NAB 2015 Videos…..

[Neal Barlow]

Kind of a let down…I fear the Catalyst is where their priorities are at now.

Neal Barlow
To The Skies Productions
Gh2, Sony Vegas 13, AE6 and Stuff, cause that’s the real secret ingredient.

[Steve Rhoden]

“I fear the Catalyst is where their priorities are at now“.

In a way it is, but its nothing to worry about, Vegas is still going strong,
and Catalyst is not a Vegas replacement.

Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
Film Maker & VFX Artist.
Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia

[Norman Black]

The big question is will Catalyst grow to be more Vegas like or will Vegas get some of the big changes from Catalyst. Specifically, the cross platform GUI and the redesigned internal dataflow structure.

[Steve Rhoden]

Vegas will get some of the big changes from Catalyst!

Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
Film Maker & VFX Artist.
Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia

[Angelo Mike]

I know I’m getting off topic, but the Black Magic URSA mini looks amazing: https://www.eoshd.com/2015/04/blackmagic-ursa-mini-looks-ergonomic-15-stop-dynamic-range-in-4-6k/

15 stops of dynamic range and a PL mount for $5000?! In a body that one person can carry around and operate with relative ease?

[Aaron Star]

I agree with Steve. There will most likely be a Vegas 14 or some type of merger with Catalyst. My understanding is that Catalyst has a whole new video engine built from the ground up. Vegas will either get the engine overhaul, or Vegas will become the new movie studio. Vegas after all these years has more of a consumer branding. (this coming from someone that used the Sonic Foundry version of Vegas 1.0 after seeing a demo at NAB back in the day.)

I just hope Sony does not make like 5 products that we need just to get something done and out. I appreciate developing a pipeline style of applications, but the numbers of people working that way has to be very small compared to video production of today. 20 years ago video production was highly specialized, today its would seem to be more about all-in-one. My guess is marketing and profits prefer 5 applications that require subscription or continual licensing purchases.

[Angelo Mike]

What does Sony want with Vegas? It just seems like they don’t even want to compete with Adobe, Apple, and Avid. It’s not strictly lack of staff and money that keeps them from doing things like improving the GPU acceleration, color grading tools, and chroma keyer, right? It’s that they ultimately don’t think it’s a good idea or that it will help them. Because they don’t see themselves as needing to compete with other major video editing software or needing to get more support among filmmaking professionals.