posts are discouraging – upgrade from V4 to V5 or V4 to V6?

[Erik Gingles]

On the other hand, from what I gather, it’s the DVD A2 (or A3) where the real improvements have been made. So perhaps the buy is worth it for that?

Erik.

[Rohdew]

[gingles] “On the other hand, from what I gather, it’s the DVD A2 (or A3) where the real improvements have been made. So perhaps the buy is worth it for that?

Erik.”

Hi Erik.

I just finished editing my first project on Vegas 6. To be honest, the only three bugs / annoyances I encountered were:

1) Secondary monitor as preview is funky if you don’t dedicate the screen to it – its tough to get it “turned off” by the toolbar window

2) Some issues with Excalibur 4 not putting the tally in the right spot (this is probably just something funky in my project anyway).

3) Importing media bogged down my editing machine (AthlonXP 3000+) a bit. It was not uncommon to wait 20 seconds for it to finish its logging. A dual proc might help this.

Beyond that, it hasn’t crashed after about 12 hours of use.

One other note – the multi-proc rendering is very sweet. I tested the Vegas 6 trial on my work machine using the old rendertest and it finished at “best” quality in 46 seconds. Before, Vegas 5 did it in about 1:40 (if my memory serves me correctly). This is a dual Opteron 246 system (2 CPU, 2GHz, 2GB RAM box).

I would say upgrade now – you’ll find many useful features. And, if you hit issues you can go back to your 4.0 install.

-Rohde

[Edward Troxel]

2) Some issues with Excalibur 4 not putting the tally in the right spot (this is probably just something funky in my project anyway).

If you can make this repeatable, I’d love to know how. I’d also like to know if it’s still off after running the Tally Update Wizard. Finally, make sure you’re running one of the SMPTE rulers.

Edward Troxel

[Byron T. taylor]

Nancy — I want this to sound polite, but I’m not sure how to word it. You simply have no idea what you are talking about here. The exact same team that was Sonic Foundry is the exact same team under “Sony Pictures Digital Networks” now. Only the parent company has changed. All the main developers are still there, with even new ones added. And, there is great access ot all the Sony hardware.

So — please get your information correct before saying things as if you are in the know.

Byron Taylor

[Strobealific]

Buy Vegas 5. You’ll get the upgrade to Vegas 6 for free now…and you’ll have both for the same price.

Marc Bowyer
StrobeAlific Media