Chapter 3 Basic Editing Techniques

Vegas® Movie Studio HD Platinum projects are multitrack compilations of events that occur over time. The events in

your project are references (pointers) to source media files. Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum software is a

nondestructive editor, so editing events in your project does not alter the source media files in any way.

Getting around

When editing and playing back the project, the cursor identifies where you are along the project’s timeline.

Moving the cursor

Use the following keyboard commands to move the cursor in the timeline.

Description

Keys

Go to beginning of project

Ctrl+Home or W

 

 

Go to end of project

Ctrl+End or E

 

 

Go to beginning of selection or

Home

view (if no selection)

 

 

 

Go to end of selection or view

End

(if no selection)

 

 

 

Move right by grid marks

Page Down

 

 

Move left by grid marks

Page Up

 

 

Go to

Ctrl+G

 

 

Description

Keys

Move left/right to marker(s)

Ctrl+Left/Right

 

Arrow

 

 

Move to marker #

0-9 keys (not

 

numeric keypad)

 

 

Move left/right to event edit

Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right

points including fade edges

Arrow

(see figure below)

 

 

 

Nudge cursor on timeline

Left or Right Arrow

 

 

Move left/right one frame

Alt+Left/Right

 

Arrow

 

 

Move left/right one frame

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+

 

Mouse wheel

 

 

Center in view

\

 

 

Event edit point cursor jumps

Changing focus

Focus is used to describe which objects have the attention of a program. For example, when you click a file in the Project Media list, the Project Media window has focus. To instantly switch the program’s focus to the timeline (track view), press Alt+0 or, from the View menu, choose Focus to Timeline.

In Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum software, it matters which track has focus when you perform a task. For example, when you double-click a media file in the Explorer, it is inserted into the track that has focus. You can click anywhere in the track header to make it the focus track. A blinking white square next to the track number and shading in the track list indicates a track has focus.

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