![]() For example, the top of the Movie Studio range (Movie Studio Suite) seems to have some things that are missing from the bottom of the VEGAS range such as NewBlue Titler Pro Express plugin (which is not in VEGAS Pro 14 Edit). In fact, it’s bit more complicated than that. Gary Rebholz (MAGIX Software Product Owner) explains that “VEGAS Movie Studio Platinum is a great next step, which introduces pro-level features and techniques.” At any rate, this is a list of the full VEGAS range:Īs you would expect, the range of editing features and addins (such as 3rd party effects) is more limited in the cheaper packages than in the more expensive editions. However, this distinction is not entirely clear-cut. In theory, the high-end range, VEGAS Pro, is aimed at professional users while the less expensive VEGAS Movie Studio range is aimed at novices and amateurs. In addition to its well established Video Pro X, it has now released two separate ranges of VEGAS video editing packages. MAGIX has a bewildering range of video editing software. Given the fact that there is only a $30 difference between the price of the entry-level and Platinum editions, I’d say that opting for the Platinum would be $30 well spent! The entry-level version omits some important tools such image stabilization and colour correction, multi-camera editing and hover-scrubbing, it lacks the ‘DVD Architect’ for burning DVD and Blu-ray discs and its timeline is limited to 10 video tracks (rather than the Platinum’s 200). If you decide that this is the program for you, I would recommend that you get the Platinum or Studio edition rather than the slightly cheaper entry-level edition. Even so, at a price of around $80, it packs a lot of punch and is great value. ![]() Its interface can be a bit over-fussy (all those popup dialog boxes – see my review of VEGAS Pro) so it is not, in my view, as easy to use as MAGIX’s other video editor, Video Pro X. Overall, Movie Studio Platinum is a good video editing product for serious amateurs or even professionals on a tight budget. This lets you make music tracks even if you can’t play an instrument! There is even a music-making program supplied as an added extra. If you want to add royalty-free music to your videos (even if you aren’t a musician!) this is a pretty good way of doing so. The software provides a limited range of instruments and loops as standard and you can buy more if you need them. As the stand-alone edition of Music Maker costs around $60, this is a pretty good deal. This lets you record and edit music either by ‘playing’ an on-screen keyboard or mixing together pre-recorded sounds (‘loops’) on a multi-track timeline, editing them in much the same way you would edit video clips in Movie Studio. ![]() As an extra bonus, all editions of Movie Studio now come with a separate music editing application called Music Maker. There are a few new features in this latest release such as ‘hover scrub’ editing – that is the ability to select and trim clips simply by moving the mouse over a popup video preview there is a multi-camera editor to help you edit together clips taken simultaneously with more than one camera and various new video effects and transitions have also been added. Other essential features of Movie Studio include the ability to pan and crop videos to zoom in and out or move the viewing area up or across a video clip you can record and edit audio tracks and apply effects such as reverb and distortion or apply an audio restoration filter to remove unwanted clicks or background noises and when you are finished you can create your final video either by selecting the ‘Make a movie’ option (the simplest way) or by producing the video in a large number of rendering formats such as Quicktime, Video For Windows and MPEG-2, each of which provides a large range of options to tailor the output. You can render videos in a large range of formats suitable for internet, mobile devices, DVD or viewing on desktop computer Here you can delete unneeded plugins or select a specific effect from the chain in order to edit its parameters. As with VEGAS Pro, multiple effects can be added to a single clip and when you do this they are arranged as a linked list or ‘plugin chain’ which can be shown in a popup dialog. The transitions and effects are arranged in a panel at the top-left, a previewer is shown to its right and the timeline is docked underneath. And you can also apply a large range of video effects to alter colour and brightness, glows, lens flares, pixilation effects and so on. You can merge one clip into another by adding a range of fades and transitions. In common with the more expensive VEGAS Pro video editing package, Movie Studio lets you create videos by importing clips onto a multi-track timeline where you can edit them by cutting, copying, pasting and trimming them.
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