Once a base virtual machine image has been made, you can use the OVF exporting tool from VMWare Workstation Player to create a copy of the image to use in other applications or as a clone.
Find the path to the .vmx file of the image you have made and then run the following command to export it to an .ovf file.
You will have to be in the directory of the OVFTool to run the command. Then then two paths in quotes are the source .vmx file path and the destination .ovf file path.
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMWare\VMWare Player\OVFTool>ovftool "C:\Users\Alex\VM\KansasDynamics\kansasdynamics.vmx" "C:\Users\Alex\VM\kansasdynamics.ovf"