Workflow for Large video projects Vegas pro 18

kmaultsby wrote on 11/17/2020, 5:03 AM

I am kicking the tires with Vegas Pro 18 and I see it's work flow is a little different. I am thinking of editing my last vacation which was three weeks. A lot of media videos and photos. My question is how do you break it down in Vegas. In other NLE'S you can do sequences and in DaVinci Resolve you can create multiple timelines on the same project. For example I want to edit a video at the Grand Canyon and then edit a video I did in Santa Fe New Mexico and then put them together, do I just create two different projects? If so how do I put the two timelines together in Vegas. I am sure there easy answer for this.

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j-v wrote on 11/17/2020, 5:36 AM

Read all about so called "Nested Vegs", in which you are able to use "Nested Timelines" if you wish or need them.

xberk wrote on 11/17/2020, 3:46 PM

You can open multiple instances of Vegas. This may not be as easy as working with multiple timelines but it is close and works well for me for doing inter-cutting between locations and different days of shooting as you mentioned.

Generally, for me, a project is 10 min or less. I hate working with longer timelines. To create longer projects, I combine projects by rendering each section out to a format like MXF and combine the sections for final rendering.

Generally my "Trip videos" are done in chronological order. But a lot depends on what you choose to shoot on any given day. Sometimes I do "pickup" shots that will fit better earlier or later on in the narrative. But generally chronological order rules.

I organize my main camera original footage in folders according to the date they were shot with separate folders (by date) for second camera, cell phone footage, voice over narration, looped dialogue and stills. Again, as much as possible, I store things in chronological order. Other folders (not dated) might be veg, renders, music, sound effects and stock footage from other sources.

What's important here is not my way of working but that YOU devise and understand a structure of folders that makes sense to you and makes sense for the project. Well organized source material that you understand will save a huge amount of time.

rraud wrote on 11/17/2020, 4:06 PM

'Nesting' would would be my choice for this type project. You can edit the segments separately and combine them later... if you wish. Combining the segments is simply dragging a finished (or semi-finished) projects (single files) to a new or existing timeline.

kmaultsby wrote on 11/17/2020, 9:27 PM

You can open multiple instances of Vegas. This may not be as easy as working with multiple timelines but it is close and works well for me for doing inter-cutting between locations and different days of shooting as you mentioned.

Generally, for me, a project is 10 min or less. I hate working with longer timelines. To create longer projects, I combine projects by rendering each section out to a format like MXF and combine the sections for final rendering.

Generally my "Trip videos" are done in chronological order. But a lot depends on what you choose to shoot on any given day. Sometimes I do "pickup" shots that will fit better earlier or later on in the narrative. But generally chronological order rules.

I organize my main camera original footage in folders according to the date they were shot with separate folders (by date) for second camera, cell phone footage, voice over narration, looped dialogue and stills. Again, as much as possible, I store things in chronological order. Other folders (not dated) might be veg, renders, music, sound effects and stock footage from other sources.

What's important here is not my way of working but that YOU devise and understand a structure of folders that makes sense to you and makes sense for the project. Well organized source material that you understand will save a huge amount of time.

xberk You organize your trip videos like I do. This is my first vacation that I will have to edit which is over three weeks. And I agree I hate long timelines.

kmaultsby wrote on 11/17/2020, 9:29 PM

'Nesting' would would be my choice for this type project. You can edit the segments separately and combine them later... if you wish. Combining the segments is simply dragging a finished (or semi-finished) projects (single files) to a new or existing timeline.

Thanks rraud I will have to experiment with this workflow.

walter-i. wrote on 11/18/2020, 1:59 AM

I also make travel videos of this kind and can only recommend the workflow with nesting.

Illusion wrote on 11/18/2020, 7:01 AM

.... To create longer projects, I combine projects by rendering each section out to a format like MXF and combine the sections for final rendering.

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No need to render to intermediate format with nested project. You can drop a .veg file into a timeline the same as if it was a rendered file. Vegas will create a proxy for it so the preview is smooth. At final render, the actual sources of the .veg file nested in another timeline will be used.

Intermediate rendering is not necessary.