Saving V4 Projects in V7

belker wrote on 9/3/2007, 6:27 AM
A while back I upgraded to V7 from V4.

I seem to remember reading on this forum that V7 saves files, the save with trim checkbox, in a manner that allows a more full recovery of a project than V4. I know part of the issue related to velocity envelopes and was not solved in V7.

Would it be advisable for me to open my old projects from V4 in V7 and save them again from there?
Thanks
Belker

Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/3/2007, 7:54 AM
last I recall, you can't open any vegas project in a previous version, period.
belker wrote on 9/3/2007, 8:44 AM
These are projects that I had finished in V4. I do not intend to work on them again , but want to archive them in the best fashion. I see no reason to open them in V4 and if they are saved in V7, could I not open them in V7if it became necesary.

Belker
TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/3/2007, 11:25 AM
oh.. my bad, i thought you wanted to open them in v4 if you saved then in v7.

if you have both v4 & 7 installed, there might not be issues (wasn't when i had v4 & 6). The plugin names are all different, that'll be a major issue: v4 is all "sonic foundry" while 5+ is "sony". If you have both installed all plugins will be in v7.
vicmilt wrote on 9/3/2007, 11:58 AM
Welcome to the world of continual upgrade - it's fun, but it ain't pretty.

I keep old copies of Vegas around for exactly your purpose.
Right now, you can upgrade from V4 to V7 pretty much without any problems (see above caveats).

But I also ALWAYS keep a more "vanilla" version of any movie I produce. AVI will be your best, as it is lossless. AVI is probably one of the "container" that will be around for a long time, and is almost universal in it's readability. Forget about archiving all your original transfers, unless you've got stuff that might be repurposed (i.e. you do this for a living with outside clients).

The truth is that you never go back to your old stuff.
But it's good (and important) to keep ALL of your old finished projects. It's living record of what you've accomplished, and if you're any good, a lot of what you shoot today will still be excellent 25 years from now, as well.

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