Cheapest Movie Studio 10 to Pro 10 upgrade?
 

I've found that an upgrade from Vegas Movie Studio HD 10 Platinum is $500...Then I'll need to buy PluralEyes at $150 more. Has anyone heard of any good deals on either this package or the individual products?
Is $750 worth it to "upgrade" to pro? (how's that for a subjective question?)

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I upgraded from Platinum 10 Production to Pro 10 and it cost about 160GBP (about 250USD at today's rates). I used a promotion number that was also posted here in February. Sony send them out to registered owners of Studio sometimes. The default cost would have been 355GBP art which cost I would have not been interested.

Steve

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yesterday I found a "special" that ended yesterday whereby I could upgrade for $400 and almost did it and then thought about it and I really don't need the PRO features yet - I can do 99% of everything I need to do in Studio 10 Suite so I'm holding off. This last project was the first where I was actually getting close to the 10 audio track limit so I think I'll wait until a really sweet deal before I actually do the Pro upgrade.

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If that is the only problem, a free alternative exists, though it is extra work on your part. You could just use the available audio tracks to get the basic audio layout, export the audio mix as a .wav file, and fill in the rest in Audacity. Then export the mix from Audacity to another .wav file and import that to your video editor as a replacement of all the tracks.

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Why would you go to Audacity when Vegas can do the mix just as well and still export to a WAV that can be imported to a single track? You've not gained anything.

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Yes, that is another possibility. I just do not know anything about Movie Studio, so I offered a solution I am familiar with.

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Welp Sony offering upgrades from Studio for $342 but i still am not realizing where i'm gonna get $320 worth of value from the upgrade from the top level version of studio.....someone enlighten me......

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If you don't need Vegas Pro, then you don't need it. I personally use Ultimate S, and a few other scripts. Can't do this in Studio versions.

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Scripts would be an advantage but since I can't use them now I really don't no what a benefit they may be.
Also the unlimited audio and video tracks and audio fx per clip would be pretty good. Is there a good overview of useful scripts so I could see what I'm missing?

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Harry, just take a look at places like www.jetdv.com/excalibur , www.jetdv.com/mm , Sony Vegas Pro training, plug-ins, camcorder and video production tutorials - VASST and you'll see several scripts and the types of things they can do. For example, Vegas could do multi-cam eight years ago - when Excalibur was first released. Scripts have come a long way since then!

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You know one of the major reasons I wasn't upgrading was to have to buy PluralEyes to replace DualEyes which I own now. Then driving to this contract job i had a nice awakening. DualEyes is stand alone anyway so I can sync the files before I ever drag them onto the Pro timeline.....duh! Course the dual plus camera video sync I don't get but Ed didn't you say your stuff will do that? Excalibur?

So this kinda opens up the go ahead for the Pro upgrade.

Thanks
Harry

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Excalibur can assist with the syncing process but YOU still have to find the sync points. Plural Eyes finds the sync points for you. For my uses (2 - 4 cams where all run the entire time), it's very simply to manually do it. If you needed to find tons of sync points because one or more cameras were stopped and started multiple times, that would take MUCH more work which plural eyes could simplify.

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Hi Harry, have you seen this? SVDVD10OEM2 Sony Vegas Pro 10 (Packed in a Slip Sleeve)

That is USD 275 for an OEM version of Sony Vegas Pro

cheers

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Be advised that the fine print for that ad specifically says does not include DVD Architect Pro software.

You can't buy DVD Architect by itself so you'll need to buy another DVD authoring/creation package.

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Interesting but "does not include DVD Architect Pro software"

Gee wonder if the upgrade includes it on the Sony site upgrade offer??? I've got to have DVD Architect which will work with PRO

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Yes it does.
Back at (as I recall) version 7, Sony decided to bundle Vegas and DVD Architect as a package meaning that you couldn't buy one without the other.
They're still separate downloads but it's one price for both items.

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Mike

Just reading the warning Adorama prints all over the product page where they tell you "this product DOES NOT INCLUDE DVD Architect".

I ordered it from Sony just now.....I'll be PRO within the week.

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Hi Harry,

it does come with DVD Architect v5.2! I know because I ordered this and I installed it

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I know that's why I ordered from Sony and not Adorama. :-)

Got to get all of my NewBlue Fx software serial numbers together. Product suppose to arrive tomorrow.
I suppose all my old studio projects will load into PRO ok correct?

Any upgrade tips?

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Couple of years ago, Vegas Pro 8 were $500+ that supposedly come with DVDA. At that time I thought that is to expensive for me to buy. But I kept occasionally checking on Amazon. Guess what I did bought Vegas Pro 8 for $149 without DVDA. YES you can buy Vegas Pro without DVDA sometime, may not be all the time.

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Harry, Pro will open Movie Studio files. Movie Studio will NOT open Pro files.

Bruce (and all), yes it is possible to buy Vegas Pro without DVD Architect. However, you will definitely have more limitations without DVD Architect. For example, AC3 activation comes by installing and activating DVD Architect. And you cannot purchase DVD Architect Pro separately should you then decide you need it.

The good news... if history continues to be true, you would be able to upgrade from the Vegas only version to the Vegas + DVD Architect version during the next upgrade cycle (i.e. when Vegas Pro 11 comes out).

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The only limitation is that I can not use use ac3 Pro for encoding, other than that nothing else is special. I am using dvda studio 5, again from Amazon $25.00 can't beat that.