I have used neither Magix Movie Studio nor Video Pro X. So I don't know how one uses them. Both should be easier to learn than Vegas Pro, but the question is if they are powerful enough.

@Gran-Johansson Why do you think that? Why do you think they will be easier to learn?

In short, you know Premiere best so it's going to be a learning curve to any new product. Personally, I think VEGAS is the easiest to use. Need a transition? Just overlap the two events on the timeline. Need an effect? Just drag it onto the event, or track, or media, or project! There's multiple places the effects can be added. And I find it easier to use than the other Magix products (of course, I've used VEGAS for over 20 years now...) About 2000 I was using Cinestream and the writing was on the wall that it was disappearing. I tried Premiere at that time but it did not work the way I think. VEGAS does - but I did have to force myself to use it for a complete project before I fully switched to it. Find a small project and give it a try.

Wow. You do want the software to do a lot. I hope that your computer hardware is up to the task!

proDAD Hide is only good for 1 year.

I have Mercalli V6 plugin for Vegas. I love it, but had to pay I think $40 for it. But you also can stabilize with Mocha Vegas in Vegas Pro Suite, or use Vegas built in Video Stabilization.

As for object removal, again Mocha Vegas. Here is a link to Youtube TUTORIALS.

If you want a more powerful editing software, that would be Vegas Pro. Magix Movie Studio is the consumer editor, and Video Pro X is a more powerful version of Magix Movie Studio. As I wrote in the Magix forum, I own both.

Vegas has Chroma and Luma key.

Motion tracking is in Vegas natively, or again, if you get the Suite, you get Mocha Vegas. But again, not as easy as you would think, and again, computing horsepower is a plus.

Yes, Vegas does have Vegas Denoise, but again, your computer has to be up to that task, and rendering will be slow. As mentioned above, NeatVideo is pretty darn good, but you have to pay for it. I personally use Boris FX BCC+DeNoise ML.

Render/Export is the same thing. You render the finished video. It's the difference in terminology, that's all.

As with any editing software, whether consumer or more upscale, you will still have to learn where things are. Nothing is "in your face" with bold neon lighting.

I started editing with the Amiga Video Toaster doing a/b roll. Moved to PC with DPS Editbay, and had just about every version of Pinnacle software from 2002, in addition to Premiere v6, Avid Liquid, and Pinnacle Studio. I even own Davinci Resolve Studio. But my transition from Pinnacle Studio to Vegas Pro 14 was easy. Yes, I had to learn where things are, but with Vegas, everything is in front of you. Resolve has different pages and to color grade, you will have to learn how nodes work. I would personally skip Magix Movie Studio, but the cost is inexpensive, but you will have to edit "upside down" meaning the main video track is above all the other "overlays". As for what's "intuitive", that is subjective based on what one has used in the past. I adjust to the software and work the way it works.

But again, as was mentioned on the other forum, download the trial versions and see what works best for you and the style you like to edit. For me, it's been Vegas Pro for some time now.

I found no rubber band for adjusting the sound volume.

The automation volume envelope line can be hidden or un-hidden by pressing the 'V' key in the audio tracks, sub-master and master buses. If the V key does not show the envelope line on the timeline, right-click the track header and select 'Insert/Remove Envelope' to choose Vol, Pan, ect.
btw, if you are not already aware, Vegas has full featured DAW built in and many folks use it for multi-track audio projects... in fact, when Vegas was initially published in 1999 (by Sonic Foundry) it was an (audio only) DAW and video support was added in subsequent versions.

Many thanks, my dear friends. After reading your comments, I suspect that I should choose Vegas Pro. Just make a choice between buying only the program or buying the whole suite.

More comments.

Well, if you don't need all the ancillary software (Soundforge, Acid Pro, etc.), then no. The editing is exactly the same. But if you want Mocha Vegas, you have no choice but to get Suite. Also, with Suite, you get different Vegas Hub downloads. Here is a COMPARISON between Vegas Pro and Vegas Pro Suite.

For me, the Vegas Hub 4K downloads are what I need since I edit mainly in 4K. I also like the music, but really haven't used Text to Speech, or Speech to Text outside of a couple of times. One other thing that I have used and still find interesting is AI Assistant. I was able to use by typing in 4 words and got pretty decent results.

@Gran-Johansson Masking is mentioned in your orig comment -

The only option for masking in VPX is a B/W mask + chromakey placed between two images/videos. Vegas has it's own built-in masking + Mocha Vegas if you choose that purchase option.

You mention green screen & chroma keying, after you've done the keying you may want to render those sections with transparency, Vegas will render the video with transparency & create png's with transparency. VPX will render neither a video with transparency or create a png with transparency.

There is no internet in the room where I do almost all editing. So I don't like when help is only available on the internet.

@Gran-Johansson Nowadays VP's Help system is online but as you are aware there is a downloadable manual. You also need to be online for product activation and periodic "phone home" to confirm activation. Plus occasionally VP may need to activate or unlock codecs. A one time operation. Neither of my computers are physically connected to the internet as they are not conveniently positioned near my modem. So I rely on wifi connection and have never had any problems.

I downloaded the zip file you posted on the Magix Community forum. After unzipping I placed the files on a VP21 timeline and exported as a 50p 1080 file using Sony AVC/AVC (I prefer this to using Magix AVC/AAC) with bitrate 25,999,360. In Project Properties Deinterlace method - Smart Adaptive. The resulting file has a top bitrate of 26.0 Mbps and average 23.9 Mbps. It is here https://drive.google.com/file/d/125K6DwLSxfKxKCW9qmn1lqIknhcNzeMO/view?usp=sharing should you wish to look at the quality. I cannot see any difference to your originals.

Looking ahead it's probably preferable to archive as 50p mp4. One advantage is you control the quality of the deinterlacing and VP's Smart adaptive does a good job. With an interlaced 50i file you have no control as to how your viewer's pc, Blu-ray player or TV handles the deinterlacing.

Dear friends, many thanks for further comments.

About the AI assistant. 32 Gigabyte RAM and 11 Gigabyte VRAM is recommended, so I guess I will only be able to use it for sound editing, if at all. Unless that spec is for 4K video.

Rendering to transparency. Yes, I plan to do some different things. Film different parts of my doll movie with whatever method is best for that specific part. So thanks for warning that Video Pro X will not be enough.

OK, I will be forced to use internet sometimes. No problem, as long as I am not told to immediately connect. But I am the kind of person who prefers to concentrate on one thing at a time, so I only connect to the internet when I have to.

I downloaded the file. This evening I am busy so I plan to look at it tomorrow.
 

@Gran-Johansson if you decide on getting Vegas, you can try the AI Assistant to see how it works for you. With the AI features, I had a template for a project. Video, voice over and music are supplied. You just basically replace things and edit to your needs. The music was ok. I used some of it, but I use Smartsound the most. It would cost you nothing but a little bit of time to try it, and yes, you will have be to connected to the internet.

Also, add your computer specs to your User Profile>Signature like mine below.

You asked me to add technical specs to my signature. Sure, I wrote a few words and plan to add more details when I have more time.

I have in practice decided to pay for Vegas Pro. So the remaining question is, to choose the whole suite or only the program itself.
ACID Pro 11 is used to create music. I am almost tone deaf so I have made it a habit to ask somebody else for help with music.
SOUND FORGE Pro 18 and wizardFX Suite are sound editing program. I already have the audacity freeware and for my no-budget filming it is enough with stereo sound. while I rarely have problems with poorly recorded sound since my camcorder delivers 48 volt phantom power.

This leaves me with Mocha VEGAS (Boris FX) which can put a mask on people. And do more things. So I thought like this. One films an actor at some distance. In order to have good sound, one tells the sound technician to stand close to the actor. Then use this plug-in to delete the sound technician. Useful, but I found no system requirement. 

So can Mocha VEGAS handle HD 25p when I have no more than 16 gigabyte RAM and 4 gigabyte VRAM?
And is there any other possibility in Vegas Pro to use tracking matte without Mocha VEGAS? I have the impression that this is the case, so perhaps I should not ask this.
So far I have only read the first quarter of the manual, so there is a lot which I have not yet realized.

I noticed that some AI tools only function for one year, unless one subscribes, but I hope that is not the case with this tool.
 

Mocha doesn't expire. Are you referring to annual usage limits for cloud services?

Sound to text and text to sound expires after one year. What happens with other functions is something I don't know.

Those are cloud services. Mocha and the other AI Fx are run locally and don't expire or have usage limits.

OK, I can only admit that since I have not tried to use them, I know nothing about them. So I honestly thanks you for informing me.

@Gran-Johansson Vegas has a built in tracker, for your example of removing a sound technician a 'clean plate' (a still image of part of the video where the technician isn't there & the background can be seen) would be needed and tracked to follow any camera movement, Vegas's tracker should be able to do that. & a mask applied to the cleanplate with Vegas's built in masking so only the appropriate section of the image is used.

Google - Cleanplate -

In video editing, a clean plate is essentially a shot of the background of a scene, captured without any subjects or obstructions in the frame. It's like an empty version of the frame you might be using in your main video.

I would highly recommend Mocha though, it's an excellent adage. Unfortunately I can't go into details about 'Vegas' Mocha because I have the full Boris Mocha Pro. Although the tracking & masking in Vegas Mocha are the same as Mocha Pro it is a scaled down version, there's lots of extras in Mocha Pro & the application to events/timeline within Vegas are different.

Because Vegas Mocha is a recent addition to Vegas there's prob only a few videos online about it but on the Boris website there's many videos showing how Mocha Pro works, note only the basic tools are in Vegas Mocha so a lot of those videos won't be relevant to you.

I'd start with this video which is about Vegas Mocha https://borisfx.com/videos/quick-start-mocha-tracking-in-vegas-pro-21/

Then if you want to know more about the tracking watch the other videos about tracking in the Pro version, like i say the tracking is the same but there will be options missing in Vegas Mocha so these videos will make more sense & you'll notice what is/isn't available to you after you purchase Vegas Mocha - https://borisfx.com/videos/?tags=product%3AMocha+Pro%2Cseries%3AMocha+Essentials

Many thanks, I took a quick look.

Cost. "You only wish to pay once". So say Magix V22 and stay there for life. With intermittent/no internet you may also be in trouble. Field work n a laptop maybe a non starter

Davinci Resolve 'Studio' with a dongle will work without internet and allow you to upgrade provided their upgrade policy remains unchanged. Current price around £300 UK .In my opinion good value. Every editing program has a learning curve.

You pays your money and takes your chance. Good luck & happy editing.

Please explain what trouble it would give if I only connect to the internet "once per week".

I have a new PC. That is the reason I am right now planning to buy Vegas Pro. The logical thing for me is to use the same editing program until the PC is worn out. Or until my camcorder is worn out. Or something else equally important happens.

Because for me the logical thing is to change editing program when one is facing some technical change.

@diverG Your comment doesn't make sense... 'Davinci Resolve 'Studio' with a dongle will work without internet' & 'So say Magix V22 and stay there for life. With intermittent/no internet you may also be in trouble. Field work n a laptop maybe a non starter'

Google -

A Wi-Fi dongle, also called a USB Wi-Fi adapter, is a small device that allows a computer or other device to connect to a wireless network

So with a dongle both VP & DR could connect to the internet... Field work with or without the internet would have the same outcome for both programs?

&! even If I disconnected my PC from the internet for the rest of my life I could still use DR or any of the VP versions I have installed, that is VP18, 19, 20, 21 or 22..

Upgrade would require internet connection for both programs however it's connected whether that is through WiFi or hard-line. .

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Please, I don't understand. I plan to edit with Vegas Pro in a room without internet. I tried the free version of DaVinci Resolve, but I didn't like it, so I will only use it again if I have a good reason to do so.

So what problem will it give me to use Vegas Pro without an internet connection? If the program tells me that I must connect to the internet, I can do so during the weekends.

When it comes to upgrading. I used the same software on the same computer during the latest eleven years, and it worked. Because I have used the same camcorder during these years.

@Gid distinguish between a wifi dongle and a serial key dongle!

@Gran-Johansson Vegas Pro will work without the internet connection, after the initial download & install there's no need for it be connected. The only reason you'd need the internet after that would be for updates.