks a "grid mark" is. I'm trying to set my keyboard up in V5 so that I can hit a key and move exactly one second on the timeline and in the trimmer.

I have grid marks set to one second in both the timeline and the trimmer. I have remapped the keyboard so that Page Up moves the cursor "left by grid marks" and Page Up moves the cursor "right by grid marks."

However, in practice, it seems Vegas interprets "move by grid marks" the same way it interprets "move by pixels." If I'm zoomed in tight, a grid mark equals one second, as I'd expect. But, if I'm zoomed out, "a grid mark" may equal 4 or 9 seconds.

So how do I tell Vegas I want to move the cursor exactly one second -- no more, no less -- no matter what my zoom settings are?

Comments

jetdv wrote on 11/16/2004, 1:35 PM

Use a script???

Right one second:



import Sony.Vegas



Vegas.Cursor = Vegas.Cursor + new Timecode("00:00:01:00");

Left one second:



import Sony.Vegas



Vegas.Cursor = Vegas.Cursor - new Timecode("00:00:01:00");

BrianStanding wrote on 11/16/2004, 1:41 PM

Thanks, Edward. Man, you're fast!
That certainly helps on the timeline. Exactly what I was looking for! (One of these days, I'm going to have to learn JavaScript, instead of pestering all you programmers with my annoying requests!)

But the Trimmer is unscriptable, no? So, I'm still stuck there.....

And I'm really curious to know exactly what Sony was thinking here. IS there a difference between "grid mark" and "pixel?"

jetdv wrote on 11/16/2004, 2:27 PM

You are correct - the scripts will NOT work in the trimmer.

Grazie wrote on 11/16/2004, 8:57 PM

Keep pestering! I do! - G