Regular and extended version with one timeline?

Illusion wrote on 2/15/2022, 8:21 AM

I am working on a project where I want to create a regular and extended version. Let's say that I create a single timeline that represent the extended version and somehow, I mark some regions that I don't want to appear in the regular version (or the other way around).

Obviously, it is easy to render the extended version as I simply have to render the whole timeline. But how to render the timeline in a single file skipping some regions? It is possible? I know I could render regions as separate files and join them later but I am asking if it is possible to avoid joining files.

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Former user wrote on 2/15/2022, 11:15 AM

@Illusion Hi, i saw this on another post where Vegasaur renders a bunch of clips as batch, it renders them individually but if i can do that it might be able to compose them into one video?

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/way-to-export-series-of-clips-as-individual-clips-from-one-timeline--134148/#ca836485

JackW wrote on 2/16/2022, 4:34 PM

Create a second timeline. Put the regions you don't want to render on the second timeline, mute it and render.

Illusion wrote on 2/16/2022, 5:29 PM

Create a second timeline. Put the regions you don't want to render on the second timeline, mute it and render.

That will create gaps in the rendered video.

Video_flaneur wrote on 2/16/2022, 6:24 PM

I often need to create short, medium and long versions of the same video for posting on the web. In addition, some content may change over time (opening hours, etc) which require minor editing then republishing. Here is the method I use which might be of help.

I create the long video, then mark out the regions I want to use in the medium and short videos and save each region as a sub-project. Save long project
Create a new medium video project and drag and drop the appropriate sub-projects onto the timeline. Save. Repeat for short video project. Render and upload all three to their desired locations.
In creating the medium and short videos I might add in some extras like cross-fades between the sub-projects to make things a little more elegant.
Thereafter, if any changes are required they only have to be made in the appropriate sub-project and they will bubble through to all three videos the next time they are rendered.

The above workflow works well for my projects, but if you were dealing with large numbers of regions and sub-projects it would get too clumsy and time-consuming.

Illusion wrote on 2/16/2022, 8:46 PM

I often need to create short, medium and long versions of the same video for posting on the web. In addition, some content may change over time (opening hours, etc) which require minor editing then republishing. Here is the method I use which might be of help.

I create the long video, then mark out the regions I want to use in the medium and short videos and save each region as a sub-project. Save long project

Create a new medium video project and drag and drop the appropriate sub-projects onto the timeline. Save. Repeat for short video project. Render and upload all three to their desired locations.

In creating the medium and short videos I might add in some extras like cross-fades between the sub-projects to make things a little more elegant.

Thereafter, if any changes are required they only have to be made in the appropriate sub-project and they will bubble through to all three videos the next time they are rendered.

The above workflow works well for my projects, but if you were dealing with large numbers of regions and sub-projects it would get too clumsy and time-consuming.

This is neat. I will give it a try on my current project. Thanks