Opening a project or media file

From the File menu, choose Open to open a media file or VEGAS Pro project.

NOTE

You can open multiple VEGAS Pro projects by launching another instance of the application (if your computer has enough resources).

  • Opening a project closes the current project and displays the opened project in the VEGAS Pro window.

  • Opening a media file will place the event that contains the media onto a new track in the current project.

Opening a VEGAS Pro project

  1. From the File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose the folder where the project you want to open is stored:

    • Choose a drive and folder from the Look in drop-down list.

    • Choose a folder from the Recent drop-down list to quickly select a folder from which you have previously opened files.

  3. Select a file in the browse window or type a name in the File name box. Detailed information about the selected file appears at the bottom of the dialog box.

    TIP

    • To limit the files displayed in the dialog, choose a file type from the Files of Type drop-down list or enter *. and an extension in the File name box. For example, enter *.wav to display all wave files in the current folder, or enter *guitar*.wav to display all wave files that have the word guitar in the file name.

    • To open a project quickly, double-click a .veg file in the Explorer window.

  4. Click Open. If you have not saved the current project, you will be prompted to save your changes.

Nesting Projects

Nesting allows you to add a VEGAS Pro project to the timeline of another project. Nesting can help you organize a timeline or create other effects. For more information, see Nesting projects

TIP Use nested projects to organize a project that uses extensive compositing.

Perform either of the following actions to nest a VEGAS Pro project within the current project:

  • Drag a VEGAS Pro project from the Explorer window (or Windows Explorer) to the timeline.

  • From the File menu, choose Import, then choose Media from the submenu, and then browse to the project you want to use.

The file is added to the Project Media window and an event is created where you drop the project in the timeline or at the cursor position before you opened the Import Media dialog.

Opening a media file

  1. From the File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose the folder where the file you want to open is stored:

    • Choose a drive and folder from the Look in drop-down list.

    • Choose a folder from the Recent drop-down list to quickly select a folder from which you have previously opened files.

  3. Select a file in the browse window or type a name in the File name box. Detailed information about the selected file appears at the bottom of the dialog box.

    TIP To limit the files displayed in the dialog, choose a file type from the Files of Type drop-down list or enter *. and an extension in the File name box. For example, enter *.wav to display all wave files in the current folder, or enter *guitar*.wav to display all wave files that have the word guitar in the file name.

    NOTE If you want to use RAW camera files in your project, the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack will allow you to view RAW camera files and add them to the timeline.

  4. Click Open.

  5. The file is added to the Project Media window and an event is created. The event is created at the cursor position in the selected track, or a new track will be created if no tracks of the appropriate type exist. For example, if your current project contains three audio tracks when you open an AVI file, a video track will be created for the AVI.

Opening a still-image sequence

If you've exported a video clip as a still-image sequence using another application (a 3D-rendering application, for example), you can add the sequence to the VEGAS Pro timeline as a single event.

  1. From the File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose the folder where the sequence you want to open is stored:

    • Choose a drive and folder from the Look in drop-down list.

    • Choose a folder from the Recent drop-down list to quickly select a folder from which you have previously opened files.

  3. Select the first image in the sequence (or the image you want to use to start the event). Detailed information about the selected file appears at the bottom of the dialog box.

  4. Select the Open sequence check box.

  5. In the Last image box, type the number of the last image you want to open. For example, if you'd selected AnimationOne_00001.tga in step 3, you could type 120 in this box to create a new event using AnimationOne_00001.tga to AnimationOne_00120.tga.

  6. Click Open to display the Media Properties dialog, where you can view or edit information about the sequence. For more information, see Viewing or changing media file properties

  7. Click OK. A new event is created at the cursor position in the selected track (a new track will be added if no track is selected). Each image in the sequence will be displayed for one frame.

Opening a CD Architect version 4 project

If you have existing CD Architect version 4 projects, you can use VEGAS Pro to open your project files and create Red Book CDs.

  1. From the File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose the folder where your CD Architect project file (.cdp) is stored:

    • Choose a drive and folder from the Look in drop-down list.

    • Choose a folder from the Recent drop-down list to quickly select a folder from which you have previously opened files.

  3. Select a project file in the browse window or type a name in the File name box.

  4. Click Open. If you have not saved the current project, you will be prompted to save your changes.

    For more information about creating Red Book CDs, see Disc-at-once (DAO or Red Book) CD Burning