I'm a little frustrated. Let me explain where I am, and maybe someone can suggest the best way to proceed. I think workflow is the best way to describe what I need help with. I am using Movie Studio 11 HD.
I have imported some old family videos on VHS to my computer. They came in as WMV files. I watched the videos and took notes, and inserted markers where there were scene changes. Once I inserted markers, I had to save the file as a Vegas project File (*.vf). Silly me, I thought I could copy a section or sections and paste into a new Project, using my inserted markers as good edit points. Well…yes and no. I must have two incidents of Movie Studio open, and then I can copy and paste a section or sections. BUT it does not copy markers with it. So, if I want scene 10 and 12 but not scene 11 here, but want scene 11 later so I don’t want to delete it, I need to find where I inserted the marker, and do some more editing. This will be really time consuming for my project. I am hoping to use my markers as chapter points when I use DVD Architect to burn to DVD for my parents and other family, who are older and prefer a DVD rather than something online. Is there a way to copy and paste markers WITH the video/audio event from project to project?
If not, this will be time consuming and frustrating. Is it better to copy and paste each scene one at a time and insert markers all over again? Or, all my web searching has yielded ideas of using bins. If I take scene 10 and want to create a video clip, it stays as a *.vf file. Do I need to render each clip to a new format? Back to WMV again?
Suggestions on best way to proceed. This is many hours of video and I want to save time and have good workflow. Also, suggestions on how to do this different in future.
Thanks.
I have imported some old family videos on VHS to my computer. They came in as WMV files. I watched the videos and took notes, and inserted markers where there were scene changes. Once I inserted markers, I had to save the file as a Vegas project File (*.vf). Silly me, I thought I could copy a section or sections and paste into a new Project, using my inserted markers as good edit points. Well…yes and no. I must have two incidents of Movie Studio open, and then I can copy and paste a section or sections. BUT it does not copy markers with it. So, if I want scene 10 and 12 but not scene 11 here, but want scene 11 later so I don’t want to delete it, I need to find where I inserted the marker, and do some more editing. This will be really time consuming for my project. I am hoping to use my markers as chapter points when I use DVD Architect to burn to DVD for my parents and other family, who are older and prefer a DVD rather than something online. Is there a way to copy and paste markers WITH the video/audio event from project to project?
If not, this will be time consuming and frustrating. Is it better to copy and paste each scene one at a time and insert markers all over again? Or, all my web searching has yielded ideas of using bins. If I take scene 10 and want to create a video clip, it stays as a *.vf file. Do I need to render each clip to a new format? Back to WMV again?
Suggestions on best way to proceed. This is many hours of video and I want to save time and have good workflow. Also, suggestions on how to do this different in future.
Thanks.