Merge Project Files?

britch wrote on 2/6/2000, 11:54 PM
I am using Vegas to create audio theatre projects, and I
have created my first pass of editing by breaking the play
down into scenes and editing the scenes.

Now I would like to merge the 30 scenes (projects)
together, with no loss of edit information. I know I could
create 30 wave files and then edit those, but I would like
to keep all my edit decisions so that I can tweak things at
a later time -- especially some of he transition points.

Is there any way for Vegas to do this -- or is there some
sort of stand-alone program?

I have looked at generating EDL files, but they do not
remember envelopes. I have tried copy and paste, but they
preserve the results of envelopes, but not the decisions.

BTW -- I love VEGAS -- it is much more intuitive than SAW,
my previous editor of choice.

Comments

CDM wrote on 2/7/2000, 10:53 AM
I have a similar situation and I don't think there's a way to do
this. Sorry. You've gotta do the .wav files thing.

Charles.

William Alan Ritch wrote:
>>I am using Vegas to create audio theatre projects, and I
>>have created my first pass of editing by breaking the play
>>down into scenes and editing the scenes.
>>
>>Now I would like to merge the 30 scenes (projects)
>>together, with no loss of edit information. I know I could
>>create 30 wave files and then edit those, but I would like
>>to keep all my edit decisions so that I can tweak things at
>>a later time -- especially some of he transition points.
>>
>>Is there any way for Vegas to do this -- or is there some
>>sort of stand-alone program?
>>
>>I have looked at generating EDL files, but they do not
>>remember envelopes. I have tried copy and paste, but they
>>preserve the results of envelopes, but not the decisions.
>>
>>BTW -- I love VEGAS -- it is much more intuitive than SAW,
>>my previous editor of choice.
SonyEPM wrote on 2/7/2000, 11:01 AM
Merging multiple projects is pretty easy- open Vegas 2 times, (two
copies of Vegas running simultaneously).

You can open projects, make selections, and copy/paste whatever you
want between the two running apps. As long as you aren't playing back
in both simultaneously, you won't get much (if any) performance hit.

A simple method for merging your scenes into a master project would
be to create a new project in Vegas copy1, then open your existing
projects one at a time in Vegas copy2, /selecting/copying/pasting
your edited scenes in the right order in Vegas copy1. It might be
helpful to drop in some markers so you know where the pre-edited
scenes begin/end. Depending on how the tracks were laid out in your
existing pre-merged projects, you may or may not want to create new
tracks when you paste into copy1. Save the new composited project and
you're there.



William Alan Ritch wrote:
>>I am using Vegas to create audio theatre projects, and I
>>have created my first pass of editing by breaking the play
>>down into scenes and editing the scenes.
>>
>>Now I would like to merge the 30 scenes (projects)
>>together, with no loss of edit information. I know I could
>>create 30 wave files and then edit those, but I would like
>>to keep all my edit decisions so that I can tweak things at
>>a later time -- especially some of he transition points.
>>
>>Is there any way for Vegas to do this -- or is there some
>>sort of stand-alone program?
>>
>>I have looked at generating EDL files, but they do not
>>remember envelopes. I have tried copy and paste, but they
>>preserve the results of envelopes, but not the decisions.
>>
>>BTW -- I love VEGAS -- it is much more intuitive than SAW,
>>my previous editor of choice.
brettsherman wrote on 2/7/2000, 12:49 PM
Always looking for ways to improve the program. But, how about being
able to open two projects within one Vegas Program. It might be
difficult because of the way the interface is set up. The program
timeline would have to be in its own window. Just a thought.


Dave Hill wrote:
>>Merging multiple projects is pretty easy- open Vegas 2 times, (two
>>copies of Vegas running simultaneously).
>>
>>You can open projects, make selections, and copy/paste whatever you
>>want between the two running apps. As long as you aren't playing
back
>>in both simultaneously, you won't get much (if any) performance hit.
>>
>>A simple method for merging your scenes into a master project would
>>be to create a new project in Vegas copy1, then open your existing
>>projects one at a time in Vegas copy2, /selecting/copying/pasting
>>your edited scenes in the right order in Vegas copy1. It might be
>>helpful to drop in some markers so you know where the pre-edited
>>scenes begin/end. Depending on how the tracks were laid out in your
>>existing pre-merged projects, you may or may not want to create new
>>tracks when you paste into copy1. Save the new composited project
and
>>you're there.
britch wrote on 2/7/2000, 11:24 PM
Thank you very much for your suggestions.

I had tried this approach very early on, and it does copy the audio
tracks... but it does not remember the volume nor pan nor fx
envelopes. After I copy the takes, the envelopes seem to be applied
to the WAV files, but the envelope control information seems to be
lost.

Had I experimented in advance, I would have just built one big
project file... but it seemed so reasonable to break it into scenes.


Brett Sherman wrote:
>>Always looking for ways to improve the program. But, how about
being
>>able to open two projects within one Vegas Program. It might be
>>difficult because of the way the interface is set up. The program
>>timeline would have to be in its own window. Just a thought.
>>
>>
>>Dave Hill wrote:
>>>>Merging multiple projects is pretty easy- open Vegas 2 times,
(two
>>>>copies of Vegas running simultaneously).
>>>>
>>>>You can open projects, make selections, and copy/paste whatever
you
>>>>want between the two running apps. As long as you aren't playing
>>back
>>>>in both simultaneously, you won't get much (if any) performance
hit.
>>>>
>>>>A simple method for merging your scenes into a master project
would
>>>>be to create a new project in Vegas copy1, then open your
existing
>>>>projects one at a time in Vegas copy2, /selecting/copying/pasting
>>>>your edited scenes in the right order in Vegas copy1. It might be
>>>>helpful to drop in some markers so you know where the pre-edited
>>>>scenes begin/end. Depending on how the tracks were laid out in
your
>>>>existing pre-merged projects, you may or may not want to create
new
>>>>tracks when you paste into copy1. Save the new composited project
>>and
>>>>you're there.
>>
CDM wrote on 2/8/2000, 12:29 PM
Wow - I had never even considered that. VERY COOL!

Dave Hill wrote:
>>Merging multiple projects is pretty easy- open Vegas 2 times, (two
>>copies of Vegas running simultaneously).
>>
>>You can open projects, make selections, and copy/paste whatever you
>>want between the two running apps. As long as you aren't playing
back
>>in both simultaneously, you won't get much (if any) performance hit.
>>
>>A simple method for merging your scenes into a master project would
>>be to create a new project in Vegas copy1, then open your existing
>>projects one at a time in Vegas copy2, /selecting/copying/pasting
>>your edited scenes in the right order in Vegas copy1. It might be
>>helpful to drop in some markers so you know where the pre-edited
>>scenes begin/end. Depending on how the tracks were laid out in your
>>existing pre-merged projects, you may or may not want to create new
>>tracks when you paste into copy1. Save the new composited project
and
>>you're there.
>>
>>
>>
>>William Alan Ritch wrote:
>>>>I am using Vegas to create audio theatre projects, and I
>>>>have created my first pass of editing by breaking the play
>>>>down into scenes and editing the scenes.
>>>>
>>>>Now I would like to merge the 30 scenes (projects)
>>>>together, with no loss of edit information. I know I could
>>>>create 30 wave files and then edit those, but I would like
>>>>to keep all my edit decisions so that I can tweak things at
>>>>a later time -- especially some of he transition points.
>>>>
>>>>Is there any way for Vegas to do this -- or is there some
>>>>sort of stand-alone program?
>>>>
>>>>I have looked at generating EDL files, but they do not
>>>>remember envelopes. I have tried copy and paste, but they
>>>>preserve the results of envelopes, but not the decisions.
>>>>
>>>>BTW -- I love VEGAS -- it is much more intuitive than SAW,
>>>>my previous editor of choice.