Change of heart, need to save project as separate projects

[tommytucker]

Starting working on a project. After some days of slowing adding to it, massaging it... I look now and see that I really need to separate this one project into two. I don't want to just delete the second half, I need to just make this one into two. There are overlays and audio, so I am not wanting to destroy it. Any advice? Using VS10+.

[Black Lab]

Let's say your current project is called ProjectA and it is 10 minutes long. Save it as such. Now determine where you want to split your project. For simplicity let's say at the 5 minute mark. Take everything after the 5 minute mark and delete it. Now save what you have left on the timeline (the first five minutes) as ProjectA1. Now open ProjectA again. Take everything before the 5 minute mark and delete that. Now save that as ProjectA2. Now you have to seperate projects, plus the original if you change your mind again!

[BrianCee]

I would do basically the same thing but in a slightly different sequence.

If your project is called 'Project A' then do a 'File >> Save' - next do a 'File >> Save As' and save it as 'Project B'. - you now have two identical projects but with different names. Open one of them again - delete the bits you don't want in that one - then 'File >> Save' - then open the other one (check carefully) and delete the bits you don't want in that - then again do 'File > Save'.

[tommytucker]

as we used to say in the Military. Thanks for that quick reponse from both of you!

[skier-hughes]

as we used to say in the Military. Thanks for that quick reponse from both of you!

Surely not if it was the enemy

I'm with Brian, for the safety side of things.