Perhaps you can imagine the difficulties of a 5.1 mix. Mixing is an art that requires training, talent and the proper equipment. How good are you at audio mixing? Most videographers are not prepared to mix a stereo soundtrack. Our first caution is not a technical one, however. The implementation is spectacularly simple, provided you are ready to deal with the many technical considerations and configuration issues. ACID 4.0 and now Vegas 4.0 are the first applications to offer 5.1 surround mixing and authoring at consumer prices. While most of us are happy just to be able to burn our video to DVD, many of you want to be on the cutting edge with 16:9 anamorphic widescreen video and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Vegas has also inherited many of the audio improvements we saw in ACID 4, most notably the awesome ability to animate effects using envelopes on the timeline.ĭVD is hot. We found the clip search features to be especially useful. It’s not a flashy feature, but the new media bin has also become much more useful and efficient. We like the before/after split of the Preview window when modifying filters, which can be output to a television in real time.
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The vectorscope, waveform, histogram and parade monitors are all important professional additions that update in real time during playback, which is something even Final Cut Pro 4’s scopes don’t do. The new color correction tools (primary and secondary) are not unlike those found in Final Cut Pro or Avid, which is a high compliment indeed. Vegas 4.0 looks like 3.0 (which is good) with a number of notable additions. There’s more we could say, but our point is that we like Vegas and hope that it flourishes under your care. We also like the advanced and extensive shortcut keys and modifiers.
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Zooming in and out on the timeline with the mouse wheel is a brilliantly simple idea, as is creating crossfades by overlapping clips. We like the integrated file explorer and the free-form track structure. Vegas is one of the easiest editors to learn and has the best audio tools of any video app (even better than some dedicated audio tools). Now that you’ve acquired Vegas from Sonic Foundry, we hope you continue to develop it. If you are in the market for a serious editor in the sub-$1,000 price range, Vegas should definitely be on your short list. It’s reputation is well deserved not only as an editor, but as a capable compositor as well. Vegas has been one of our favorite editors since it first came out, and over just a few years it has developed quite a popular following.