Sony has just released the latest version of their consumer-level video editing software, Vegas Movie Studio 10. And it’s blurring the lines between professional and consumer-level video editing software.
Here are some of the notable additions in Vegas Movie Studio 10:
- Updated interface that is nearly identical to their professional software (Vegas Pro).
- Device Explorer for importing AVCHD footage directly from a camera (previously available only in Vegas Pro).
- Secondary color corrector filter which allows you to isolate and change single colors in a video (previously available only in Vegas Pro).
- White balance filter for instantly adjusting your video’s white balance (previously available only in Vegas Pro).
- The ability to customize your video render/export formats so you can control quality and size (previously available only in Vegas Pro).
- New filter to automatically correct shaky video footage.
- New option to automatically create photo slideshows.
- The ability to use up to 10 video tracks and 10 audio tracks.
So how does Vegas Movie Studio 10 differ from Sony’s professional video editing software, Vegas Pro 9? Well, there are still a number of ways, but the most notable to the average home video producer will be:
- 64-bit software version
- 3D compositing
- Unlimited video and audio tracks
- The ability to do masking in your videos
- Advanced text animation
- More render/export options
Still, Vegas Movie Studio 10 has added a number of features that were previously available only in Vegas Pro. Makes you wonder what Sony has in store for Vegas Pro 10, whenever it will be released.
You can see a side by side comparison of all Sony Vegas software by clicking here.
And you can learn more about Vegas Movie Studio 10 (as well as download a free 30 day trial) by clicking here. By the way, it’s on sale until June 30, 2010.
Thanks Dave for the update. Do you plan to add Studio 10 tutorials to your Web Video Online program? Thanks, David Harper
I like seeing improvements in Vegas Movie Studio. Vegas has been the fastest and most stable video editing software I’ve used on the Windows platform.
I agree with Ty the Web Guy. I used to use Adobe premerie pro cs3 and it would crash on me many times giving me “unknown errors”. Sony Vegas 9 is very stable and burns DVDs really quick. Can’t weight for Vegas pro 10.
I am currently using Roxio for some little projects, but am hearing more and more about Sony Vegas. I may need to make the switch soon.
Good post Dave on the comparisons.
I recently bought Studio 14 Ultimate, and all I keep hearing about amongst video editors is Sony Vegas.
Some like it, and others don’t.
I have two 27″ iMacs – 1 set up as an iMac and the other running Windows 7. So I really have the best of both worlds for hardware and platform.
I’m looking to produce mainly short ongoing videos for websites, so I expect that my Studio should be OK.
But – if the majority say Sony Vegas, then is it worth the change?
@David Harper – I already include all relevant training for Sony Vegas products.
@Nobby – Studio doesn’t offer any type of upgrade path…once you reach it’s limits there is nothing more to upgrade to. Vegas has Movie Studio and Pro versions…once you reach the limits of the Movie Studio version you can upgrade to Pro…and without having to re-learn anything.
I’d like to know exactly what the export limitations of Movie Studio Platinum are… I always found the export dialog in 9 somewhat confusing and ended up settling on 720p WMV as output.
@Peter – You can download a trial version and test:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegassoftware
Dave, How does it compare to VMS9 Platinum? Could you give me breakdown of the differences, and if I should upgrade?
I’m running an i5 64 bit W7 8gb machine and VMS9P does fine. I’ve just finished downloading 200gb of my home movies from my Sony 8MM CC (mpg and mpg2), and plan to edit them into something managable. I’ve just replaced my 8mm CC with a Sony cx150 so I’ll be downloading AVCHD’s from now on, I assume.