Best methods for comping??

kevvo wrote on 7/6/2004, 12:22 PM
OK, being a newbie around here, first I apologise for asking for method help as opposed to a specific problem with vegas.
There again, I guess this is what the forum is for so here goes.

I have finished capturing around 50 minutes of DV, which is split up into around 25 avi clips of DV.

I have put all clips into vegas and added a timecode. I am now rendering entire 50 mins to DVD to give to my friend so he can decide which bits he wants in the final video, which is to be around 20 mins.

When he brings back a list of sections to be included, what is the best method for grouping just these clips together without duplicating clips, taking up more HD space?

Should I be creating sub-clips of these bits and opening a new project with them?
Should I just snip the relevant bits and copy them to a new video track?

I still need to see the timecode on the entire (25 or so) clip in order to reference the material.

Basically, how would you go about this task?

I suspect you will all have your preferred methods, but posting them here for me, would at least save me from going down unecessarily tedious routes and over complicating things.

References to tutorials and the like would be most welcome.

Thanks very much,

Kev

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Liam_Vegas wrote on 7/6/2004, 8:25 PM
I do pretty much what you descibe ie.

Make the time-coded version (render / burn to DVD).
Client fills out some form of EDL document (actually a spreadsheet).
I go into that project and mark the clips identified as regions along the timeline (I actually enter the time selections into the "boxes" below the timeline).
All these regions are then visible in the EDIT Details list so I can review them all from one place.
I then copy those clips into another project.
If you mess with the original project then of course you end up altering the time-code so you'll get very confused.
kevvo wrote on 7/8/2004, 7:04 AM
Thanks for that. Would you mind expanding on the following for me, as I am a little unclear:

"I go into that project and mark the clips identified as regions along the timeline (I actually enter the time selections into the "boxes" below the timeline).
All these regions are then visible in the EDIT Details list so I can review them all from one place.
I then copy those clips into another project. "

Do you end up with duplicate clips or just references to the original material?
Which is best?
What are the "boxes" to which you refer?

Cheers,

Kev