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 enlarge | From: Sony Creative Software
Category: Software
List Price: $129.95
Buy New: $68.90
You Save: $61.05 (47%)
New (5) Used (7) from $49.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 893
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.2
MPN: MSPVMS8000
Model: MSPVMS8000
UPC: 855309678685
EAN: 0855309678685
ASIN: B000RLQNR6
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome editor with some inexplicable omissions May 6, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
After using Cyberlink (waste of money) and Ulead 11 (good), I was curious what to do when my son expressed a serious interest in learning serious film editing for a HS sports documentary he wants to make. Not wanting to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a professional package, I still needed something beyond the "kids and pets" home movie level. Sony Vegas Movie Studio was it, and Amazon had the best price I found. It is more at the Sony site.
While it has some inexplicably missing features (AVCHD output, no support for bluray on regular DVD), its workflow is awesome once you get used to it. I love the audio controls which clearly show Vegas' audio editor heritage.
Rendering speed seems to be slightly slower than Ulead on the SD samples I've tried so far, but to be fair, Ulead really shines when you make minimal edits with its MPEG optimizer.
Vegas only gives you 4 video tracks instead of Ulead's 7, but you have more control over clip manipulation and the UI is much less sluggish or prone to crash. It uses about 20% less memory than Ulead during the editing process; I have not observed how different it is when rendering.
The UI (toolbars, menus, dialogs, etc.) all look like the graphical designers were let go in the earlier parts of the decade (think Office 97), but that only bothered me for about five minutes. Once you get into the editing process and get used to the trimmer, audio envelopes, zooming with the scroll bar, etc., all that will seem superficial. I'd rather take a solid package that looks a bit dated but performs well than a snazzy modern-looking UI that crashes.
I thought I was going to miss Ulead's storyboard feature, which does not exist in Vegas (at least not as far as I can tell or the documentation will reveal), but I have not.
For viewing HD video on my **Sony** Playstation, I will have to continue to use non-Sony Ulead Video Studio to burn DVDs, and Ulead recognizes the pre-Vista video capture card that neither Vegas, Movie Maker, nor Cyberlink thinks is present. However, for editing, Vegas is the tool for me.
I loved that Sony had a full-featured trial version on their site. One reason I have never tried, or will try, Pinnacle is that I couldn't seem to find a trial to use. Sorry, but flash-based demos don't do it for me. I've gone on to buy ACID and Cinescore, too, based on the trials.
 Highly Recommended May 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this product to be stable, versatile, and easy to learn. I would recommend it highly. I would suggest that a potential user download, from Sony, the 30 day trial of this software. The trial software is fully functional.
 Not for 64-bit April 30, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
The description on Amazon states nothing about 64-bit not being supported, and neither does the box. But it isn't, so beware. Sony refuses to support this product if you run it on XP or Vista 64-bit.
I would be happy to take part in a class-action lawsuit, since I've just wasted a lot of money and Sony refuses a refund for their unsupported product.
Plays well with Vista April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Picking Video editing software that worked with Vista was a concern. I had looked into several other products, but most had reviews that did not alleviate my concern even though they claimed Vista compatibility. So far I have not had any Vista compatibility issues. The installation was smooth and all functions are working without any lock ups. Even Windows Movie Maker locked up for me on Vista.
I have virtually no video editing experience. The software takes a little getting used to, but is not very difficult. Once you get the feel of it it is quite easy. I have even been able to capture video from my Sony Digital Camcorder using firewire connection. The software recognizes the camcoder and even controls its functions through the computer.
The one problem I ran into was that some AVI formatted video files are not supported by the software. I have a RCA Small Wonder which stores files in AVI format and these files could not be used by the software correctly. The Small Wonder has the capability to convert its files to MPG files and these are compatible with the software.
All and all I am very pleased with this purchase.
Advance user model April 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Starting my first time on Sony Vegas I found doing the simplest things was pretty easy to do. But advance editing was not easy to pick up. I had to watch several tutorials on YouTube to understand some of the more advanced features.
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