System information

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:
n Create a single element — such as a lower-third graphic or watermark — that you can use in
multiple timeline locations or projects.
n Create a complex composited element that you can use as a single media object in the timeline. For
more information, see "Compositing Video" on page 385.
n Create a transition across multiple events by placing the events in a nested project and applying a
transition to the nested project event.
n Create a musical composition with its own tempo and FX bus structure that you can use in another
project.
n Create a separate project for each scene in a video and nest those projects in a master video project.
You can apply color correction to each shot within the scene and then apply color correction to the
entire scene in the master project.
n 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.
Perform either of the following actions to nest a Vegas Pro project within the current project:
n Drag a Vegas Pro project from the Explorer window (or Windows Explorer) to the timeline.
n 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 if import or use the Explorer to open a project file).
You can edit the nested project's events just like any other event on the timeline: trim, shuffle, stretch, crop,
or apply event switches.
For more information, see "Editing events on the timeline" on page 133.
Notes:
n The output from the nested project's master bus is used to create the audio event. If you nest a 5.1
surround project, the audio event will be a stereo downmix of the surround master bus. For more
information, see "5.1 surround projects" on page 433.
n Audio events from nested projects cannot be edited in a sound editor. For more information, see
"Opening Events in an Audio Editor" on page 178.
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