Does Sony Vegas Pro read files created in Sony Vegas Movie?

Musicvid wrote on 5/2/2020, 6:10 AM

"Sony Vegas Pro"

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/sony-vegas-vs-vegas--110873/

Dexcon wrote on 5/2/2020, 6:21 AM

According to Vegas Pro specs on:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/specifications/

.vf is not listed as a supported import format (yet it is an export format).

One way to find out for sure is to download the free trial version (30 days I think) of Vegas Pro using the purchase/trial options at the bottom of:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/?_oB=vegas-pro-edit

Also, note that there are other versions of Vegas Pro as well as listed in comparison at:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/product-comparison/

j-v wrote on 5/2/2020, 6:28 AM

@Shawn-Ervin
Your .vf is a projectfile of Vegas Movie Studio.
Such a file can be loaded in VPro 17 as project.
If all used extra's will come with it as MediaGenerators, Effects a.s.o, depends if the same are also in the Pro version, but your files and edits come all to the timeline of Vegas Pro if they remain still on your computer where they were used to make that .vf.

vkmast wrote on 5/2/2020, 6:48 AM

The old SCS KB article stated that (generally)

"Vegas Movie Studio project files (*.vf) will open in Vegas Pro if the (*.vf) file was created in a numerical version that is less than or equal to the numerical version of Vegas Pro."

I think that this is still valid for the current VEGAS product lines.

The exception was that if the Pro version was released earlier than the same numerical version of MS, the .vf project(s) did not (and do not) open in Pro.

The current example is the number 17 versions.

3POINT wrote on 5/2/2020, 6:55 AM

Indeed, VMS17projects can not be opened in Vegaspro17 but probably in Vegaspro18 again.

Dexcon wrote on 5/2/2020, 6:56 AM

@vkmast … a nice find, and great info. Maybe that's why .vf is not listed on VP's supported import list because its conditional on the Movie Studio version.

Darren-Larkins wrote on 6/17/2020, 6:24 PM

The old SCS KB article stated that (generally)

"Vegas Movie Studio project files (*.vf) will open in Vegas Pro if the (*.vf) file was created in a numerical version that is less than or equal to the numerical version of Vegas Pro."

I think that this is still valid for the current VEGAS product lines.

The exception was that if the Pro version was released earlier than the same numerical version of MS, the .vf project(s) did not (and do not) open in Pro.

The current example is the number 17 versions.

So, as they sold me an upgrade from Movie Studio Platinum 17.0 to VEGAS Pro 17.0 last week, how do I open the projects I had saved in the Movie Studio Platinum 17.0 VF file format?

I submitted a support request, but this seems like something that might have come up?

EricLNZ wrote on 6/17/2020, 7:13 PM

@Darren-Larkins As I recall VegasDerek explaining in another post, and 3POINT mentioning above, VMS17 vf files cannot be opened in VPro 17. This is due to changes made in VMS17 But VPro 18 will be able to open them. The article vkmast referred to is now out of date.

Unfortunately it doesn't help you.

KenB wrote on 6/18/2020, 8:41 AM

This is VegasDerek's post referred to by EricLNZ: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/text-tracks-still-display-after-fade--121537/#ca757125

Ken.

vkmast wrote on 6/18/2020, 9:15 AM

@EricLNZ which part of the article is out of date? VP 17 was released before VMS(P) 17.

EricLNZ wrote on 6/18/2020, 5:37 PM

Thanks @KenB I couldn't find Derek's post.

@vkmast You are correct, I hadn't realised the significance of the release dates.

VEGASDerek wrote on 6/19/2020, 5:49 AM

Typically we try to keep VMS project compatibility with last version of VP, but we were not able to do that for this release unfortunately.