The Idiots Guide to Vegas

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:56 pm

problem fixed-stupid computer,just closed and reopened it and it was fine -.-

JazzyDJ · Post by **JazzyDJ** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:33 am

Since this is the Idiots guide to Vegas, this is the perfect place to ask my idiot of a question.

I just bumped something while I was trying to drag and shorten clips on the time line and now I have this annoying little box alway around my curser arrow and it won't let me shorten/lengthen clips like normal. I think I bumped the alt key with something that made this pop dotted square icon show up on my curser. I can't seem to figure out how to get it back to normal.

Anybody know what this is and how to get it back to normal?

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:22 am

hmm see in this video there's an effect at 0:52-0:54 of naruto slashing the screen,is this an effect only available on adobe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNV0C3Dp9XY

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:23 am

JazzyDJ wrote:Since this is the Idiots guide to Vegas, this is the perfect place to ask my idiot of a question.

I just bumped something while I was trying to drag and shorten clips on the time line and now I have this annoying little box alway around my curser arrow and it won't let me shorten/lengthen clips like normal. I think I bumped the alt key with something that made this pop dotted square icon show up on my curser. I can't seem to figure out how to get it back to normal.

Anybody know what this is and how to get it back to normal?

see along your toolbar?the bar with the redo and undo button,there should be a black I with a squiggly blue line called the normal edit tool,make sure that's selected.or press CTRL-D and see if that works.I think you have the envelope edit tool selected which is next to it

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Sun May 18, 2008 11:56 am

squallxrinoa wrote:hmm see in this video there's an effect at 0:52-0:54 of naruto slashing the screen,is this an effect only available on adobe?

http://www.boochsack.com/watch?v=pNV0C3Dp9XY

That slash was in the first season intro to Naruto. He just did a frame-by-frame mask to get Sasuke on the outside of the slash.

And as for JazzyDJ's question, press the 'D' key to switch between the different cursors. (There are 4 cursors; they can all be seen and selected in the tool bar.)

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:02 pm

aw man that's a shame!I wanted that as a transition lol thanks anyway

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:11 pm

you can always try something similar and just mask it yourself.

JazzyDJ · Post by **JazzyDJ** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:19 am

Thanks guys. Life on Vegas is a whole lot better now.

blink_sora · Post by **blink_sora** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:23 am

Noob question: How can I slow down the transitions? They're going pretty fast from default...

AimoAio · Post by **AimoAio** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:25 am

make the crossfade longer.