Videofactory vs. Vegas Video

Beorn wrote on 3/26/2003, 12:47 PM

I am a student and use Vegas 3.0 to edit my videos. My old man wants a program but is unwilling to fork out a thick wad of dough for 3.0 or 4.0. Would Videofactory be sufficient for him? He will be capturing home videos, adding stills to them, and setting some to music.

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Former user wrote on 3/26/2003, 2:04 PM

VideoFactory is great for the home movie hobbyist. It offers enough flexibility to be creative, but the learning curve is less than Vegas. It offers two video tracks and 3 stereo audio tracks. Usually more than enough for home movie type editing.

And it is cheap. $69 US or less.

Dave T2

Beorn wrote on 3/26/2003, 2:33 PM

Thanks, that's about all I wanted to know, how many tracks you could edit. The price isn't half bad, either.

Beorn

DGrob wrote on 3/26/2003, 6:59 PM

The hard part will be keeping him away from your system after the learning curve flattens out. Been there with VF, had a great time and found the experience made the transition to V3 very easy indeed. Grob

CERTEGY wrote on 3/27/2003, 7:41 AM

Actually I've seen the price for VideoFactory in my area for $49.00. Check out your local Circuit City or CompUSA. SoFo has not been responding lately about if there will be a newer version than 2.0. Good Luck!

bansl wrote on 3/27/2003, 9:34 AM

..or even try MusiciansFriend.com, I just ordered it there yesterday for $29.99 + $6 S&H and no sales tax.