In the bar below the main window in Trim view you can choose your in and out points, which are also displayed with the lighter shaded area in the center. And when your mouse goes away from it, it just goes back to the beginning. And it shows you what's going on in that portion of the clip. A vertical line, or a timeline marker shows you where you are in the clip proportionally from beginning to end. But I like Trim view ( Figure 4, below), because you can actually scroll your mouse over it and scrub the clip without clicking anything. The trimmer can be used in a couple of different ways, so it's more than just a source monitor. In Vegas, you have a video preview, and you have a trimmer. Vegas doesn't have a source monitor per se, like the one in Premiere Pro where you double-click on a file and it brings it up in the window that's usually on the left, and then your program or your timeline view is on the right usually.įigure 3. You have your clips on the left, and then you have your program monitor on the right. This interface actually first reminded me a bit of DaVinci Resolve. Most editors will be fine with Pro Edit.įigure 3 (below) shows the main Vegas interface. The differences among those are basically the add-ons that you get. The pricing is $400 for Vegas Pro Edit, $599 for Vegas Pro, and then the Vegas Pro Suite is $799. You have Vegas Pro Edit, Vegas Pro, and the Vegas Pro Suite ( Figure 2, below). Vegas Pro 15 is the most current release. Vegas has some other windows like effects that I might want to manipulate with the pen, and that’s where the Canvas will come in handy. The curved display is where I'll do most of my editing.

I have a 38” ultrawide curved display as well ( Figure 1, below). I’m testing it on a Windows laptop with a Dell Canvas, 27” touch display that uses pen and totem, plus fingers. Magix Vegas Pro, like its Sony predecessor, is a Windows-only product. But it’s now owned and developed by the MAGIX Corporation out of Germany.

You might be familiar with Vegas as a Sony product, which it used to be. In this article and video we’ll explore Vegas Pro 15 from MAGIX. This article continues our series of looks at alternative nonlinear editors from the perspective of a longtime Premiere Pro editor.

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