Timeline Tools provides a set of editing features that makes working with Vegas Events, Media, Markers, Envelopes, Points, Plug-Ins and Groups a snap.   This package is stuffed with many hard-to-find scripting features that Vegas users could spend hours searching for.  The program is especially useful if you are creating video slideshows that contain 1000 or more still images.  Timeline Tools has been tested and works with both 32 and 64 bit Sony Vegas Pro versions 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Timeline Tools is not a substitute for commercial software utility packages such as Excalibur or Ultimate S.  But it does make a great addition to the features these professional programs provide.

Note: A large number of Sony Vegas Pro v11 users are reporting problems with this release of Vegas Pro that did not exist in earlier versions.   I'm sure Sony will be providing updates to fix these problems.  However, if you are a Vegas Pro v11 user, as a precaution you should back up your work frequently.    Timeline Tools has an Auto Save Project feature that can do this for you.

Now the legal disclaimer:  Timeline Tools is free software.  So support is very limited.  And because this is free software, the program is provided as is.  There is no warranty expressed or implied regarding its suitability for any purpose.  However, feel free to send me a report of any bugs that you find, or a feature request that many users may find useful.

Download the Timeline Tools Setup program here.   The latest version is v1.0.26.

Review the Timeline Tools Users Guide here.   Review the Change List here.

Important Note:  Because Sony Vegas has THREE menus labeled Extensions ( View/Extensions, Edit / Extensions, and Tools / Extensions), some people have had difficulty locating Timeline Tools after it was installed.   Timeline Tools, like many other Extensions, appears under the View / Extensions menu.   Please refer to the Users Guide for additional information regarding Installation and Configuration of the program.
 

Visual Studio 2010 "Extension Project" example for Sony Vegas Pro

For all of you software engineers who have an interest in creating your own Sony Vegas Pro Extensions, I've created a Visual Studio 2010 template project that can be downloaded, compiled, and run in both 32 or 64 bit versions of Sony Vegas Pro v8.0 or later.   The project incorporates a custom State-Machine that sits between Sony Vegas and the project extension code.  This minimizes the complexity of handling the numerous asynchronous events that Vegas normally fires into an extension.  Instead of using the Vegas events directly, the state machine processes the Vegas events and fires it's own events that your extension program code hooks into and uses.

The Extension project contain a reference to the Sony Vegas Pro v8.0 API DLL installed on your PC.   To compile the Visual Studio Project you must have the Sony API DLL present somewhere on your PC.   The DLL can be downloaded from the link below if you do not have it.

Download - Extension Project - For Visual Studio 2010, and Net Framework v2.0.

Download - Sony.Vegas.DLL - The Vegas API DLL from Sony Vegas Pro v8.0.  This defines the earliest version of Vegas supported by the Project.

If you do not have Visual Studio 2010 installed on your PC, Microsoft has a fully functional but lightweight Express version of their Visual Studio 2010 Development system that you can download and use for free.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for C#.
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express