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GETTING STARTED CHP. 2
Nesting projects
This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.
With Vegas software, you can simplify and organize complex projects by adding multiple projects to the
timeline of a single Vegas project. Using project nesting, you can:
• Create a single element that can be used in multiple locations or projects. If you update the project, it is
updated everywhere.
• Create a complex composited element that can be used as a single media event in multiple locations or
projects.
• Create a transition across multiple events by placing the events in a nested project and applying the
transition to the nested events project.
• Create a musical composition with its own tempo and bus structure that can be used in another project.
• Create an individual project for each scene in a video and place those projects in a master project. You
can apply color correction to each project individually, and then apply color correction to the master
project as well.
• Use master projects to deliver a single project in multiple formats without time- and disk-consuming
intermediate renders: for example, you could add your 24p, 16:9 HD (high-definition) project to a master
project to reformat the project as widescreen SD (standard definition) for DVD, letterboxed SD for VHS,
4:3 pan-and-scan SD, or 25p.
Note:
In order to use network rendering with nested
projects, the nested project must contain only media from
folders that do not require remapping. Before nesting your
Vegas project, update the project so that all media in the
project is added from a network folder or a local, shared folder
that is mapped to the same drive letter on all renderers and the
render host.
Adding a project to the Vegas timeline
Use one of the following methods to nest an existing project in your current timeline:
• From the Explorer window, drag a Vegas project file (.veg) to the timeline. The project is added to the
timeline where you drop it.
Tip:
You can also drag files from the Windows® Explorer
and drop them on the Vegas timeline.
• From the File menu, choose Import and then choose Media to browse to the .veg file you want to nest.
Using any of the methods above, the Vegas project file is also added to the Project Media window. Once a
nested project is in the timeline, you can then edit the its events just as you would any other event in your
project.