Great Thread! Great input!
I can somewhat see where Joel is coming from.
A concern of mine has been that Vegas is not the industry standard. This has caused a bit of hassles in working with the masses (FCP) in our industry.
Since Vegas is not the standard, sometimes, very good software, such as Sonic Fire Pro for music scoring, do not develop plugins for Vegas… which is unfortunate for us. From what I gather, because FC has such proliferation, community support and plugins development is far and wide… another bonus.
I’m not switching yet but I must admit, I’m increasingly interested in FCP especially since they’re adapting many of the wonderful functions of Vegas. Also… I’m tempted by the stability of Macs VS Windows/PCs (better OS architecture IMO).
I realise that switching is not a simple task, therefore… I’m not quick to draw my gun.
I’m really looking forward to seeing the progress in SVP 11. I think this will tell us much as to Sony’s dedication to SVP.
Cheers,
Gilles