Vegas Pro 19 : Disappointed!

Amivideotek wrote on 8/22/2021, 2:53 AM

Vegas Pro 19 : Disappointed!
When I read the message "Introducing the all-new VEGAS Pro 19, from our new simplified product line-up to the most significant product improvements", I still wonder what this new version will really offer!
The performance looks promising and very attractive and the first impressions of users are very positive!
First I find it difficult on the Site of Vegas Pro what applies to me in the version "Vegas Edit" ! Fortunately, after a long search found information posted by RogerS and in a very clear performance on YouTube done by Scrapyard Films what I can expect.
Many people have already expressed their wishes in the community for Vegas Pro 19. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-19-feature-requests--123432/
I had proposed 29 points that are essential to me and that were also requested by other users.
None of these points are inserted in Vegas Pro 19, and were essential and most very easy to insert it in Vegas Pro 19!
For example, I'm talking about Lock a track, Copy a entire track, Copy a mask to new event, Modify color of Track Motion or Parent Motion when it is used, Import .svg or .eps files, Zoom in and out in preview window, New Empty Event icon in the timeline toolbar, Update old video DX effects to OFX effects, Snapping to Mask grid, Drag/Copy video-event in without his timeline, More dockable windows, Increase video playback speed, Mute/Unmute audio button in Trimmer, Organize the Project Media List, Customize Plug-In Chooser,.....and many more of these!
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-19-feature-requests--123432/?page=6
Instead I see an update of the icons, Color Grading interface, Colorize effect, Scene Detection, Style Transfer, Upscale and Zoom. These were an upgraded in Vegas Pro 18. Was this essential ? Who will use some of these effects?
Good that they want to improve this, but should this be in an upgrade? Shouldn't these be adjusted earlier in an update?
Currently I see as the only improvement in my personal use that the cursor is now visible at the search function and that now finally Mocha Tracking Data can be imported into the Motion Tracking. But about that I still think that instead of developing a Motion Tracking self and upgrading this for three years, I still think it would have been better to introduce a lighter version of Mocha Pro in Vegas Pro as was done in Hitfilm Pro (HItfilm Mocha)!

I actually expected a lot more from Vegas Pro 19. I read all the wishes of all the users last year in Vegas Community. I was really thinking of a huge change in terms of simplicity in use instead of beautification to attract new buyers! May I point out that satisfied users advertise the best. Vegas pro does nothing (or at least very little) for its current users (= his own future)
I don't know what to do now? Moving on to Vegas Pro or looking forward to something new that makes me feel better! One thing is sure my heart feels better now after this post!

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Anthony-Koorlander wrote on 8/22/2021, 2:19 PM

Hi, I've been a Vegas fan since Vegas Video 2 and became a Beta tester in the Sony Days. The latest version upgrade offer I went for based on the Pro Edit version inclusion of colorising old black and white movies. FIRST problem, as an English speaking owner, I am sent an update email in German. Whilst I understand a smattering - there is no way that I can read the German instruction manual or work out what the heck the instructions are about installing plug ins. BTW The German Instruction manual says Vegas 18 on the front page. I just about got the download of the programme install and deep learning in English as there is a choice for language during install on that - but the new Vegas Pro Edit 19 is useless without an English manual folks ... PLEASE consider giving me a link to where I can get the manual so that I don't have to keep hassling you all about simple things - like WHERE is the utility to colorise my hours of old black and white movie projects. My MAIN reason for upgrading and a seriously sought after feature for my main present workload. Apart from that - this is STILL the most amazing piece of edit software that I have used, with so many user configurable features and excellent quality codec support. PLEASE will someone send me a link to the ENGLISH manual for the software, and tell me where to find the colorisation menu?

fr0sty wrote on 8/22/2021, 2:24 PM

@Anthony-Koorlander The colorization utility is located in the fx menu, but in order for it to appear, you must have the VEGAS Deep Learning Models (click to download if you need to) installed, as this plugin uses artificial intelligence deep learning models to colorize the video (the same is true for the upscale/zoom plugin and style transfer). For that same reason, it can take a little time to render, so be patient.

And yes, 19 currently has 18's manual, they are short a tech writer and are working on getting that fixed now. In the mean time, we're all here to help, so don't hesitate to reach out if you need a tutorial.

As for everything being in german, maybe you downloaded the wrong version? When I install this version, everything is in English.

Anthony-Koorlander wrote on 8/22/2021, 2:30 PM

Thanks Fr0sty .. I got my email in German, and the manual and plugin instructions are also in German, the installation is of course language selectable so that's not the problem. The link was for my upgrade, so I could only download the one version.

Musicvid wrote on 8/22/2021, 2:44 PM

I believe you can change your language preferences in your Magix Account.

Amivideotek wrote on 8/24/2021, 1:42 PM

@alifftudm95 Thank you for your made film that you suggested. I watched this movie and learned a few things that I didn't know..👍