Vegas (Windows) vs. Final Cut Pro (Mac)

[Si Tran]

This has nothing to do with the aforementioned topic but it has a bit to do with the m2t bug that Michael N. mentioned here – First off, after upgraded to Vegas Pro 9, I discovered that it did not open project as fast as version 8, rendering also seems slower therefore I stick with version 8. Now, on to the problem with m2t bug – recently, I tried to open an older project which consists of multiple clips of m2t video, only audio came through but the video track was all black. Suspecting that version 8 as the culprit, I re-opened said project with version 9, same problem! I tried the same approach that helped fix my Vegas problem with Quicktime movies that I had in 2009: quit Vegas, uninstall QT, remove QT reg key, reboot PC, install QT version 7.6 (any later version would resurrect the Vegas m2t bug) – I could be wrong, but so far, Vegas Pro 8 is what I currently use and have no desire to touch Pro 9 albeit it’s considered an upgrade!

[Michael Najarian]

Its odd that you should mention quicktime, I’ve uninstalled quicktime in the past and improved and opened features that were crippled or lost in Vegas, it never dawned on me that quicktime was STILL a problem!

Tivo – Vegas not necessarily best pals, the come from the same father but Sony is notorious for incompatability in particulr with there own products!.

As for the SONY vs ADOBE product its a no brainer, SONY WINS, I yet have to try Pinnacle some of my clients who abandoned sony say its excellent, no one cares about Final Cut or Imovie, one person is fine with arcsoft product BUT uses Vegas for more complex projects.

[Peter Derek]

This mail is to say thank you re your highly informative reply for a user questioning FCP v Vegas

In your reply you state vegas does not have a lot of templates for wizbang

I would be so grateful if you could expand on this – what kind of effects or templates do you find on other editors – what do they do/offer?

I use vegas and do wish to raise my variety of results – my videos are mainly talking head shots, interviews with cut aways to views, pans or stills

Many thanks