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Editing a large file.
Hi, I am working on a roughly twenty minute movie with a lot of chroma key effects. Would I be better off breaking the movie up into seperate movie projects files ie 1, 2, 3, and 4 and then combinding them all into one project file when I am done (can that be done)? If so should I actually render each part seperatly in some sort of raw format (if so can you suggest the format to render it in) and then combine them? Yesterday I had the program crash on me and I still have quite a bit more to do. Another thing, I am using the trial version of vegas and plan on buying the actual program, after I buy the program will I be able to seemlesly continue working on the same project after the software is installed?
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Yes. QuickTime ANI. Yes.
Hehe.
You can definitely pre-render chunks to a lossless codec (like QuickTime ANI or PNG (24-bit)). I do it all of the time on complex projects, since it seems like if anything is going to make Vegas cranky, it’s a complex project + a modern H.264 VBR distribution codec. I usually bring my pre-render video-only files into my main project on top (not sure if you’ll have enough tracks to do this in the trial version), save a new version of the project and use the original audio track. This gives me some flexibility to make changes (e.g., you can always poke holes in the “raw” files to get at lower layers to fix/adjust something). You’ll get humongous files, but in this age of 10-cent/GB HDDs, that’s usually not a problem. And, yea, your trial version VEG files will open in the retail version.
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Thanks for the quick response. so if I render it to quicktime ani or pfn 24 bit that will combine all my video, effects and audio into one merged file. After that I should be able to render the other parts of the video seperatly the same way and then combine them into one compete file and render them all at the same time to a dvd format. Is that correct? I am just making sure I am clear on this.
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You don’t need to render at all of you buy Vegas Pro. You can work on each section as a separate project and then drop them all into a master project as nested projects and Vegas will render them all together for you. This gives you the flexibility to modifying the individual projects without ever having to re-render. I work like this all the time with Chroma Key.
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That’s a great point, John. The whole nested project thing is killer, for certain, and endlessly useful (I use it for all of my program graphics, overlays and whatnot). So, yea, read my response more as a workaround for those times when Vegas is giving you a hard time (crashing on a complex composite, hanging in the middle of long render).
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I actually just ordered sony vegas 9 platinum pro pack will that let me do the same thing?
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> I actually just ordered sony vegas 9 platinum pro pack will that let me do the same thing?
You mean bought Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pak? No, Vegas Movie Studio cannot nest projects; only Vegas Pro can.
~jr
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