Lost project - impossible to re-render? at DVinfo.net

Neil Cooper · December 17th, 2007, 12:18 AM

Hi all.

I'm a relative newcomer to Vegas & videography in general, but I've learnt a lot from reading many threads here and an instructional video from VASST I received when I purchased Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8.0 Platinum recently.

Here's my question.

I spent a lot of time editing 26 minutes of footage into a 9 minute WMV with, I think, the absolute optimal settings. Except for one thing. I forgot to turn off re-sample on every clip in the timeline before rendering. After uploading the video to Vimeo I had to dash out & hastily closed down Movie Studio & didn't save the project. :(

Pardon my naivete' here but I assume it's impossible to bring the project back? What are those sfk files I see in the hard drive folder I rendered to? Can they be used to restore the project?

Thanking you in anticipation of your advice.

Cheers,

Neil.

BTW - here's the video.

http://www.vimeo.com/user316745/videos

Edward Troxel · December 17th, 2007, 08:45 AM

You never ever saved the project??? If not, you can't get it back at all. If yes, you can get back to where you last saved.

The .sfk files won't help you. they're used to create the wave forms on the audio tracks.

Neil Cooper · December 17th, 2007, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

You never ever saved the project??? If not, you can't get it back at all. If yes, you can get back to where you last saved.

The .sfk files won't help you. they're used to create the wave forms on the audio tracks.

Idiotic, yes I know. I thought I'd previously saved it. I'd been working on it for hours.

Anyway, thanks for confirming what I suspected.

Kit Hannah · December 17th, 2007, 04:18 PM

When you x'd out on your computer, it didn't ask you to save it? It's a longshot, but whatever your filename is, lets say for example aaa.veg, there should be another file called aaa.veg.bak, which is the backup file. You can search for it and see if there is anything there. Good luck, that really sucks.

Neil Cooper · December 17th, 2007, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kit Hannah

When you x'd out on your computer, it didn't ask you to save it? It's a longshot, but whatever your filename is, lets say for example aaa.veg, there should be another file called aaa.veg.bak, which is the backup file. You can search for it and see if there is anything there. Good luck, that really sucks.

It probably did. I thought I'd saved it previously & was in a rush. Won't ever make the same mistake again though.

Thanks for the suggestion about looking for a backup file. I did a search of my hard drive for *.bak and there was a backup for another project there but not the one I was after. I still have all the captured/encoded clips though so at least I don't have to get them out of my camcorder again.

December 17th, 2007, 12:18 AM	#1
Neil Cooper New Boot Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 16	Lost project - impossible to re-render? Hi all. I'm a relative newcomer to Vegas & videography in general, but I've learnt a lot from reading many threads here and an instructional video from VASST I received when I purchased Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8.0 Platinum recently. Here's my question. I spent a lot of time editing 26 minutes of footage into a 9 minute WMV with, I think, the absolute optimal settings. Except for one thing. I forgot to turn off re-sample on every clip in the timeline before rendering. After uploading the video to Vimeo I had to dash out & hastily closed down Movie Studio & didn't save the project. :( Pardon my naivete' here but I assume it's impossible to bring the project back? What are those sfk files I see in the hard drive folder I rendered to? Can they be used to restore the project? Thanking you in anticipation of your advice. Cheers, Neil. BTW - here's the video. http://www.vimeo.com/user316745/videos Last edited by Neil Cooper; December 17th, 2007 at 03:16 AM.

December 17th, 2007, 08:45 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	You never ever saved the project??? If not, you can't get it back at all. If yes, you can get back to where you last saved. The .sfk files won't help you. they're used to create the wave forms on the audio tracks. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

December 17th, 2007, 04:18 PM	#4
Kit Hannah Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fresno, California Posts: 528	When you x'd out on your computer, it didn't ask you to save it? It's a longshot, but whatever your filename is, lets say for example aaa.veg, there should be another file called aaa.veg.bak, which is the backup file. You can search for it and see if there is anything there. Good luck, that really sucks.