Editing events on the timeline
Events are containers on the timeline that contain media. Each event can contain more than one media file. Each media file in an event is called a take. An event also provides access to features that allow cropping, fade in and out, opacity, gain, and other tools to control and edit events. Events are divided into two broad categories: Video events and Audio events. Some of the tools are specific to the type of event: audio or video.
Each event has a header that by default displays the event name, the Crop icon, the FX icon, and the More button that opens a cascading menu of other tools for the event type.
Directly below the Event header is the part of an event that contains thumbnails of the video frames for a video event and a waveform display for an audio event.
In the left and right corners are fade-in and fade-out handles. 1
The handle in the top center of a video event controls the overall opacity of that event and, for an audio event, the overall volume of that event. 2.
The color of the event corresponds to the color of the track header. When you select an event, the frame turns yellow to indicate that it is the currently selected event.
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):