Hi All :

This is probably a stupid question, but....

Pinnacle Studio has a very good feature when handling and keeping track of still images used in the timeline. A little check-mark is placed in the corner of a photo when it is used.
Does Vegas 8 PRO have a similar way to keep track of photos used in the timeline ?
It can get complex with lots of stills and various media.

Also, Vegas seems to constantly re-load or re-fresh the thumbnials of photos in the Project Media bin. Why ? Once loaded, they should be there instantaneously and not require any sort of re-fresh.

Thanks all. Just trying to wrap my head around a new application.

In the Project Media we have "Count". This is the amount of times a piece of media has been used.

So:

0=NONE
1=Once
2=Twice etc etc . .

better than a check mark? I think so. AND you can sort against usage. AND retain the sort as a new BIN! Can you do that in Pinnacle?

I have no answer for the "why", but after 5 years of usage I haven't found it bugging me? Oh yeah, I came from Pinnacle too. Would never ever dream of loading it ever again.

1] - NO! Not stupid! NOT to ask would have been stupid!

2] - Yeah new apps huh?!? Now why can't things just stay as they were?? - NOT!!

Welcome aboard!

Grazie

ps, you wanna try the BIN sorts for types of media PLUS look at Edit Details View - now THAT will blow you away - Don't think Pinnacle had any of that? Oh yeah .. then there is Media Manager.

Thanks for your patience Grazie. I'm on day three of my Trial with Vegas PRO 8 and I love it, but, as you know, you tend to look for certain things that you're use to from another application.

Re-Count
I must have a Preference turned off somewhere (which I cannot find) because none of the photos that are in use on the timeline have a "Count" on them within the Project Media bin.


The re-fresh of photos within the bin is not a big deal, but, again, I'm wondering if I have a Preference turned on that is causing the application to re-fresh the Project Media bin - each time I go in it.

You need to have the "Detailed" view available in Project Media. You also need to have the "Use Count" column showing too. If you don't, then right-click on the PM pane in detailed view and choose View, you then have a selection of columns you can choose from. Here, make sure "Use Count" is checked-off. Now make sure you can see the column by scrolling right. You can also move a column by grabbing the column and moving left or right.
I don't know of one?

Grazie

I use the Thumbnail View exclusively.

With hundreds of photos to sort and keep track of, I wouldn't know which is which in the Detailed View.

Within the Thumbnail view, the "Count" option doesn't appear to be available and I go back to Pinnacle's simple Check-Mark as more than just a handy little feature.