[Frank Black]

Gabriele, I have a trial version of Vegas 10 on my PC right now. You say it has amazing stuff — can you elaborate please.

[Frank Black]

John, thanks a lot.

To be fair, it turns out that the gentleman said that FCP takes only SPECIFIC files, so that was my mistake. And in a similar thread he also says that the outcome will not be any “cleaner” in FCP. A different person said that.

Anyway, you gave some important details about Vegas, such as not needing to render again and again thereby risking the possible loss of quality. Is there anything else you can tell me that you think I, a beginner, would benefit from knowing from the start. Also, is there anything you can advise me on building a PC for Vegas off of Tiger Direct.

Thanks.

[Frank Black]

Shane, I remember you wrote that you haven’t used Vegas. But perhaps in comparison tp what you’ve heard about Vegas, what is it about FCP that does it for you? And if you can’t offer that comparison, is there anything you can tell me about FCP that I may never come across in forums.

And the following might be an amateur question — when you say it can accept film data, you mean actual “film”, right? As opposed to digital video?

[Frank Black]

You guys are both saying that the outcome can be the same with either. This totally answers my question, though I’d love to hear anything additional you might want to say, whether related to this question or just advice you can give someone who’s researching to get an NLE and researching to possibly build a PC off of Tiger Direct.

And David, you mention the two main differences. However, everyone on the forums who takes a neutral side says that “the NLE you choose should depend on what you’re going to do with it.” And Vegas forums are saying that there’s no rendering for playback and you can throw everything on the timeline. This creates speed and efficiency. Isn’t that what everyone wants? So what kinda workflow should FCP be used for over Vegas? I couldn’t find many FCP vs Vegas forums so most FCP forums just discus particular FCP questions posted. So I couldn’t get an FCP point of view.

One person did say though (and this was on a vegas forum) that he used FCP for his main work, but used Vegas as a swiss-army knife. This was a two year old post I believe. And it confused me because in the end he mentioned that “he chooses Vegas.” Maybe that’s because of the reason you mentioned — that everywhere else FCP is what’s used. But that was a maybe. He didnt confirm. So what kinda workflow should FCP be used for over Vegas?

[Frank Black]

So Shane, (thanks for your response) if the quality can be the same, then for what type of workflow would one want FCP over Vegas. And vice-versa.