Thanks - I'll get that one then I think - it's cheaper than Sonys, and the only thing I'll beusing is the batch render. Have tried the trial on Vegas 8, and it ran perfect.

/Ulf

I must admit (and I feel like I'm insulting a friend, as the developer for Veggie Toolkit is a grand fellow) that I've been using the batch render with Ultimate S Pro, I find it much more flexible and much easier to use than Veggie Toolkit. I'm guessing that the batch render options with Ultimate S Pro are probably the same as with Production Assistant. The options seem to have kept up more with the Vegas changes.

I've been using Veggie Toolkit since it first came out. Sorry but I don't quite understand how it would "keep up more with the Vegas changes"

I can very simply set it up to batch zillions of projects, each one rendering out to multiple templates or I can simply tell it to render all the files in one folder to another using a Vegas template, no need to create a project to do this as it creates the project as need.

Bob.

to be quite accurate, the Batch Processing capabilities of PA are far superior to US Pro - US Pro has a great Batch Renderer, but PA smokes anything I've tried as far as Batch Processing goes for Vegas. Not to mention that you can do the whole pre-building of projects and just swap out media, among other things.

Dave

Thanks Dave.

/Ulf

Just forgot to mention one important thing, that I'm not sure if PA and US can do, I need the names of the rendered events to include the media filenames like the veggie can.

Thanks.

/Ulf

US can do "Unique Filenames" with the following options:
"Filename uniqueness: This option controls how filenames are created so that they either overlay duplicates or generate unique names. It is very important to understand how these options work so that render files do not get overlaid. None, (overlay duplicates): This option does not change the filename in any way. This is great for when you are rendering MPEG2 and AC3 files for DVD Architect because both filenames must match for the audio and video to be loaded together. Use this whenever you want the filename to remain the same except for the file extension. If the file already exists with that name and extension, it will be overlaid with the new file. Add a numeric suffix (make unique): This option will add a numeric suffix to the filename in the format “_001”. This will make each filename unique for each extension that is used. This is great when rendering with different templates that use the same extension (i.e., multiple formats of wmv files, or DV with HDV intermediaries that share the AVI extension). If the file already exists with that name and extension, a new suffix number will be generated so that files will never be overlaid unless there are more than 999 files with that name and extension. Add the template name (overlay duplicates): This option will add a template name suffix to the filename in the format “_(<Template Name>)”. For example the DVD Widescreen template will produce a suffix of “_(DVD Widescreen)”. This will make each filename unique for each template that is used. This option is especially useful of you generate several renders to the same format at different bitrates because you can easily see which template was used. If the file already exists with that name and template, it will be overlaid with the new file. Add both the template name and number (make unique): This option will guarantee that no files get overlaid. It adds the template name and a numeric suffix that is guaranteed to be unique for that filename and template name. If the file already exists with that name and template, a new suffix number will be generated so that files will never be overlaid unless there are more than 999 files with that name and template."

Bob, regarding Veggie vs US and the "keeping up with Vegas changes" comment I made: one of the options I needed was the "Media Swapper" option in US. I had corresponded with the developer of Veggie Toolkit regarding this option, but it seems it was a tricky element to add, and he was unable to make the change. Not a problem... a great guy... but I really needed to go with the plugin with the most options. It seems that he also sees the writing on the wall, and if Veggie doesn't keep up with new advances, people are going to continue to go with software that continues to add new features. That's why I switched my workflow to US vs Veggie Toolkig. Also, I really like the Tab of US at the bottom of Vegas.