COMBINING PROJECTS

USNRetired wrote on 3/5/2012, 2:08 PM

I'm new to this and trying to read "How to" as I go along. I have 50-8mm movies converted to digital. They are not editted, or placced in any order. They are uploaded to my computer in 11 video files with 5-10 video files on each. I want to arrange like videos (Christmas 1955 with Christmas 1957) as example. How can I edit each 11 major files, create individual files within the 1, and move them the like files to new projects??

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/5/2012, 2:17 PM

Vegas isn't really an organizer, if that's what you're asking.

But you can certainly import the files into the program, combine and edit them and then output the files as new, edited videos, if that's what you mean.

USNRetired wrote on 3/5/2012, 2:35 PM

I opened a new project and editted it, then saved it as Family 1 (8 individual clips). I did the same to the next and saved it as Family 2 (6 individual clips). How can you import clips from Family 1 and Family 2 into a new project?

Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/5/2012, 3:11 PM

If you use Make Movie/To Computer to output DV-AVIs of each video, you will be able to import these DV-AVIs into a new project set up for DV.

USNRetired wrote on 3/5/2012, 3:55 PM

Steve,
Are you saying that you must first complete all editing on a media event, then close the event with "Make Movie". Export it to your computer as a finished project. Then import it into a new project??

Can you then re-edit that completed movie within the new project?

Understand about Make Movie/save to hard drive, what is output DV-AVIs?

Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/5/2012, 4:31 PM

With the Movie Studio version of Vegas, yes, you need to re-output your movie parts whenever you edit them.

With the Pro version, you can embed a project file right into another timeline and, when you edit the embedded project, it updates within the larger file.

Go to Make Movie and look for the Computer outputs. You'll see the DV-AVI option.

USNRetired wrote on 3/5/2012, 5:17 PM

Steve,
Looking into feedback.
I'm assuming your the same Steve Grisetti that wrote the VMS HD Platinum 10 Guide I purchased? Also has the muvipix.com site?

I'm halfway through your guide, it's been very helpful. Wish I could find clssses for this stuff, like I took for Dreamweaver! I'm going to look into your site for help.

BobWard wrote on 3/5/2012, 6:52 PM

I may be missing something here, but it sounds like a simple copy and paste would work.

Open VMS in 3 separate windows. In window 1, you would have Family 1 project open. In window 2, open Family 2 project, and in window 3 you would open a New project.

Now go to the Family 1 window and simply highlight and copy the clip(s) that you want to import to the new project in window 3. Go to window 3 and paste the clipboard contents onto the timeline.

Repeat the procedure for the Family 2 project.

Now you should have a composite of desired Family 1 & 2 clips in window 3, Save the project in window 3 and you are done, except for any editing you may want to do.

MSmart wrote on 3/5/2012, 8:25 PM

Sorry Steve, you're wrong on this one (very rare). BobWard has it right, launch VMS multiple times each with its own project, then copy and paste.

USNRetired wrote on 3/6/2012, 8:00 AM

So, VMS doesn't allow opening multi projects within itself to create a new project? You must open multi screens, copy and paste clips to a new project?

Under the All Media file with Media Bins files, sub files do not cross over to new project? Meaning, creating sub files with clips and adding new clips to those file from each new project with like clips?

Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/6/2012, 8:45 AM

Yes, you can certainly copy and paste between instances of the program, but that still doesn't do what USNRetired wants to do.

He would like to embed a timeline within another timeline so that, when he edits or updates the shorter segments, the segment is automatically updated in the larger project also.

And that's a feature only available in Pro.