Anyone who has taken my training at Web Video University, follows this blog or my video podcast, knows that I recommend Sony Vegas when it comes to video editing for Windows users.

It also seems that whenever a do a blog post about Sony Vegas, it stirs up debate over what the “best” video editing software is.  Of course “best” is always a matter of personal opinion, but Sony Vegas still gets scoffed at by many pro’s.

Well score one for Sony Vegas.  It’s the video editing software used to create a $50 million dollar Hollywood movie.  That movie is Paranormal Activity, which I previously did a post about here.

As of October 24, 2009, Paranormal Activity has an estimated domestic gross of $50 million dollars.  And you can expect that number to grow substantially as the movie gets world-wide distribution and eventually goes to DVD.

Of course Sony Vegas isn’t the reason for the movies success.   All video editing software does the same thing…it takes video off a camera, allows you to chop it up and enhance it, then produce that video in different media formats.

However, it is proof that you can use $500 software to achieve the same thing Hollywood studios do.  You just have to know how to use it.  And people will never know the difference.