Can you combine two VF files?

yirm wrote on 11/23/2001, 1:49 PM

I think I made a dreadful mistake and created two separate VF files for two tapes. Now I'd like to have them rendered as one unit.

Is there any way to combine two VF files? That is, can you append one to another?

-Jeremy

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Chienworks wrote on 11/24/2001, 10:31 PM

It looks like about the best you can do is render the second project to
an AVI file (the DV template works well), then open up the first project
and drag the AVI file onto the timeline.

Sorry!

It would be nice if one could copy events from the timeline and then
paste them into another project. I tried; it didn't work.

yirm wrote on 11/26/2001, 6:52 PM

Actually, I learned from the Vegas newsgroup that you can open two instances of VV (and presumably VF) and copy and paste. Thanks.

-Jeremy

Chienworks wrote on 11/27/2001, 12:25 AM

If you succeed, please let me know how! I used to be able to open two
windows at once with VF 1.0, but 2.0 won't let you do it anymore. This
is somewhat of a sore point because i would often open up multiple VF
windows to let multiple renders run all night. Now with 2.0 i often have
to set an alarm to wake me up in the middle of the night to start the next
render running. Grrrrrrrr.

VV3 Beta does let me open up more than one window. Hopefully that's
true of the release version as well, and even more hopefully there will be
a patch to VF 2.0 to allow it! *hint* ;)

yirm wrote on 11/27/2001, 3:44 AM

I assumed VF2 let you. VV3 release does let you.

-Jeremy

Chienworks wrote on 11/27/2001, 10:34 AM

Nope. With VF 2, trying to run it again simply pops the currently running
window up to the front. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

SonyEPM wrote on 11/27/2001, 10:39 AM

VideoFactory is a single-instance app (like Premiere, like just about everybody else). This will not change.

Vegas is multi-instance, you can open as many copies as your system can handle.

SonyEPM wrote on 11/27/2001, 10:41 AM

...since you are going to render both sections anyway, you could render section 2 as an avi file, then paste that file in the section 1 project, at the end. Not a big hassle, really!

Derekk wrote on 12/1/2001, 12:43 PM

What VF2 should do (I tested it and does not) is to have a VF file open, do an EDIT SELECT ALL and COPY, then open the 2nd VF file, position the time line, and do an EDIT PASTE. but paste is no longer available. That is not consistant with other Windows apps.

Just a thought....

Derek