I have Vegas Pro 20, running on a basic machine, (Processor - 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz, Ram - 32.0 GB (31.9 GB usable), GPU - GeForce GTX 1650). Of course, Vegas is always upselling. When I upgraded from 18 to 20 I didn't experience much difference in my work flow. So, I guess my question for all of you that have upgraded to anything newer than VP20, what are some features that have profoundly improved your output or workflow? Vegas has some good deals but the upgrade benefits just aren't jumping out at me.

I work with AI generated motion picture projects and marry a ton of 4 and 8 second concurrent, sequential clips for segments, add and synch dialogue, and add film score. Thoughts?

I use Vegas 14 on a Windows 10 PC (will include hardware at the end) and I've noticed that if I try to use the Defocus FX in a 720p 60fps project at max quality, it often freezes my PC forcing an improper shutdown. There's specifically 2 things that cause this:

1. Viewing the preview in Best Quality at Full Framerate.
2. Rendering a 720p 60 video at Best Quality and full frame rate.

Here's an example of a timeline event that typically does this. I'm reducing the radius to zero and reversing, then repeating a few times, so the image blurs and then clears up and blurs again over and over. This is on top of another copy of the same image fading in, and a video file that plays in the background.

https://preview.redd.it/mu3pem8xza4e1.png?width=859&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b6df96dcb2a18fa3f04ac51fb59b1e4c9417a6d

https://preview.redd.it/vgc2a0uxza4e1.png?width=423&format=png&auto=webp&s=90faa6eba4d28933e1f1975babbc09aac440ebb4

For once, I actually got this example video to rend in full 720p60 quality, so here's that.

https://reddit.com/link/1h4e334/video/616fs70g0b4e1/player

This is incredibly obnoxious and has resulted in me losing work before. Since my PC seemed able to handle it today, I opened up task manager and played the preview at best + full, and watched the CPU usage shoot up to 90%+. I'm assuming this might be a bit much for my CPU at times, but is there a way I can get it to do this safely and reliably? Due to the windows 10 end of support next year, I have 0 plans to upgrade this PC and planned on buying a new one soon after, but I want to know if this is caused by my hardware, or something else software related, like something being corrupt or a setting I have ticked in Vegas.

Here's my PC Specs:
CPU

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad Core Processor

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

Memory

Corsair Vengence LPX 16 GB (2x 8GB) DDR4-2400 CL16 Memory

Storage

Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

+ TEAMGROUP L5 LITE 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (3 Copies)

Video Card

AMD 100-506095 Radeon Pro W5500 8 GB

Power Supply

EVGA 500 W1 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply

When I get a new PC in the future, I will be using my copy of Vegas 20 with it and will build it according to the specifications it needs. I've been dealing with this issue for a few years in Vegas 14 on this PC, so I'm mainly asking to see if there's specific hardware I need to pay attention to when I build the new one, like a more powerful CPU or something.

Thanks for any and all help!

I render using "MAGIX AVC/AAC MP4" and use a customised setting of "Internet HD 1080p",
and I'm currently wondering why my render cuts off the first and last frame of the audio(?)

Best settings for video editing like preferences, template etc ..

I'd like to use this one video effect, but after going through effects I can't find it. I'd appreciate if someone could tell me the name of it or how to achieve this kind of effect.

The effect is visible in this video starting at 2:55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjDUcRcqZsQ

Hi. I haven’t used Vegas in a while and recently made a new project using it. But all 3 times I’ve gone to render it. It takes about 20 minutes for a 9 minute, barely edited (only really cuts at the moment) video and then the file says it’s 1kb and when I go to open it it says its “unsupported or corrupted”. I haven’t changed my rendering settings since last time. I have the same custom rendering options I’ve used since I first started using the software but it’s not working all of a sudden

Anyone know why or have any suggestions for a fix?

Hi, losing my mind here! I've been scouring and looking for any clue about HOW to add active Takes.

I see the CHOOSE option right in front of my fucking eyes but I can't see a single and I mean a SINGLE way of adding a take!!! I've been sitting here for like nearly an hour banging my head against the table (figuratively) and boom! Nothing!

I use Vegas Pro 20.0, I bought it myself

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU

I searched for keywords here and nope, no one seems to talk about Takes at all actually because frankly? I don't think anyone wants to even UNDERSTAND this baloney OR I'm just a nincompoop (which is fair).

tldr: I want to add Takes, the (?) option says and I quote:
"Right-click and drag the media files to the location on the timeline. A shortcut menu is displayed when you release the mouse button.

1. From the shortcut menu, choose Add as Takes."

So wise guy! NO SHORTCUT MENU SHOWS UP, NONE... I'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN THIS LOOP FOR SO LONG!!! AAAAAAAAUGHH...

Thank you and bless you for reading my frustration.

Title. Basically, I already have the voices recorded, but playing them just makes it a bit hellish and ear-straining, doesn't really sound like a crowd at all. Do you guys have any ideas which plugins I could put in these audios to make them sound more like part of a crowd?

the default track 1 is a foriegn language and track 2 is in English. when i import it defaults to track 1, how do i change it to 2?

Hi guys, I have 2 problems with Vegas Pro 21, first I don't know why the tabs are that color and second, I'm trying to use the artificial intelligence mask, but I don't know why it doesn't generate the frames as it should, the little I have is because I'm doing it manually. Is there a way to solve it? Sorry if I can't understand you, I'm using google translator. My computer is an asus laptop with an rtx 3060, a ryzen 7 series 5000 and 16 ram.

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https://reddit.com/link/1h2b9bk/video/6flrnasa0r3e1/player

https://imgur.com/a/9QLScF8

Im using big screen. Original size of video and audio tracks is too small for me.

Is there a way to save their size like in Adobe Premiere?

On a picture you can see how Vegas creates them originally vs how I need them to be.

I don't see any results on google regarding this topic.

EDIT: I found Ctrl Shift Arrow Down/Up changes the size of all tracks. Better than nothing.

I download long (5-6 hour) audio rips of live music events and always trim it down, normalize, etc, and re-render a new MP3 in Vegas Pro 14. Yes it has to be MP3, the deck in my car won't take anything else.

The problem I'm having is my car will skip 2-3 minutes at a time every time the car/player is stopped and started. I also noticed that in VLC Player, the total track duration takes a few minutes to work out how long it actually is. (Foobar has no problem since I switched to it for music.)

I always blamed that it was just a longer audio length than would be normal for a music player to handle but I've since thrown in equally long tracks that I didn't render through Vegas and they don't have the issue.

I'm using the built-in rendering option of "Highest Quality VBR Stereo Audio". Is the issue that it's VBR instead of CBR, or is there a different setting somewhere that could fix this? I did some quick searching and I don't see a CBR rendering plugin anywhere that I could download, if that even has anything to do with it.

I kept my installation dvd and serial numbers and stuff safe all these years. Should I trash it? I also still have the laptop I used to use it on, though that would probably need some repairs.

Hey! I'm currently editing a video with Vegas pro.ive put about 48 hours into this project and 80% of my video & image files appear as a blank screen with "media offline". All of the files are untouched in their original folders. I opened a new project and all of these files show up fine in the new draft. What gives? How do I fix this? I have a deadline of next Thursday

So I've been using Vegas Pro 13 for like 10 years now and I saw there's a sale now with which I can upgrade to 22 for $99 and I wonder if it's worth it. I don't use it that often but every now and then I'll edit a video such as a concert recorded on multiple cameras or a personal video or a simple video for work. I'll do some color correction and stuff like that but the editing will mostly be pretty basic, tho I do like experimenting and tinkering around. Does upgrading bring enough new features / better features / more efficient workflow to make it worth the 100 bucks?

Hello Reddit! I've never posted before, but this one had been a real headscratcher.

I edit videos in Vegas Pro 16. The project files are saved to an SSD external drive, which is also where I keep the footage for the videos. So, essentially, I edit off of the external SSD and save the updated project file(s) there. Until last week, this has never caused a problem.

Now, when I try to save a Vegas file, I receive this message:

"An error occured while saving the project file X.veg.

The file could not be created."

Immediately after this, my computer says that the USB device (my SSD drive) is no longer recognised.

I can unplug and plug the SSD back in, and it will seemingly operate without issue. It's the act of saving these files that seems to trigger the ejection.

I've never had a problem like this before - so any help would be grately appreciated!

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I need to move this IPHONE screen record, to the right of the screen. Currently, it's in the middle, ontop of my main video, blocking the view. Vegas Pro 22, Windows 11.

I am installing vegas pro 22 for the first time and it won't install the components. tried resetting my PC and running in admin. those didn't work so I'm currently at a lost and out of money due to this.

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What version of VEGAS Pro are you using? VEGAS Pro 22.0 (Build 194)

What version of Windows are you using? Windows 10 (Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.51313

What exact graphics card do you have in your PC? NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (See link to dxdiag file with more info)

Is it a pirated copy of VEGAS? No.

Have you searched the subreddit using keywords yet? Yes.

Have you Googled this issue yet? Yes.

Link to dxdiag output and MediaInfo output: https://filebin.net/na375fdrj651msoe

In short, every time I try to import media (see above link for more information, but essentially an mp4 video using AVC) Vegas Pro freezes permanently and has to be manually shut down. As a test I tried importing the same media into an old version of Vegas 13 (also not pirated) where it was imported fine with no problems. Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: worth mentioning this was a fresh install of Vegas 22 with no addons, extensions etc.

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I'm trying to blur out the reflection but the mask is completely offset, it seems to be rotated by 90 degrees because the shape is also rotated but I checked everywhere and I can't find anything wrong with it. (I'm obviously missing it).

Vegas Pro 22
Windows 11
Intel UDH Graphics 620
Not pirated
Yes. I looked around but found nothing

Is there a way to show something like zebras on the overexposed areas to see exactly where the white is pure white directly in the preview ?

gtx1660ti

W11

Pirated

Yep

Yep

https://preview.redd.it/bacv7gsk9t2e1.jpg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aec82c40cd9230d0204ea3fc0428d8ca762a2410

So...not really sure why. But whenever I open the folder with my new video flies VP crashes. Could be one of the video files is corrupted? I deleted them and then re-downloaded them off my camera. VP is established on my computer. Normally runs fine.

VEGAS PRO 18
WINDOWS 11 HOME
RADEON RX 580
Legal copy

I have a friend that uses Adobe Premiere and they have a bunch of different sliders they can adjust for light (exposure, whites, blacks, highlights, shadows). I cant find any such setting or FX plugin in Vegas for these, but it seems like they would be useful.

Are they located somewhere I don't know about? Is there another tool I can use to get the same effect, like color curves? I've used sliders like that in photo editing software and its been very useful.

When I use Sony Vegas pro 11 on Linux with wine and try to import a video, I get an error saying it couldn’t do it. I tried with mp4 and avi but it doesn’t import. Yes I know Vegas pro 11 is an old version, but it goes with the specific video style I’m doing, and it runs well on my potato laptop. I’m on an HP ProBook 4530s running Linux Mint.

Hi everyone,

I am on Vegas Pro 22 and I still have many crashes and slowness that require a restart of Vegas Pro 22. Do you also have this kind of problem? I already had this kind of problem with previous versions?

I film in 8 or 10 bits with a GH5, I use a software to remove silence, then I import the videos in xml with the cuts, and I render after editing in 8 bits.

The videos that I export are 25 minutes maximum, but often between 5 and 15 minutes.

I have a PC with a 5900X chip, a RX6700 GPU, 32GB of DDR4 RAM at 3200 MHz, B450 Aorus Elite motherboard, a Samsung 980 Pro SSD to store my video, image, music files, a Crucial MX500 SSD for the Windows 11 pro system and a Sandisk SDSSDA480G SSD, for rendering/exports...

What could limit me and cause these crashes? If I need to improve something, what is it?

https://preview.redd.it/x89z7i7prn2e1.png?width=1917&format=png&auto=webp&s=2344fcc6aca8592968c8e70a8142cde984519b17

what seemed to be the problem? i kept adjusting and playing with the wheel but it has no effect on the video at all

Hi all. Im knew to vegas pro, i mostly just use it for editing podcasts atm. But going to start doing more. Im getting a new laptop to edit on. I was curious, what specs to look for? Do i aim for ram, cpu gpu etc? Someone told me vegas pro relies on cpu & gpu primarily for rendering?

On my current setup, it takes me like 3 hrs to render a 90min podcast on 720p 29fps.

Im looking to get a 32gb ram, is that enough? What cpu & gpu should i aim for?

Any advice appreciated?

Hello.

My edit of a movie has a length of 01:58:24 in the timeline, but when I render it on Vegas, the output file has a duration of 01:58:35. I did use two clips with a different frame rate (60 and 24 fps) to everything else in the timeline (23.976). Is this the cause of the different length). Will this affect synchronization between audio and video? Audio seems to be on sync with the video but I´m not sure if it´s 100% as it should be.

Cheers