VEGAS Movie Studio

VEGAS Movie Studio provides you with the means of editing video footage into high quality montages. It offers a professional-level functionality, but it still keeps everything simple, so you don't get caught in a complex options system. The software is ideal for a wide range of purposes, from editing home videos to cutting and publishing videos for millions of people to see.

A 30-day trail is available for VEGAS Movie Studio, but you have to jump through a few hoops to get a trial key. The setup package is small, but the installation wizard will download the program's core components from the Internet, which may take the better part of an hour.

The user interface is laid out like you might expect, if you've seen a video editor before. You've got a timeline editor in the lower region, and the upper region is split in half, between a player and a media library. You can just click and drag imported clips down to the timeline and place them in the order you want. The same can be done with images, audio clips and other elements.

VEGAS Movie Studio gives you a great deal of freedom when it comes to making certain tweaks or effects. For example, if you want to do a fade in - fade out transition effect, you can set the fade duration directly on a video clip in the timeline editor. You can set up other effects as well, by working directly in the timeline, without bringing up other windows and messing around with countless numerical values.

The software places various options at your disposal when it comes to exporting a montage. You can export your work in WMV, MOV, MPEG-2, MP4 or AVCHD just by selecting one of these formats or you can bring up an advanced options panel, if you wish to use specific encoders, with certain settings. Besides exporting a video file, you can also upload your work to Vimeo, YouTube or Facebook. Another option is to save it to a camera or another portable device.

VEGAS Movie Studio gives you the possibility of creating professional-level montages while using beginner-level tools.