Please note that the recent (April) Humble Bundle VEGAS-related offer seems to have ended in May 13.

@walter-i. Yes, I have already downloaded and installed the trial version. Even though I am using a 7 years old laptop, the software is running pretty well except for a few lags, but it's perfectly okay as I am still practising.

However, I had also installed the 7 days trial version of Premier Pro as instructed by my tutor, but it completely failed to run, so I had to uninstall it. Anyway, I was not really very happy with PP.

I liked your suggestion, and it would have greatly helped me, but unfortunately, I am late by 17 days. It says:

THE BUNDLE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS OVER

THIS BUNDLE WAS LIVE FROM APR 22, 2021 TO MAY 13, 2021 WITH 40,565 BUNDLES SOLD, LEADING TO US$1,071,941.63 RAISED.

@vkmast Yes, I just checked it and the sale is over.

All I can say is:
Be patient, keep your eyes open, maybe other offers will come along.

Above all - read daily here in the forum - also the older entries, which you can recognise from the title that they could be interesting for you, it is an almost inexhaustible source of knowledge. 😁
And if you really want to take up this hobby - it never ends!

Edit:
If money is an issue, you can also consider starting with Vegas Movie Studio and then upgrading, there are sometimes attractive offers.
Movie Studio has the same structure as Vegas Pro, but has only fewer functions.

Sure thing

👍

If you consider the cheaper version, be sure it is the VEGAS Movie Studio Platinum version. The basic VMS is rather restrictive. And again, try before you buy.

@vkmast I checked Vegas Movie Studio but couldn't find any comparison between the two, Vegas Pro & Vegas Movie Studio Platinum.

My only guess that Vegas Movie Studio is targeted to beginner level while Vegas Pro is target to advanced level.

I am anyway downloading the free trial to try it out.

My only guess that Vegas Movie Studio is targeted to beginner level while Vegas Pro is target to advanced level.

That isn't quite correct; "beginners" won't find Movie Studio Platinum easier to learn or use, and the workflow is exactly the same; it's just that certain advanced  features such as Scripting are not available.

@Musicvid Thank you for your input. I being an amateur, I have absolutely no idea about the advanced features and other functions in the duo neither I know anything about scripting. I am still playing and learning with the timeline.

I have installed Vegas Movie Studio Platinum trial and the interface is almost similar to Vegas Pro.

At the end of 30 days, I will know where exactly I stand and which software (Vegas Pro or Vegas Movie Studio Platinum) will best work for me.

I think you will find Movie Studio Platinum a worthy learning and production tool, and it is an inexpensive upgrade path to the Pro version when you find there is a feature you can't live without.

I am so happy that I took the correct decision to go with Vegas family of products and happened to meet some wonderful people giving me the best advice & suggestions and also guiding me on how to get started with less investment.

I am by heart thankful to everyone.

Congratulations! I own a license to the entire Adobe Video Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro (admittedly, an older version), and have also used Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro, PowerDirector, and Media 100. I've found Vegas Movie Studio 17 Platinum by far, the easiest-to-use, bar-none, full-stop, period!

Thank you @studio-4, no doubt VMSP would have fully met all my requirements, and in fact, as a beginner, I would have hardly utilized all the features, not at least for the next few months. But I got stuck in-between what was being taught to me and how I would practise it.

My tutor is teaching me on Adobe Premiere Pro and no doubt it is the best, but I am was not comfortable with their subscription model as we end up paying more than what the software would otherwise cost. So I needed an equivalent software in which I could practise what my tutor was teaching me.

Initially, the lessons were covering all the basics, so there wasn't any problem. I started practising on Corel VideoStudio Pro trial, but soon it started exhausting out of the advanced features. Filmora Pro though was not even a closer match, often used to freeze on my laptop, making my laptop unresponsive. Then I tried DaVinci Resolve, but it would run like a turtle on my laptop.

Then my tutor suggested me to try Vegas Pro. VP was absolutely a perfect match and I learned its interface in very short duration. So far, VP is the only software that is running smoothly on my laptop, though a little slow.

But as I was in the middle of the VP trial, some members suggested that I try VMSP as it's a cheaper option and usually covers most of the features as VP. But because of the certain features missing in VMSP, I had to either choose between skipping practising those lessons or try them out in VP.

After doing a lot of research & self-analysis whether to sacrifice on the budget or the features, I finally decided to go with VP as a one-time investment. However, my top most priority still was VMSP considering the budget constraint and the fact that I might never be using the advanced features & functionalities available in VP. But the question was of learning & practising and I didn't want to skip that part.

And that's how I ended up with purchasing VP 18, but I still feel that VMSP would have served me for a long time if I had been learning video editing on my own.

BTW, I checked your lighting basics website and found the articles very interesting. I will go through them one at a time because I am also working on improving my photography skills.

Although I am not into videography, but out of passion, I do have recorded some travel videos. I took my passion for photography as my secondary profession, with web technologies being the primary. And add to that, now video editing as my secondary profession.

My tutor is teaching me on Adobe Premiere Pro and no doubt it is the best,

but then...

VP was absolutely a perfect match

Surely that makes Vegas Pro the best for you regardless of how good the other NLEs on the market are.

 I started practising on Corel VideoStudio Pro

I started out in 2003 with its predecessor, ULead Video Studio (since bought out by Corel to become Corel VideoStudio), and the leap from VS some years later to Vegas Pro was a revelation. Whether VMSP would have been better for you in the long run is only something that you can determine by long time usage of VP18.

. . . And that's how I ended up with purchasing VP 18, but I still feel that VMSP would have served me for a long time if I had been learning video editing on my own.

BTW, I checked your lighting basics website and found the articles very interesting. I will go through them one at a time because I am also working on improving my photography skills.

Although I am not into videography, but out of passion, I do have recorded some travel videos. I took my passion for photography as my secondary profession, with web technologies being the primary. And add to that, now video editing as my secondary profession . . .

Gee, thanks for the kind words about lightbasics.com! I think Vegas Movie Studio 17 Platinum is complete enough for 99% of my video-editing needs. For traditional narrative film-cutting, it's really all you need.

Also, I watched your daughter's video and if that's an example of your work, high compliments! It's very well done with a high degree of polish, and the lighting is excellent! I think you definitely have a potential second career in television production if you're so inclined!

I started out in 2003 with its predecessor, ULead Video Studio (since bought out by Corel to become Corel VideoStudio), and the leap from VS some years later to Vegas Pro was a revelation.

Corel VideoStudio Pro too is a good editing software, but it is more focussed to a specific genre of people like beginners, home users etc who would like to edit their videos quickly and without having to learn those technical terms.

Initially, my plan was to go with VSP as I am already using AfterShot Pro 3, but as the course advanced, I quickly figured out that VSP won't work.

Whether VMSP would have been better for you in the long run is only something that you can determine by long time usage of VP18.

Certainly.

Gee, thanks for the kind words about lightbasics.com! I think Vegas Movie Studio 17 Platinum is complete enough for 99% of my video-editing needs. For traditional narrative film-cutting, it's really all you need.

Correct, and at the end, it comes down to our personal requirements and what types of projects we will be working on.

Also, I watched your daughter's video and if that's an example of your work, high compliments! It's very well done with a high degree of polish, and the lighting is excellent!

Even though the video was recorded in my home photography studio on my Nikon D5300 using the studio lighting setup, tripods etc, (and hence the lighting is good), the editing was done by someone else.

The video was recorded in the end of 2019, and then I was not into video editing.

I started learning somewhere after the mid of May 2021. The course basics & semi-advanced topics have been covered, but the higher advanced topics should be completed by the end of this month.

I think you definitely have a potential second career in television production if you're so inclined!

Hopefully, because I always had a lot of thoughts running in my mind about producing small movies & videos on various topics. So you are very much correct with your foretelling :-)

I started with VP14 Edit. A $30 humble bundle deal. After 2 weeks of using it, I bought VP15 Suite. I've looked at VMS, but there are some features that I need in Pro. Not all the time, and as others have said, VMS can do 90% of what I want, it's the other 10% that would frustrate me.

If I were on a budget, I would opt for VMS Suite because of the plugins. The price isn't out of line, and the upgrade path to Vegas Pro is cost effective. Since they both edit the same, the learning curve would be less.

But I'm quite happy with VP18! I am sure you will be too!