worth upgrading?

KEK wrote on 2/15/2005, 1:16 PM

I've been using Screenblast Movie Studio (the little brother of Vegas) and I like it a lot, but I'd like to be able to sort clips into bins, and label them, and also to enable a second monitor. Are these things easily done in Vegas, and what are some of the other advantages (or disadvantages) to Vegas? (Thanks)

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rique wrote on 2/15/2005, 1:21 PM

Here is a features comparison chart.

busterkeaton wrote on 2/15/2005, 1:31 PM

If you have dual monitors and know enough about editing to work with bins, then, yes you probably are ready for Vegas.

I don't think Vegas has any disadvantages in respect to MovieStudio. It has lots of advantages. More layers, more tools, video scopes, etc.

If you make DVDs using the Movie Studio package, you may want to look into if you could do it Vegas. Vegas can read MovieStudio projects, but MovieStudio cannot read Vegas projects. You might be able to render in Vegas and then use that mpeg with MovieStudio or you can upgrade to the Vegas + DVD package.

If you can wait, you may want to see if Sony announces anything at the NAB convention in April.

Chienworks wrote on 2/15/2005, 1:34 PM

Just to name a very few: unlimited tracks, track compositing, keyframes, DX plugins, audio CD burning, track motion, 3D track motion, velocity envelopes, dozens more effecs, complete audio editing software, many more file types read and written, multitrack recording, ... i could probably go on for a couple of pages.

Vegas Movie Studio as is will work on a dual-monitor display. It doesn't support external preview monitoring though.

busterkeaton wrote on 2/15/2005, 1:37 PM

If you are interested in bins and media management, then another feature of Vegas 5 I just remember is subclips.

You create regions of a larger clip as subclips which then appear in the media pool as separate clips.