Vegas 11 was the #5 entry on Videoguys' top ten products of 2011. The NLEs that were ahead of it were Avid Media Composer 5.5/6, and CS 5.5. VG has always supported Vegas and its users well, and seem to always see a lot of potential here. A few of their (and my) comments:
"Sony Vegas Pro 11 is also the only NLE that recommends AMD and Intel processors equally. In fact, when you talk to the Sony product guys like I do, they give the nod to AMD ;-) " (emoticon included in VG's review)
I wish Sony product guys would talk to us like they talk to you - giving "nods" to the hardware that really works best with Vegas.
"Sony Vegas Pro 11 now also taps into your graphics card GPU power. Unlike other NLEs, Vegas can utilize either NVIDIA or ATI graphics. This gives Vegas a big leg up when it comes to running well on "off the shelf" desktop and laptop machines found at your local consumer electronics superstore. "
In this case I think Videoguys has gotten a bit lazy and just bought into the product brochure - probably because 11 was released so late in the year. VG has always done a thorough job of testing and recommending good hardware configurations for both Vegas and Premiere. In the past they've recommended some very specific configurations and given their reasoning for their decisions.
They gave the #1 spot to Avid MC raving about the fact that with their "open i/o" in MC6 users no longer have to purchase proprietary hardware. I'll watch the Avid forums to see how this is working out for them.
As I've expressed in several posts, In Vegas' case, I just feel that trying to add layers of complexity and features to an an already marginally effective "open-hardware" promise is not the best development path to take. We've seen this through several versions. Please, Sony, tighten up your "recommended hardware" specs to the point all of us can have some joy working with it. It is the best editing experience I've found - when its working. Tell us what you're testing it on. First MAKE IT WORK consistently on specific hardware, then figure out how to truly open it up to "off the shelf consumer electronics." For now, go ahead and "favor" certain vendors if their products work better with Vegas. Others have found that's how you get them to support the quick fixes and patches necessary during upgrade times.
All of us know that Vegas has been "very close" for a long time. Let Movie Studio have the "off the shelf" open hardware path and make Vegas Pro "Pro." Diverting from the current development path and taking an approach similar to Avid's would pay off very quickly, IMO.
Larry
"Sony Vegas Pro 11 is also the only NLE that recommends AMD and Intel processors equally. In fact, when you talk to the Sony product guys like I do, they give the nod to AMD ;-) " (emoticon included in VG's review)
I wish Sony product guys would talk to us like they talk to you - giving "nods" to the hardware that really works best with Vegas.
"Sony Vegas Pro 11 now also taps into your graphics card GPU power. Unlike other NLEs, Vegas can utilize either NVIDIA or ATI graphics. This gives Vegas a big leg up when it comes to running well on "off the shelf" desktop and laptop machines found at your local consumer electronics superstore. "
In this case I think Videoguys has gotten a bit lazy and just bought into the product brochure - probably because 11 was released so late in the year. VG has always done a thorough job of testing and recommending good hardware configurations for both Vegas and Premiere. In the past they've recommended some very specific configurations and given their reasoning for their decisions.
They gave the #1 spot to Avid MC raving about the fact that with their "open i/o" in MC6 users no longer have to purchase proprietary hardware. I'll watch the Avid forums to see how this is working out for them.
As I've expressed in several posts, In Vegas' case, I just feel that trying to add layers of complexity and features to an an already marginally effective "open-hardware" promise is not the best development path to take. We've seen this through several versions. Please, Sony, tighten up your "recommended hardware" specs to the point all of us can have some joy working with it. It is the best editing experience I've found - when its working. Tell us what you're testing it on. First MAKE IT WORK consistently on specific hardware, then figure out how to truly open it up to "off the shelf consumer electronics." For now, go ahead and "favor" certain vendors if their products work better with Vegas. Others have found that's how you get them to support the quick fixes and patches necessary during upgrade times.
All of us know that Vegas has been "very close" for a long time. Let Movie Studio have the "off the shelf" open hardware path and make Vegas Pro "Pro." Diverting from the current development path and taking an approach similar to Avid's would pay off very quickly, IMO.
Larry