Because it has that become-fabulously-wealthy-with-little-investment feel.

Regarding why it's Vegas and not Las Vegas: Because nobody says Las Vegas.

Oh, I know tons of people who call it (the place) Las Vegas. We always did so in SoCal when I was young and everybody in NoCal does so too. But non-Vegas people calling it "Las Vegas" could be just as wrong and verbotten as calling San Francisco "Frisco". Clear sign of a tourist.

Vegas the program is an acronym, I think. Spot once spelled out something very plausible. Personally, I think the name is an albatross hung around the program's neck. It's about as evocative as naming the program after Pittsburg.

Rob Mack

Personally, I think the name is an albatross hung around the program's neck.

Then we agree about something. Sort of. I think the name implies sleaze, and I'd think pretty hard before naming a product that way.
But what's done is done.

Did anyone else ever use http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-albums/video-explosion-deluxe/4505-3635_7-8463542.htmlVideo Explosion Deluxe[/link]
http://reviews.cnet.com/i/so/pc/ji_20089259_20089260_pc_01.gifScreenshot[/link]

I remember it was way ahead ( IMO ) of Ulead and others at the time ..

It apparently used the same basic engine ( same basic look and feel ) as Vegas, .. I suspect the the developer, http://www.novadevelopment.com/Products/Nova Development[/link] was licensing it from Sonic Foundry before Sony took over..

And "ACID" doesn't imply anything odd? ;-)

The rumor is that the name Vegas is an acronym, but I've never seen anyone from Sonic Foundry confirm that. Originally (1999), Vegas was primarily an audio editor, with some video editing capabilities, so with the letters, "V" (video), "A" (audio) and "E" (editing) do make it appear to be an acronym. "S" could pretty much stand for anything, including "software". I've only been using Vegas since version 4.0 (circa 2003 or so) and I don't remember that anyone has ever asked what the name meant since that time. I'm sure that this thread will spawn some creative interpretations.

As I recall the lore, Vegas was SoFo's (remember Sonic Foundry?) early code name for the product. When it came time to release the product the name stuck due, I suppose, to lack of a better moniker. Can anyone confirm this?

It is an editor for interlaced video, no? A frame of interlaced video consists of two fields. Vegas is Spanish for fields. QED.

I think the name implies sleaze

Agreed.

True, product teams sometimes give internal names based on vacation spots. Places they'd rather be.

With Acid, at least you could imagine some relation to music, but Vegas just makes me think of bodies dumped in the desert.

Rob

name's completely meaningless in general, people assign their own meanings. IE there's a liqueur store chain in my area called "premiere liqueur", that' doesn't mean adobe makes video editing software for drunks (even though I always associate those two because of the name). Avid makes me think of someone who's a work-a-holic. When I read "sony" I think "rip-off" because of the PS3 but I don't let that affect my buying decision on sony products

Vegas in spanish means valleys or wet meadows

The big question is, "How many Vegas editors are there in Vegas?"

It's just a name and I don't even think about it. When I say, "Vegas" it's just a word consisting of two short sounds that I make when I refer to the NLE software from Sony. It doesn't make me think of the gambling capital of the world unless I happen to be talking about gambling. My name is "John" which, in various contexts, can refer to a prostitute's customer, a toilet or underwear. It's just a name.

It might be just a name but whenever I'm editing and someone is asking where I am the reply is always "Bob's lost in Vegas somewhere".

Bob.

Vegas was the code name for the software, just as ACID was the code name for that particular software.
At the last minute, there was a contest internally to see who had the best name. No one could "beat" what Vegas was (probably because everyone was so used to Vegas at the time), and so the name stuck.
You should see what can be found on the alpha builds of ACID. Pretty funny stuff. Been long enough, we probably can say "Habanjero"...which was the code name for still another product that thankfully was released with a different name....

Thats what I started with was Video Explosion. I then went to V7 I was amazed at how simular they were. there was not much of a transition.

Spot, there's no j in habnero.

Also did you know they discovered a chile that's
hotter than a haberno?. It's called the Bhut Jolokia which roughly translates as the "ghost pepper."

Why I am hijacking this thread to talk about chiles? My wife edits Chile Pepper magazine and I figured I"d give her a plug. It's the only food magazine that has more male than female readers.

John Cline, I got some photos of New Mexico in the almost released new issue which is the The Spicy USA issue.

You know if the keep developing the capabilities of Vegas as a finishing tool, they can change their slogan to

what.happens.when.you.stay.in.vegas

which is probably better than

like.no.other.

Thanks for the "heads up" Buster. I've never met a chile pepper I didn't like (or one that was hot enough.)

I'm by no means the world's best photographer and the magazine's travel camera is not even an SLR, but there's some nice shots in that article.

The issue hasn't hit the stands yet and my wife comes home and shows me this month's Gourmet magazine which has a chile theme this month, and yes, an article on New Mexico. Of course, Gourmet has a big enough budget where the New Mexico photos look like they were taken by Ansel Adams with gourgeous black and white landscapes

The magazine started out there and after my first visit you can tell why. It's truly a place where chiles are part of people's identity.

"It's truly a place where chiles are part of people's identity."

Yes, it certainly is. Even the national fast food hamburger chains around here have to include green chile on the menu. I guess you discovered that the food around here is completely unique and only exists in a relatively narrow strip that runs up the center of the state. (Although I have to kind of exclude Santa Fe from that statement, a bunch of rich trust-fund babies have moved in up there over the years and turned it into an adobe theme park which bears little resemblance to the original Santa Fe.)

Nevertheless, there are a lot of reasons to live here, but what keeps me planted is that "New Mexican" food just can't be had anywhere else and I'm an addict. Another thing that keeps me around here is the film industry, it's absolutely BOOMING.

Just be glad that SoFo didn't name their NLE, "Albuquerque", no one would be able to spell it.

Albuquerque - eh? Doesn't that rhyme with a certain FOWL? - And THAT would have been a truly Sisyphian task to carry off?

Grazie