VEGAS OR ARCHITECT??

Spikles wrote on 4/7/2006, 9:11 PM

I just purchased Sony Vegas Movie Studio + DVD.
It came with DVD Architect. I am a newbie. I have never burned a DVD before. I own a Sony DCR-HC90 mini DV Handycam and I just want to edit and burn to DVD my home movies. I am reading thru the two manuals included with my software but both programs seem to do the same thing. Which one do I use first? must I use both programs or can I just get away with editing and burning with one of them? For argument sakes, let's say that I start working on the movie I downloaded to my laptop with the Architect, after I create menus and all that stuff do I have to re-open the project with Vegas to be able to burn the movie to a DVD? If someone can answer this questions for me would be a great help. Please be as didactic as you can. I have no clue of what I'm doing. Thanks.

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soaringrocks wrote on 4/7/2006, 10:43 PM

Not quite the same, each program has a different purpose.

Vegas Movie Studio (VMS) allows you to combine and edit movies clips from your camcorder into a single movie. You can cut up and recombine clips, fade-in/fade-out, add transitions, text, and if you're inclinded you can add host of special effects too.

DVD Architect Studio (DVDAS) allows you to take the movies you've created with VMS and them onto a DVD that you can play on a DVD player connected to your TV. You need a DVD burner connected to your computer to actually record your movies onto a blank DVD.

If you can't get what you need to learn these tools from the books consider buying a third party book or video training session. A brand spanking new one from VASST has just been released so it is fully up to date with the latest versions of the software (it's on my fathers day gift list :-)

TLF wrote on 4/8/2006, 12:31 AM

Vegas, as the previus post says, allows you to take video files, combine them, edit them, add special effects, and create a movie READY for burning to a DVD.

I take video from my DV camcorder (DV-AVI), stills and movies from my digital camera (JPEG, MOV) and from my mobile phone (JPEG, MP4), and Vegas will seamlessly join them together into one long movie.

I can then use Architect to turn that movie into a DVD - it can add a graphical menu, chaptermarks, and almost everything else you find on a regular commercial DVD.

Hope that helps clarify.

Worley

Spikles wrote on 4/8/2006, 8:47 AM

Thanks guys, I'll give it a shot. The concept is a lot clearer now. I would like to start burning a home movie with chapters and scene selections but I think that will be too cumbersome for a newbie like myself. I think I'll just burn thru the "single movie" option for now and see what happens. It defeats the purpose though because if I had wanted to have that as the end result I would have purchased a DVD recorder and just plug in my camera. I guess this is a lot more complex than what I thougth. I still have a lot of questions. I can't figure out how to import and work on the movie I have stored on the hard drive of my pc to Vegas.
Let's say that once I open and edit and I am finish the project with Vegas, do I save it and then open it with Architect or must I work with both programs open? Thanks.

jimmyz wrote on 4/8/2006, 10:10 AM

After you've edited your movie in vegas you click make movie on the top. That gives
you lots of option for the type of final product. That prepares it as a file for
dvd architect. Close vegas then open dvd architect and make your dvd.
It's not terribly hard but does seem cumbersome to a new user.