Zooming in on Preview window

anthony-chiappette wrote on 11/5/2025, 11:44 PM

I've always had trouble placing items on the screen precisely as my hands are not at all steady. I discovered, quite by accident, that you can zoom in on the preview window, and I've learned that I can make extremely precise movements of items on the screen by zooming and using the CTRL key. Hooray! But the problem I have now is that I have to zoom back to 100% from the drop down menu every time I have to place more items. Zooming out on the zoomed in preview doesn't work quite the same way as zooming in, and there is seemingly no way to drag the preview around to get to the spot I need to. I've tried various key combinations in conjunction with dragging the mouse, but I see no way to move the preview around.

Is this possible? If not, could it be added as a feature update at some point? I'm using VP22 and VP23, but I guess it would apply to most versions of Vegas.

Thank you.

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DMT3 wrote on 11/5/2025, 11:48 PM

You should be able to zoom in and out by using the mouse wheel. Where you place the cursor is where the pic will zoom.

Gid wrote on 11/6/2025, 12:01 AM

@anthony-chiappette The preview does have a shortcut for 100% centre but I place the cursor on the preview & double click my mouse wheel. (my mouse wheel can be clicked like a button)

PS. click & hold the mouse wheel also creates a hand to reposition the preview after zooming in.

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anthony-chiappette wrote on 11/6/2025, 3:41 AM

You should be able to zoom in and out by using the mouse wheel. Where you place the cursor is where the pic will zoom.

Yes, I've been using the wheel to zoom. Zoom in will zoom in where the cursor is placed, but zoom out does not do that.

ASUS Prime Z590-A Motherboard with Intel Core i7 11700 8 Core / 16 Thread 2.50GHZ, 64GB Crucial DDR4 3200 (4 x 16GB), nVidia GeForce RTX5060 8GB GDDR7, SoundBlaster X AE5 soundcard, 3 x 4TB Samsung 860 EVO SATA 3 SSD, 2 x 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SATA 3 SSD, 1 x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVME PICE4 SSD, 2 X WD 4 TB NVME PCIE3 SSD, 2 X Viewsonic HD monitors, LG Blu-Ray writer. Windows 11 (latest build), currently using Vegas Pro 22 latest build, and limited VP23 use to gauge performance and ease of use differences. Videos come from 2 x Sony HDR CX-405 Cameras, XAVC-S MP4 @ 50Mbps 1080P 60fps video files. (Previously: 2 x Canon HFR800 cameras, MP4 files at 1920 x 1080 60p 35Mbps).

anthony-chiappette wrote on 11/6/2025, 3:43 AM

Many thanks Gid. It never occurred to me to click the mouse wheel. This is exactly what I needed.

ASUS Prime Z590-A Motherboard with Intel Core i7 11700 8 Core / 16 Thread 2.50GHZ, 64GB Crucial DDR4 3200 (4 x 16GB), nVidia GeForce RTX5060 8GB GDDR7, SoundBlaster X AE5 soundcard, 3 x 4TB Samsung 860 EVO SATA 3 SSD, 2 x 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SATA 3 SSD, 1 x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVME PICE4 SSD, 2 X WD 4 TB NVME PCIE3 SSD, 2 X Viewsonic HD monitors, LG Blu-Ray writer. Windows 11 (latest build), currently using Vegas Pro 22 latest build, and limited VP23 use to gauge performance and ease of use differences. Videos come from 2 x Sony HDR CX-405 Cameras, XAVC-S MP4 @ 50Mbps 1080P 60fps video files. (Previously: 2 x Canon HFR800 cameras, MP4 files at 1920 x 1080 60p 35Mbps).