Learning the product

JazzEngineer wrote on 9/26/2020, 1:31 PM

I am new to video editing and need to learn the theory of it. I would like a good eBook on this product. So far, I could not find the manual for Movie Studio Platinum 14.0. Where can I really learn not only the "how's" but also the "why's" of the program?

I have a Windows 10 PC, dual monitors, color & monochrome laser printers, 48 GB of memory.

Thank you

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johnebaker wrote on 9/26/2020, 2:05 PM

@JazzEngineer

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I would suggest you view these tutorials in the Tutorial section of the forum.

  1.         Getting started      
                                 
  2.         Basic editing pt1   
                                 
  3.         Basic editing pt2 cutting and trimming      

Once you mastered these there are more tutorials in the Tuorial section which cover specific aspects of using the program and how to achieve certain effects etc..

Although the tutorials may use an older version of the program, they are still relevant.

The PDF manual is available under Help in the program - you may need to download it and I would suggest you use this as a reference to find your way around the program as the latest version has a different layout to the Tutorials.

 HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

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ericlnz wrote on 9/26/2020, 9:13 PM

It looks like you are using Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 14. If so Vegas products have their own forum.

There are Important Posts at the top of this forum page for direction to the Vegas forum. Please note VMS 14 is now several versions old. VMS17 is the most recent.

johnebaker wrote on 9/27/2020, 3:54 AM

@JazzEngineer

Hi

My apologies for some reason I read the product as Movie Edit Pro.

This topic will be closed as it refers to a Vegas product, for which @ericlnz has directed you to.

John EB
Forum Moderator

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 24H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.