I LOVE VEGAS 7.0

ScheffFrog wrote on 11/4/2006, 10:42 AM
Just wanted to say a GOOD WORD to Vegas 7.0! I have been using Vegas since V4 and have seen great improvements all along the way! Just so there is another opinion on the forum instead of the seeming constancies to putting this program down.

Have I had problems?? YES, but with patience, the forum and no-how, I have been able to work through them all. Using HIGH-DEF was the greatest part of my company moving into today's formats of great video production. We just got finished working with Mickey Rooney, Jan his wife (old stars from way back...) Bruce Hornesby has just done a favorable audio input to a production we are doing, and the ranks of many others have allowed us to produce their materials in VEGAS, and ALL HAVE BEEN QUITE HAPPY with our finished product.

THANKS VEGAS, and all you techs who get trashed for the great work you have done. WE appreciate you! Keep up the great work. AND THANKS TO THIS FORUM... everyone is always so helpful.

A very happy user.
Steve Scheffler

Comments

JJKizak wrote on 11/4/2006, 4:20 PM
I'm happy with it most deleriously. Those snap things just blow me away.

JJK
vicmilt wrote on 11/4/2006, 4:52 PM
Editing software is always about workflow. How easy is it to get your completed project done?
Darn right I'd pay a hundred bucks for the "snap to" addition. It makes life SO much easier.
And once you've bit the bullet to move into HDV, V7 is the only way to go- it's simply "real time", for all intents and purposes.
Then throw in DVD4 (which I haven't even had a chance to upload), and I'd say that's a hell of a deal.
But I have always loved Vegas...
v

vitalforce wrote on 11/4/2006, 10:00 PM
I recently decided to go back over every single cut in my DV feature, which I had edited with Vegas 6, using the snap-line which shows as a dotted line if you don't have a cut right between frames (lost track of when I had turned off Quantize to Frames to do some sound work, and did or didn't reinitialize it).

It took two afternoons to go through the entire film--but IT ONLY TOOK TWO AFTERNOONS! What a program.
FuTz wrote on 11/4/2006, 11:58 PM
I must confess... the "snap" thingy plus rendering times that seem so much shorter made me make the move at the last second... even if I haven't been editing at all lately. Rang a bell for when I'm back "in"
DGates wrote on 11/5/2006, 12:16 AM
That's funny. I was going to post the same topic under the same heading, but I didn't want to seem too nerdy. =p

I had to do some editing on my laptop yesterday while out of town. It's Vegas 5. But I'm already used to V7, with the preview window and tabs on top, and of course the snappys. So my editing wasn't as much fun. =[
MRe wrote on 11/5/2006, 12:19 AM
Yes, I love Vagas too. And snapping is THE feature but...

They did forgot to "enable" snap with fades. I mean that in order to align two fades you need to use timeline cursor as guide. On the other hand this again shows that there are always multiple ways to accomplish things in Vegas.
vicmilt wrote on 11/5/2006, 4:26 AM
DGates...
what is "tabs on top"? and how do you implement it? and why?

v

TLF wrote on 11/5/2006, 6:36 AM
"Tabs on Top".

In Vegas 6, the preview window together with the Explorer/Transitions/Video FX etc appeared at the bottom pf the screen. To switch between Explorer, Project Media, Vide Effects, etc you clicked on the relevant tab.

using hidden settings you could force the preview window and tabs to appear at the top of the screen, but the tabs to switch between the various windows remained at the bottom of the windows which could result in some undesirable behaviour.

With Vegas 7, the tabs can be moved to the top of the screen which prevents the inadvertent switch from one tab to another.

I probably haven't explained that well, but take a look at the screenshots here: http://www.corporatemedianews.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=71078 and you may appreciate the difference.

Worley
DGates wrote on 11/5/2006, 11:17 AM
Here's a screen shot of a wedding project I did in V7.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/dgates01/Vegas7timeline.jpg

UlfLaursen wrote on 11/5/2006, 11:30 AM
I love Vegas too. Four major things I love:

1. The way you can customize layouts
2. The great waveform for audio - easy to find exact spots.
3. Great compatibility with DVDA and soundforge.
4. The scripting thing - like VASST etc.

/Ulf
vicmilt wrote on 11/5/2006, 1:51 PM
Having edited on an AVID for eleven years, I sure do appreciate that Pix on top arrangement.
Would you be kind enough to give me a "step by step" to accomplish that arrangement (and then I know you can save it - how?)
Jest lazy I guess - buy why should I reinvent the wheel when you guys have already figured it out>
Thanks in advance,
v

[r]Evolution wrote on 11/5/2006, 5:04 PM
If someone has a Layout you like...
Can they eMail you the 'Saved Layout', you rename it as to not override one of your Presets, and you just load it up for Vegas to recognize?
UlfLaursen wrote on 11/5/2006, 8:54 PM
Hi,

There is a whole thread goin on with layouts. There are some to download too...

Layouts

/Ulf