Can you import/combine sessions in VV3?

ad869 wrote on 10/23/2002, 12:11 PM
I'm making a short 5-min demo video for class that is done (call it "Session 1") but we'd like to try replacing the last 2 minutes of it with a re-edited segment that was composed in a separate VV session (call it "Session 2").

Both sessions are based on the same pool of media clips - Session 2 is just a multi-scene version of a similar single-camera take used in Session 1. All clips were imported from a DV cam by firewire and are in a native AVI format.

Is it possible for me to import Session 2 into Session 1? If there is a way to do this, I can't figure it out. From what I can see, I either (a) have to rebuild Session 2 from scratch in Session 1, based on an edit decision list, or (b) have to render Session 2 into an AVI, and then paste that into Session 1.

While (b) is not a problem, it introduces an additional "generation" of rendering - would this not compromise the picture quality when I render the finished product, since that segment would have gone thru render processing twice?

Please advise if anyone has any info or wisdom. And yes, VV3 just rocks!

Thanks!

AD from Canada.

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Chienworks wrote on 10/23/2002, 12:19 PM
A third choice is to open up two instances of Vegas simultaneously, then highlight the timeline section you wish to copy in session 2, copy it, then paste that into session one. This works ... mostly. Some things don't copy over well, such as generated media and keyframes. Most of the time it will copy the majority of the events though.

As far as rerendering, if your source material is DV, you've added no effects or transitions or titles, and you've rendered to DV, then there is no image degredation at all. This would most likely be the case with a rendered version of session 2 imported into session 1 ... you'll just use the DV clip on the timeline as is with no modification. So this method isn't as dire and dastardly as it might seem.
ad869 wrote on 10/23/2002, 1:20 PM
Hey - that works!
Just gotta align the video and audio tracks a bit - which is simple.

Thanks, Dawg!

AD