Advice re: VF -> Vegas upgrade

jtardiff wrote on 8/28/2001, 1:41 PM

Hi folks,

I recently stumbled on VF and have been having a great time with ver 2.0 . I even (finally) upgraded my 11-yr-old Canon Hi8 camcorder to a new Sony Digicam (TRV30) and installed a Pyro firewire card in my computer. I usually make compilations of family videos for far-flung relatives and have begun to experiment with incorporating images via Photoshop, etc. Last week I saw that Best Buy had Vegas for $150 (husband dragged me out before I whipped out the credit card). It's very enticing.

I've reviewed the list of capabilities between the two programs, but I wanted to ask you folks, especially those of you who have made the move, what your opinions were. I know that Vegas 3 is probably on the way, but convincing hubby that I "need" a $500 program may not be possible ;-).

Thanks for the help!

Jil

Comments

jboy wrote on 8/28/2001, 1:54 PM

The upgrade from VV 2.0-VV 3.0 will probably be cheaper, (w/VV 2.0 at $150), that buying 3.0 by itself. Sonic might have some input on this ??

tserface wrote on 8/28/2001, 2:19 PM

I use both VF 2.0 and VV 2.0 and there simply is a lot of stuff you can't do without VV if you want to be serious about video. The $149 at Best Buy is a great deal and Sonic Foundry has a history of low cost upgrades to support their current customer base (I think when SoundForge 5.0 came out it was around $99 to upgrade - $399 new if I remember right). I bought an extra copy for another machine simply because the $149 was such a great deal.

pking wrote on 8/28/2001, 6:01 PM

I too started with VF. I bought VF1.0 at a dirt cheap price and then the next week SF came out with VF2.0. I upgraded to VF2.0 as soon as it came out because VF1.0 was so well integrated. When Best Buy offered VV2.0 for only $149, I snapped it up immediately. VV is worth it's price just as a tutorial about Non-Linear Editing. The problem with upgrading to VV2.0 from VF2.0 for me is that I now want a DVD burner to archive all my wonderful products (wonderful to me anyway). I assure you that you will not regret buying VV2.0 for $149 if you enjoy digital video editing. And the fact that I was buying a $500+ product for ONLY $149 helped me sway my spouse. After my first family based product using VV2.0, she doesn't seem to remember being hesitant to let me acquire this powerful memory maker.

jtardiff wrote on 8/30/2001, 8:06 AM

Great, it definitely sounds worthwhile (I've always wanted to work with a "serious" editing program) and the fact that Sonic Foundry tends to offer reasonable upgrades is a big plus.

With my usual "good" luck it is out-of-stock at the best buy website, hopefully they will get more because there aren't too many B&M stores in my area.

Thanks for the input and I look forward to participating in the VV forum.

Jil