Upgrade from MS to Vegas Pro disappointment

Paul E wrote on 8/2/2016, 3:16 AM
I took advantage of the Magix offer to upgrade from MS13 to Vegas Pro. I'm glad I hadn't paid £450 for it!
FIrst disappointment is that NewBlue Titler EX cannot be licensed. It works fine but with a watermark. So I am faced with further expense for a good titler. Vegas does include Sony ProType Title which may be useful, it will need more studying. There's a lesson to be learnt - dont be influcened in choice of a software product by what extras it is bundled with!

Second, I had hoped that the advanced sound features would include the option to mix 5.1 sound by having a single timeline track on which you can place a volume envelope to fade all 6 channels simultaneoulsy instead of as in Movie Studio tediously fading each channel seperately. You can do just that with the Surround Master - but then any other channels eg music or effects are faded as well. I tried routing the other channels to another bus but while it sounds correct in the monitor speakers the extra bus doesnt go into the render. Am I missing something?

Third, A plus point is DVD Architect 6 which can now make Bluray discs with 5.1. That works but iI am suprised the monitoring does not work in in 5.1, for instance a surround ac3 is still shown only as a stereo track.

Good points are I can now customise the keyboard and buttons. It's hard to go back to the tiny buttons - I actually liked the big buttons in MS13 but there weren't enough of them.



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jetdv wrote on 8/6/2016, 10:39 AM
Yes, that is correct. The MSPPS package (which contains TitlerEx) was bundled with several Movie Studio versions. That bundle will work fine in those Movie Studio versions but will have a watermark in Vegas Pro 13.

Similarly, Titler Pro 1 was bundled with Vegas Pro 11 and 12. It will work fine in those two versions but in Vegas Pro 13 will have a watermark as it was not bundled with that version.

When moving to Vegas Pro 13, the best option would be to upgrade to Titler Pro 4 as there are a ton of new features not found in the original Titler Pro 1 or the even lighter version - TitlerEx.