I am still using Vegas Pro. I am getting involved in more sound for picture stuff and need to render some files to Quick Time files. Can I do this with Vegas Pro or do I need to upgrade? I have very little experience with video.
Yes, VV3 can do Quicktime encoding. Just select 'Render As...' from the file menu and choose Quicktime from the 'Save as type:' drop down. I find it best to render your video at best (DV or MPEG-2) quality, then use Sonic Foundry Batch Encode (Which ships with VV3) to convert to Quicktime or any other format.