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Deleting markers

1.Place the mouse pointer on the marker that you want to delete. The pointer changes to a hand ().

2.Right-click to display a shortcut menu.

3.From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. The marker is removed from your project.

The tags are not renumbered as you remove them. For example, if you have five markers in your project and delete markers 3 and 4, the remaining markers will be listed as 1, 2 and 5. However, as you add markers again, Vegas software begins numbering the missing sequence first, in this case 3 and 4, then 6, 7, 8, etc.

Deleting all markers and regions

1.Right-click the marker bar.

2.From the shortcut menu, choose Markers/Regions, and choose Delete All from the submenu.

Working with regions

Regions identify ranges of time and provide a way to subdivide your project. A region is defined as the area between two region markers that share the same number. Regions can function as semi-permanent time selections. You can view region information in the Explorer by clicking the arrow next to the View button

() and selecting Region View.

Inserting regions

1.Make a time selection. For more information, see Selecting a time range on page 97.

2.From the Insert menu, choose Region, or press R .

3.Type a name for the region and press Enter . If you do not want to name the region, simply press Enter . Region markers display at the beginning and end points of a time selection.

Region start Region end

Right-click the marker bar

Marker bar

Moving regions

Drag a region marker to reposition it. To move both region markers (start and end markers) at once, hold Alt while dragging a region marker.

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BASIC EDITING TECHNIQUES