Vegas Pro 11 or Premiere 5.5

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djkoz

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I currently use Vegas Pro 11, but I am about to purchase the Panasonic HPX250 which uses the P2 cards. Vegas will not natively handle the P2 card formats but Adobe Premiere states that it will.

If I use Vegas I will have to buy an additional piece of software called Raylight for about $200 to convert the P2 files before importing into Vegas, whereas, as a student I can buy the Premiere Production suite for under $400 and get Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, Adobe's sound programs and On Location.

Other than the fact that I will have to learn Premiere (I am not an expert in Vegas either, up until now I've only had need for its occasional use) are there any compelling reasons to stay with Vegas?

Thanks,

Dan
 
It's a matter of your own preference, and if you want to spend more for Premiere than you would for Raylight.

Premiere integrates P2 better than any other NLE, hands down.

But Vegas with Raylight is adequate.

So, it comes down to which one you like working with more.
 
I've use both, but much prefer Vegas because I've had it for more than 10 years. I imagine that if I had spent as much time with Premiere I would probably feel the same way with it. Both are excellent editors.
 
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