Organizing all the media, is that possible with VV ?

mitteg wrote on 10/31/2002, 3:16 PM
Vegas Video is a great software but I can't see an easy way to organize all the clips, audio, video in a proper way. For example:

Firstly, I capture all the DV video (4 miniDV tapes). The video was not shoted with a miniDV cam, so I cannot use escene detection. So I get and extremely large AVI DV video file. Then I would like to do the following:

1) Whatch the video and divide it into clips and then put each clip in a folder, for example: folder "cutaways", folder "bad takes" and so on. So, I will have several avi dv files in diferent organized folders. Then, I will be able to put them in the timeline and edit my video.

2) I do not want to hit "S" when I'm watching the huge clip, I would like to be able to divide a huge clip into smaller ones.

Is that possible with VV ?

Please, I would like to find in VV 4.0 a bins organization like avid xpress dv 3.5.3. This help a lot when dealing with a lot of footage.

Robert.

Comments

tserface wrote on 10/31/2002, 3:38 PM
Why not use the trimmer tab. It's easy to mark sections there and then drag them to the main window.

Tom
FadeToBlack wrote on 10/31/2002, 4:26 PM
Tyler.Durden wrote on 10/31/2002, 6:27 PM
Hi Robert,

I think using extra tracks will help here.

You might make a few tracks just like you would bins. You can select footage using the trimmer tool, and drag those elements into the tracks, just as you would bins. You can rename the takes and show the active take names in the tracks (setting in Prefs).

As GG points out, you can also use tracks as sequence bins, assembling sequences prior to placing them in your main program tracks.

Another merit of track-bins is you can save a variety of modified clips, with FX and cropping.

By using the trimmer tool, you can also save marked regions with the media, so if you create another project/version, the media will retain your marks/regions.

I expect to see some bin-like developments in future versions of Vegas, but until then tracks are a valuable alternative with merits that go beyond the norm... (sorta like Vegas itself).

HTH, MPH