Vegas 11.0 Build 701 – Thoughts, etc.

[Al Bergstein]

Yes, when it comes to features, Vegas rocks. John is right on the money. It’s also the easiest to use, and I have used FCP and Adobe. But the stability on my machines (and I am now on my third Windows 7 box that I’ve used Vegas on) is just not there. To repeat, I’ve spent countless hours trying to stabilize this platform and still get far too many “Vegas stopped working”. I have been through multiple video cards, and about every workaround in the book. What’s interesting, is that after all that, I’ve now used Premiere for about 3 months, on this same machine, only had one crash, and that was a known bug that was fixed in the following update. Since then, rock solid. That alone is why I’m heading into the endgame. I will not pay for the upgrade to 12. It’s over.

The sad thing here is that I have been enthusiastic about this product for all the right reasons. If it did not have stability issues, I’d be staying and paying. Great features, forums like this, but time is money. Adobe is not easy. Multicam is harder. Speaking of money, my Youtube upload for a client is done. Later…

Al