Nested projects> Trim

JHendrix wrote on 5/25/2007, 10:24 PM
If I have Nested projects in 1 master project and then do a "save as" to consolodate and choose "Copy and Trim Media"......will I end up with only the ---trimmed--- source media from the nested projects?

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Chienworks wrote on 5/26/2007, 4:35 AM
Dunno. Have you tried it?
johnmeyer wrote on 5/26/2007, 7:28 AM
I haven't tried it either, but I would wager the answer would be no. The trim only works on AVI files, because they are the only thing Vegas knows how to trim (i.e., cut without re-compressing).
JHendrix wrote on 5/26/2007, 10:07 AM
yeah...kinda what i thought....bummers
BrianStanding wrote on 5/26/2007, 11:09 AM
Ultimate S 2.0 does this. I think there's a free one on VASST, too, but I don't think you can set "handles" on any trimmed media.
bStro wrote on 5/26/2007, 12:22 PM
Just tried it. It does not trim the nested VEG. It creates a copy of the nested VEG, but it's the same length as the original VEG. Bummer indeed, but not too surprising.

Rob

Clarification: I'm referring to Vegas without Ultimate S.
JHendrix wrote on 5/26/2007, 1:02 PM
wow, wonder if Ultimate S actually does trim the source files from each VEG...would be cool.
kentwolf wrote on 5/26/2007, 6:11 PM
>>...wonder if Ultimate S actually does trim the source files from each VEG...

I just tried it and it appears that is *does* do this. I wish I would have known this before. It even does each nested veg file in its' own subfolder. Very nice.

One of the options is "Archive Nested Project Files with Trim."

My question: How does one quantify the "trim?"

I see no reference to how much of a trim it is.

Anyone know?

Thanks.
johnmeyer wrote on 5/26/2007, 6:49 PM
Don't know, but even with U-S, I'm pretty sure only certain media types (DV AVI and WAV) will be trimmed. Also, if it uses the Vegas underlying trim feature, then one little gotcha is that you end up with the video's audio being separated into WAV files.