Like learning any new program after knowing the essential parts of another editing program, you often want to edit in the new program like you edited in the "old" program.  And while there are good things about that, there are also drawbacks as the new program may have certain edit features that your old program never had.

That being said, I am an old school keyboard editor - and while I do use the mouse a lot, I love the speed of straight (as much as I can) keyboard editing,  especially for the initial cuts. So for sure, keyboard editing will be a focus of these pages.

Here's how I learn - it may not be your best method - but it works for me.  I first read the manual, or at least skim it.  I then go to various forums and start reading posts to get a general feel. I then start trying to do some edits with nothing in particular - just to learn the interface a bit. I use the program's HELP features to see if I can figure it out.  Sometimes HELP is good, and sometimes it is a real learning experience just to learn the programs' Help layout.   I start to post to forums to start learning the "terms" - all programs call the same thing something else - a razor in Premiere, a split in Vegas, a cut in Liquid, etc.  Liquid has containers and sequences, premier has multiple timeline tabs, and Vegas doesn't use either - you just start a new project and call it a sub-project. 

Then I get into a new project where most the time I struggle trying to figure out how to so something that took me 1 or 2 keystrokes in Liquid.

So most the links to my learning process is hyperlinked above under Vegas8 Editing sub-topics and relates to how I did things in Liquid.

If you are brand new - Go to this website - Edward Troxel Vegas Scripting and Newsletters - and read and read and read - this seems like a great website and I think I will learn a lot from it.

And visit the Tutorials and Info sites link above.

Anyway - this will be a work in progress - so it will not be real smooth as the pages getting develped in line time.