Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite [Old Version]

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   Dexter “Dex”

   January 16, 2014

   216 of 220 people found the following review helpful

   
   Best Value Video Editing Suite on the Market 9/10, July 11, 2011

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   Dexter “Dex” (Australia) –

   This review is from: Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite [Old Version] (Software)

   I have been a Vegas Movie Studio user for three versions now. Each one just gets better and better.
   “Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite” comes with three separate programs and some very cool extras thrown in.
   You get Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 to do all your editing and video making,
   DVD Architect Studio to make your DVD’s and BluRay Discs,
   and Sound Forge Audio Studio which is a stand alone audio recording and editing studio – great for Podcasters and anyone making voice overs for talking books or tutorials.
   With this production suite version comes a new bonus 3D Text Generator and extra 3D Transitions and Effects from NewBlueFx. The biggest addition to Version 11 is a new “Title and Text” tool that gives you the ability to create animated text titles. Also you can now edit true 3D Video and import more types of video from DSLR cameras -which is becoming very popular now with videographers.
   I have been using Version 11 of the program continuously, and have NOT experienced any major problems so far. I am using a newly built computer with the new i7-2600k CPU and Windows 7 64bit OS and also use an older laptop running Vista OS. I have made plenty of 1080p HD projects 60-90 minutes in length, and the program has been working just fine. Sometimes I experience small glitches, but what program is perfect 100% of the time?
   Please don’t be scared off by the negative reviews that have started to come in, and I am sure will continue to pile up over time.
   Some of the reasons why people may experience problems and crashes with this program is because:
   -Their computer is not fast enough to process HD video
   -Lack of memory (RAM) and too many junk programs and basic crap clogging up the computer and causing software conflicts
   -Trying to process a far too complex project in one sitting (Movie Studio is only a 32bit program)
   One gripe I do have with Sony Creative Software is that the minimum computer requirements stated for Vegas to work properly are a gross understatement. Their minimum requirements are only useful for people who work with Standard Definition video, which is going the way of the dinosaurs. If you own a HD Video Camera that produces AVCHD video, and you want to edit that video smoothly with no computer crashes, then you need to have a fast and modern computer. Your CPU needs to be a FOUR Core processor running at 3.0GHz minimum. You may be on a three year old computer right now – that’s probably not going to be good enough. Intel and AMD now have new CPU’s which are built to handle the huge processing power that HD Video requires, so if you are serious about video editing using Vegas MS11, upgrade your computer to that latest specs.
   Vegas Movie Studio is not for the faint hearted – there is a steep learning curve to climb. Most problems in Vegas have easy solutions and there are some great resources out there (Forums & YouTube) now that can teach you how to use this program without too many headaches – all you have to do is ask for help from the many experienced users who post online. If you are hopeless with computers and have no patience with problem solving, then this program is not for you – stick with Windows Movie Maker. Why I love this program so much, is because it contains many features from Pro level video editing software that would cost up to six times more than this great value package.
   All the best.
   p.s.
   I don’t work for Sony, I just really love this program because it has taught me so much and allowed me to be very creative without spending thousands of dollars.
   If you have any concerns as to whether this program is going to work with your computer and do what you want, then do the smart thing first and download the FREE 30 day trial direct from Sony Creative Software – then you will know whether to buy it from Amazon or not – how easy is that?

   ***UPDATE as of August 2012***
   New Version of this Suite has now been released.
   The suite which I just reviewed has been given a slight name change and is now called “Movie Studio Platinum 12 Suite”.
   This newer version is now a 64 bit program!!!
   So if you have a 64bit Windows Operating System, I would encourage you to have a serious look at the newer Version 12.
   It can now use ALL available RAM installed on your computer, whereas V11 was capped at only 4GBs.
   Also has GPU Acceleration, which means V12 can now utilize the power of your Graphics Card to Speed Up rendering times and improve playback quality in the Preview Window.

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   SunscreenAl “A. Rosenbach”

   January 16, 2014

   99 of 101 people found the following review helpful

   
   Beginner Likes It, November 14, 2011

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   SunscreenAl “A. Rosenbach” (California) –

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   This review is from: Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite [Old Version] (Software)

   This review is for brand new beginners like me. I’ve never used any of the many software programs for video capture or editing. A friend told me that Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum was the easiest and least buggy. BTW, I don’t know what the word Platinum refers to or, for that matter, if there is a silver or gold version. Everyone but this one friend told me to shut up and buy a mac in order to use Imovie. I ended up going with Vegas rather than buying a new computer just to edit video.

   Here’s what I’ve noticed in the first week of use: I was overwhelmed reading the instruction manual but then I stumbled onto the incredible sony training website. Sony provides a website dedicated to training for an earlier version of this program– […]

   This training website had a minor problem: I couldn’t figure out the “plug in” update stuff, which I think does something to your browser to enable you to watch these training videos. However, it is easy to download each training video to your computer to play whenever you want, without dealing with those plug ins. Click on the word “download” toward the bottom left of your browser if the “plug in” stuff doesn’t work on your computer. There are 12 training videos, each of which is about 3-5 minutes long. Even though the training videos were for Movie Studio 9 rather than 11, they provided everything I needed to make a ten minute short video project that includes Hi Def video and older clips that are not Hi Def. My project also included photos and had background music.

   Using Movie Studio Platinum seems pretty easy for this novice–ONCE I found those training videos from that website. The program in its original box also came with an extra DVD loaded with training videos. These were good but should be viewed AFTER the ones on that website. Finally, the program itself has a “show me how” button, which literally walks beginners through editing their own video. Arrows pop up and point you to the exact spots you need to click when working with your video and audio. This was a great addition to the training videos.

   Another note about that training website–If you happen to scroll around the various sonycreativesoftware websites, don’t make the mistake I did: Vegas is a word used in at least two completely separate software programs that have almost the same name. One is this “movie studio” program, which is in the hundred dollar range. The other is called Vegas Pro, which I think is a much more expensive and advanced version of Movie Studio.

   If you watch the website training videos and the accompanying DVD videos, you’re out about 90 minutes. But that’s all I needed to use the program the way most people will probably use it–to make cool vacation or family event videos that are 15 or 20 minutes long. Again, I’m a beginner and don’t envision myself using this more than a few times a year.

   Nothing has been buggy and my computer has not frozen or crashed. Maybe it’s important to know that my computer is a 2011 PC running windows 7. You should also know that I am not using the Vegas Movie Studio 11 version that was in the box–Vegas prompted me to upload the latest version, which probably included fixes to the original that came in the box.

   SIX MONTH UPDATE: I have now used the program for six months. Not one crash. My favorite use for it involves archiving old mini-DV video. I captured these clips into a hard drive but they are unreadable for most players that attach to TV sets. For this reason, I import them into Vegas and render them as “mpeg 2 NTSC Widescreen” files, which are readable by various players. Another render option is “Sony AVC/Memory stick SD NTSC widescreen 6256 KB” but some players won’t play this file type.

   The Vegas program renders the video very fast, about 20 minutes for a 25 minute video using the computer I mentioned above. These old clips look great on modern TV’s. I play them on my TV using a WD NET TV player, which has a USB input where I attach a one TB Hard Drive. No more DVD’s, which don’t play as clearly as these files. Instead, I have at least a hundred family videos on that 1 TB hard drive. My newer videos are in the AVCHD format, which is a Sony Hi Def format. The program is much slower rendering these HI Def videos, about 40 minutes for a 10 minute clip. I try to limit the final clips to not much more than a gigabyte so that the video player attached to my TV doesn’t get overwhelmed.

   After seeing the difference and ease comparing .mpeg 2 files in a modern player/hard drive combo to a traditional DVD player, I think most of us will be tossing our DVD’s in 5 years. It’s like comparing an Ipod to a CD player. The newer AVCHD videos look ridiculously good and are far superior to DVD’s. I think they even look better than blue ray. Because this Vegas program is so good, I’ve decided to use Sony cameras to take video because the file…

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   MSL “msl”

   January 16, 2014

   66 of 67 people found the following review helpful

   
   Learing curve? Naw…, September 24, 2011

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   MSL “msl” (New York, NY) –

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   This review is from: Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite [Old Version] (Software)

   Brief and to the point: Reviewed Corel pro/Pinnacle, Adobe and Sony. I did the trials.

   Sony was the most easy to manipulate and had the most bells and whistles. It did not crash when I rendered to DVD or to Youtube or to IMDB (IMDB’s got some upload rules).

   Yes, there’s a lot of information, but I went to Sony and found “support” under there is “training” and under that was webinars. I watched three webinars and all the training videos.

   I am a novice and did have to figure out the windows.

   For the money: their features, their interface and they way things work ESPECIALLY: “SHOW ME HOW!” are brilliant.

   NO, I do not work for them. I have nothing to do with Sony, but I do read all the post to see what people say and that adds to my buying decision. Given the choices and support, I take Sony. I bought the suite and saved nearly $40 ($124.95 on Sony–why, no idea, because I printed both spec sheets and compared notes: they were the same). So, if you’re looking for video editing software and you’re just starting…this software works. If you, like me, are looking to grow and not to get to a point where the software is no long viable, then buy Sony.

   Adobe was out of my price range and didn’t have the features.
   Pinnacle had too many consumer complaints about bad service.
   Corel kept crashing when I imported video (yes, contacted corel support, went to the website, did an update and it crashed again—sent it back)

   I wish you well and recommend: do the downloads–trials. Then you get a real taste. I’m lovin the Sony Vegas Pro 11.

   Good luck!

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