Keep project settings on adding new video?

LiveC wrote on 2/2/2020, 1:57 PM

Hello everyone,

I am trying to make Vegas keep my default project settings when adding a new video to start a project AND without having to click No on the "Do you want to change project settings to match the video" prompt.

Currently my options seem to be:

1. Have the prompt show up and click "No" every time the prompt appears when I add a video, which results in the newly added video being adapted to my default project settings template.

2. Hide the prompt, in which case VegasPro will change my project settings to match the video.

I would like an option to hide the prompt AND have Vegaspro *not* change my project settings when I add a new clip to start a project. Anyone know how to do this?

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frmax wrote on 2/2/2020, 4:19 PM

In Vegas Pro 17 Preferences - General disable this option and it should work as desired.

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LiveC wrote on 2/2/2020, 8:41 PM

Hi, thanks for the reply. The same checkbox exists in Vegas14, but it leads to #2 where adding a new clip will set the project settings to match the added clip.

Any idea how I can both hide the prompt AND have new clips match my project settings template (instead of the other way around)?

Former user wrote on 2/2/2020, 8:46 PM

You should be able to turn that off or on under FILE>PROPERTIES>ADJUST SOURCE MEDIA...

LiveC wrote on 2/2/2020, 11:12 PM

Hi, I checked the box, the source media is still retaining its settings and not being adjusted to match my saved template. Here are some screenshots: project settings before adding a new video, and project settings after adding a video.

Any help would be appreciated. I edit 10+ videos a day and having to manually change the project settings (or clicking the "No" button on the prompt box) each time every day is getting tedious.

Here's the prompt box I'm talking about:

Basically I would like a checkbox saying "Always use project settings template when adding a video" or something like that.

Former user wrote on 2/3/2020, 7:22 AM

What are you expecting to change in the source video? The source video will always keep its resolution, it will just adjust the viewing so it matches your project. It doesn't actually change the source video.

LiveC wrote on 2/3/2020, 11:50 PM

I'd like the "Template" dropbox to automatically be set to 4k when I import a video to Vegas, instead of whatever resolution the video was. This makes the "Preview" box much clearer when editing.

4K 1280x720 Template dropbox

Is there a way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.

3POINT wrote on 2/4/2020, 5:40 AM

 

Is there a way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.

Just set the Preview to Preview Full instead of Preview Auto.

wwaag wrote on 2/4/2020, 5:19 PM

@LiveC

If you always want the same project settings regardless of what you import and don't want the nag to change settings to match media, do this. First open the project settings dialog and set them to whatever you want. Then tick the checkbox "Start all projects with these settings" and untick "Adjust source media......". Then under Preferences, untick "Prompt to adjust project settings......." as described by the 2nd post in this thread. That should do it. It will always open to your desired project settings without the nag.

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LiveC wrote on 2/4/2020, 6:29 PM

@LiveC

If you always want the same project settings regardless of what you import and don't want the nag to change settings to match media, do this. First open the project settings dialog and set them to whatever you want. Then tick the checkbox "Start all projects with these settings" and untick "Adjust source media......". Then under Preferences, untick "Prompt to adjust project settings......." as described by the 2nd post in this thread. That should do it. It will always open to your desired project settings without the nag.

"Start all projects with these settings" does not stay checked between sessions. I check it, close Vegas, and when I open it again and look at Project settings, it's unchecked. I think it may be a problem on my end. Maybe I accidentally set some file to read only.

In any case, changing the Preview dropdown to Best/Full achieves what I wanted. Thanks to everyone who replied.