Masking in Vegas Movie Studio 15

ColdHardDrewth wrote on 2/20/2018, 5:32 AM

I'm assuming that Mask in Pan / Crop will continue to be a Pro only feature, but I was not aware of its existence until recently. Now that I realize what I've been missing all this time, I can't bring myself to upgrade version 14 as I feel like we're being cheated. Awesome features like that shouldn't be pro only. Some of us aren't rich but want decent looking videos. Consider this a request for future inclusion.

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3POINT wrote on 2/20/2018, 5:40 AM

Awesome features like that shouldn't be pro only.

Which features should be pro only?

vkmast wrote on 2/20/2018, 5:50 AM

"The philosophy behind VEGAS Movie Studio and its role in the VEGAS portfolio". A quote: "Which one users should start with depends to some extent on budget of course, but more importantly, upon their level of expertise with powerful software and their aspirations as filmmakers."

cris wrote on 2/21/2018, 10:11 AM

I miss masking as well. I've occasionally used HitFilm Express on the specific clip before bringing it in Movie Studio, if you don't need masking on the time it's a option.

ColdHardDrewth wrote on 2/22/2018, 2:03 AM

Well, this will produce a laugh I'm sure - I couldn't really think of what I considered pro only although I'm happy to give up all the disc authoring features. I guess it depends person to person. But no sooner do I say I won't upgrade to Movie Studio 15 do I see that Vegas has a lower-end "Vegas Pro Edit" which has all the features I could ever dream of and a good upgrade price that expired yesterday. So I bought it. I guess I get masking now. And I can still be poor and not have to pay the much more expensive FULL Vegas price.

Now I just need to figure out the best render settings because they've changed it up a lot over there! Guess this forum is no longer the one I need :)