yep, how would you define professional?
in terms of what Vegas can do, other than when intending to convert to film, vegas’s abilities FAR exceed FCP. Vegas has had the tools to perform tasks for multiple generations that FCP is only starting to use now (eg multicam) and even then, FCP is far less accommodating.
anyone who says otherwise is either stuck in an old paradigm or simply being obstinate. absolutely.
is encouraging to see here in the UK how knowledge of vegas has spread in the last year or 2. Is now very common for me to come across editors who either use it or know editors who do. A few years ago, all I got was a blank stare. Even seeing it mentioned as the PC NLE of choice in notoriously mac-biased magazines, which I never expected. Used to always be PPro, Avid or Matrox products. At the recent video forum expo in London, Sony had a LARGE stand, front and centre, with Vegas getting a lot of promotion. Past years was stuck right at the back of the hall. No money in the marketing, no-one giving it a glance. Also, now that XDCAM HD is getting so popular, more users are being attracted by the excellent workflow Vegas offers in that format. Excellent!
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