using a SV Platinum file in SV Pro 10?

kun1 wrote on 3/7/2012, 4:01 PM

Hi,

I've been using Sony Vegas Platinum for a while now. I have been putting together a project which i am half way through editing. I have been bought a copy of Vegas Pro 10 as a gift today.

My question is, is it possible to use the saved project file from Platinum in Pro 10? I would really like to use some of the features in Pro in my project.

I have tried dragging the Platinum file into Pro and it will accept the file type. However i cannot see the individual files on the time line. it just looks like one file. Is there anything i can do to make it compatible? i really dont want to start again, but i really want to use pro.....

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vkmast wrote on 3/7/2012, 5:48 PM

From the SCS Knowledgebase
Vegas Movie Studio project files (*.vf) will open in Vegas Pro if the (*.vf) file was created in a numerical version that is less than or equal to the numerical version of Vegas Pro.

https://www.custcenter.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4258/kw/compatibility

So if you have a VMS 11 .vf project file, you cannot open it in VPro 10.

MarkWWW wrote on 3/8/2012, 11:02 AM

> I have tried dragging the Platinum file into Pro and it will accept the file type. However i cannot see the individual files on the time line. it just looks like one file.

You are seeing a feature of Vegas Pro which VMS does not have - Project Nesting. This allows you to nest whole projects inside other projects as though they were a single piece of media.

You don't want to do this, so you will not be able to use the drag-and-drop method of opening a project that you are used to with VMS. But you can still open your VMS project in Vegas Pro as you want to by using the other method - just go to File|Open... and select your .vf file.

Mark

kun1 wrote on 3/8/2012, 11:52 AM

Brilliant. Thank you very much for helping me.