Dave Osbun
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I would just load up a test clip and try it. I’ve never tried launching Vegas twice, but just give it a whirl and see if it works. It’s not going to hurt anything.
Dave
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1. Vegas Pro is pretty user friendly.
2. You don’t need to spend big bucks on hardware for Vegas 12 (although you’ll benefit from having a fast system).
3. I have yet to find something that the software is not capable of handling.DISLIKES
1. Whenever I finish my renders, super-models do not show up at my front door asking if they could watch the videos with me.Dave
Intel i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.40GHz quad core
Asus P8Z77V-LK
16gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD7850 2gb
Crucial M4 SSD + Seagate Barricuda 7200rpm
Windows 7 Pro 64 -
I don’t think it’s professional for a software company to release a product update that requires a piece of hardware to be upgraded. I can understand if a new version of software has enough enhancements that requires more powerful hardware, but a simple version update should never require a hardware upgrade.
Dave
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Nevermind……removed my post as i’m not trying to get into any pissing matches. I’m just trying to lend my experience of building editing workstations (and knowing hardware better than I know my own wife) since 1999.
Dave
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If I remember correctly Vegas Pro 8 only supports up to one particular version of Apple ProRes. I might be wrong, but I think you’re going to have to upgrade to Vegas Pro 12. Pro 8 is so old, and the Black Magic is really a brand new design, i’d be shocked if it worked with 8 without down-converting the footage you’re going to capture.
ps- make sure your computer has enough power to handle the clips that camera can record.
Dave
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I’m not a professional, so I probably don’t ‘push’ the limits of my system like others on here do, but i’ve been doing lots of editing the last few days and have had zero issues with the latest build of Vegas Pro 12. I’ve even had my system render during the night, since I was doing a few two-pass renders (with the bitrates cranked up) and have had perfect results.
Dave
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It all starts with the quality of your original source video. Where are you acquiring your footage, and with what tool(s)? Keep in perspective that professionals that create music videos (and get paid for their work) use professional gear (ie- $$$$$), so their original footage is very, very good quality (50 mb/s, for example). Any work they do in post production (color grading, effects, etc.) keeps that footage looking good, where if I were to use my personal camera, with it’s ‘far-from-perfect’ compression codec, the footage would fall apart after grading. It would not look professional no matter what I would do in post.
Dave
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Possibly if you’re upgrading from a previous version of Vegas Pro. However i’d be highly skeptical if the pricing you’re looking at is not from a well-known website. Just contact Sony Creative Software by phone and see what they have available (if you’re coming from a previous version). That’s what I did last December 28, and got Vegas Pro 12 for $199 (I upgraded from Pro 8).
Dave
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Even though you put together a really nice workstation, and a quite powerful video card, I feel that this AMD-chipped video card is your bottleneck here. This card is excellent at gaming, but it’s going to act differently when using it for video editing. If you can return it for a Sony approved video card like the nVidia Quadro 4000 (or cheaper 2000, if it’s on Sony’s list).
It sucks to have to drop $700+ on a card but if you want professional results is really the only way to go. Maybe you can find a used one on eBay.
Dave
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I don’t think you’re going to get the render speeds you’re looking for with a budget build. The bare minimum i’d use, CPU-wise, is an i7 Ivy Bridge chipset and 16gb minimum RAM. Xeon CPUs are the way to go but with the accompanying motherboard you’re way out of your budget.
Dave