Hi Guys,
I've got Vegas 15. Is Vegas 18 a significant/worthy upgrade from Vegas 15?
I've got a laptop with an Intel i5 cpu, built-in Intel Graphics, 8Gb ram, and SSD hard drive that runs Vegas 15 well.
Thanks for any feedback on this! Have a great weekend! :-)
Check the specs required and you will probably find you are a bit light https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/specifications/#productMenu
You also need Win10. But download the 30 day trial to see how it runs on your system.
In my mind it's worth it for two key reasons, the much better use of GPU to enhance timeline performance and the change to full range 8 bit mode both improving the display in the preview window and in rendering. Also of course many other fixes and V18 with have updates in the coming year.
Just some of the things that have been added since, and will be added soon in free updates to VEGAS 18:
HDR Support
Far better GPU support, better performance and more GPU types supported
GPU video decoding
A color grading panel similar to Resolve's
Storyboard Mode
Various UI Improvements
Updates to Magix Intermediate Codec
Mesh Warping
Optical flow slow-mo
Improved stabilization
Motion tracking
Just to name a few...
and a few really cool features coming in a future update for free:
VEGAS Prepare: A media preparation/organizing system that is compatible with VEGAS Hub, which is...
VEGAS Hub: An online collaboration center that lets you use cloud storage to share projects with a team and collaborate with them during the editing process.
I'd definitely recommend a hardware upgrade with the software upgrade. Maybe build yourself a desktop, or have one built, and use VEGAS 15 on the laptop.
Check out NVidia's new 30xx series of GPUs, they're amazing. Blowing away the competition by a long shot.