Sony Vegas Pro 8: Trying to understand

[ryan_khoo]

Hi all,

I was shopping for the Canon HV30 video camera in the Expo and met with 2 distraction.

Distraction Number 1:
One salesman from Apple told me that majority of video editors are using Mac's system instead of Windows OS. He said that I can also use Sony Vegas if I purchase his iMac. Is the look and interface of Mac's Sony Vegas the same as the interface of Vista's Sony Vegas ?

Distraction No 2:
One salesman from Sony told me that Sony's High Definition tape video camera is better than Canon. Is that true ?

Thank you

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

It is my opinion (and my experience) that any salesmen who is employed by a specific company will always tell you that their product is superior - they have a vested self interest.

[Paul LS]

Hi Ryan, I totally agree with John regarding salesmen, no salesman is going to tell you their competitors product is better.

. Regarding your specific points
- Vegas is not compatible with MAC OS.
- Quality of picture wise it would be difficult to get better than the Canon range of HV20/30 camcorders. Just to let you know i am a Sony Camcorder guy... only cams I use, mainly because of the build quality. But most people agree the HV20/30 are difficult to beat in terms of picture quality. One really BIG downside to Sony HDV cams is that they can only use Sony brand batteries.. if you use a any other brand they will give a warning message and shutdown... so you have to pay full whack for batteries... no Ebay generic brands.

[ryan_khoo]

Thanks Paul & John for your response and reply.

I am surprised actually to note that Vegas is not compatible with Mac. How come Sony Vegas does not have a Mac version ? Is it because Apple only want you to use Final Cut Pro on their system ?

Thanks

[ryan_khoo]

I am trying to do this RANDOM LETTERS title effect in Vegas:

http://geethree.com/slick/index.html

Any idea how I can do it ?

Thanks

[Chuck Engels]

Ryan,
It would be best to start a new topic

[ryan_khoo]

Ryan,
It would be best to start a new topic

Ok done that.

Thanks

[ryan_khoo]

Hi all Sony Vegas experts,

My sister gave me a video file. I tried to load it into Sony Vegas but Sony Vegas cannot recognize the file. The file is in .flv

What format is that ? Sony Vegas cannot handle .flv ? How to convert this format ?

Thanks

[Paul LS]

It is a flash file... you will need to flash to DV-AVI converter. Something like this I guess, never used it myself: http://www.onlyfreewares.com/Audio-Vide ... verter.php

[Steve Grisetti]

Again, Ryan. It's best to start a new topic with a, uh, new topic.

The FLV is a Flash file. In your new thread we can discuss how to convert it into a file Vegas can edit.

[ryan_khoo]

Again, Ryan. It's best to start a new topic with a, uh, new topic.

The FLV is a Flash file. In your new thread we can discuss how to convert it into a file Vegas can edit.

Ok sorry Steve.

I will start a new thread. Let's discuss there.

Cheers