[Alex Murphy]

Vegas can do a lot of touch up effects, but if you want to sculpt 3D objects and animate them then you’re going to need a 3D modeling program.

[Alex Murphy]

You shouldn’t be having any problems with just still images. Are you doing anything crazy like trying to render at 1,000fps, or having every picture on it’s own video track? Did you try it without the USB ram, or turning GPU rendering assist off?

[Alex Murphy]

What do you mean by ‘slides’? Are you using pictures and just doing pans and fades? That shouldn’t be too taxing. What are your system specs?

[Alex Murphy]

If you just put it together yourself you could do it for a little over a grand.
$300 – i73770k
$200 – 32g ram
$150 – Motherboard
$150 – Video Card
$100 – for a 2tb Hard Drive (or $200 for either an SSD 128gig + HD 2tb or 2 2tb HD’s
$50 – Power supply
$30 – Dvd burner ($60 for Blu-Ray but your computer won’t be able to play movies)
$100 – Windows

That’s just $1,080 – $1,210 minus the case.
But if you’re going to build a mean machine I do recommend you get a blinged out case with a big window and colored lights. Trust me, you’ll feel better about yourself and produce better work if your computer looks as visually pimped out on the outside as it is internally 😉

[Alex Murphy]

I’ve heard people say that too, but I think 99.9% of what makes a video good is the artist, not the tools he uses. I’m sure Picasso could make a better picture with a $2 box of crayons than an average joe off the street who’s got the best paint in all of France.

I think the video looks good. It’s better than what I could do so far. The soft fades you have in there look especially nice.