Combining VEG files

michaelb wrote on 9/6/2004, 2:54 AM
Hi all,

First time use of the Forums - don't be too harsh! :)

I have a number of .veg files that make up one large project. I made them sepearately as they were easier to work on that way. Anyway, I am now trying to put them all together into one either large AVI file or put them together into a single DVD.

What would be the best way to do this? Can I import .VEG files into other .VEG files? Or should I use something like Sony DVD Architecht to put them all together into one DVD? Whats the best thing to do here?

Thanks in advance,


Michael

Comments

jaegersing wrote on 9/6/2004, 3:08 AM
Hi Michael. There is no way in Vegas to import a project into another project. If you really must combine 2 projects, you can open 2 instances of Vegas, one for each project, and copy groups of clips over. However you should be warned that this can sometimes be a bit messy, depending on your project layouts.

If you don't really need to combine the projects, it is much easier to just render each one separately to your target format (probably MPEG2 if you are making a DVD). Then you can author the DVD using DVD Architect.

Richard Hunter
Jameson_Prod wrote on 9/6/2004, 6:29 AM
I do it two ways........

1. If it is just a simple single track or two, then you can open two or three instances of Vegas and select all...copy....then paste. I haven't had any trouble with that....works fine.

2. If it is a more complex project with many tracks, composting and track motion, then I render the individual projects to AVI and create a new project and piece the new AVIs together in order. If I need to go back and do any editing, I simple repeat the process for that particular AVI....and re-insert it. Using markers helps me keep everything straight.

Good luck.
michaelb wrote on 9/6/2004, 7:49 PM
Thanks for that guys,

A question though... If I was to do it the way James suggests, would rendering it out to AVI, then importing into a new project and then rendering again affect overall output quality?

Michael
jetdv wrote on 9/6/2004, 7:59 PM
A question though... If I was to do it the way James suggests, would rendering it out to AVI, then importing into a new project and then rendering again affect overall output quality?

If you apply NO effects to the newly rendered AVI in the new project and then you render again to DV-AVI, it will simply be COPIED - therefore there would be no loss.
apit34356 wrote on 9/6/2004, 8:17 PM
"2. If it is a more complex project with many tracks, composting and track motion, then I render the individual projects to AVI and create a new project and piece the new AVIs together in order. If I need to go back and do any editing, I simple repeat the process for that particular AVI....and re-insert it. Using markers helps me keep everything straight."

or create a common layout for your vegs.; add empty track where need, add empty masking tracks, empty audio tracks to each veg file. Now start up multi copies of vegas and copy each veg file to the new timeline. remember to copy and paste to same track and use cursor location to place starting point of paste. No extra rendering time to AVI. Do not copy 3d, supersampling into a large project. render them separate.