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New to Vegas Pro 9 (for $99!!!) & The Cow
I would first like to say I love this site and have browsed it for a while now. I have always used the movie studio version (4 and lately 8) which has really worked well for me making DVD’s of lower school plays, graduations, and dance recitals. Well I finally decided to take the plunge into a bette camcorder so I bought the Sony HVR-HD1000U, I know it’s the cheapest “pro” model Sony has, but I was extremely budget limited. Sony has a promotion now that lets you buy a boxed Vegas Pro 9 for $99 with select camcorder purchases.
https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-hdvsite/
Well I figured I couldn’t pass that deal up! So here I am asking the Vegas experts what is my best way to migrate from Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8 to Vegas Pro 9? What is the best way to educate myself about vegas Pro (other than these forums, 🙂 )Should I get the Sony Seminar DVD’s or a book or anything?
I hope the workflow is somewhat similar just more powerful, or will it be like learning a whole new software?
Thanks in advance and I look forward to learning many new things from the Cow.
Bill
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You should barely notice a difference, at least in the general way editing is done, especially once you are no longer starting from old project files — but I’ve never had a serious problem with old project files, besides finding the original elements when those projects were ported over to a new machine.
The main differences are no longer being limited on numbers of tracks, and access to many more powerful tools for color grading and other things that you can choose to learn by doing, or invest in classes and tutorials that may open up new areas for you. I think that depends on temperament (and available time) how useful you’ll find instructional and tutorial resources.
You’re mostly just losing a lot of the potentially annoying limitations that exist in the consumer versions, and getting some greater flex when it comes to rendering choices and the other features the Pro package has that consumer versions do not.
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