VEGAS 5 new features- worth the upgrade?

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I just got a promotional e-mail for Vegas 5 and Vegas 5+DVS. What do you think about the new features relative to the upgrade pricing? $149/$249 USD. Worth it or wait?

LHB


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Re: VEGAS 5 new features- worth the upgrade?

Previous features list should have begun with:

New in Vegas 5 Software:

Sorrry for any confussion. Been a bad day all around and it's only 12:49pm here!

LHB
 
Re: VEGAS 5 new features- worth the upgrade?

Well, yeah, if you want those things. Plugins and separate software to do any one of those things, really, would cost you in the ballpark of $150.

Of course, my question is . . . how much "support" is there for ACID loops? Is it to the point where you no longer need ACID at all?
 
Re: VEGAS 5 new features- worth the upgrade?

The reason I ask is that I'm sort of locked in to Premiere 6.5 at least for now. I have V4.0d but have only used it very little. The Matrox DTV system purchased in 2000 (basically) only supports Premiere has shown itself to be somewhat of a disappointment for me and Matrox dead-ended the hardware so to speak. A real *$%^ deal for a 'Pro-level' cardset. But that's another story.

Just looking for a reason to build a better system with Vegas I guess.

LHB
 
Re: VEGAS 5 new features- worth the upgrade?

doesn´t in-sync´s Blade 2.2 also support the DTV? and it is still the fastest and most felxible software i found so far. i do my bezier masks in AEFx6.0 when needed, everything else is in SpeedRazor/Blade.
 
Re: VEGAS 5 new features- worth the upgrade?

[quote author=alpi69 link=board=nws;num=1082396263;start=0#4 date=04/20/04 at 06:06:44]doesn´t in-sync´s Blade 2.2 also support the DTV? and it is still the fastest and most felxible software i found so far. i do my bezier masks in AEFx6.0 when needed, everything else is in SpeedRazor/Blade.[/quote]

You are probably correct on these points. What I meant is that the hardware doesn't support Vegas so I need to capture and play out thru Prem. This is the heart of my problem. (long, boring story.) It may be I need to start from scratch and redo the system. Can't do this now as I'm struggling to finish a fairly large project. Looking ahead to a less hardware empowered system to one that just optimizes Vegas. Of course, there's the money issue.

Cheers,
LHB
 
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