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 enlarge | From: Sony Creative Software
Category: Software
List Price: $99.95
Buy New: $48.80
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 217
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Platinum
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8 x 1.9
MPN: MSPVMS9000
Model: SPVMS9000
UPC: 855309678692
EAN: 0855309867799
ASIN: B001CPFWI2
Release Date: August 1, 2008
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 Great Novice to Intermediate Video Software September 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 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"!
 Don't Believe The Hype September 15, 2008
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
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.
SEABGB
Excellent Software for AVCHD editing September 9, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
For those of you who are looking to edit AVCHD video I cannot recommend this software enough. I purchased Vegas 9 to edit video shot on my Canon HG10 AVCHD camcorder after being disappointed with Nero Ultimate (the renderings had interlacing problems in non-still shots). Being new to video editing, I didn't find the interface in Vegas very intuitive at first. However, after watching a few youtube tutorial videos I became quite comfortable in the environment. Also, Vegas 9 has some built-in tutorials for basic editing that I found quite helpful.
Don't just take my word for it, you can TRY it first for 30 days if you download the trial from Sony's website. I have a pretty powerful computer (Quad core, 4G RAM, 9800 GTX) so you might want to test it on your system before purchasing for AVCHD editing.
Great Amateur/Prosumer Editing Suite September 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The "Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack" 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 (all on one disc):
* Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Edition (editing software)
* DVD Architect Studio 4.5 (DVD authoring)
* Sound Forge Audio Studio (audio editing)
* Cinescore w/themes (sound track creation)
* 1001 Sound Effects
* NewBlue 3D Transitions & Effects ("Cartoonr" is an interesting effect)
Here are my observations:
* Very intuitive and easy to use interface
* Huge selection of effects and transitions
* Support for HD video
* Burns Blu-Ray from the timeline
* Burns standard DVDs from DVD Architect
* "Show Me How" interactive tutorials are very helpful
* Direct YouTube upload support
* Excellent Chromakey (green screen) capabilities
* Great sound editing tools
* Easy DVD menu creation
Other software that the novice/home user might want to consider is Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 (see my review there), it has less video tracks but more templates/themes.
Over all, I highly recommend "Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack"!
Great Novice to Intermediate Video Software September 5, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
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 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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