Why I buy this one ?
- Professional-level power for your home studio
- Edit standard and HD video including DV, HDV, and Sony AVCHD
- Export movies directly to your PSP (PlayStation Portable)
- Follow along with Show Me How tutorials, or learn as you go
- Create 5.1 surround soundtracks

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"Sony Vegas video editing software", I've used several home video software products and have finally found the one that I like....it's easy to use, functions beautifully within Vista, handles my Sony video camera high definition files (AVCHD), and provides broad functionality to be very creative. I've now decided to upgrade to Sony's Pro version because I am so satisfied.

"Finally, something that works well with Vista and Hi Def Camcorders", I will make this simple. Make sure there is video editing and movie making software that can work with your technology. Not everything works well with MS Vista and hi def video camcorders.

I had tried several products to make my son's football highlight film. My computer was running MS Vista with 2 gigs ram. Since I had never done this before I was looking for a product that was easy to use, could read all kinds of media (pictures, video provided by the high school via CD, and high def video from my Canon HG10). My goal was to create a video that was clean and simple with all forms of media mixed in. Plus, I wanted to add music if necessary and be able to create a video clip for a web site. This turned into a two month task with one software failure after another.

My first choice was the software that came with the Canon HG10 (made by Corel). This product was really made for generating a simple movie from the camera only. So I purchased Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus figuring that Corel would be clued into my Canon camcorder. Everything started alright, but video was pixelating all of the time and would hang up when trying to cut the DVD (after spending weeks creating the video). I called Corel (which is a very tough task) and they only allow one support call (unless you give them your credit card). Corel emailed me a bunch of things to do and none of them worked. Getting smarter I decided to first get a free download, try the software and then perhaps buy. My third choice was Adobe Premiere Elements. This product was not stable and would bomb on a regular basis.

At this point I am in survival mode. I've got to get this kid's video out within two weeks or it will hurt his college possibilities. I walked into a local chain electronics store thinking about changing some of my technology. When sharing my issues with an experienced sales rep (who makes movies) he mentioned Vegas Movie Studio 8 Platinum Edition. He said it was the best thing for MS based computers that he has used. I down loaded a copy and produced my film in 8 hours. I was so fantastic! I would plug in the hi def camera and it could actually read and import the video clips into the software. I would load a CD on to the computer and again the software would easily import the video. Pictures and music are no problem. I was in awe! Why couldn't the other products do this so easily? Not once did my computer hang up or need to be rebooted.

Now Vegas Movie Studio 8 is not the easiest product to learn, but it does the job, has way more functionality than I will ever need, and there are support people who will gladly help you when you get stuck. I learned a long time ago in the software business that service is 50% of your decision. This experience has reminded me how important it is.


"Awesome editor with some inexplicable omissions", After using Cyberlink (waste of money) and Ulead 11 (good), I was curious what to do when my son expressed a serious interest in learning serious film editing for a HS sports documentary he wants to make. Not wanting to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a professional package, I still needed something beyond the "kids and pets" home movie level. Sony Vegas Movie Studio was it, and Amazon had the best price I found. It is more at the Sony site.

While it has some inexplicably missing features (AVCHD output, no support for bluray on regular DVD), its workflow is awesome once you get used to it. I love the audio controls which clearly show Vegas' audio editor heritage.

Rendering speed seems to be slightly slower than Ulead on the SD samples I've tried so far, but to be fair, Ulead really shines when you make minimal edits with its MPEG optimizer.

Vegas only gives you 4 video tracks instead of Ulead's 7, but you have more control over clip manipulation and the UI is much less sluggish or prone to crash. It uses about 20% less memory than Ulead during the editing process; I have not observed how different it is when rendering.

The UI (toolbars, menus, dialogs, etc.) all look like the graphical designers were let go in the earlier parts of the decade (think Office 97), but that only bothered me for about five minutes. Once you get into the editing process and get used to the trimmer, audio envelopes, zooming with the scroll bar, etc., all that will seem superficial. I'd rather take a solid package that looks a bit dated but performs well than a snazzy modern-looking UI that crashes.

I thought I was going to miss Ulead's storyboard feature, which does not exist in Vegas (at least not as far as I can tell or the documentation will reveal), but I have not.

For viewing HD video on my **Sony** Playstation, I will have to continue to use non-Sony Ulead Video Studio to burn DVDs, and Ulead recognizes the pre-Vista video capture card that neither Vegas, Movie Maker, nor Cyberlink thinks is present. However, for editing, Vegas is the tool for me.

I loved that Sony had a full-featured trial version on their site. One reason I have never tried, or will try, Pinnacle is that I couldn't seem to find a trial to use. Sorry, but flash-based demos don't do it for me. I've gone on to buy ACID and Cinescore, too, based on the trials.

"Highly Recommended", I found this product to be stable, versatile, and easy to learn. I would recommend it highly. I would suggest that a potential user download, from Sony, the 30 day trial of this software. The trial software is fully functional.

"Not for 64-bit", The description on Amazon states nothing about 64-bit not being supported, and neither does the box. But it isn't, so beware. Sony refuses to support this product if you run it on XP or Vista 64-bit.
I would be happy to take part in a class-action lawsuit, since I've just wasted a lot of money and Sony refuses a refund for their unsupported product.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"The best Video Editor for PC's", I've used many versions of Ulead, Pinnacle, Adobe Premiere Elements, and one or two others. I've been editing videos for the last 8 years or so. I'm not a professional, and most of my videos are simple without lots of effects.
But I've noticed MOST video editors are not reliable, even for simple editing tasks. Pinnacle was a crashing monster - a disappointment because it is probably the nicest and most approachable editing interface. It's just not reliable however. Ulead was more reliable but not satisfying to work with if you're doing hours of editing. Premiere Elements was okay, but it had some quirks and occasional bugs. Roxio and Nero simply don't have mature video editors - they may work for minor editing, but not robust editing of hours of footage.
The reason I like Vegas, is NOT because it's the easiest interface, but because you CAN count on it. For a video editor on a PC, a program that doesn't crash almost feels like a luxury. But here it is, a program that works.
You do have to LEARN the program. And yes it is not for everyone - not super intuitive. But once you do get to know the basics, you can work fast AND the program won't crash in the middle of a render, it won't crash while editing, it won't crash while saving to mpeg or avi. In other words you can just do your work with confidence. For my purposes, that makes this program stand out in the PC video editing world. It also doesn't hurt that the program has great features, perhaps too many features for most of us. But this program is worth the money AND worth the investment of time to learn it.

"Perfect product for my needs!", I make movies/videos for the fun of it.. just random videos and Vegas Movie Studio 8 platinum is perfect for me. It has so many features! I used to use windows movie maker and I wanted more features. This product is everything and more than I wanted.

If your thinking about buying this, you won't be disapointed.

"Vegas Movie Studio", Used program to download Movies from my Sony Camera and Photo Stories I make using another program before I received the Vegas Movie Studio 8 Platinum Edition. So far it's good for what I wanted in making home DVD's.

"Vegas Platinum", I've tried all the Roxio products with terrible results and Adobe Premiere Elements and none can compare to Sony Vegas. This has all the features you need to create and produce an excellent product.

It's bug free as far as I can tell, (can't say that about Roxio) the customer support is excellent I had an issue with my sound card and they promptly helped me out.

All in all I'm very pleased with it.

"Good for DV; not so for HDV", Having read good things about this software package, I bought a copy for a relatively good price. The program looks sleek, and works well with standard DV. I was able create a number of non hi-def videos without much problems. I was eager to try out hi-def video as I own a Sony HDR-HC3. It turned out to be a very frustrating experience. I ran into hangs, and crashes with HDV that I did not experience with DV. Vegas Movie Studio always tries to build peaks for the videos that it imports, and that step took forever to finish. Sometimes it never finished; I had to kill the program after half a day of it never getting past some percentage of completion. Also, while the program builds peak, the user can not do much. I have used Pinnacle (up to version 10.5) and Adobe Premiere, and I have to say that when it comes to HDV, Vegas Movie Studio has turned out to be the buggiest product of all. I have run into crashes with Pinnacle during the editing and production phases, but at least I managed to find ways around the problems; not so with Vegas Movie Studio because at times the thing never even finished the building peaks step to allow me to edit the video. It's very ironic considering that the source videos came from a Sony camcorder.