Upgrading from Vegas Pro 20 to 23 - Opinions

Max-Hind wrote on 2/9/2026, 8:56 AM

I currently have Vegas Pro 20 and have been using Vegas since PR0 13. I have skipped a few versions and had mixed experiences over the years. I have been pretty happy with 20 apart from fairly regular crashes mid edit which I have got used to. I am looking for honest opinions from users who have upgraded to 23 as I can see that there have been a lot of changes. Is there a vast improvement over previous versions and how stable is it proving to be? Can you still open previous version in v23 (for example will I still be able to open and edit v20 edits). Appreciate any feedback. As I use this for business so stability is really important for me. Also what are the best improvements in your opinion (for example is rendering faster,etc) Thanks in advance

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3POINT wrote on 2/9/2026, 9:11 AM

@Max-Hind https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/ :

Can you still open previous version in v23 (for example will I still be able to open and edit v20 edits).

Yes, but do not save those edits with VP23 (trial) when you intend to to reopen the project in VP20 again.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 2/9/2026, 9:28 AM

Depends on footage you use, but I would wait until another build of Vegas Pro 23 is available (see the reported bugs here in the forum).

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