Hi, sorry if I was not clear. In the case of the pan/scan, it would be only still images and not a swap of a video file for a still image. I want to reference a high-res still image proxy file so I can do the move with the low-res file while roughing it out.

Thanks

I'm not sure if this would work but you could give it a try.

Make a Vegas project using your low res file. Drop this project on the timeline of your current project and do your pan/crop. When you are happy go back to the subproject and swap the low res file for your high res one.

All generated media properties would need to be reconformed post-edit?

Sounds risky to me.

Other option is to do all moves in AE and import. The rub of course is timing in/out for each move and given I am calling in a favor it would of course be better to edit in program, if an option less the images go to crap when I render.

If on the other hand I could do those moves in Resolve or Avid and import back into Pro, that might be worth investigating.

Hi, sorry if I was not clear. In the case of the pan/scan, it would be only still images and not a swap of a video file for a still image. I want to reference a high-res still image proxy file so I can do the move with the low-res file while roughing it out.

Thanks

You can do you pan/crop on a lower res file to rough things out and then swap the file to a higher res one and you pan/crops will function properly. I've done this. What I did was rename folders. I had originals in one folder and the resized ones in another. I just renamed the folders and Vegas just started using the differently sized image files when the project was opened. My project was always at the same settings.

By default Vegas auto conforms media frame size to the project frame size. If you turn that off then things like this will not happen automatically.

The pictorial view of the method NormanPCN describes...

You are correct. It is much easier and quicker to rename folders without Vegas knowing what happened. I got too hung up on how the pictures were resized, and lost sight of KISS.

Well, at least you made a video explaining the principle behind it. 😉

I suspect not. What I suspect is that he would first change the name of the LoRez (or whatever you called it) to something else, e.g., ProjectPics, import that to Vegas and do all the editing. Then he would close the project, rename ProjectPics back to LoRez, followed by renaming HiRez to ProjectPics, open Vegas and render.

At least that’s how I would have approached did and that also is how I read what NormanPCN has said. Of course, your way works, too, I just think what I have described is simpler.

That is pretty much what I did. This is a screenshot of the folder as it exists right now.

The "Photos" folder is where Vegas thinks the photos its using are. OrigPhotos are the 12MP originals (4000x3000). Vegas does not perform as smoothly with the 12MP files doing Ken Burns type stuff on each still and I was not do doing any huge crops/zooms so I did not need the high res anyway. I resized to 7MP and performance was very nice (older computer).

If I wanted to use the 12MP files all I need do is rename Photos to something like Photos7mp and rename OrigPhotos to Photos and I am done.

Because I have lots of better things to do (that I'm avoiding), I reworked the tutorial to more accurately describe the methods being discussed. Everyone has a preference for naming folders, so here's mine. I trust the workflow is more cogent than the first effort.

Even though I've considered the concept, I don't remember ever using it myself.

Because I have lots of better things to do (that I'm avoiding), I reworked the tutorial to more accurately describe the methods being discussed.

Well done! :)

I appreciate all the input and screen recordings.

What I suspect is that he would first change the name of the LoRez (or whatever you called it) to something else, e.g., ProjectPics, import that to Vegas and do all the editing. Then he would close the project, rename ProjectPics back to LoRez, followed by renaming HiRez to ProjectPics, open Vegas and render.

Doing it that way is much simpler than what you did because that way Vegas is always looking for the ProjectPics folder without needing to ask you where all the media is.

I do have one specific question, if I have two folders, as example named low-res and hi-res with the corresponding images in each what is the reason to change the folder names, if I then point to the other folder back within the program?

I do have one specific question, if I have two folders, as example named low-res and hi-res with the corresponding images in each what is the reason to change the folder names, if I then point to the other folder back within the program?

There is no point to other folder command in the program. I know of no command where you can tell Vegas that for any media files it has imported from folder X, please now look for them in folder Y under the same filename.

Vegas imports specific media files and remembers the specific path/folder where the media file was imported from. Renaming the folders has Vegas transparently change hundreds of media files without any futzing around in the Vegas user interface. Of course the files in the separate folders (lowrez, highrez) must be using the same filenames.

Without using the folder name technique, you can always use the relink command in Vegas to point a specific media file to a new media file. If you have hundreds of stills/media that is a very time consuming task.