Vegas Pro 11 – detailed specifications

farss wrote on 10/11/2011, 6:39 AM

"I just don't get it"

Me either. OK one could argue all of it is just an "update" but so friggin what.
The people who write the code have to eat and sleep somewhere, a small percentage of programmers even have families to support.

If we accept the argument that it's "only an update" and therefore should be free we would have to accept that what we produce is "only another video" and why should anyone pay for our work. I know quite a few here just use Vegas as a hobby but come on, if you buy every new release it's costing $3 / week. That's less than the cost of one cup of coffee per week. Not too many hobbies that'll fill in hours of your time creating something new cost less than that.

Bob.

NickHope wrote on 10/11/2011, 6:58 AM

I also agree.

But I'm looking forward to the day when the coding team get a chance to take a breath from introducing big new features so they address some of the annoyances with the existing ones.

JJKizak wrote on 10/11/2011, 7:12 AM

I would like to see visitors hours so I could watch the coding team do their thing.
JJK

amendegw wrote on 10/11/2011, 7:27 AM

"But I'm looking forward to the day when the coding team get a chance to take a breath from introducing big new features so they address some of the annoyances with the existing ones."Yeah, I see nothing relating to improved resizing & deinterlacing algorithms - heavy sigh!

...Jerry

pwppch wrote on 10/11/2011, 7:36 AM

Not very exciting. Paint drying or grass growing would probably be more fun.

You would get to see us all drive our BMWs and Mercedes though<bg>

Peter

NickHope wrote on 10/11/2011, 8:14 AM

You're only allowed to drive those once you've found and fixed the "Vegas replaced the footage" bug ;p

gwailo wrote on 10/11/2011, 8:58 AM

there are only 2 features I want from vegas 11

1. Stop randomly replacing footage
2. Ability to burn audio cds from the timeline like all versions up to V9

But I guess including those 2 fixes on the feature list may be a bit embarrassing

eagerly awaiting the real detailed feature list....

Seth wrote on 10/11/2011, 10:13 AM

I'm going to second John's assessment here:
Not only has SCS been implementing CUDA instructions in the progam, but also OpenCL, which unlocks all GPUs. [I cannot speak for the level of CUDA or OpenCL integration in V11, I'm speaking in general terms]

GPU acceleration means that your tired old workstation only needs a $300 video card to kick Vegas in to high gear, instead of shelling out $800+ for a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc.

Looking at the cost-savings in hardware alone, due to decreased lag in playback and decreased render times, this upgrade should pay for itself in one job. Period.

Steve Mann wrote on 10/11/2011, 10:42 AM

I agree with John. The cost of the annual upgrade is really cheap. (Don't believe me? Try keeping your Adobe suite or Avid up-to-date.)

If 41-cents per day is too much for an upgrade, then shouldn't you be using Movie Studio Pro or Windows Movie Maker?