Editing Effects/Transitions:

Effects and transitions are Vegas Studio 9 Platinum’s forte, if you will. With 276 effects, Vegas Studio has the most included effects of any video editing software tailored to new and intermediate users. Simply find the desired effect and add it to a clip on the timeline. Once in the timeline, you can edit every effect to change the strength, radius, and just about any aspect thereof.

Vegas also has a whopping 201 transitions included, and adding them to your video is as easy in Vegas as in PowerDirector and VideoStudio.

Disc Creation:

Vegas Studio 9 Platinum comes with Sony DVD Architect for creating discs with multi-layered menus, looping audio, and more. DVD Architect has 44 fully editable menu themes, along with 83 pre-installed buttons and 53 backgrounds. Inserting video and audio is done similarly to Vegas Studio, as you have a video and an audio track in a customizable timeline. As mentioned previously, if you marked out your chapters in Vegas Studio, you can load them in DVD Architect and each marked segment becomes its own chapter. Again, it’s this kind of flexibility that makes Sony one of the best in video editing and certainly in disc creation.

A feature unique to Vegas Studio 9 Platinum is you can burn your HD video to Blu-ray discs without having to upgrade to another Vegas product. With PowerDirector and VideoStudio, you have to buy the upgrade before you can burn to Blu-ray. But be careful, dear readers; in order to burn Blu-ray discs you also need a Blu-ray disc burner!

Audio and Photo Editing:

Vegas 9 Platinum does not come with a built-in audio editor, but you can still do the most common audio editing tasks like fade in/out, cross fades, volume adjustment, and panning from left to right.

If you need a more full-featured audio editor, Vegas Platinum Pro 9 comes with Sound Forge Audio Studio 9, and a library of 1,001 sound effects.

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9

Publisher: Sony

Version: 9

Pros: Large set of unique and useful features.

Cons: Steeper learning curve than most of its competitors.

The Verdict: Normally, a program with nagging ease of use issues isn’t worth your time, but that’s not the case here. If you’re patient enough to learn the ins-and-outs of this program, it will pay off for you in the long run.

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