How to remove gaps between clips?

Hi,

Is there an easy way in Vegas to remove gaps between clips?
For instance if I remove or trim a clip in the middle of several clips, how can I move the clips later backwards automatically?

Thanks!

Actually just found the answer: post-edit ripple. I assume there's also a way to automatically enable this. I'll have to start reading the manual but I was hoping it was more intuitive. Otherwise great program:-).

EDIT: okay found the automatic truncate as well: CTRL-L

FWIW, there are alot of Sony Vegas tuts on Youtube. Alot of young kids like to put them together & that's how I've learned to do several things in Vegas. It's actually kind of embarassing, since I'm in my 50's... :p

You can also use scripts like Excalibur to do this. The Gap/Overlap tool will easily remove gaps and can even create overlaps as well.

You can use attached script. It works for Vegas 7, I don't know if it works for Vegas 8. Copy it and give it extension js. Move it to the script directory of vegas and run it.
script:
/**
* Program:
* Description: This script will Delete Empty Space Between Events In Selected Tracks
* Author: Philip
*
* Date: August 31, 2003
**/

import Sony.Vegas;
import System.Windows.Forms;
import Microsoft.Win32;

//time intervals for split events.

try
{


// step through all selected video events:
var FirstTrack : Track = Vegas.Project.Tracks.Item(0);

// step through all selected video events:
for (var track in Vegas.Project.Tracks) {
if( !track.Selected) continue;
var tracktime = new Timecode(0);
for (var evnt in track.Events) {
evnt.AdjustStartLength(tracktime,evnt.Length,true);
tracktime = tracktime + evnt.Length;
}
}
}

catch (errorMsg)
{
MessageBox.Show(errorMsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
}

Choose the selection edit tool, next to the magnifying glass on the upper toolbar. Highlight everything, drag it over.

Thanks a lot for the script. Looks easy enough and I could also modify it to update a range of clips to a certain modified video filter preset as well.

Looks easy enough and I could also modify it to update a range of clips to a certain modified video filter preset as well.
If you do, please post it here.

Good luck.

Dennis

Be careful using this command:

evnt.AdjustStartLength(tracktime,evnt.Length,true);

AdjustStartLength behaves differently in different versions of Vegas. It should be the same in Vegas 7 and Vegas 8 but has changed from previous versions. Therefore, I no longer use it and have created workarounds for it in Excalibur.

Be careful using this command:

evnt.AdjustStartLength(tracktime,evnt.Length,true);

AdjustStartLength behaves differently in different versions of Vegas. It should be the same in Vegas 7 and Vegas 8 but has changed from previous versions. Therefore, I no longer use it and have created workarounds for it in Excalibur.

The script is not my design. It came from the Dutch Vegas forum and it is located on the download section. If it will give problems, it would have appeared on the forum. I used it myself without any problems.
John