Efficient Editing For Longform

matt24671 wrote on 10/17/2003, 8:47 AM
I'm curious how people are using Vegas to edit long pieces, such as documentaries.

Clips, it seems, fall into three categories: definitely will be used in the finished piece; possibly useful; and, unlikely to be used, but still don't want to throw it away.

So how do you use bins, etc., to store and sort these pieces for long projects?

Thanks!

Comments

StormMarc wrote on 10/17/2003, 12:47 PM
I've started using it on a few long form projects and it has its strengths and weaknesses. The bins are fairly limited in that you can’t rename the clips or create sub clips from sections and put them into new bins. What I do is create a basic sort of the clips into bins and then I bring each clip into the trimmer and create a region for each section I like. I find the trimmer a very useful tool and actually better than other NLEs I've used (Premiere, Speed Razor). Once Sony brings more functionality to the media bins I think Vegas will be very nice for sorting large amounts of footage. You can also view your regions in the Vegas Explorer by going into the region view but I find that limiting as I like to see icons as well.

Marc
RL wrote on 10/17/2003, 1:15 PM
Another option: Use video tracks as staging areas for various event subject types. Then, select and move events to your working tracks as appropriate, thereby assembling footage piece by piece from the staging tracks. Gary Kleiner mentions this method briefly in his Vegas DVDs as an alternative to relying soley on Media Bins.

RL
RafalK wrote on 10/17/2003, 2:01 PM
I am fairly new to editing but over the last week I have been editing a wedding that was shot with three cameras and my solution was as follows.
I would create a separate project for each part of the weding such as intro credits, or meet the bride. In each case I was dealing with stretches of maybe up to 20 minutes. When I was done with all individual pieces, I than combined them as one big master project added the necessary busses, and started the rendering the pocess. Hope this helps.
hugoharris wrote on 10/17/2003, 2:09 PM
I like the idea of using extra tracks as "staging areas" for clips, and then muting/disabling them so they don't contribute to the playback. I haven't done this much in Vegas yet, but I use this technique in Cubase SX all the time for audio projects.

Kevin.
vitalforces wrote on 10/17/2003, 2:31 PM

I'm doing a longform project too and using multiple tracks sort of evolved, once I had synced a second audio track (boom mike) beneath each clip (keeping the camera mike's sound as a scratch and syncing track) and thus could no longer do anything with the Trimmer, which will only allow the video track and one audio track. I even have my 4-5 takes per scene lined up one beneath the other and use the mute and solo buttons for comparison.

The top tracks I save for the finished project as it's assembled, again keeping out of my own way with those marvelous mute and solo buttons.
GaryKleiner wrote on 10/17/2003, 7:43 PM
>I even have my 4-5 takes per scene lined up one beneath the other and use the mute and solo buttons for comparison.<


That is exactly what the Takes function makes so easy. Have you tried it that way?

Gary