Can anyone compare the value of the Sony Seminar Series for Vegas Pro vs the Absolute Training Series from VASST? I've been a Vegas user since the Video Factory days and I use v8.0b daily (to edit SD projects) so I'm looking for higher level training rather than entry level.
I'd personally say VASST. It's training done by guys who make a living editing. Sony's stuff isn't terrible but it could be much better. (I haven't seen the Vegas 8 stuff but earlier stuff was pretty bland, sorry Sony)
Spot's new Vegas 8 book is a great help too. Some prefer book training over video training. Either is guaranteed to step you up.
I bought the VASST Training DVDs and found them invaluable. They enhanced my knowledge considerably and clarified a large number of the issues I was grappling with. Being able to watch experts at work and listen to their explanations made life so much easier. I can thoroughly reccommend them.
the vasst dvd's are great...gary kleiner's vegas dvd's are pretty good...spot's book is great always good to have around though i am only about 60 pages into the new one and it could have used some proofreading...i.e. didn't the F leave Track Motion back in vegas 3 or 4 ?
Vasst's DVDs are great ... Gary's are very very good too.. the sony ones, I also bought and I cannot recommend them at all. (Sony: for good examples, see Douglas' and Gary's DVDs, and also the lynda.com and totaltraining.com tutorials, they're very good).