Why Ease of Editing (Vegas I think is the king of this) is important

D7K schrieb am 22.06.2021 um 18:15 Uhr

Creativity is what makes a video magic in my mind. So I got 3 hours in today and never once had the program get in the way of my creativity nor technical needs. Smooth is the word, round tripping between Vegas and Samplitude, using masking and mixing formats (used several tools such as color grading and up sizing 720 to 1080P), green screened a 3D animation I had made into 4k video. Taking a break I realized how important to me the ease of editing in Vegas is, never once did I have to break my creative mood to figure out how to do something (to be fair, I use Music studio for about 5 years before I got VP13, but work flow is, for me, so intuitive and that I don't have to figure such things as plug paths.

Color grading and masking is so intuitive that mixing B&W video with color video and the masking of key elements didn't take me "out of the creative zone" , like other editors have. I am working on a 15 second intro segment and it has two sound parts, title, and two different videos. Like I have said I've done quite a few things in Vegas/Samplitude for each part and so far not a problem to be seen. In the future this intro will be mixed with h264/265 4k/5.5K video segments in nested files, a tool which I don't think I'd attempt this project without.

I guess it really depends on the individual for what is a great work flow and perhaps my muscle memory just likes Vegas, but I am not sure that I could find a NLE that works so smoothly (granted every system takes a while to get "tuned" right for smooth production) as Vegas.

And a big thank you for the smart upres FX as it does a very good job of moving 720 to 1080P and I have a lot of cam trail video to deal with.

I've been in the creative business for a long time, and I can say if someone asked me what is so great about Vegas as an editor, I'd say it just keeps out of the way of creative process and allows one to see the creative path one needs to follow in project creation.

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Rednroll schrieb am 05.07.2021 um 20:46 Uhr

@Rednroll, I've been using Reaper for the last year or so recording our worship team through the XR18, and now, X32 Rack. It's a program that has a ton of tutorials and is always being updated. It costs way less than the others except the free ones now available.

My music editing needs are light since a lot of what I do is from within the X32 Rack. Reaper integrates easily into the live recording using the Behringer X-Touch Universal in addition to the the X32 Rack.

And people can use Reaper indefinitely as a trial. I paid.

Yep, I've been watching Reaper since it's original release. Mainly been just sticking with Acid Pro due to my familiarity working with Vegas but it seems Acid has become the redheaded step child of neglect at this point. Really feel it's not a true 64bit host when I've got my internet browser open with a few tabs open, outlook and Sound Forge running in the background and I launch Acid and it shows me this error message and becomes unstable.

My system has 32GB of memory and resource monitor showed only 35% was currently being used when I see that message. Betting Magix did what they could to make Acid 64bit compatible but at the heart it's likely still a 32bit host.

I'm not seeing the problems in Reaper that I find myself running into with Acid Pro. Now that I got some of the interface change barriers reduced with Reaper, I feel it's time to make the switch rather than dealing with Acid's continuous problems.

Also used Reaper with my X-Touch One and worked flawlessly while Acid Pro was glitchy at best. All signs pointing me towards it's time to make the switch to Reaper.

Reyfox schrieb am 05.07.2021 um 20:57 Uhr

I've noticed that when 32bit software is "updated" to 64bit, it's really not a true 64bit software.

I had to reluctantly move from the Amiga to the PC to edit videos after years of using a computer that was way ahead of it's time. I had no love for Windows and the Intel powered PC's. I had a Quadra Mac that I gave away because I just didn't like it.

The transition to the DPS Editbay was sort of easy. And when you only have one PC choice left, you have to make it work. Ahh... the joys of letting the PIII 450 render over night......