Well, I have used Premiere 6.5 pro, pinnacle 10+ and vegas 5,6 and now 7,
I prefer vegas. The workflow is a bit diffrent but since vegas 7 lets you dock in the premiere avid lay out, so the "layout" is not an issue. there is no storyboard feature like pinnacle or adobe uses, every thing is time line with a trimmer in vegas, Vegas has no built in multicam set up but you have the option of a multicam script, like ultimate S or excaliber (1st choice). All the other sony software, soundforge, cinescore, acid pro can be used within vegas. Vagas started out as an audio app so the music video guys like vegas.
At the end of the day you need to look at all the apps and see what works for you, premiere, vegas both have trial software, I don't think you can burn to disc or use the ac3 or mpeg codecs with the trial. If you get vegas I would go for the full vegas+dvd production suite ($500) I think you can still get the deal with the free cinscore and 2 theme packs. sony has a lite platnum vegas that has less features and custome control ( setting bitrate ec...)
hope this helps,
Wil |