Is neat video the #1 recommended denoiser for a windows based sony vegas pro user?

I use Neat Video plugin de-noiser and love it. It works very well. -- Also iZotope RX Plugin Pack (De-click, Dialogue De-noise, De-hum, and De-clip) works great too. PluralEyes too. I use Mercalli V4 plugin but it has some problems with Vegas .. as does NewBlue FX ..

Though this is not a plug-in, Frameserving Vegas w/ Handbrake gets much better quality MP4 than the native Vegas MP4 renders. Many people on the forum are using this to get great MP4 renders.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-14-and-vegas2handbrake--103569/

http://www.vegasvideo.de/vegas-2-handbrake-en

I Also use Neat video which is a great de-noise application but it severely impacts playback and rendering time, so if you do use it activate it at the final render.

Plural Eyes is a great time saver for multi-cam videos or if you sync chopped video w/ an audio track. You can find Plural Eyes bundled w/ microphone packages like RODE or it goes on sale once a year or so.

Thanks. How much faster is the rendering time? I just encountered a possible hardware problem, so while this goes out for repair, that might be something to use in the future

dexcon: The important thing really is for you to decide what plugins you need for your work

best advice possible unless you have money to throw away.

How much faster is the rendering time?

You don’t use Handbrake for speed, you use it for quality.

How much faster is the rendering time?

You don’t use Handbrake for speed, you use it for quality.

Actually for both. Speed and quality. No other MP4 encoder can beat Vegas2HB.

Depending on your desire to really exploit the capabilities of Vegas and achieve high quality results, imho Boris BCC 10 is the most capable and extensive set of plugin additions to Vegas. You can nickel and dime your way there or just go all in. 

-- tom

Don't forget Excalibur.

over the past 10 years i've probably acquired every plugin avail for vegas due to some client requirement or other - they also ended up paying for them as well ;-)

the two mentioned previously, bbc10 and excalibur are by far and away the only ones i've used with any consistency. the rest i haven't even installed on my present nle.

that said, most of my work is, and has been short form doco, and until a few years ago, corporate. i found a great many of packages verging on the tacky / tasteless side, and nearly all my titling is done in either ps or with vegas's simple legacy generator. of course if you're into fx, compositing and the like then you might well gain some benefit from one or more of the available packages - but bcc10 is most certainly one of the most comprehensive, flexible and creative plugins i've found, and for practical housekeeping purposes nothing beats excalibur.

of course, ymmv

Which are the best 3rd party transition plugins? I have newbluefx, but 80% of them looks strange, never used. I like something cooler.

if you've got the money nothing comes close to genarts sapphire (which i have but didn't mention) because they're truly customisable...

Does the Boris BCC ever go on sale?

Does the Boris BCC ever go on sale?

Usually a discount (I think about 10%) when a new version is available. The OFX version runs less than most other platforms which is nice.  It's usually the last version to get updated, though.

I would say Hitfilm Ignite is a must

Does the Boris BCC ever go on sale?

You can get Boris (not sure what version) free by purchasing Corel videostudio ultimate version, they just released a new version x10. On top of that, this gives you as an advantage an extra NLE to play with 🔧  

It is true that many FX plugins can be cheesy, or give weird or unusable results, but some I find almost indispensable as timesavers and/or image quality enhancers.

One of the plugins I use regularly are newblue PIP and newblue's autocontrast. Especially  the autocontrast I dump on almost every clip (I am a sucker for extra sharpness and color saturation).

Then there is newblue titler if you want to go the extra mile on titling without Boris.

Here some links:
http://www.sonyvegas.co.uk/category/s9-sony-vegas/c10-plug-ins/

.One of the plugins I use regularly are newblue PIP and newblue's autocontrast. Especially  the autocontrast I dump on almost every clip (I am a sucker for extra sharpness and color saturation).

My favorite plugin for autocontrast and autoleveling is this free plugin http://www.semw-software.com/en/autolevels/ which is also much faster than NewBlue's.

AAV COLOR LAB has many good uses: Better free white balance, better levels, individual color adjusts....

http://aav6cc.blogspot.com/

easy LOUDNESS MAXIMIZER / LIMITER

http://loudmax.blogspot.com/

My favorite plugin for autocontrast and autoleveling is this free plugin http://www.semw-software.com/en/autolevels/ which is also much faster than NewBlue's.

downloading, thanks!

.One of the plugins I use regularly are newblue PIP and newblue's autocontrast. Especially  the autocontrast I dump on almost every clip (I am a sucker for extra sharpness and color saturation).

My favorite plugin for autocontrast and autoleveling is this free plugin http://www.semw-software.com/en/autolevels/ which is also much faster than NewBlue's.

What do you mean with much faster? The render time or video preview? The newblue autocontrast does not strike me particular as slow, at least I do not perceive it slowing down anything with putting it on almost every clip.