Watermark on Trial version of Vegas.

fathomstory wrote on 1/19/2018, 9:56 AM

Hello,

Last night I installed the trial version of Sony Vegas and worked with it. I am liking it so far. If/when I pay for the subscription version, Vegas 365, does the watermark on the work I have done dissapear or do I have to start the job all over again?

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john_dennis wrote on 1/19/2018, 10:07 AM

The watermark should not be saved in the project. You can continue to work with them. Rendered output would retain the watermark

fathomstory wrote on 1/19/2018, 10:19 AM

Hi John_Dennis. I am not saving the watermark. Vegas puts the Watermark on the trial version of their software. So what you are saying is, if I pay for the software, any work I did during the trial period will still be watermarked when rendered, even if I pay?

john_dennis wrote on 1/19/2018, 10:23 AM

No, once you activate Vegas the watermark should go away for projects you started during the trial and all projects started after the trial.

fathomstory wrote on 1/19/2018, 10:30 AM

Sorry, John. *should* is not good enough. If I dump hours of work into this baby when I go deep and really try this software, I want to know those hours were not wasted. Can a Vegas rep confirm?

vkmast wrote on 1/19/2018, 10:52 AM

The same experience.

fathomstory wrote on 1/19/2018, 11:01 AM

State that the watermark stays or goes?

vkmast wrote on 1/19/2018, 11:08 AM

For me it went after I activated with the serial number supplied.

fathomstory wrote on 1/19/2018, 11:14 AM

Time to go deep...

VEGASDerek wrote on 1/19/2018, 11:16 AM

The watermark is not something that is part of the project. It is rendered to the frame at run time if the application is running as a trial.

fathomstory wrote on 1/19/2018, 11:22 AM

@MagixDerek Vegas needs to make it abundantly clear that if a potential client invests time and effort into this software for professional use that the watermarks will dissapear once payment is made. The other concern is that I am looking at Vegas 365, whereas the trial denotes Vegas 15, which could be considered another product. My understanding is that they are the same, but different payment terms. Sometimes it takes a while for me to use the software and then discover the bugs and gotchas that are a deal breaker. But there are things in Vegas that I really like, so far.

vkmast wrote on 1/19/2018, 11:40 AM

Sometimes it takes a while for me to use the software and then discover the bugs and gotchas that are a deal breaker.

That's what the trials are for.