And... you can download a trial version and see for yourself.

Based on the several bugs the current update of Vegas Pro has, I would recommend you to wait until the next update comes out and is tested by several people here. Or, if you can get Sony to send you version 8.0b instead, that one is not as bug infested as 8.0c. Or, if you go through the hassle of installing Vista 64, based on my short experience with version 8.1, it's not as buggy as 8.0c.

At this point, I would just wait a few months until Vegas Pro 9 comes out, I don't know when that'll be when I guess sometime next year.

Like Sebaz said, I'm waiting for Vegas Pro 9 to come out. I have Vegas Pro 7 now, will upgrade to 9.

Who knows when it will be out, but I'd guess 1Q 2009.

I've heard the recomendation of waiting till the next release since 8.0
8.0,a, b, c, seems buggy, how many releases does one have to wait for to get it to work right. (Vegas Pro 9 not buggy? somebody knows something I don't?)
Back to the topic, I agree to just install the demo, that should give you an indication as to what is different, and how it will work for your workflow.

Ted

Yep. It seems hit or miss as to whether people find it buggy so the key would be to download the trial and use it. You might find that studio is doing everything you need.

Rob Mack

If you don't need the 8 "features" 7 is solid. Find a copy on fleabay that you can register. Then you can download the latest and greatest 7 here. Sony offers low, low upgrade pricing right after release and you'll be able to upgrade to 9 for cheap.

There is absolutely no way I will be paying to upgrade to 9 when every version in the 8 series has been a bug ridden nightmare. They are going to have to make that one free to existing users, simple as that.

Well you want features or solid. There is Avid, PP etc that have lots of features and from everything I've read they all have problems. Just installing Adobe CS3 was a nightmare for many. Then there is the other NLE that is not as features rich but has a rep from being rock solid. Even Spot has it insalled on the bootcamp partition of his Power Book.

I would certainly recommend that you buy the Pro version. If you are concerned about bugs, then try the trial before you buy. The Trial is fully functional until it expires, which is very nice.

I'm especially happy with ProType Titler, and DVD Architect which comes with Vegas Pro.

You can always upgrade when Vegas Pro 9 comes out.


And finally i consider some pro features to be absolute minimum functionality, such as unlimited number of tracks, this is something all applications should include.

Some features are nothing but poor excuses of pro content, but the rest are really nice features, which enable you to do some really cool stuff.

I started out using Avid Liquid, and i can say that i like Vegas Pro better. I find it so much faster and easier to use then Liquid.

Vista the latest and greatest from Microsoft has bugs. Sony Vegas Pro 9 will have bugs. FCP has bugs. DOS was the last software program that never had bugs.

Sony Vegas Pro 8 is the 2nd best video editor out there. Sony Vegas Pro 9 is the best.

IMHO

I have used Vegas for yrs currently using the latest incarnation on a Xp pro 64 bit system and have never encountered a bug, I am still using the 32 bit version though.

Sony Vegas Pro "9"? There's a version 9 out?

I think you must be talking about Movie Studio version 9?

TB

Have faith, it's out there. Remember we're still in 2008. We all know it's there, don't we?

I want to upgrade my Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 to Sony Vegas Pro, but I'm apprehensive that if I buy now that Pro 9 will be coming out and I can't afford to upgrade twice this year.

Does anyone have any idea if Pro 9 is really coming out in 2009? If the next ieteration is coming out soon I'll hold off.

I want to be able to do masking and selective color. I'd be happy with to stick with Movie Studio if I could buy plugins that do what I want that I can add to it. Does anyone know of any that can at least do selective color?

I'd go ahead and try the trial version. Some posts talk about all the bugs and "nightmares" with 8, but it must not be the app, NO problems at all for me running it on two machines, an intel quad and an AMD dual core XP. HDV and SD output, and DVD burning. Maybe Vegas has some issues with certain hardware, guess I've just been lucky.

I have had almost no issues with Vegas 8 pro when it comes to HDV editing. As far as I'm concerned it's even more solid as vegas7 was. My time lines are almost all close to 2 hours HDV with particle illusion avi alpha channels, vdub effects, new blu cartooner effects, mercalli deshaker... and more. No isues at all. Not one iota of crashing... just pure great hdv... which of course goes onto dvda and blu ray.

Avchd is a different ball game though.... lots of small issues and 8.1 is actually better for the avchd

I guess we're both lucky. I've worked with 8.0c and 8.1 with zero crashes. None.

I cut Si2K footage, DV, MXF out of my EX1, Quicktime DNxHD, photo-jpeg, mjpeg, single and multi-cam footage, and never a problem.

But I am also not using homebuilt machines, I don't overclock, or do anything else that lots of others seem to do. I don't load up a lot of garbage software on my machines (just my video tools), don't have a lot of crazy codecs, and I've never loaded a video game on a video editing machine.

Take it for what it's worth.

I agree with Perrone. I've been using Vegas since version 3.0 and I've not experienced any "bug" problems or crashes. The rare challenges I have faced were the result of user error.

want to upgrade my Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 to Sony Vegas Pro, but I'm apprehensive that if I buy now that Pro 9 will be coming out and I can't afford to upgrade twice this year.

Does anyone have any idea if Pro 9 is really coming out in 2009? If the next ieteration is coming out soon I'll hold off.
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I am still using Vegas 4 (arguably the most improved version to date). None of the subsequent versions have had anything I needed beyond Version 4 until I bought an EX1 last summer. Instead of buying Version 8, I decided to wait for version 9 and am still waiting. I am still not using the camera much so it's not like I was too cheap to buy version 8. I just figured on a target of June 2009 for switching from my VX2000 exclusively to the EX1 exclusively. In both cases the target media is SD DVD. If anyone has the inside scoop on version 9's release month I'd like to know that (as would everyone else I suppose).

John

I wish I would have stuck with Vegas Platinum Pro 9.0 Worked great until I started getting a 'an error has occured message'. but still it was stable and could do just about everything. The pro titler is the only major thing I like about V8.1 other than the unlimited tracks.
I have so many bugs and crashes and freezes, I deeply regret swiching to 8.1

On a whole, I've had fewer crashes with Vegas Movie Studio than I have had with Pinnacle Studio. I did have some crashes when I tried to render high def AVCHD footage in certain file formats; but after I adjusted some parameters it isn't crashing any more. I'm not sure if it is that I need to transcode my AVCHD to help it run smoother (I have AVCHD Upshift), or I simply had the wrong redering settings.

I guess that I should download the Vegas 8 demo before I'd purchase it. There are some things I really like about V.Movie Studio; that Cinescore is included, more visual effects, and I even like some of the wizards. I wish I could combine the elements I like from Movie Studio 9 and make them all work in Vegas Pro 8.

I would suggest getting the Pro 8 with VAST training DVDs - 3 disc set - its very helpful learning how to use some of the tools in Pro8 - if you don't know how to use some of them already they aren't at all intuitive and you will miss some great features. Videoguys offer a deal on pro8 with VAST training DVDs for a reasonable price - cheaper than buying separately.

I wouldn't hold my breath on 9 - it could be a while - there's several upgrades to 8 possible first (mostly fixing bugs).