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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PowerDirector

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACyberLink in Taiwan offers PowerDirector as a consumer-grade video editing platform with a wide array of features and capability of publishing to social media sites.N/A

    VEGAS Pro

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AMAGIX Software headquartered in Berlin offers the VEGAS Pro line of video editing applications which combines the company's Sound Forge audio editing suite and a wide range of movie production features and effects.

    $399

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    PowerDirectorVEGAS Pro
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    Vegas Pro 18 Edit
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    $599.00
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    $799.00
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    PowerDirectorVEGAS Pro
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    User Ratings
    PowerDirectorVEGAS Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    3.8
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    10.0
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PowerDirectorVEGAS Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CyberLink Corp.
    Definitely suited for a business that has a presence on the internet. It is a relatively easy program to use and will make your video quality look professional. It doesn't matter what business you are into, if video is something that will take your company to another level than this is a good program to get the job done.
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    Boris FX
    VEGAS Pro [in my opinion] has so much potential to be great. So many powerful features for audio and video editing. Unfortunately, after the sale from Sony to MAGIX [I believe] the software has become less stable even on CAD-certified workstations. [From what I've experienced] there is no customer service telephone number or support email address. All support requests must go through their website and my last requests have gone unanswered after a month. When Sony owned the software I [was] able to get on a live chat with a tech who would solve issues in minutes, not days. Not true today [per my experience]. With the decline in reliability and lack of customer support, I can no longer recommend a MAGIX product.
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    Pros
    CyberLink Corp.
    • Quick and easy video and audio editing.
    • Great transition options.
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    Boris FX
    • One of the things that I love about VEGAS Pro is that I can do automatic tracking control to an object or image, this is a very remarkable function in VEGAS Pro, because this way you can add better mobility to the video in general, in addition , you can focus the video view to a specific object.
    • The image edits with the VEGAS Pro filters are really fantastic. For us, having a good visualization and definition of our images is very important, which is why this function has provided really remarkable results. We have been able to modify the tonality of the images that we add to the video and we have also managed to change the colors thanks to the filters available for video in general. These filters are very varied, I can add a filter to give my image a warm touch, a touch of cold or sunset.
    • At the bottom of the platform, the audio barrier is shown, where you can add several audio tracks and thus be able to modify the audio of the entire video for every second that passes, however, this function is much more impressive as it also allows you to add another audio barrier to play two audio tracks at the same time.
    • The autosave is fantastic, VEGAS Pro has an excellent autosave system capable of saving all the progress that has been made in the video that is being edited, the autosave does not consume additional capacity to the computer, so it is very easy to have it activated and not worry about computer performance.
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    Cons
    CyberLink Corp.
    • The advertisements to upgrade need to go. I understand you guys gotta make money but I already paid for the product I have and I don't need a popup every time I open the program telling me there is an upgrade available for $xx.99.
    • Better documentation on how to use certain plugins.
    • DirectorZone is pointless.
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    Boris FX
    • While Vegas Pro does handle 4k video, I find that it still struggles a bit to keep up when playing back or processing 4k. I suspect this is at least partially due to the fact that the computer I am using for Vegas is not quite powerful enough to really handle 4k efficiently.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CyberLink Corp.
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    Boris FX
    The best and easiest editor I have ever used. I have used everything as an Emmy-Award-winning news journalist, and this program has always done what I needed it to do. Nothing less than the best out there and can get the job done.
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    Support Rating
    CyberLink Corp.
    Again, I haven't tried a whole lot of different video editing software over the years, but of the ones I tried, PowerDirector seemed to be the right fit for me and the team I worked with. It helped solve the need for tutorial videos and it allowed us to create a bunch of videos in a very small time frame. I recommend it especially for people without a lot of video editing experience
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    Boris FX
    Because Vegas Pro is widely used software, the user interface is similar to smartphone editing tools. That is why learning time is very short in Vegas Pro. Whenever you have a question YouTube is your best support assistant. You don't need to contact anyone.
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    CyberLink Corp.
    I choose PD because it is user-friendly and easy to learn.
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    Boris FX
    I had Adobe Premiere but I don't like having to subscribe. VEGAS Pro is a one-time purchase which was a better economical and financial decision for me. My friends that are editors didn't like when Apple changed Final Cut so I did not elect to use it when I had the chance to. I believe it is just as good as other platforms just not as high profile.
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    Return on Investment
    CyberLink Corp.
    • Fast turn around on editing.
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    Boris FX
    • For web design, creating spiffy video which integrates with a site!
    • This software has paid for itself over and over since I started using it in 2003.
    • Every year or so they upgrade it and so I upgrade every five or so years.
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