Merging project files

theceo wrote on 1/28/2005, 6:47 PM
Since you can run multiple sessions of Vegas I started merging some old project files together. At first I thought this couldn't be done, but when I saw someone mention here you can run multiple sessions of Vegas I tried to copy and paste between different project files. I'm happy to report it works.

It was a paint for me recently to try to merge some projects between larger projects, I started to just make high quality wmv files and add them to the other projects, but now I just open multiple sessions and copy and paste the things I need between the projects.

So if you were hung up like I was in trying to merge tracks from different project files the way to do it is multiple sessions with good old copy and paste.

Comments

PeterWright wrote on 1/28/2005, 6:56 PM
This works ok for copying events, singly or by the track load, but not I believe with tracks themselves - i.e. If you have FX or other settings at the Track level, these have to be reapplied rather than copy /.paste.

Nested timelines would be an ideal solution, and is a feature I'd love to see in Vegas ....
theceo wrote on 1/29/2005, 8:33 AM
i've been using select all to copy 3 to 6 minute segments that I now want in larger project segments, the FX's and tracks are copying over. I'm using10 min projects now since that seems to be the lenght I need for breaks if any of the documentaries we make get pick up for broadcast. 10 minutes of content then 2 minutes of ads, 5 10 min segments = 50 mins of broadcast with 10 mins of ads

vicmilt wrote on 1/29/2005, 7:06 PM
Actually you can also copy and paste track keyframes, by selecting them in the Track Motion layout window.

The only problem with copy and pasting a lot of different sub-projects is that you begin to accumulate too many tracks to manage easily. (Or at least, I do, since I use track motion like crazy). Nested tracks (or "sets" as Photoshop calls them) are desparately needed, and I look forward to their implementation.

What I do, is keep careful naming records of each sub-section, and then pre-render them as fully featured AVI's. I then copy these full pre-renders into the final show. It's easier for final mixdown of audio, and you don't have a huge amount of tracks to deal with.

BUT - you MUST be FAITHFUL to make all corrections back at the original sub-clip edits, not make revisions as you go along (the total temptation... ahhh, I'll just fix this here, or add this title here...).
The reason for this is that while everything is clear now - in six months you won't remember anything, and if you're system is rigid, you'll know right where to go (for instance to eliminate a single line of on-camera copy).

v.