Any reason to upgrade?

marko-l wrote on 12/19/2016, 2:20 PM

Hi,

I am currently using Vegas13 for 4k video and was wondering if upgrading to 14 makes sense. I use Mercalli V4 a lot and some NewBlue plugins such as ColorFast and NewBlue Titler Pro3. Would these work seamlessly with Vegas14 on my rather outdated Computer?

I mainly shoot 24fps 4k with a Lumix LX100 (see latest work linked below, feedback more than welcome
).

My Computer specs:

i5 2500 3.3GHZ

8 RAM

GeForce GTX580

Samsung SSD 850EVO (program files) + Buffalo PZU3&PZFU3 external drives for movie files and rendering out

motherboard MSI Z68A

Win7

Cheers,

Marko (formerly here as Gabonviper)

Comments

VidMus wrote on 12/19/2016, 2:59 PM

I upgraded but continued to use 13 because I was working on a major project. Now that the major project is done, I can spend some free time messing around with 14. I would need to spend even more on Plural Eyes and Vegasaur upgrades because the versions I have do not work with 14.

So currently, 14 is a downgrade on my system but might be considered an upgrade later on.

I sincerely hope to see much better updates/upgrades in the future for the investment I made. Anyway, I always have upgraded so I guess I just could not help myself even this time when it was not really advisable.

P.S. I noticed that my Chrome spell checker is finally working in this forum. YEA! Helps my fat fingers a lot!

Red Prince wrote on 12/19/2016, 3:16 PM

Personally, I had several reasons, but that does not mean anything for you.

First of all, I had a terrible ASUS laptop, which could run Vegas 12 and nothing later.

Secondly, recently Magix extended their introductory offer to upgrade to MVP 14 from any previous version of SVP. Meanwhile, my ASUS was near death, so I needed a new computer. I decided to go all the way to a, MSI GT 72S 6QE Dominator Pro G.

That is a gaming computer and I could not care less about games, but it is quite powerful. Then I ordered Vegas 14 Suite, so I’d get all kinds of third party plug-ins with it.

I really don’t need them all, but I may need to use such a plug-in in the future, and I’ll simply have it on my computer. I believe it is better to have more than I need than less. 😏

JackW wrote on 12/19/2016, 6:28 PM

+1 VidMus

aboammar wrote on 12/20/2016, 6:46 AM

I use Vegas Pro since its first version, and upgraded to every new version. This is the first time in my life that I will have to skip an upgrade because of two reasons:

1- Using black and white icons is a huge downgrade for me. I can not stand this stupid change!

2- Most of my plugins will not work with V14.

3- Performance and stability problems in V14.

Sony's version 13 of Vegas Pro is working great, and looking forward for version 15 ....

dlion wrote on 12/21/2016, 10:06 AM

+1 aboammar, especially #1. Unreadable.

I have a large catalogue of vegas projects that I can work with 13. I've tried a couple of new projects in resolve, and it really is good. I found myself reaching out to the help community for things that are a piece of cake in vegas, but once learned… I like the resolve interface, easy to see, easy to read, contemporary. And I like the simplicity of doing things in vegas.

15 will need stability, updated ui, all the plugins working for me to be interested.

winrockpost wrote on 12/21/2016, 7:40 PM

I been using vegas since, well a hell of long time version 2 when they first went to video I believe, I skipped 2 or 3 upgrades in that time because they had nothing to offer I felt I needed. This one again has nothing I need, if it sonic foundry, sony or the new company, but who knows where these people will take it..I am optimistic!!