Originally Posted by irishmark

Quite simply its down to reputation. I have never heard of Serif until reading this thread. As a professional i consider it part of my job to keep my finger on the pulse when it comes to software and whats available so for a complete unknown to suddenly enter the playing field especially at the level its entereing, well it has no real credibility with me. I am obviously more than happy to be proven wrong but where there are budget versions of Premier and Vegas out there _ I'd automatically choose those becuase of their reputations.

Serif may well be the best thing out there but as its an unknown - I'd steer clear of it. It does look scarily similar to Vegas Movie Studio which alsio makes me think it probably is the same thing repackaged in which case - i'd go buy vegas anyway.