Sony Vegas Review
well-designed video editing software from Sony.
Any offering from Sony is going to be an excellent product - be it hardware or software!
Sony Vegas Studio is such a product - a stable and well-designed video editing software program from Sony.
If you have a look at the Sony Vegas Studio, you will realize that it has got of hundreds of features, besides the flexibility to customize things. All this at a great price!
To help you cope with these new features, Sony has an excellent interactive tutorial which takes you through the finer points of this video editing program.
If you are a new user, spend sufficient time going through the tutorials before you start capturing video.
Sony Vegas Review - The Various Parameters
Here is an overview of the Sony Vegas Studio, based on various parameters. These parameters are of utmost importance in the video production process.
Video Capture & Playback
Capturing video is same as with most video editing software. DV, Analog, Standard or High Definition, it captures all of them efficiently.
Editing Features & Transitions/Effects
Sony Vegas provides you everything that you need for editing your videos. Though it does not have a storyboard view like some of the other programs, it still gives you plenty of features to carry out editing in an efficient manner.
You will find the most number of transitions and effects in Sony Vegas. You just need to find the desired effect, and add it to the clip on the timeline. Once you have added the effect in the timeline, you can edit any of its parameters - strength, radius, just about any thing.
Audio & Photo Editing
Common audio editing tasks like fade in/out, cross fades, volume adjustment, and panning from left to right can be carried out with Sony Vegas.
It does not have a full fledged built-in audio editor though. If you need a full-featured audio editor, you will need Sound Forge Audio Studio.
Exporting & Disc Creation
Sony Vegas Platinum is the best among all the consumer level video editing software for exporting your projects to video files. You can export to any video file - the file list is extensive.
Vegas Studio 9 Platinum comes with Sony DVD Architect, which is an authoring software program. You can create DVDs with multi-layered menus, looping audio, and more. You can place markers on the timeline, which then translate into chapters when you create a disc with Sony's DVD Architect - cool feature!
Using Sony Vegas Studio Platinum, you can even burn your HD video to Blu-ray discs without having to upgrade to another Vegas product.
It is certainly one of the best in disc creation!
Help & Support
You won't need support if you go through their in-depth tutorials and FAQs. Even otherwise, Sony's email support is free but it costs money for phone support. Just to reiterate, you need to go through their tutorials; they are really great!
Summary
Sony Vegas gives you lot of features and the ability to customize those features, something that is quite attractive at its price. Since you have lot of features, the learning curve is also great, for which the product provides excellent and in-depth tutorials. If you intend to go in for Sony Vegas, make sure you spend efforts to master all the features that this product provides.
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