System information
Editing events on the timeline
More often than not, you probably won't want to use an entire media file as an event on a track. The Vegas
Pro timeline makes it easy for you to manipulate and arrange events.
If Vegas Pro cannot read frames in a video event, they will be displayed in red in the timeline (those
frames will be black in the Video Preview window and the rendered output):
Inserting an Empty Event
From the Insert menu, choose Empty Event to insert a blank audio or video event on a track. You can
specify a duration for the empty event or accept the default time. The type of event, either audio or video,
depends on the type of track you have selected.
1. Select the track where you want to insert the event.
2. Click and drag along the Marker Bar to make a time selection for the new event (or, as a more
precise alternative to dragging the mouse, hold down the Shift key and press the right arrow key to
select the region).
3. From the Insert menu, choose Empty Event. The new event is placed on the track.
Insert Time
From the Insert menu, choose Time to insert a specified amount of blank space into the Vegas Pro project
at the cursor position.
This feature can be used to create space in the project for new events and uses the time format of the Time
Ruler. For more information, see "Time Ruler" on page 571.
If you want to delete time from all tracks in your project, create a time selection that encompasses the
time you want to delete. Select the Auto Ripple button (or press Ctrl+L). Next, click the down arrow
next to the Auto Ripple button and choose All Tracks, Markers, and Regions. When you delete
the time selection, the selected portion of the timeline is removed, and events to the right of the
deleted section shift left to fill the space.
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