


I suspect Magix can make some real improvements there. Animagic - Audio is one of the most important features of Sony Vegas Pro. I am familiar with some Magix applications, which quite frankly work as well. Sony Vegas Pro doesn't look a lot different from Version 8 to Version 13. I would buy it instantly, if Sony still owned it. I received a Magix email about the Sony Vegas Pro 14 upgrade release. Since Magix bought Sony Creative applications I was thinking Hitfilm would no longer be pleased to tag along behind Sony Vegas and sell an add-in applicaitons Visiting the Hitfilm forums I read where Hitfilm has a clear annual updating plan. In other words, they would not come out and declare it was on par with Premier, Vegas, etc. The support person pointed me to trial and express versions. I tried to get Hitfilm support to declare Hitfilm was a competent NLE. If you want an awesome VFX software that has video editing functionality.Buy HitFilm. If you want an awesome video editor that has some vfx functinality. HitFilm is sold as an Special Effects software (VFX). Sony Vegas 13 is a couple of generations behind. The crucial reason for me to upgrade or not to Vegas 14 would be whether it supports the latest NVidia cards to use GPU-enabled rendering. Audio is important to me and one obvious thing missing in Hitfilm is the selection of the audio device (it takes the default). I have Hitfilm 4 as well as Sony Vegas 13 and although Hitfilm may have many special effects, I find it inadequate as a competent non-linear editor compared to Vegas. The audio mixing and editing is not as robust as Premier or Vegas. Your computer needs a pretty hefty graphics card 3. It takes a pretty powerful computer to run smoothly. The best thing for me is that the company keeps the program up to date when new related technology comes on line. It took me a few hours to learn how to use it but it was worth it. It comes in two versions the free version and the paid version called Blackmagic Resolve Studio.

But now for professional work I use Blackmagic Resolve. I have probably messed around with nearly every single editor available today.

When I have something quick to do I use Cyberlink PowerDirector. I have used AVID, Final Cut, Premier Pro and AE, Premier Elements, Vegas, I never really got into Blender as a video editor just fooled around with it. Most of the 80's we still used tape based machines. I have been editing since the 1980's when the non-linear editing first arrived on the scene.
