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Storing sequences of events for future use in multiple different projects
I have some footage from which I’d like to produce some common elements for future videos. Is my best option to render all the elements from the footage and then include them as needed in future work or to keep the original footage and somehow maintain a library of Vegas edits that I can copy from?
I case that wasn’t clear, suppose I have a bunch of Vegas-edited sequences, A, B, C… Q and I’m making 10 videos, each with various combinations of A through Q. Would I import previously-rendered footage (meaning the same footage gets rendered twice) or copy and paste events?
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Use nested projects
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I would recommend that you get Production Assistant from Sony. It will allow you to reuse the same footage in each project according to your needs and it is dead easy to set up and use. Download the trial and see if it suits your needs.
You can download the most current version here.
j razz
https://www.jrazzcreations.com
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Jeremy, can you elaborate on how Production Assistant would help with this? I have PA but haven’t used it in this way.
I’m not sure of the full intent of the OP, but what I do may offer some ideas. I have a number of “stock” veg’s that I reuse across many videos. A good example is my closing clip which is an animation that includes my company’s name and web address. I also have a large number of animated track motion template vegs that contain “slugs” (i.e., generated media) that I replace with real footage when I use them in a project.
I have created a media library of all my reusable vegs, and created tags (e.g., “track motion template”) to make them easy to locate. In Media Manager I can then browse and preview these, and insert them as nested vegs as required.
On the other hand, if I had one recurring video that always had the same or similar organization and only the media changed from one to the next, this is where I would use Production Assistant. I had a project in mind to do just that when I bought PA, but haven’t done it yet.
Jerry
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