split between frames.

At the moment I only know how to split an event on a frame. How can I split an event between frames so I can save both frames? Thanks

That's right. In the timeline the way mine is set up I can expand the timeline until I have the option of selecting one frame or the other to split. It is expanded down to individual frames but selecting one or the other to split may still leave that frame in the other event as a complete frame. . There is no way to split between the frames. I don't get the option to split between the frames leaving the left frame on the left event and the other frame on the other side of the split in the new event. . There must be another way to set it up to leave one frame in the previous event and the frame on the right side in the other event. In film you cut the film between frames then join the new scene at the cut. Hope this is understandable.

I couldn't follow the link to your blog so I'll try and explain it to you.


"...selecting one or the other to split may still leave that frame in the other event as a complete frame."

That's the way things are supposed to work.


"There is no way to split between the frames."

A video edit is an electronic edit and MUST be done on the frame boundary.


"There must be another way to set it up to leave one frame in the previous event and the frame on the right side in the other event."

You have an event with frames 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
You want to split it at frame 4 so you place your cursor at the end of frame 3 and press the 's' key to split it.
The first new event consist of frames 1, 2, and 3.
The second one consists of frames 4, 5 and 6.
It's as simple as that.
If you decide that you don't want frames 3 or 4, do another split and delete it.


"In film you cut the film between frames then join the new scene at the cut. Hope this is understandable."

You can't/don't edit video like you do film (physically cutting it) so stop thinking you can.

"Does Vegas say "copy" when a duplicate copy of media is imported from a different folder on the computer than the earlier copy came from? Or is it that I just copied the media twice to the timeline? Knowing which will help a lot"

I use Vegas Pro so I'm not sure. A browse of the manual or the online help menu should explain things.

The only way to have an image in there more than once is if you put it there. Maybe you had a reason for doing this?

If Movie Studio works the same way Vegas Pro does, change the view in your Project Media tab to "Details" and look in the "Use" column.
If you click on it, it will sort from low to high or high to low.
Anything with "2" or more is probably a duplicate event.

In the screenshot below, there are a number of instances of various events and this is because it was a few long ones that were split up as needed.