Ring In the New.

Sonic Foundry's Vegas Video

Summary: Easy-to-use and powerful video-editing program

5

Target Users: Video producers and editors

Platforms: Windows 98/NT/2000

Sometimes it helps to throw out everything you know, and start over. Every so often, we need to shake up our old routines and learn to perform our duties from a different perspective.

This is to prepare you for what may be your initial reaction to Sonic Foundry's Vegas Video ($699). If you've worked with the multitrack audio-editing program, Vegas Pro, you'll feel right at home. If not, you may look at Vegas Video and wonder whether it's a serious video-editing program. It is. Aimed squarely at users of Adobe Premiere, Vegas Video is both easier to use and more powerful. You may not want to set aside your Avid workstation just yet, but you'll see a variety of features you'll wish you could use.