System information
n Select the Create trimmed copies of source media radio button and enter a value in the
Extra head and tail box to reduce the number and size of media files necessary to represent
your project.
Your project will be scanned to determine how much of each media file is being used and
those regions will be rendered to new media files. The amount of time specified in the Extra
head and tail setting will be added before and after the media file to allow subsequent edits.
All events are then updated to point to the new files. Finally, inactive takes are removed from
the project, and the project is saved.
The newly rendered files will match the source files' properties as closely as possible:
n Audio/video events are saved in a new AVI file. You can trim DV AVI, uncompressed
AVI, and Sony YUV AVI files. Because of the lossy nature of other video formats, those
video files will not be trimmed, but will simply be copied to the project folder.
n Audio-only events will be rendered to the Wave format if under 2 GB (or Wave64 if
over 2 GB), and DV files will be rendered as DV AVI files.
Project References in Rendered Files
When your Vegas Pro project uses media that was rendered with an embedded project path reference, you
can easily open the source project in the associated application if you need to edit the media later. ACID
5.0, Sound Forge 8.0, and Vegas Pro 6.0 and later allow you to save the project path reference when you
render files.
For example, imagine that you have an audio file on the Vegas Pro timeline that was rendered from an
ACID project. In previewing your Vegas Pro project, you discover that you'd accidentally rendered your
ACID project with a critical track muted. You could simply right-click the event on the Vegas Pro timeline
and choose Edit Source Project from the shortcut menu to reopen your ACID project, unmute the track,
and then rerender it.
The project information in the rendered file is a reference to a project file only. If you modify the
project file after rendering, the project data will no longer match the rendered file. To edit a project
using a path reference, the project file and all media must be available on your computer.
Saving the project path in the rendered file
1. Save your Vegas Pro project. The project must be saved before you can embed the project reference
in the rendered file.
2. Perform the procedure described in the Rendering Files topic to choose the file type and location for
rendering your files, and select the Save project as path reference in rendered media check box.
For more information, see "Rendering Projects (Render As)" on page 515.
The check box will be unavailable if you haven't saved your project or if you're rendering using
a third-party file-format plug-in.
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