Don't know if it has been posted here yet, but sums up nicely what Vegas does well, why it is the best, and what it's missing, and also mentions the truth about FCP ( that it is basically an inferior app driven, like everything apple, mostly by hype, just like I already told you :-) )
quoting begins here:
Sony, the cocky young upstart with
their media suite of Vegas, Soundforge, Acid and DVD Architect have
gained an enormous amount of market ground and credibility in the
face of bigger, stiffer, more established competition. Enough to be
considered a very serious contender against the three A's. But still
their biggest battle in perception. Still far too many editors
respond to the Sony Vegas name with the words "never heard of
it". The simple fact is they should have and need to, as Vegas
is arguably the most forward thinking and efficient NLE on the market
today. 100% Resolution and Codec independent long before anyone else
had considered such a thing possible. The best audio tools of any NLE
on the market. The best compositing options of any NLE on the market.
Wrapped around a very competent and flexible editor in ways capable
of editing feats other apps can only dream about. Any format, just
about any codec, any resolution, any frame rate, mixed together on
one timeline, real-time playback, no waiting for rendering. Once you
have had this efficiency in Vegas its very hard to go back to
anything else. When you've had the ability adjust any and all effects
and filters in real-time preview whilst the timeline plays back
anything just seems slow....
Vegas is in may ways heading in a
similar vein to Adobe but in the somewhat opposite direction - rather
than half a dozen apps in one box, Vegas is embracing complete
editing, audio production and effective compositing in the one app
rather than across different apps. Sound Forge is amazing audio
surgery, Acid is an incredibly powerful multi-track recorder and
sequencer but the truth is that Vegas doesn't Need either to function
is a very holistic manner for end to end production. Vegas is very
much part of the new bread and the three A's would do well to watch
very closely what Vegas does every step forward form here as it has
always been two steps ahead of them.
However Sony are at a crucial point
no support for 10bit production seriously hampers Vegas' pro cred
with studios; limited functionality for titling almost no
inter-change between other Sony applications; and limited third party
plug-in support These criticisms all make Vegas vulnerable to
growing into the truly comprehensive tool it promises to be. More than anything what Sony need to do
with Vegas is built credibility, market perception and a tighter
relationship with third party developers of both hardware and
software. Hopefully NAB07 will deliver these things.
And then there's Apple. Arguably, on
the surface at least, the most confused one of the bunch. Fact is the
bulk of FCP users are indie film-makers, low budget movie guerrillas,
corporate video makers, wedding videographers. But Apple are
consistently marketing to, and marketing on, an appeal to the very
high end (Walter Murch, David Fincher, Cold Mountain and so on).
Their plan seems to be to maintain their low-end user base bread and
butter market sector by appealing to the low-end's ever present
desire to be the high end. People use FCP for their low-budget
projects because at night they dream of being David Fincher and they
perceive FCP as being the choice of the dynamic high-end. Apple are
selling the aspiration rather than the reality of the tool. Its a
strategy that in theory has a lot of legs. BUT... By going after that
traditionally Avid market perception they have, over several past
versions, neglected a great many of the things that indie, self
reliant film-makers really need in their NLE and post-production
suite. FCP's congenially traditional approach to editing, its focus
on off-lining, cinema tools, segmented workflow and non-inclusion of
decent audio tools, no surround sound and very limited compositing
and colour grading, is fine and great for NBC and traditional
Hollywood who have no need of these things but is arguably of great
detriment to the indie, guerilla film-maker base. The Apple suite, as
a bundle, is decidedly weak. FCP is a very focused and limited editor
that cannot function on its own so it needs audio and compositing
tools. Sadly Soundtrack is a cruel joke of an audio system (VU meters
that have no dBfs markings or numeric read outs!!! WTF??) DVD Studio
pro is excellent but Motion is sorely lacking by comparison to
competition like After Effects. Its a mixed bag.
full article was here:
http://blogs.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/digitalbasin/entry/20070411
quoting begins here:
Sony, the cocky young upstart with
their media suite of Vegas, Soundforge, Acid and DVD Architect have
gained an enormous amount of market ground and credibility in the
face of bigger, stiffer, more established competition. Enough to be
considered a very serious contender against the three A's. But still
their biggest battle in perception. Still far too many editors
respond to the Sony Vegas name with the words "never heard of
it". The simple fact is they should have and need to, as Vegas
is arguably the most forward thinking and efficient NLE on the market
today. 100% Resolution and Codec independent long before anyone else
had considered such a thing possible. The best audio tools of any NLE
on the market. The best compositing options of any NLE on the market.
Wrapped around a very competent and flexible editor in ways capable
of editing feats other apps can only dream about. Any format, just
about any codec, any resolution, any frame rate, mixed together on
one timeline, real-time playback, no waiting for rendering. Once you
have had this efficiency in Vegas its very hard to go back to
anything else. When you've had the ability adjust any and all effects
and filters in real-time preview whilst the timeline plays back
anything just seems slow....
Vegas is in may ways heading in a
similar vein to Adobe but in the somewhat opposite direction - rather
than half a dozen apps in one box, Vegas is embracing complete
editing, audio production and effective compositing in the one app
rather than across different apps. Sound Forge is amazing audio
surgery, Acid is an incredibly powerful multi-track recorder and
sequencer but the truth is that Vegas doesn't Need either to function
is a very holistic manner for end to end production. Vegas is very
much part of the new bread and the three A's would do well to watch
very closely what Vegas does every step forward form here as it has
always been two steps ahead of them.
However Sony are at a crucial point
no support for 10bit production seriously hampers Vegas' pro cred
with studios; limited functionality for titling almost no
inter-change between other Sony applications; and limited third party
plug-in support These criticisms all make Vegas vulnerable to
growing into the truly comprehensive tool it promises to be. More than anything what Sony need to do
with Vegas is built credibility, market perception and a tighter
relationship with third party developers of both hardware and
software. Hopefully NAB07 will deliver these things.
And then there's Apple. Arguably, on
the surface at least, the most confused one of the bunch. Fact is the
bulk of FCP users are indie film-makers, low budget movie guerrillas,
corporate video makers, wedding videographers. But Apple are
consistently marketing to, and marketing on, an appeal to the very
high end (Walter Murch, David Fincher, Cold Mountain and so on).
Their plan seems to be to maintain their low-end user base bread and
butter market sector by appealing to the low-end's ever present
desire to be the high end. People use FCP for their low-budget
projects because at night they dream of being David Fincher and they
perceive FCP as being the choice of the dynamic high-end. Apple are
selling the aspiration rather than the reality of the tool. Its a
strategy that in theory has a lot of legs. BUT... By going after that
traditionally Avid market perception they have, over several past
versions, neglected a great many of the things that indie, self
reliant film-makers really need in their NLE and post-production
suite. FCP's congenially traditional approach to editing, its focus
on off-lining, cinema tools, segmented workflow and non-inclusion of
decent audio tools, no surround sound and very limited compositing
and colour grading, is fine and great for NBC and traditional
Hollywood who have no need of these things but is arguably of great
detriment to the indie, guerilla film-maker base. The Apple suite, as
a bundle, is decidedly weak. FCP is a very focused and limited editor
that cannot function on its own so it needs audio and compositing
tools. Sadly Soundtrack is a cruel joke of an audio system (VU meters
that have no dBfs markings or numeric read outs!!! WTF??) DVD Studio
pro is excellent but Motion is sorely lacking by comparison to
competition like After Effects. Its a mixed bag.
full article was here:
http://blogs.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/digitalbasin/entry/20070411