System information
Scrubbing with the cursor
1. Hover over the cursor in an area of the timeline that does not contain an event and press Ctrl. The
mouse pointer is displayed as a .
When the Allow Ctrl+drag cursor style scrub over events check box on the General tab of the
Preferences dialog is selected, you can scrub with the mouse even when the cursor is over an
event.
2. Drag left or right to scrub playback.
Scrubbing with the keyboard
Press the J, K, or L keys to use the keyboard as a scrub control.
Press and hold K while pressing J or L to emulate a shuttle knob mode. Press K+J to turn the knob to
the left or K+L to turn the knob to the right.
Item Description
J Scrub reverse mode. Press again to accelerate the
playback rate.
K Pause.
L Scrub forward mode. Press again to accelerate the
playback rate.
Timeline
The timeline is the main part of the Vegas Pro window where you will be doing most of your work. The
majority of the window consists of actual track space. This area contains the drawn events on each track.
You can choose Edit >Navigate and choose a command from the submenu to navigate the timeline
quickly.
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