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Saving, Rendering,

17 and Printing Projects

Vegas® software allows you to save and render projects into many different multimedia formats. When you render your Vegas project, the project itself is not altered, but rather can be rendered in any number of different formats.

This chapter explains saving a project and using the Save As and Render As functions. In addition, you will find reference information for the rendering options available. This chapter also describes the different options for delivering your projects, such as printing to tape, burning a Video CD, or burning a multimedia CD.

Saving a project

A Vegas project is saved as a small VEG file. This file contains all of the information needed to recreate your project: source file locations, trimming, track and bus plug-ins, volume and panning envelopes, bus assignments, assignable effects settings, etc. This is not the same as creating a final media file, which is done with the Render As command.

Note: The option is also provided of saving a project as an

Edit Decision List (EDL). For more information, see

Creating an EDL on page 233.

1.Click the Save button (). The first time a project is saved, the Save As dialog appears.

In subsequent saves, the Save As dialog is bypassed, your existing file name is retained, and your project is updated to include any changes.

2.Select Vegas Project File (.veg) from the Save as type list (default).

3.Select the drive and folder where you want to store the project.

4.Type the project name in the File name box.

5.Click Save.

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SAVING, RENDERING, AND PRINTING PROJECTS