[Andreas Zeitler] "I forgot to mention that the intern has Vegas 11 Pro. I'm sorry for the confusion."
Tell him that he needs to upgrade to Vegas Pro 13.0 or buy a Mac and learn Final Cut Pro X. Seriously, there is no way to work the way you want with Vegas Pro 11.0. I would expect a working editor (even an intern) to keep his tools up to date... you should too.
Having said that, I don't even think having Vegas Pro 13.0 is going to help. There are probably more problems like Aaron pointed out waiting to bite you and the last thing you need is audio going out of sync. Vegas Pro just does not play well with others. It's really designed for one-man operations. On top of that you have Mac vs PC platform inconsistencies in addition to NLE inconsistencies. It's going to be one headache after the other.
I appreciate that you are trying to work things out for him but honestly, I'd tell the other editor that you're a Final Cut Pro X shop and he need to get the right tools for the job. You said he was an intern... If he plans to work in the industry, he will find lots more jobs knowing Final Cut Pro X than Vegas Pro. This is probably as good a time as any for him to learn.
As far as DaVinci Resolves goes, that may be an option. I would start a new post about round-tripping from Vegas Pro to Resolve because most Vegas Pro editors who know nothing about Final Cut Pro X will ignore this post. If Resolve can round-trip to FCP X and VP and round-trip to Resolve, you may have a workaround. It seems like a lot of work and another opportunity for things to go wrong, all because an editor won't use the right tools in the first place.
Bottom line: At a minimum, he needs to upgrade to Vegas Pro 13.0 if he expects to keep using a PC and work with Final Cur Pro X editors. I would recommend that he download the 30-day free trial of 13.0 and do some tests with moving projects back and forth. It's going to be very limited.
~jr
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