Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack

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Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack takes HD video and audio production even further with tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Use the included Sound Forge Audio Studio software for precise audio editing and CinescoreStudio software for soundtrack creation. Upload movies to YouTube, burn to Blu-ray Disc, or author DVDs.

Edit standard and high-definition video
Produce DVDs with custom menus and graphics
Share movies on Blu-ray Disc, iPod, online, and more
Includes Cinescore Studio custom soundtrack creator
Includes Sound Forge Audio Studio for audio production

Best Video Editing Software on Either Platform

Review Date: September 28, 2008

Reviewer: Mr. Scott D. Desalvo, Chicago, IL

I have played with them all, including doing a fair amount of work in iMovie.

Forget Ulead, forget Pinnacle, or whatver junk you are trying. Sony Vegas is easier to use, more powerful, rock-solid stable, features a built in "Show Me" feature which walks you through anything you'd want to do.

If you were locked in a room for one hour with a camera and software and had to make a basic movie, then walk over to the Mac and use iMovie. You'll be done with time to spare, and no headaches.

Once you have made a couple of movies, the limitations of iMovie will drive you nuts. Then, you graduate to Sony, and you never have to learn another program. It does it all. Intuitively and simply. Not as easy as iMovie, but substantially more powerful and worth the effort.

Pros: Very mature, stable, powerful and relatively easy to use, and cheap, considering all that comes in the bundle and how much you can do with the software.

Cons: Not as simple as iMovie. Only works on a PC.

Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack

Great Amateur/Prosumer Editing Suite

Review Date: September 4, 2008

Reviewer: CFH, Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA

The "Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack" is another fantastic entry into the outstanding Vegas family of editing software. We make instructional DVDs (Introduction to Candle Making DVD) and have used Sony Vegas since version 4. While most of our videos are made using the higher end version Vegas Pro 8, I use the "Studio" version for home videos and quick edits.

What's included (all on one disc):
* Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Edition (editing software)
* DVD Architect Studio 4.5 (DVD authoring)
* Sound Forge Audio Studio (audio editing)
* Cinescore w/themes (sound track creation)
* 1001 Sound Effects
* NewBlue 3D Transitions & Effects ("Cartoonr" is an interesting effect)

Here are my observations:
* Very intuitive and easy to use interface
* Huge selection of effects and transitions
* Support for HD video
* Burns Blu-Ray from the timeline
* Burns standard DVDs from DVD Architect
* "Show Me How" interactive tutorials are very helpful
* Direct YouTube upload support
* Excellent Chromakey (green screen) capabilities
* Great sound editing tools
* Easy DVD menu creation

Other software that the novice/home user might want to consider is Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 (see my review there), it has less video tracks but more templates/themes.

Over all, I highly recommend "Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack"!

64-Bit problem is not a problem

Review Date: February 9, 2009

Reviewer: Evans A. Evans,

Earlier on I was reading the reviews about 64-bit none-compatibility for this software. So I never really decided if the reviews were correct or not. After I installed it on a 32-bit Vista Ultimate it worked fine and incredibly well for it. Then purchased a Dell Studio XPS with Vista Home Premium 64-bit here are the specs for the hardware:

Intel® Core(tm)i7-920 Processor(8MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz)
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
640GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

Now after I got the computer set up I was somewhat curious about the patch update for the software. So I did a simple search and it stated in forums that people had 64-bit of Vista and were able to get it to work after they installed the patch. So as I read I decided to install it on my new computer and low and behold it works. All the features are enabled; everything else works fine apparently. If there is a feature that doesn't work with it I'll probably come back and edit this review to state what doesn't work. But so far everything does. Now I'm not to sure about the other versions of Vista cause throughout the forums it would always state Home Premium but no one stated that it wasn't compatible with the other versions of Vista or that it was. If you have Vista Home Premium I would advise this software even if you have 64-bit. But if you have a different version, either research it on the web or just try it anyways. I don't see how they would make it compatible with one version and not the other. I hope people will be able to figure this out sooner or later.

Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack

Review Date: January 14, 2009

Reviewer: Ronald Bond,

This is my first exposure to the Sony Vegas products. Before this I used Pinnacle Studio 9 and Adobe Premiere 6.5, old products by comparison. I'm a hobbyist so keep that in mind. I'm finding Vegas to be very easy to learn and it does whatever I want so far. I have a Canon AVCHD camera and Vegas edits it with no conversion, though your PC will need plenty of HP to see the clips in smooth realtime. I haven't had an opportunity to burn DVDs yet, so I haven't much input regarding Architect Studio. Cinescore allows you to create some decent sound tracks and is very automated. It's very easy to use. Sound Forge Audio Studio is a very robust audio editing tool. I imagine any hobbyist would be very pleased with this product. It's hard to believe how inexpensive Amazon sells it for.

The best around for making memory DVD disks

Review Date: December 26, 2008

Reviewer: Todd Szymczak, Rochester, MI

This is a very strong package. The interface looks intimidating and is likely above a very green computer user, but for those that are very comfortable on a PC, this a great. One thing I figured out recently (on Vista) is that when you leave a folder view open of your media (pics or video), and with thumbnails on, you can drag an drop into you timeline without having to look for the file through the Sony Vegas explorer.

The output can be sent out in many different formats to be burned to a DVD. I found that is you have a smaller amount of video, the AVI (uncompressed) format puts out the best picture, but takes up a lot of space. If you are not worried about space, then MPG-2 video seems to be the best bet.

The BEST part of this software versus others that I have used is that it does not lock up or crash. I had many problems with Roxio Media Creator, but that was also several versions and years ago, might be better now. Best of luck.

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