Sony Vegas 11 or FCPX

tbuelna

tbuelna

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I shoot on a Canon 5D Mark II and Sony Vegas 11. I have fallen in love with Mac products and was thinking of making the jump to a Mac Book Pro and FCPX. I am not a pro by any means and really shoot for a hobby. Doing short films mainly, but would love to do a feature this summer. Has anyone worked with both systems/programs and can give me their opinion as to what they like better? I have no complaints with Vegas 11, but would love to work on a Mac. Thanks for all the advice!!
 
I'd spend the time/money moving to Premiere on the Mac.it won't limit you as fcpx might. Pr's features are more inline with Vgas Pro, but better in some ways. Less friendly in others.better integration with other adobe products.you don't need a new Mac either, but it will run one one.you couls tay on w7 just fine and run it side by side with vegas while you learn it. I'm very happy transitioning over to it on Windows.i've not bothered moving to X, though i have a mac as well.
 
8string said:
I'd spend the time/money moving to Premiere on the Mac.it won't limit you as fcpx might. Pr's features are more inline with Vgas Pro, but better in some ways. Less friendly in others.better integration with other adobe products.you don't need a new Mac either, but it will run one one.you couls tay on w7 just fine and run it side by side with vegas while you learn it. I'm very happy transitioning over to it on Windows.i've not bothered moving to X, though i have a mac as well.
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Okay, I will have to do some reading on Premiere. Thanks for the advice!!
 
You really need to find a way to play with a Mac+FCPX in your current workflow to see if you think it's worth the money that it will take to move over to the Mac ecosystem when you already have a decent editing setup. We're all easily distracted by shiny new things, but that lustre wears off quickly in the day-to-day drudgery of most editing.
 
I know people on this board talk about Sony Vegas but I (a pro with 13 years in the field) have never seen anybody using it. FCP, Avid and recently Premiere are the kings right now. I am doing 50/50 FCP7 and FCPX. Three of my clients have switched to FCPX so I'm using it more everyday. My 2 cents. I know I'm not in the "used both" category the Op was looking for but my money is on FCPX to start pulling ahead of all of them soon.
 
For personal use, Vegas will allow you to do more from within the software. It's audio capabilities are unmatched and you can send footage to after effects (even the whole film for grading) without rendering via EDL's. I've used Vegas for over forty shorts and three features. Not planning on changing. At work, we use Premiere, but for my personal work, which is narrative films, it's Vegas FTW
 
kgimedia said:
I know people on this board talk about Sony Vegas but I (a pro with 13 years in the field) have never seen anybody using it. FCP, Avid and recently Premiere are the kings right now. I am doing 50/50 FCP7 and FCPX. Three of my clients have switched to FCPX so I'm using it more everyday. My 2 cents. I know I'm not in the "used both" category the Op was looking for but my money is on FCPX to start pulling ahead of all of them soon.
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I agree that (sadly) Vegas isn't a big name in the "industry", which is definitely an issue if you're working with lots of clients and fitting into someone else's production workflow. But El Director is also right - Vegas has amazing features right there built-in, and is great for personal use or a one-person production team.
 
It's used in some of the industry, but not anywhere near to the extent of the others.

Probably the most prominent recent film to be cut on it was Paranormal Activity. Do not know what they did with it in terms of cleanup and enhancement for theatrical release, though.

It is more popular than you'd think among event videographers, though. We don't get as much activity here, but Vegas forums elsewhere are usually much busier.
 
El Director said:
For personal use, Vegas will allow you to do more from within the software. It's audio capabilities are unmatched and you can send footage to after effects (even the whole film for grading) without rendering via EDL's. I've used Vegas for over forty shorts and three features. Not planning on changing. At work, we use Premiere, but for my personal work, which is narrative films, it's Vegas FTW
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Can you tell us which version of Vegas? I was looking and there are so many versions of it - some much cheaper than others. Thanks.
 
If you like the Mac, then FCP X is the way to go. Take the time to learn, it's the future of editing on the Mac. Don't listen to all the anti-FCP X crusaders. Take the free trial and see for yourself.
 
FCPX is fast and its getting better. You'll need some tutorials to get used to the new storyline concept, organization and workarounds, but I enjoy editing on it after many years in FCP7
 
tbuelna said:
I shoot on a Canon 5D Mark II and Sony Vegas 11. I have fallen in love with Mac products and was thinking of making the jump to a Mac Book Pro and FCPX. I am not a pro by any means and really shoot for a hobby. Doing short films mainly, but would love to do a feature this summer. Has anyone worked with both systems/programs and can give me their opinion as to what they like better? I have no complaints with Vegas 11, but would love to work on a Mac. Thanks for all the advice!!
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Sounds like you want to get a Mac... so get one. I have & use both (Apple and Win7)...but to be honest, I hardly ever use the Mac anymore (G5 PPC & FCS6) since Apple left me hanging with a really expensive piece of hardware. I also moved to a AVCHD native workflow and the Win7/Vegas combo runs like a charm! I find I can edit 10x faster in Vegas and have yet to see anything done on any other editor that I can't do with Vegas & AE.

As with any piece of tech... the longer you wait before pulling the trigger...the better. Like my Grandpa used to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." :beer:


2-cents...keep the change!
(you'll need it for that shinynew Mac)
 
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