It’s a cool concept, and it was surprisingly accurate when I applied it to a black and white photo of two of my three sons playing in the rain. In addition to the AI-backed Style Transfer, Vegas Pro 18 has added a Colorization effect to instantly colorize black and white images and footage. Once he heard how interested I was in their cloud-based workflows he shared with me that in late 2020 they are hoping to produce multiple solutions for users. When talking with Gary Rebholz, Vegas’ product and site manager, he was very aware of what his current and prospective end users are dealing with during the pandemic. It appears that they are setting up what could be the first cloud-centered nonlinear editor project manager. What’s even more interesting is that Vegas Pro 18 seems to be the gateway to Vegas Pro’s future. One of those is the adjustable skin tone line on the Vectorscope, which is very interesting. A lot of the newest updates are under the hood, like the new AI-supported color correction features, like Style Transfer, but some are more technical.

So I was eager to test out the newest version of the software to see how far they’ve come.įor this review, I’ll be taking a look at the new features Magix is offering in Vegas 18. Prior to this update, I did think Vegas had some positive offerings, but felt they needed to improve in order to compete with the Premieres and Resolves of the world. These days there are a lot of factors to consider when deciding what NLE will work for you in your specific workflow. One of those things was Blackmagic cutting the price of Resolve Studio from $995 to $299 - along with offering a free version. At one point, Vegas seemed ready to take on the independent and YouTube creator nonlinear editor marketplace, much like HitFilm, but a few things happened to derail that path.

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