Vegas or Premiere at DVinfo.net

Jeremy Malheim · January 7th, 2004, 09:26 PM

I am trying to decide between Vegas + DVD or Premiere. I understand that either will probably be just fine for what I am going to do. I do have some (although not tons) experience with Photoshop 7. So my question, would I benefit from sticking with another Adobe product because of a similarity in interfaces or not?

Edward Troxel · January 7th, 2004, 09:45 PM

Your BEST bet is to download the demo of each and try them. Also, look at the forum communties of each and see what the current "problems" are and how helpful other users and tech support are.

Glenn Chan · January 8th, 2004, 12:31 AM

Vegas seems to be more powerful than Premiere Pro at Photoshop-like tasks, although you can always export an image sequence for Photoshop to process if you need Photoshop effects.

I like Vegas more. It's super powerful (can do lots of video effects and is the best NLE at audio hands down) and stable. I think the bad things about it is that it renders slow and that you have to figure out how to organize your media.

Premiere Pro is kinda like Final Cut Pro for the PC except a lot buggier. You might want to wait for the patches for it to come out first. If you are already familiar with the Avid/FCP/Premiere interfaces then Vegas will make no sense at all to you. The similarity in Adobe interfaces doesn't really help.

Rob Lohman · January 8th, 2004, 08:28 AM

Try out the demos! I tried to work for a year with Premiere but
it just seemed to be wrong for my mind (first time I fired it up
it asked me which editing method I wanted to use... errrr. what?).

So althought I was a bit used to the Premiere interface I learned
Vegas myself in one day. It just seems to work a whole lot better
with my mind.

Trying out the demos of both product will give you the ability to
see for yourself what works. Do make sure you have something
to really edit on both packages, because just looking around isn't
enough!

January 7th, 2004, 09:26 PM	#1
Jeremy Malheim New Boot Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fargo, North Dakota Posts: 17	Vegas or Premiere I am trying to decide between Vegas + DVD or Premiere. I understand that either will probably be just fine for what I am going to do. I do have some (although not tons) experience with Photoshop 7. So my question, would I benefit from sticking with another Adobe product because of a similarity in interfaces or not?

January 8th, 2004, 08:28 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Try out the demos! I tried to work for a year with Premiere but it just seemed to be wrong for my mind (first time I fired it up it asked me which editing method I wanted to use... errrr. what?). So althought I was a bit used to the Premiere interface I learned Vegas myself in one day. It just seems to work a whole lot better with my mind. Trying out the demos of both product will give you the ability to see for yourself what works. Do make sure you have something to really edit on both packages, because just looking around isn't enough! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 7th, 2004, 09:45 PM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Your BEST bet is to download the demo of each and try them. Also, look at the forum communties of each and see what the current "problems" are and how helpful other users and tech support are.

January 8th, 2004, 12:31 AM	#3
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Vegas seems to be more powerful than Premiere Pro at Photoshop-like tasks, although you can always export an image sequence for Photoshop to process if you need Photoshop effects. I like Vegas more. It's super powerful (can do lots of video effects and is the best NLE at audio hands down) and stable. I think the bad things about it is that it renders slow and that you have to figure out how to organize your media. Premiere Pro is kinda like Final Cut Pro for the PC except a lot buggier. You might want to wait for the patches for it to come out first. If you are already familiar with the Avid/FCP/Premiere interfaces then Vegas will make no sense at all to you. The similarity in Adobe interfaces doesn't really help.