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Your Learning Zone - Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9
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List Price: $99.95
Our Price: $61.95
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Manufacturer: Sony Creative Software
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0855309678692
Feature: Edit standard and high-definition video
Format: DVD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Sony Creative Software
Manufacturer: Sony Creative Software
Model: SPVMS9000
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Sony Creative Software
Release Date: 2008-08-01
Studio: Sony Creative Software
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Features
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Edit standard and high-definition video
Produce DVDs with custom menus and graphics
Share movies on Blu-ray Disc, iPod, online, and more
Easy to use Show Me How tutorials
Includes Cinescore Studio custom soundtrack creator
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Crash, crash, crash
Comment: While Vegas 9.0b improves features over 8.0d, it crashes much more often than its predecessor on Vista 64 Home Premium.
Pros: Now you can save AVCHD files and WMP11.
Cons: Crashes often during editing in the trimmer. Still not a 64-bit app even though the Pro version is.
Until they fix the crashing, it was not worth my $57 for the upgrade from 8 to 9.
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Summary: One of the Few Ways To Edit M2TS Files
Comment: I purchased an Canon HD camera which uses a hard drive to record video and thought it wouldn't be any problem to edit. Wow, was I wrong!! Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 was one of a few programs that could handle editing these files. Still new to the program, but it seems to be well constructed with very helpful dialogue boxes to get you to understand how the program works. I just wish I could condense the files better so I could email them. Still learning more about what the program can do. It was money well spent.
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Summary: Excellent Vidoe Editing Software
Comment: This is an excellent product for the home video producer. I have successfully used it to produce a 40 minute high definition video. My video camera is the Sony HDR-HC9 high definition camcorder. This camcorder records in 1440 x 1080, 16:9 aspect ratio. The software detected my camera automatically and captures and writes back to the camera without any problems.
I produced two outputs. One was a high definition video output back to the HDR-HC9 tape camcorder. When played through the HDMI cable connected to my Samsung HDTV, the results were outstanding. I could not see any difference in the quality of the video between the original recorded tape, and the rendered completed production.
My second output for the same video was to a Standard Definition DVD. When I played this DVD on an up-converting 1080p OPPO DVD player, the results were very good on the Samsung HDTV. It would take a sharp eye to tell the difference from the tape version.
I did not produce a blue-ray DVD as I do not have a blue ray DVD player.
The software does not require a supercomputer to run. My computer is a six year old Dell Dimension 8200, 2.0 GHz, 1 Gig memory, with a 120 Gig Hard Drive with 80 gig free memory. The software never crashes. When I produced my DVD movie, it automatically launched the included DVD Architect module without any problems. When capturing and rendering a movie, I made the follwoing adjustments: disable all network connections; shut down anti-virus and anti-spyware programs; disabled my sreen saver. I did this to maximize available memory and to prevent any interuptions to the capturing and rendering process. I did not experience any dropped frames.
The rendering time for producing the tape output movie was about 5 to one. It took 200 minutes to render a 40 minute movie, and another 40 minutes to write it to tape in the videocam. The rendering time for producing the standard definition DVD was quite a bit longer, about 8 hours for the 40 minute movie, plus another 10 minutes to write it out to the DVD. Since this is usually the last step in the movie production process, it is not a problem. I just do the final DVD rendering overnight.
I assume rendering times are reduced if you have a more powerful computer. All editing functions performed without problems and very quickly.
The software can also be opened in two instances which allows you to produce sub-projects and then copy and paste them into a final production.
The learning curve is modest, but if you have used other video editing software, you should be able to get going in a few days. I had previously tried another product offered by Amazon (Corel ULead) but it kept crashing and did not interface correctly with my Sony HD video camera. Fortunately, Amazon gave me a full refund and I switched to Vegas Movie Studio. I would highly recommend it.
My final advice to high definition movie makers: use a tripod.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Novice to Intermediate Video Software
Comment: The "Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9" is another fantastic entry into the outstanding Vegas family of editing software. We make instructional DVDs and have used Sony Vegas since version 4. While most of our videos are made using the higher end version Vegas Pro 8, I use the "Studio" version for home videos and quick edits.
What's included:
* Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Edition (editing software)
* DVD Architect Studio 4.5 (DVD authoring)
* Cinescore (sound track creation)
Here are my observations:
* Very intuitive and easy to use interface
* Huge selection of effects and transitions
* Support for HD video
* Burns Blu-Ray and standard DVDs from DVD Architect
* "Show Me How" interactive tutorials are very helpful
* Direct YouTube upload support
* Excellent Chromakey (green screen) capabilities
* Easy DVD menu creation
Other software that the novice/home user might want to consider is Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 and Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack (see my reviews).
Over all, I highly recommend "Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9"!
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Summary: Don't Believe The Hype
Comment: First off, let me say I'm editing this review for the third and last time. The reason for this is that I keep trying to work with the program and as such, I'm learning more and more, especially from professional and other forums.
For the record, I started with a trial version of Vegas 8, which I liked and probably would have bought. However, I had to leave town and my desktop for awhile and during this time my trial version expired. I had to go back to Sony and download the software again. Version 8 was no longer available so I downloaded Sony Vegas Platinum Version 9a. This is a review for Vegas 9a.
(Btw, if you have doubts about the veracity of this one star review, check out the forums at [...], specifically [...] regarding poor performance and hanging.)
My thoughts:
1. If you don't have at least 2 Gig of RAM, a Duo or better Core computer and 2 gHz or better processing speeds, don't even bother. People with 3 Gigs of RAM are having memory problems.
2. Sony on-line Tech support is virtually non-existent. I also got blocked from posting my problems to their troubleshooting page. I filled out all the required info, and then . . . zippo. That's frustrating.
3. My version of Vegas 9 wouldn't recognize Architect 4.5 even though it was installed on my machine. With Vegas 9's Make Movie Wizard I kept getting "Architect wasn't installed" messages. It was installed, but Vegas wouldn't recognize it -- even after two restarts. I then tried to install 5.0 and at the very end of the install I was informed that my computer didn't have the minimum requirements. My 5 hours of work are at this very moment locked up as a rendered-to-hard-drive Vegas Archive file.
4. Other than Vegas 9, nothing will open my rendered Vegas file.
5. Vegas 9 won't process my audio files with my video files. In other words, I can't drag and drop my files in their entirety to the Time-line. The video drags and drops, but it comes without the audio, which I know is there. Windows Media Player will play both video and audio of the raw uploaded SD file -- but not Vegas. I have the mute buttons off. My envelopes are not locked. For some reason, Vegas 9a thinks my video files have no audio tracks. This didn't happen with Vegas 8. Even with the same files.
6. Don't expect any tech support from Sony.
Conclusions:
a. I think it's very nice Sony offers a trial version of their editing software, but not so nice that it doesn't work very well.
b. Even if it worked flawlessly I think it's a process-heavy piece of editing software with way too much proprietary code.
c. Sony has you by the you know what because their HD Handycams record HD in AVCHD format. This leaves you only a few editing options of which I am aware. Vegas Movie Studio is one. Pinnacle is one. The third is Nero Ultra. (I think you can also do it with Apple's newest version of iMovie and Final Cut pro.) Moreover, Vegas 9 seems to support the idea that Sony wants to make sure they have a lock on your project and your money.
d. It would be nice if after you rendered a project with Vegas 9 that you would have a video in a format that was viewable and burnable by some other media and/or disc player.
Maybe Vegas 9 is OK. I'm obviously heavily biased against it. In fact, I'm ready to throw my HP out the window. A lot of people seem to think Vegas has a lot of features for medium-level video and audio editing. My experience is it's way more trouble than it's worth. If I were you, I'd seriously consider Pinnacle instead, or one of the older versions of Vegas.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Create the perfect montage from all of your media in one, easy-to-use, and reliable application with Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9. It contains new import and export project wizards to help you get started making your movies even faster and also helps with outputting projects to the proper formats for sharing across a range of delivery options. Sony Creative Software's exclusive Show Me How interactive tutorials are also included to help you learn the software more efficiently while completing the task at hand. The Show Me How tutorials make it easy to complete a project step-by-step.
Show Me How interactive tutorials
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