On February 8th, 2018 (just 19 days ago), we were offered version 13 of Vegas Movie Studio. The heading for today’s offer states that this is version 14 of Vegas Movie Studio, however the URL has the same 13 in it, and the Featured Review is still for version 13. It seems a bit surprising that we would have an opportunity to have the next full version so soon, so I went back to see what specifics I noticed from the previous offer. The first thing that stood out was that the version 13 is a lifetime license, while this version 14 is a license for 6 months. Also, version 13 is for commercial and non-commercial, but this version 14 is for non-commercial only. As far as features added since version 13, each new versions adds some impressive features, but often, not ones that everyone would need. There does not seem to be anything that entices me to destroy my lifetime license so that I can effectively “try” the new features for 6 months. For me, I would rather get what I can out of version 13, then purchase the introductory edition of version 15 at only $49, or one of the higher priced editions that also have more features.
This is one of the better editors on the market for small operations, and they even offer some very high end editors as well, which ends up being a big plus. Why? Because, from developing the higher end editors, MAGIX has come up with some great solutions that are in turn incorporated back into their more introductory editions. Thus, you get more features in the introductory line, however competition is never far behind, so there are some great alternatives always popping up.