Vegas review in DV mag

i'm looking to move out of the premiere 6.5 dark ages, so i thought i'd throw out some dialog on the mag review.

first off, somebody should tell frank capria that pc's have an alt-tab function that switches between apps... so you really don't need a printed manual, and you certainly don't need to have a second computer next to you in order to read the electronic manual while you are editing.

one thing he did not touch on was the vegas titler... it would seem to be very limited at first glance, but you can apply a lot of editing effects to it, and it's real simple to put up clean titles... what is lacking with the titler are any lower thirds demo files, and i haven't yet delved into learning how to create the graphics blocks that would reside behind the text, from within vegas itself.

i came from an inscriber background, which was a nightmare to learn, but the tab stop functionality proved to be a lifesaver for creating the tree graphics i needed to show the elimination rounds of racing... and the tab stops work in reverse, for the right side of the tree... don't know how i'm going to do that in vegas... i could also import the inscriber files into other projects, and i guess that i can do something similar with the vegas preset bin, but it seems kind of clumsy... is there titler export capability in vegas?

so while frank listed the biggest vegas flaw as the one-sequence-per-project limitation, the real problem for what i do could be with the titler.

i was able to use the frameserver hack to export to canopus procoder, and while i haven't put in on tape, it looks fine so far... that functionality should have been created in vegas a long time ago, so that it can have factory support... why doesn't sony just buy it from satish? the vegas5 proprietary plugin format that frank listed will make it a lot more difficult for this software to become integrated into professional editing suites.

thumbs up to the vegas a/b timeline capability, it's easier to learn how to edit on, and it helps when moving to vegas from older editors.

and of course, love the audio capability!