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Offtopicon 3/18/2019
Why Buy Vegas if Resolve is Free?
Update... what i didnt liked about Resolve was the limited Audio Editing, for example, when Editing an improvised video for YouTube, you can edit using the video as a guide or the audio as a guide... usually audio is the guide when improvised. but audio can only be cut/split in video frames, in Resolve, I assume you are talking about Resolve 12 or earlier. Resolve 14 had Fairlight merged, and it was further enhanced in Resolve 15.x. You can also use third party VST plugins, although the Studio version comes with a few built in VST plugins.
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Offtopicon 2/25/2019
Why Buy Vegas if Resolve is Free?
This not an appropriate place to ask Resolve technical help. You should join Resolve Forum at the Blackmagic Design site and ask for help. It works perfect. Please ask specific help question at their forum.
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Offtopicon 2/25/2019
Why Buy Vegas if Resolve is Free?
Eagle Six I hear you and thank you for your comments. I have downloaded it and started playing for about a week now. The manual however, I did not, and will heed your words. One thing I am curious about. I use ProDAD to stabilize my action-cam footage - just the cheap ProDrenalin version. I contacted proDAD and asked them if they have any intention of developing a plugin for Resolve and they answered "absolutely not". Is there a decent plugin available to address stabilization, the likes of proDAD Mercalli? I could of course always use the SAL version first but prefer to do it all in the editor if possible as the files balloon in size after doing that. You do not need a third-party plugin for video stabilization in Resolve. Here is link to a tutorial
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Offtopicon 2/21/2019
Why Buy Vegas if Resolve is Free?
And what about all those "Value add-on's" you get with Vegas like ProDAD VitaScene, Boris FX, Ignite etc etc? Are they a tipping point over Resolve for some? These are not "Value add-on's" but to make you buy the full versions later on. Ignite Express is free, anyone can download it. Also, Resolve Studio version has most of the plugin built in. The native plugins work more effecient, you will rarely need the third party add-ons like Boris etc etc
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Offtopicon 2/19/2019
Why Buy Vegas if Resolve is Free?
I am a visual type, and I find Vegas much more intuitive than Resolve. And since Vegas and the multitude of plugins does everything I need I am not willing to throw away my learning curve. And I would ask, why does a firm drop the price of a product by over 70%. BM has been late to market with its products and if you check at DVuser you can find multiple threads how this has affected the perception of the firm. If you drop the price of a product and give a subset away for free the only way to can cover fixed costs for that product is to sell a ton of it. yes I have it and fusion loaded and I play with it sometimes but Vegas fills my needs very well and I won't change unless Vegas dies. Magix seems to be willing to really develop the product and I for one am staying. Threads like this are akin to those posted on DPR when a certain camera company was paying shills to post slanted comparisons or negative posts about other companies products.This should have been posted in the "other topics" area IMHO. You can call me a fan boy, but I do like Vegas. I don't do long arc sequential stuff, but for the short stuff I do Vegas is fast, easy, and most importantly a tool whose faults are known with workarounds. You can spend your time being productive or learning new programs, only you can choose which is the best use of your time, for me it imaging more and using tools I know. BM dropped the price 2 years ago to compete against Adobe. It does not mean their product is inferior to others. Vegas is no comparison to Resolve. Resolve users since version 8 has not paid the upgarde price. All the upgrade have been free of charge. Therefore, even users who paid $999.00 before Resolve 12 had a better deal if you compare to the cost of Vegas. I am not sure which multiple thread perceptions are you talking. Resolve is used by professional Color graders, Vegas is not. Fusion (now merged with Resolve) is one of the defactos for pro-VFX'ers in the film industry, Vegas is not.
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Offtopicon 2/19/2019
Why Buy Vegas if Resolve is Free?
It is two years down the line and we are on Vegas 16 and Resolve 15 - both products have come a fair way. A Vegas 15 user is presented with an upgrade price (form time to time) of $199 while Resolve Studio 15 is $299. I would be curious to know the thoughts of those who started and joined this thread two years ago, given their respective developments. Resolve Studio version is $299, but Resolve 15 is free. I bought Resolve Studio 12 and there is no charge for upgrading. So far Blackmagic Design policy is all future updates and upgrades are free. Resolve 15 has Fusion (A VFX software) merged into it, as well as Fairlight for Audio. Resolve 15 (Free version) is more than enough for most of the users. You cannot compare Resolve 15 (free as well as Studio version) to Vegas 15/16. The performance and features of Resolve are far more superior to Vegas. I switched to Resolve 2 years ago. I have Vegas 14 and will never ever upgrade it. It there for the older projects in case I need to redo some of it.
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Videoon 4/11/2018
Release VEGAS Pro 365 - General Discussion
The scripting feature in Vegas makes automating tasks a breeze. Scripting is a plus for Vegas. But, for me it equals out the rendering speed. Before I switched to Resolve 1.5 years ago, I did several tests for rendering speed of Vegas vs Resolve. Resolve rendered 4-5 times faster than Vegas. For big projects, it can be a few hours saving. Rendering speed in Vegas simply sucks!!!
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Videoon 4/11/2018
Release VEGAS Pro 365 - General Discussion
At NAB 2018 avid has reduced their avid media composer monthly subscription model pricing . It only costs 2.5 US$/month more than this vegas pro 365 . Some more interesting things announced at NAB 2018 .. Well, Davinci Resolve 15 still remains a better and cheaper option for a one-time fee of US$ 299.00. The upgrade from Resolve Studio 12.5 to 14 was free. Now upgrade to Resolve Studio 15 will be free too. The Resolve Studio 14 had Fairlight added to it, now Resolve 15 has Fusion integrated, plus a lot of VFX and AFX. I moved away from Vegas to Resolve long time ago. I am holding to Vegas 14 only for my old projects, that is it. There is no comparison between Vegas Pro and Resolve performance.
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Videoon 2/1/2018
Release VEGAS Pro 365 - General Discussion
as long as you've renewed your subscription. You should have it in your FAQ and license what you said above, "as long as you have your subscription to the current or higher version." Mentioning that "Your projects are yours to keep" is misleading and it can imply that even after the subscription expires, one can still open the project (though may not be able to edit.) If you clarify these issues, instead of using vague language on your website, then you do not have to answer the same issue/question over and over again.
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Videoon 2/1/2018
Release VEGAS Pro 365 - General Discussion
http://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro-365/ has the VEGAS Pro 365 FAQ section that answers at least some of fifonik's questions. There's obviously more in the relevant product pages. "If you end your subscription, your projects are yours to keep" This is a VERY vague and intentionally misleading sentence. Of course, end users's projects are his/her to keep. No company is going to (and most probably can legally) demand to hand over the projects created with their software. It does not answer if your project can be opened in VP365 or any other version of Vegas Pro. Other software companies make it clear in the license agreement that if the subscription license expires, you will not be able to use the software to open projects. As I read terms and conditions, MAGIX wants to make it misleading through vague sentences.
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Videoon 1/18/2018
Release VEGAS Pro 365 - General Discussion
I wonder if Magix will be honest with this question. What is the business reason why everyone in the NLE business seems to be so interested in going to a subscription model? Please don't give me the sales pitch about how you can serve you customers better. I am wondering why it is so appealing as a money-maker for the company? Is it about control and fighting piracy? Is it the ability to raise rates incrementally over time in a less noticeable way? Curious if we will get a straight answer on this because I'm pretty sure if Magix were to hold a referendum with their users, the subscription model would be soundly defeated. Yet, Magix and everyone else except Davinci Resolve push on to the subscription approach. Vegas 15 was a disappointment. I never upgraded to 15. Instead, I moved to Davinci Resolve, which is cheaper than Vegas (and now Vegas 365), and a much better NLE. The rendering time for the same clip in Davinci Resolve is 4 times faster than Vegas 15 (trial version.) For me Vegas 14 is there to work on old projects if I need it, otherwise, like many others who complained and moved to Davinci Resolve, Vegas 14 was the end of the story for me.
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Videoon 10/7/2017
Help me color correct this?
My attempt
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Videoon 9/24/2017
Vegas 15 - XML bug. Davinci media offlines
Davicin is rendering mine projects so fast but what keyboard shortcuts have to performance. Of course u can edit faster when u know shortcuts but what if my clips are loading so long and I comfortable cut them or replace?In V15 edit is so fast now. There are no lags and other shitty stuff like in davinci so I am using V15 to edit and DaVinci for grading but now I cannot export XML so I don't use davinci... When you are used to keyboard shortcuts shortcuts, you cut fast use other commands. That's what keyboard has to do with the faster edit. Not sure what kind of lags are experiencing in Davinci Resolve. I use Studio version, instead of free version. THere are obvious performance differences between free and Studio version. I am using free version. Keyboard shortcuts will not help me if I don't have clear preview for my clips. Free does not have CUDA hardware acceleration and there are other performance issues. You cannot complain of performance as a free software user.
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Videoon 9/24/2017
Vegas 15 - XML bug. Davinci media offlines
Davicin is rendering mine projects so fast but what keyboard shortcuts have to performance. Of course u can edit faster when u know shortcuts but what if my clips are loading so long and I comfortable cut them or replace?In V15 edit is so fast now. There are no lags and other shitty stuff like in davinci so I am using V15 to edit and DaVinci for grading but now I cannot export XML so I don't use davinci... When you are used to keyboard shortcuts shortcuts, you cut fast use other commands. That's what keyboard has to do with the faster edit. Not sure what kind of lags are experiencing in Davinci Resolve. I use Studio version, instead of free version. THere are obvious performance differences between free and Studio version.
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Videoon 9/24/2017
Vegas 15 - XML bug. Davinci media offlines
Two points: 1) Rendering performance is not the same timeline editing performance, and 2) Are you comparing "apples to apples" when rendering? (ie are the two mp4's equivalent?). I noticed that Resolve is very limited in it's render formats. Exactly same clip and same FX added to it comparison. You cannot have a better apple to apple comparison. Editing performance of Resolve is same as Vegas. As I said it a matter of getting used to different keyboard shortcuts for faster editing. Anyway, in this case, no trimming or anything was done. Clip imported, and NewBlueFX colorfast 2 added, set the Blue Sky preset of Colorfast and render as MP4 1080p. Resolve rendered in 3 hours quicker than Vegas 15.
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Videoon 9/24/2017
Vegas 15 - XML bug. Davinci media offlines
Just edit in Davinci Resolve 14. Instead of paying for Vegas Pro v15, I decided to buy Davinci Resolve Pro v14, which is a much better NLE for a cheaper price. I had tried to do roundtrips in Vegas v14 and it is full of bugs, same applies to Vegas v15. I cannot. Davinci is shit for me in editing, so much laggy I need to wait so much time to cut some clips and then preview it, it's just terrible. If you are referring to Trim, then it is getting used to Keyboard shortcuts. As far as slow is concerned... Here is an example from my Acer V17 Nitro, 16 GB RAM, 8GB vRAM. I had a 15 clip with NewBluFx ColorFast 2 applied. Vegas Pro v15 takes 3.25 hours to render it as 1080p MP4. Resolve v14 took 28 minutes to render it as 1080p MP4. that is a big time difference which translates to almost 3 hours saving!!!! I use Vegas now only for my old project which were done in Vegas. I do not plan to spend $$$ on an old version of Vegas with a new interface but no almost no new efficient features.
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Videoon 9/16/2017
Vegas 15 - XML bug. Davinci media offlines
Hello, I bought Vegas 15 instead of Vegas 14 and now I regret... Because of one stupid bug. I like to edit movies in Vegas and then I like to export it to XML and import XML into DaVinci an there I just color grade every clip but now I can't do it because of export XML.When I export XML all is great, there is no error but when I import XML into DaVinci there is a big strange problem. All my clips are Offline - but I have them in Media Pool. And the stupid thing is that when I add some other clips which are used in project they just replace all my clips used in project. I wrote straight to support but they just answer me so long and I need to end that movies as soon as it is possible. I just cannot wait for them to answer. I was looking any clue and fix in other forums but nobody have the same issue like me. I hope that maybe you guys can help me. I will be really, really grateful. Just edit in Davinci Resolve 14. Instead of paying for Vegas Pro v15, I decided to buy Davinci Resolve Pro v14, which is a much better NLE for a cheaper price. I had tried to do roundtrips in Vegas v14 and it is full of bugs, same applies to Vegas v15.
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Videoon 9/12/2017
OT: Blackmagic Video Assist Compatibility
Does nobody know? According to the above link, the device supports Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 422, LT, Proxy Avid DNxHD 220x, DNxHD 145, DNxHD 45, DNxHD 220x MXF, DNxHD 145 MXF, DNxHD 45 MXF, DNxHR HQX MXF, DNxHR HQX, DNxHR SQ, DNxHR LB, DNxHR SQ MXF, DNxHR LB MXF. Alas, that means nothing to me. I normally work with mpg, mp4, and png imput. And I cannot find the information of what files Vegas can import anywhere. Yes, even after all these years of using Vegas, I have no idea what it can import other than the three formats I have been using. And I don’t feel like spending $850 just hoping it will work for me. Maybe download the free version of Davinci Resolve 14, if you do not want to purchase full version. Resolve will definitely work with BlackMagic Design products. Davinci Resolve is a superb NLE.
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Videoon 9/9/2017
BORIS CONTINUUM TRIALWARE...
I have looked in c:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX\Plugins and also searched the registry to see if i can find a path, but no joy :>( Go to C:\Program Files\Boris FX, Inc\BCC Presets 10 OFX\ and either rename the plugin folders, which you do not want, or move them somewhere else. For example C:\Program Files\Boris FX, Inc\BCC Presets 10 OFX\BCC Art Looks\ to C:\Program Files\Boris FX, Inc\BCC Presets 10 OFX\BCC Art Looks-backup\ Restart Vegas, the renamed or moved plugin folders will not be listed in the FX panel. Buying a bundle product with another software always had sales gimmicks attached to it. I never purchase bundled products.
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Videoon 9/1/2017
Vegas 15 BCC 3D obj uninstalls BCC10 for V14 ??
Got this answer from Boris support: Just so I understand correctly, you're saying that you had a full version of BCC OFX 10, and then after installing the Vegas bundle the BCC 10 full program has disappeared from Vegas' interface? If so, Close Vegas fully and tell Windows to Uninstall all versions of BCC OFX (or BCC in general, if there is no other BCC installed on the system). After that, go into Vegas again and confirm that nothing of BCC is inside - if so, reinstall using the full BCC OFX installer. I did as described - but when it came to the re installation using the mentioned original full BCC OFX installer I had to change the Boris CC serial number shown (the number from the Magix 15 upgrade mail (a Qxxx-number) ) to the number supplied when I bought the full BCC 10 package last year (a Txxx-number). After that the full range of BCC 10 FX'es are available and working again. I hate it when software vendors add third party crippled product as a bundle, to charge unnecessary extra money from the customers. BCC 10 add-on should be an option, instead of throwing it in every flavor of Vegas Pro (i.e. Edit, Pro, and Suite) to charge extra $100 from customers. Anyway, as I had discussed in other thread, I will stay with Vegas Pro 14 because I do not see a cost justification for Vegas Pro 15. Vegas Pro 14 is going to be my secondary editor, as I have already switched to Davinci Resolve for the major projects, and use Vegas only for the old projects which were done in Vegas.
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Videoon 8/30/2017
Vegas 15 BCC 3D obj uninstalls BCC10 for V14 ??
There's some related discussion here: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/borisfx-continuum-3d-objects-unit-confusion--108347/ There should be a VP 15 version without bundled Boris products add-ons. Some users already have complete BCC packages and shipping with a BCC 3D simply messed up their licensed BCC products. This would allow to lower the upgrade price to a more reasonable price range. As I noticed a lot of users are not willing to pay $249 $199 for the upgrade as they do not see the VP 15 worth that much.
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Audioon 8/28/2017
VP v15 audio messed up
This appears to be a bug with the new so4compoundplug.dll decoder. Here's how you can disable it until the bug is fixed: Hold down the SHIFT key while opening Options > Preferences Click the Internal tab In the field "Show only pref containing:" file type "So4" without the quotes Set "Enable So4 Compound Reader for AVC/M2TS" to FALSE. OK > Restart Bear in mind that this may break some of the new support such as 10-bit 422 GH5 files, so don't forget that you've set this! Please let us know if it helps. Thanks Nick. I will try. I assume it may break support for Sony's M2TS files from Sony Camcorders?
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Audioon 8/28/2017
VP v15 audio messed up
WOW... 22 minute video with just 71.2 MB size... extremely compressed. Thanks, I have downloaded it. - will also forward it to developers. Agree Nick, a list for further so4compoundplug.dll fix. Thanks for sharing the file. Should thanks XSplit Broadcaster for creating extremely compressed files :-) We record a lot of Facebook Live and YouTube broadcasts while broadcasting through XSplit. The 20-30 minutes videos are always between 70-80 MB :-) Maybe Vegas should look into Xsplit on how they create extremely compressed files.
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Audioon 8/28/2017
VP v15 audio messed up
Any small sample you can upload? This can help developers finding the specific issue. OK, here is one sample. It was recorded while Live streaming through Xsplit Broadcaster. Its audio plays OK in VP v14 and Resolve, but messed up in VP v15. Click on the following link to download from the dropbox. File will be deleted from dropbox after 3 days, so please do ASAP. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zx3qzhp1okr9atb/Avi%20Dandiya.mp4?dl=0
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