VEGAS Pro Features

Feature-rich, many built in filters, transitions, asset bank, plugins, can output to many formats with many different output profiles

Requires a large screen (720p doesn't quite cut it), steep learning curve for a beginner, scrubbing o the timeline could be easier. Found it difficult to import all the videos I wanted from one directory. I also have fastcut and would have been nice to use fast cut to kick start the video and use Vegas pro to edit and tweak the final mix. A keyboard shortcut cheatsheet would help.

I use Vegas even before MAGIX bought it, the software is really great, and it helped me a lot when it was my only option a few years ago, when my computer wasn't that great. Vegas is the perfect choice for rookies on video edition, you can learn the basics on aspect ratios, cut-and-paste fragments of video, resolutions, audio parameters, etc. The tools can be pretty advanced and useful if you know how to use them, there are solutions for everything related to video edition on Vegas, you can even do some animation and automated effects. The rendering times are pretty great, even on low-end computers. 

It's not the best for professional use and commercial projects, it can be kind of clunky and the learning curve is slow and very frustrating. Templates for text and cards on video feels really outdated. Animation and automation tools are not the best, while they work, they require, in fact, a lot of hard work to function properly. The prices for it are really high.

Its editor is easy to use and has all the export options you would need and has reasonably good masking capabilities.

For transformations or FX generation - it is still somewhat lacking. I still need Red Giant tool to have proper audio syncing

What I like the most is praticity in Vegas Pro. You don't need a lot of time to learn the basic features of it, the record button is right in the first icon of the bottom bar. Just click and it starts recording. And is also really fast to just carry an audio track from another program and drag it into the recording part. Easily you can start editing it.

Even if it has a lot of praticity, is really not intuitive to cut just a little part of a track. You need to select it, drag the timer in the right spot and be carefull to don't cut another track that can be above or upper to the desired one, otherwise you will cut all of the tracks in the same spot, and sometimes the cut part erases the other side of the track, making you need to copy and paste it again,

I liked how there are keyboard shortcuts for tools. The interface is really clean and straight forward.

Selecting the video format to render can be difficult as some formats/options state 1080p but look really low quality. In order for videos to look higher quality certain advanced settings within specific options needed to be tweaked which was confusing for the average user. I had to follow certain YouTube tutorials in order to render my videos to achieve a level of quality that I was satisfied with.

There are so many options and capabilities with this software and although it does take some time to learn, it is for sure very useful and good at putting the options in your hand.

The only problems ive had with sony vegas is an occasional crash but at a much lower rate then the competitors.

First : It's a highly flexible tool for whom you can code your own scripts to automate actions. Second : The real time preview is a real time saver. Third : It's affordable, and upgrades to get the lastest version are cheap. And most importantly : It doesn't slow down your computer or crashes as much as it's direct competitor. So that you can render your project while still working (in your browser for instance) on something else less computer intensive.

The out of the box "picture in picture" feature was overly complicated without a plugin. The multicam was cumbersome. Not sure if they improved it in their latest upgrade to something faster to produce and easier to edit like in Final Cut Pro X.

~ Significant levels of Ease of Access for multiple media file types of many ages and forms. ~ Expansive resource set to allow for more Extensions, Special Effects, and Scene Transitions to help mature and evolve the software's capabilities. ~ Support for High Framerate footage and countless forms of Colour Profiles. ~ Usable on virtually every possible Desktop or Laptop hardware combination over the past matter of decades.

~ The Digital Version does not come with an expansive Instruction Manual to understand how to use every effect, specifically in regards to Third Party resources that can be added during the life of the application's run. ~ Massive amounts of inexplicable Glitches and Crashes (though many can be fixed through manual tweaking and official Bugfix builds). ~ Occasional Requirement to reinstall QuickTime...

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Overall ease of use. All the important features are easy to find and use, and there's plenty of features that go levels deeper when you need them.

This might be an issue I would suggest gets resolved. And that is the compatibility between past projects from former versions of Vegas... for example, Vegas 11 to Vegas 20. I wish they had a way to open older versions of Vegas without major snags. Some kine of an interface that converted say... a project from Vegas 11 (or other) to the current version 20. I say this because I have project that are on going... and sometimes it would be nice to just import older edits to current projects.

The software can be used to create all types of media: Videos, Still images and Sound mix. the exported formats is common formats for all media types You will find in the software tools in Adobe the same tools is separate in several programs. It's possible to turn a layer into 3D mode similar to after effect. As a beginner you can start with the software is intuitive to use and gives you the option to adjust the project settings to the video you drag in automatically. You can easily create custom settings for everything and save for next time thus saving time.

If you plan to be hired to work in a video editing place, you usually asked for experience with Adobe or Avid softwares, because the industry works mostly with these softwares. There are some default features that damage the quality of the video like a resample that needs to be remembered to disable, but you can do it one time and save the settings. sometimes the software can be freeze and crash and you can to lose some work if you didn't save often, but after the last version its not happen often and there is random auto save but you better not trust on it.

Easy to import, edit texts, insert effects and render.

I didn't find the feature to configure automatic adjustment when pasting audio and video tracks after cutting during editing. I have to do this manually. That, plus hours of editing, is time consuming.

This is the most intuitive Non-Linear-Editor I've used. What takes several clicks in other editors is a mouse-drag away on the timeline.

They recently changed ownership, which was not without a few bumps in the road. Thankfully it is all ironed out.

It was easy to use from purchase with all the templates at hand. The visual layout isn't crowded and the tools for editing are understandable from the get go.

Sometimes crashes for a laptop edit with big size files of videos but the best thing is it saves from the last point of editing.

-Easy to use -User friendly -Backs up projects with no questions -Has many specials effects to use -Has many different formats to export

-Expensive -Can crash -Can take a while to render -So much stuff it can be hard to pick what to use

I have started my video editing journey with Vegas Pro. This is good video editing tool for beginners.

Don't have many templates and it is difficult to find it.

It was the first real video editor I started to learn in so I have personal connection to this software. It has pretty good layout and work flow. Also great shortcuts (spacebar for example).

You have modify your setup or your videos would get smudged. Also it is sometimes hard to find correct export settings.

The most simplest transition and effects makes a great impact already on the video editing that I had done, it is indeed user friendly and already recommend this software to my friends, it really helps me to be able to finish the task of video editing quite fast.

The Video Event FX is useful but I always had a hard time navigating it.

It is quite natural to use multiple video editors to suit various needs. The greatest thing I like about Vegas Pro is that it works with other well-known video editors such as Final cut pro and Adobe premiere pro making it easier for you to import and export projects between these editors.

It gets the job done but rendering can be improved

VEGAS PRO is a great video editor, it offers many very useful tools for audio and video editing, there is a lot of freedom when creating audiovisual content, you can do what you want because the tools allow it. In general, the rendering process is very good, it works fast and you have many options in choosing the rendering settings. The interface is quite friendly and attractive. In conclusion, VEGAS PRO is a great program, highly recommended.

The learning curve when starting to use the editor can be very slow, and on top of that, update support is currently lousy. Also, many processes such as rendering can slow down excessively.

VEGAS is one of the least expensive and simplest ways to get into editing software beyond the basic software that comes with your computer or that you can find for free online. We really like that it is based on a one-time purchase, and is not a subscription software that we have to keep renewing.

We felt very limited in the formats that were supported to edit in, as well as the options for exporting. It feels like the software wants to make decisions easier for you, but hides the crucial minutia of the export window which is frustrating for our editing staff.

Sony Vegas is a reference for video making and editing, especially among content creators. It offers a very large set of options and expandable effects library

Resource intensive and difficult to learn how to properly use many functions. Previous training is highly reccomended.

Very good for color corrections and easy to create and edit text and titles, Vegas have simple file management and you can put various plugins to support your editing.

Should have integrations with others Magix software it would be very useful.