Should I upgrade from Vegas Pro 14 to Vegas Pro 15?

[Paul Berk]

It was worth it to me. I like to keep up and support Vegas as well.

[Ron Koms]

I do too Paul. But, it there any MAYJOR changes that may be faster or, well something very good…

[Scott Francis]

15 crashes a LOT more than 14 and 14 did more than 13. I am migrating away from Vegas because I need to work and render without crashes and failures.
As a whole 15 is better, as a program that 14. However, it isn’t a killer upgrade.

Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind\’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[Ron Koms]

Scott,
“15 crashes a LOT more than 14”
That’s not good to hear. I hope they have updates often to take care of these…

Thanks for all the replies…

Ron

[Steve Rhoden]

I would say yes, but a few other users are really having it tough with Vegas 15, not sure if you would
have similar issues…. So the decision is yours.

I like 15, but often still using Sony Vegas 13.

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

[Larry Brewer]

I cannot weigh in on the benefits of Vegas 15. But my experience with Vegas 14 has been overall excellent. I have not experienced the crashes that others are reporting. I do not use GPU acceleration. That may be the difference.

[Larry Brewer]

Just out of curiosity, I turned on the GPU acceleration and Vegas 14 promptly crashed. But before it crashed, the playback frame rate was greatly improved on the multicam edit I was working on! And it continued to crash..

So, looks like we can’t have your cake and eat it too.

[Rick Kersey]

Jumping into the deeper end I’m now recording to a Ninja Flame in 10-bit 4:2:2 ProRes. Sony Vegas 12 says it’s 8-bit. It recognizes it at 8-bit. Hmmm. How do I move on from here? Upgrade? download something? or give up on Vegas all together? I’d hate to do the later.

Destiny Calls

[George Dean]

Hi Rick,

I also record to a Ninja Flame ProRes HQ and DNxHD(HR) 4:2:2 10 bit. You should not have any problem with these in Sony Vegas Pro 13, Magix Vegas Pro 15/16. I do not have Magix Vegas Pro 14, so can not report on it.

How do you know Vegas Pro 12 only recognizes ProRes HQ as 8 bit?

Best Regards……George

[Rick Kersey]

I’m using Vegas 12 at this point wondering if the upgrade is worth it.

When I load a file created as a 10-bit ProRes 4:2:2 file on the Ninja Flame, I load it to the timeline – Vegas asks if I want to set the project to this file’s properties. I say yes and then check properties. It says its a 8-bit file. There is no selection for 10-bit. Only 8 and 32-bit. So that’s what I’m thinking. I’m not sure if the upgrade changes this or not.

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