But Pro is a 64 bit software and can use your graphic processor as well so rendering and other operations are rather faster, no complaint there.
However the documentation delivered with each one is quite different: Studio has a light weight "Quick" manual but Pro comes with a 650 page "brick" that can be frustrating at time: I ended up by typing a few cheat sheets to remember most often used short cuts since there are so many. While Studio tries to be "explicit", Pro assumes you already know what you are doing, such as where to place your tracks. In fact it is a good training ground for Vegas Pro later. Have fun and now go forth and create content…īasically Vegas Pro has the look and feel of Vegas Studio so the experience you gain on the Studio version will not be wasted.
?īTW the image stablizer in the newer versions works miracles on hand or shoulder shot video and if you have the correct video card you will find the newer versions render considerable faster than the consumer versions of Vegas.Īlso if you want to save a few bucks keep an eye on sites like e-Bay as sometimes you can pick up an older version of Vegas Pro dirt cheap and then you only have to buy an upgrade to 12 versus paying the full price. You can download a free fully functional version of 12 here and give it a test drive but be forewarned once you get used to using it you will not like FCP anymore, that is if you are currently using FCP. Personally I have found Vegas Pro to be very easy you use, currently we are running Vegas Pro 9 and 11 around here and the only problem I have discovered is while 11 can open a 9 project one cannot open a 11 project back in 9 even if the project was originally worked in 9.
Is this too much program for someone with little experience? Should I start with something less powerful? Hello, I'm just starting out in video editing and was wondering what everyone thinks about the Sony Vegas Pro 12 editing software?