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Magix reps tell me the product is in continual development, with new updates monthly. The subscription option lets you download 20 clips from a library of 1.5 million royalty-free stock video and audio assets and gets you 20GB online storage for syncing with mobiles, and all interim updates. Formerly you were looking at $599 a pop to get the software, but now you can subscribe for $155.88 per year (which works out to $12.99 per month) for an Edit level subscription or buy it outright for $249 ($119 for upgraders).
Not only has Magix been working to make the user interface more appealing to serious amateurs, but it’s also made pricing more palatable for that audience. The latest Vegas Pro begins to see some fruits from that effort, but it’s still one of the more complex options-enough so that amateur hobbyists may find it too challenging. In recent versions, the developers behind Vegas have started to overhaul the application to deliver a somewhat more user-friendly, high-level video editor. Up to now, Vegas Pro has been held back by overwhelming interface complexity. Vegas is a longstanding name in the video editing software space, originally developed by Sony but now overseen by Magix.