On the other hand, Sony deserves some credit for allowing users to add unlimited tracks and for providing keyframe capabilities so you can set the strength of an effect or precisely adjust a clip's position on the canvas. You must click an Animate button at the bottom of an effect's dialog box to enable these features, but that's okay. One annoyance: If you add multiple effects, and you want to reuse keyframes, you have to click the first effect, tab to a keyframe, and then click back to the second effect before you can adjust the latter's settings.

Pro Features, Inexpensive Price

Despite lacking a clear design direction, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 is a very capable product at a very reasonable price, especially if you want to create 3D movies. It would be even better if Sony stripped out some of the features that are unnecessary in a consumer-grade product, and added better instruction.