I am a long time Vegas Movie Studio user for about a decade. It's far from the best video software, but it is just so intuitive and great at what it is and what I do.
I recently got Movie Studio 2022, and oh, it was terrible. It's nothing like Vegas. I still tried to learn it's clunky interface and was able to render something. The quality of the render was also bad. I did a side-by-side, and my project from Movie Studio 16 was noticeably better.
Then I got Movie Studio 17 from here. It seems to be the same as my 16 version, but I thought it's the latest and greatest and probably won't be on sale soon. I might as well get it while I still can even though I just got double dipped.
Note: like others mentioned, you may get the incorrect key from Amazon. That is what happened to me. I just forwarded the Amazon order email with the key to Magix support email (see the product Q&A here for it). They sent me the correct key in 1 business day. That's great! Kudos to them.
VEGAS Movie Studio 17 [PC Download]
3.2 | 262 ratings
Price: 49.99
Last update: 03-24-2025
About this item
Mode-based workflow including Power user mode
Save the cursor position on the timeline
30 new and modern fonts for impressive titles
Unique & interactive Storyboard editing
Faster rendering & smooth real-time previews
Save the cursor position on the timeline
30 new and modern fonts for impressive titles
Unique & interactive Storyboard editing
Faster rendering & smooth real-time previews
From the manufacturer
Video production made easy
VEGAS Movie Studio 17 – the video editing program which lets you finish creating videos in just five steps. Edit your films step by step and then upload them directly to your social media profiles, or use the unique Storyboard Edit Mode to make rough cuts of your videos. Experience cutting-edge editing software that always fits to your needs.
Minimum System Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 10
- 2 GHz processor
- 8 GB RAM
- 1.5 GB for program installation
- nternet connection: Required for registering the program, as well as for some program functions
- Program requires one-time registration.
Edit films in top quality
Creative fonts for titles
30 new, modern fonts for transforming every title into an impressive highlight in your film. That way you can add more emphasis to action-packed scenes.
Remove black bars from videos
Do you have black bars on the left and right sides of your video? Movie Studio can automatically replace them with a pixelated copy of your original video.
Create soundtracks with Music Maker
Create your own soundtracks for videos using Music Maker. That way you can give your films a unique, personal touch.
Full GPU acceleration
No matter whether for the video preview or quick rendering – VEGAS Movie Studio utilizes the full power of your GPU. And is the only software that also offers AMD support.
Drag & drop video events directly on the timeline
Continue working on your project exactly where you left off before. Movie Studio saves the playback marker's position on the time when you close – to save you time and stress.
Guided Video Creator
Let VEGAS Movie Studio take you through the process: Arrange your clips, add music, text and titles and then upload it to social media. That's it!
Efficiently manage your transitions and effects
The redesigned Special Effects window allows you to perfectly organize to mark and find your favorite effects and transitions even faster.
Mode-based Workflows
Movie Studio provide the perfect tools at the right time during every step of video production: Special effects, transitions, music and text – at your fingertips when you need it.
Top reviews from the United States
TJinJinGet It While You Still Can Even If Running into Licensing Issue
LJThis software gets worse overtime somehow.
LJ
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2023
The problems? Let's start with that photo I added. No jpg support for this image? When did that happen? This is the same jpg file that I've used with Movie Studio 17.0 since I bought the product TWO YEARS AGO. All of a sudden it's an unsupported format for some unexplained reason. I've been using this product for some image editing as well as audio and video editing.
Let's move on to the audio editing. First problem occurred after I would render an mp3 file and it would cut the audio short and go silent for several seconds before the file would end. I would have to render it two or three times in a row to finally get it to render the entire file to proper completion.
Within less than a year of having this software, I would add audio for sound effects in videos and I wouldn't be able to preview the sound effects. It would also render the video without the sound effects.
I would have to close the software and re-open it and immediately render the video right away without previewing anything to get the sound effects working.
It's now at the point where I cannot even edit videos on it at all. It's not a memory or space issue. I've uninstalled this software, cleaned up space on my memory drive and re-installed Movie Studio. I still have the same problem where now I try to add a video file (regardless of how big the video is) into the software made for video editing and it just freezes and crashes.
Movie Studio 10 and even 11 were amazing, but the more Sony Vegas "upgrades" this software the worse it seems to become. Sony Vegas won't be supporting 17 in a year or so anyway, so even if you have a product key you won't be able to download it on your next computer or laptop pretty soon.
Movie Studio 17 Platinum doesn't do anything better or has any more advantages over a simple editing software you can just find at Office Max for $40 anyway. Save yourself the money, the headaches, the trouble and just go with a competitor. I'm not supporting Sony Vegas ever again.
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ORV ManVEGAS Movie Studio 17, Alot better than 3 stars
clamcakeActivation Code Problem
Daniel OConnorIf u r new do not buy
Brent Curtisa little confusing
Johnny Ringo