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VEGAS Pro

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What is VEGAS Pro?

MAGIX Software headquartered in Berlin offers the VEGAS Pro line of video editing applications which combines the company's Sound Forge audio editing suite and a wide range of movie production features and effects.

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You're on your own kid.

Bob HeazlitView profile
A/V Content Producer at Me (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Edits and transitions are simple and effective
  • Powerful audio editing function beyond what you find in comparable software

Cons

  • [In my experience] there is no customer support after purchase
  • [Again from my experience] auto save [is] not intuitive enough to recover all edits after a crash
  • Crashes on simple projects and gets worse with complexity

Most Important Features

  • An easy to use and understand interface with many powerful editing features

Return on Investment

  • [In my experience] lost revenue due to constant crashes and loss of project advancement

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Audition

Other Software Used

Adobe After Effects, Sound Forge, Adobe Premiere Pro

VEGAS Pro Review

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Carlos Acosta
Marketing Manager in Marketing at GAL Real Estate (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • One of the things that I love about VEGAS Pro is that I can do automatic tracking control to an object or image, this is a very remarkable function in VEGAS Pro, because this way you can add better mobility to the video in general, in addition , you can focus the video view to a specific object.
  • The image edits with the VEGAS Pro filters are really fantastic. For us, having a good visualization and definition of our images is very important, which is why this function has provided really remarkable results. We have been able to modify the tonality of the images that we add to the video and we have also managed to change the colors thanks to the filters available for video in general. These filters are very varied, I can add a filter to give my image a warm touch, a touch of cold or sunset.
  • At the bottom of the platform, the audio barrier is shown, where you can add several audio tracks and thus be able to modify the audio of the entire video for every second that passes, however, this function is much more impressive as it also allows you to add another audio barrier to play two audio tracks at the same time.
  • The autosave is fantastic, VEGAS Pro has an excellent autosave system capable of saving all the progress that has been made in the video that is being edited, the autosave does not consume additional capacity to the computer, so it is very easy to have it activated and not worry about computer performance.

Cons

  • VEGAS Pro does not consume many computer resources when the person is editing the video and making audio edits, the amount of RAM it consumes is very minimal, however, one of the main problems that occur in VEGAS Pro is that it has a high consumption when rendering the video. The rendering of the video is basically applying all the modifications to the video and converting it to a stable quality, however, this process takes approximately 2 hours or max, it all depends on how long the video is, and the computer cannot be used since it may be slow in operation, due to the high consumption of rendering.
  • VEGAS Pro offers translations of the video's audio automatically, it transforms the audio into subtitles, however, these subtitles are not as accurate. Being an automated function, it is not as precise and this causes the subtitles to not have a good translation then when the process is done manually.

Most Important Features

  • Simultaneous audio editing is very important, it makes the video more complete and several audio tracks can be combined in the same temporality. With this function I can add several audio tracks at the same time of the video, so that they play at the same time.
  • Rendering is also very important in VEGAS Pro. Although the rendering process is very slow, and consumes a lot of computer resources, I consider it a very important function to add a much more professional quality to all my videos.
  • The autosave system is very important to me, I can save all the information that I have integrated in my video and I can access it without having to perform a manual save. For me, it is very important because I can work on editing my video without worrying about saving my data manually.

Return on Investment

  • My videos have been more professional since using VEGAS Pro, with a much higher quality than with any other platform.
  • The rendering has been a positive but also a negative impact, as we have to wait a long time for our videos to be fully rendered, but the quality after rendering is impressive.
  • In my sector of my company, a negative impact it has had is that we had to learn to use the platform correctly, and it is quite complex to use it.
  • Our Marketing improved exponentially, we managed to design videos that help us to attract more attention from all our clients.

Other Software Used

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Incentivized
Cedric AllenView profile
Founder/Principle(Videographer) at Argo Productions, LLC (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • It does what it says as a non-linear editor. It works that way and not as "tape-deck" in a computer program motiff like Premier and Final Cut do. Nonlinear video editing is not complicated and VEGAS Pro allows for you to do that.
  • It allows for you not to rely super heavily on graphic card performance and combines with your memory in a quick an efficient way. Render times are amazing and real-time playback has always been ahead of its competitors.
  • The interface and setup are easy to understand, which makes editing and getting started on any project quick and easy. If you have to end up pulling out the manual for help constantly to find out what to do and how to do it then the creative process is lost. VEGAS Pro allows for you to get to it and not waste a day on it.
  • It is a name in the industry you can trust to do the right thing and also the forums and the people that frequent them make the experience more enjoyable.

Cons

  • I would say outside of the software itself, better press on what they do or who uses it.
  • A lifetime pass to longtime users of 10-20 years.
  • More invites to be beta testers or advisors on the next product line.

Return on Investment

  • Great return on my overall investment since I do not pay a string-along service of subscriptions to get an edit done. It works, and if your computer is configured right it will do it.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid MediaCentral, Pinnacle, Final Cut Pro X, iMovie, CyberLink U, HitFilm Pro, Corel VideoStudio Pro, OpenShot Video Editor and Camtasia

Other Software Used

Zoom Video Webinar, Adobe PhotoShop, Cisco Webex Meetings

My VEGAS Pro Review 2020

chuck taylorView profile
Owner at ixon media works (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • It is easy to learn with patience.
  • They are constantly upgrading the platform to keep up with higher end NLE systems.
  • It functions (to me) better when dual monitors are used, but a single screen is good if you don't mind moving the timeline functionality around.

Cons

  • It would be good if it was available in the Apple format.
  • It is advisable to download multiple codecs that would allow one to open different video formats.
  • Make sure that your computer has enough memory to handle the demands you put on your computer.
  • I use a Macbook Pro with Bootcamp on Windows 10.

Return on Investment

  • Works very well with an improved workflow.
  • In my opinion it is a very good ROI.
  • It has shown to be a very good choice for me until I decide to learn something better.

Other Software Used

Adobe Audition

Vegas Pro: Professional quality video and audio production at an affordable price.

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Richard Hogan
Engineering Technician in Information Technology at Hogan's Systems Consulting, LLC (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Vegas Pro handles all manner of source materials, including a wide variety of video formats, still photos in a wide variety of formats, etc. It handles them all in a consistent manner and outputs everything in a consistent manner. Other video editing programs we've used in the past often had problems with mixing different sources.
  • Vegas Pro works well and performs efficiently without requiring super high-end hardware. It doesn't need a $1500 video card or other high-end components to work. Of course, it will work better with better hardware, but it doesn't require top-of-line hardware to be useful.
  • Vegas Pro comes with many transition effects, video filters, audio effects, audio filters, etc. Almost everything you need to do professional-quality video and audio is built-in. With a few low-cost add-ons, you can do even more.

Cons

  • While Vegas Pro does handle 4k video, I find that it still struggles a bit to keep up when playing back or processing 4k. I suspect this is at least partially due to the fact that the computer I am using for Vegas is not quite powerful enough to really handle 4k efficiently.

Return on Investment

  • By providing an economical, efficient system for creating professional quality video and audio materials, Vegas Pro has had a positive impact on our overall business. It has enabled us to do many video projects for our clients in an affordable, efficient manner.
  • It enabled us to create professional-quality DVDs and Blu-ray discs, along with Internet videos to meet our clients' requirements.
  • It enabled us to create professional-quality marketing materials to promote our business with affordable videos.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve

Other Software Used

Sound Forge, ACID Pro, Corel PaintShop Pro