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- Real Name: Robert Lane
Sat May 03, 2025 8:06 am
After decades of being solely Mac-based I made the migration back to PC - thankfully. No more Apple window-washing the brain with "our s--- don't stink" nonsense.
And being back on a real configurable platform has allowed me to curiously test an NLE that I previously dimissed, considering it less than pro-grade: Sony Vegas. And I'm so glad I did.
After only 10 minutes of mucking around the interface I decided to dump Resolve completely and purchase a full license for Vegas 365. Here's why:
For years DR has had nothing but instability with the Fairlight block of Resolve. Totally nonsensical issues that just shouldn't exist on a world-class NLE but, the same issues have migrated from version to version with no obvious fix in sight. It's gotten so bad that I had to stop doing any audio editing in Fairlight and use OcenAudio for the heavy lifting and then put the final files back into Resolve for final edit/placement. Vegas has none of those issues; the audio suite is rock-solid stable, fast and comes with a mega-pack of plug-ins and filters that you'd have to pay extra for third-party to get Resolve to have the same capability.
Resolve has been and still is the industry standard for color-correction/finishing. That is in fact, how Resolve came to be in the first place. And the well-deserved assumption has always been that no other software package could replicate the depth or accuracy of that interface. Well, that's hype. Vegas is every bit as capable, accurate and deep with options as Resolve but, MUCH more intuitive and faster. No "nodes" - which I could never get my head around. Kinda like the illogical setup of Final Cut Pro with the magnetic timeline.
Unlike Resolve, Vegas is 100% percent user configurable. Resolve, maybe 20% percent - small things like UI text size!! What a huge difference it makes to actually be able to read the damned menus without straining! And getting rid of the "blackout" interface with no grey or light option... Vegas lets you decide how you want YOUR interface to look and perform.
Vegas has deep codec/format/output options that Resolve just doesn't even offer, especially for the broadcast world. It's as if the best of Avid Media Composer, the OLD version of FCP and the Quantel Edit Box and the NewTek Video Toaster were merged into a very easy-to-understand interface with EVERY possible option available at your fingertips. Brilliant.
And cost? The entire package with BorisFX and a TON of other add-ons are $100 LESS than Studio Resolve.
The only real downside is that for colorists nothing will replace DR simply because of the amazing hardware interface color-panels, of which there's NO replacement. Resolve will most likely always be the defacto standard for the finishing process. BUT Vegas has every tool and accurate rendering of Resolve, just no panels to put your hands on. Not yet anyway.
I have deep respect for Blackmagic; they're super-aggressive with updates, new product releases and of course constant updates to Resolve. But with all that Vegas has clearly surpassed Resolve in every possible area that matters.
And that shocked me, because the last time I saw any part of Vegas was NAB 2015 and back then it was nothing more than a wanna-be contender to Premiere (which has just gotten a major overhaul back then) and even Avid had just made a huge leap in software performance.
But now years later Sony has been hard at work developing the Vegas platform into a massive, mult-talented and rock-stable platform. I'd put it up against ANY current NLE with confidence it would surpass all else.
So, this is my exit from Blackmagic. My last post here. It's been a fun journey and I definitely made money using Resolve, but the time has come to move over to the new king of the hill.
Cheers to all and best wishes if you continue with the DR platform.
And being back on a real configurable platform has allowed me to curiously test an NLE that I previously dimissed, considering it less than pro-grade: Sony Vegas. And I'm so glad I did.
After only 10 minutes of mucking around the interface I decided to dump Resolve completely and purchase a full license for Vegas 365. Here's why:
For years DR has had nothing but instability with the Fairlight block of Resolve. Totally nonsensical issues that just shouldn't exist on a world-class NLE but, the same issues have migrated from version to version with no obvious fix in sight. It's gotten so bad that I had to stop doing any audio editing in Fairlight and use OcenAudio for the heavy lifting and then put the final files back into Resolve for final edit/placement. Vegas has none of those issues; the audio suite is rock-solid stable, fast and comes with a mega-pack of plug-ins and filters that you'd have to pay extra for third-party to get Resolve to have the same capability.
Resolve has been and still is the industry standard for color-correction/finishing. That is in fact, how Resolve came to be in the first place. And the well-deserved assumption has always been that no other software package could replicate the depth or accuracy of that interface. Well, that's hype. Vegas is every bit as capable, accurate and deep with options as Resolve but, MUCH more intuitive and faster. No "nodes" - which I could never get my head around. Kinda like the illogical setup of Final Cut Pro with the magnetic timeline.
Unlike Resolve, Vegas is 100% percent user configurable. Resolve, maybe 20% percent - small things like UI text size!! What a huge difference it makes to actually be able to read the damned menus without straining! And getting rid of the "blackout" interface with no grey or light option... Vegas lets you decide how you want YOUR interface to look and perform.
Vegas has deep codec/format/output options that Resolve just doesn't even offer, especially for the broadcast world. It's as if the best of Avid Media Composer, the OLD version of FCP and the Quantel Edit Box and the NewTek Video Toaster were merged into a very easy-to-understand interface with EVERY possible option available at your fingertips. Brilliant.
And cost? The entire package with BorisFX and a TON of other add-ons are $100 LESS than Studio Resolve.
The only real downside is that for colorists nothing will replace DR simply because of the amazing hardware interface color-panels, of which there's NO replacement. Resolve will most likely always be the defacto standard for the finishing process. BUT Vegas has every tool and accurate rendering of Resolve, just no panels to put your hands on. Not yet anyway.
I have deep respect for Blackmagic; they're super-aggressive with updates, new product releases and of course constant updates to Resolve. But with all that Vegas has clearly surpassed Resolve in every possible area that matters.
And that shocked me, because the last time I saw any part of Vegas was NAB 2015 and back then it was nothing more than a wanna-be contender to Premiere (which has just gotten a major overhaul back then) and even Avid had just made a huge leap in software performance.
But now years later Sony has been hard at work developing the Vegas platform into a massive, mult-talented and rock-stable platform. I'd put it up against ANY current NLE with confidence it would surpass all else.
So, this is my exit from Blackmagic. My last post here. It's been a fun journey and I definitely made money using Resolve, but the time has come to move over to the new king of the hill.
Cheers to all and best wishes if you continue with the DR platform.
