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As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and the event position changes.
You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event's length, but have the event play a
different section of the source media file at a different point in your project.
Sliding a crossfade or transition
Hold Ctrl+Alt while dragging the overlapping area between two events. The cursor is displayed as a .
As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and crossfade position changes,
effectively trimming the edge of the event in the direction you drag. You can use this technique when you
want to maintain the length of two combined events, but want the transition to occur earlier or later.
Repairing Audio/Video Synchronization Offsets
When audio and video events (or events from multichannel audio files) are not aligned, Vegas Pro will
highlight the events in the timeline so you can see synchronization problems at a glance.
The software determines whether events are synchronized by comparing grouped and overlapping events:
n An event in a group is compared to other events in the same group (of the opposite media type) that
were created from the same media, and the events with the most overlap are used to calculate
synchronization. If no events overlap, the closest events are used to calculate synchronization.
n An event that is not in a group is compared to events (of the opposite media type) that were created
from the same media, and the events with the most overlap are used to calculate synchronization.
If no events overlap, no synchronization offset is displayed.
In the following example, the overlapping audio and video events were both created from
KayakandWhale 001.avi and will be compared to determine synchronization.
The amount of offset is displayed when Active Take Information is selected from the View menu.
Very small offsets that are below the resolution of the timeline may be displayed as 0.00. Set the
project time format to samples to see the offset amount. For more information, see "Time Ruler" on
page 571.
To restore synchronization, right-click the audio or video event you want to synchronize, choose
Synchronize from the shortcut menu, and then choose a command from the submenu:
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