Change your mind about the kind of interpolation you want for a particular keyframe? Simply click it and choose from a range (including "hold," an extremely valuable option.) Want to adjust the overall length of that panned/zoomed still without changing the beginning or end values of your keyframes for the clip? Simply drag the edge of the clip and the value of the first or last keyframe goes with it (as it should). Want to pan/zoom on a still? Click an icon on the clip and enter a popup window where any change made to any parameter at any point in the clip's length automatically inserts a keyframe. Want a different interpolation for the rate of that dissolve than the default ease in/out? Simply right click in the transition area and choose from a popup of 16 or so permutations.
Want a simple dissolve transition? Drag a clip until it overlaps another in the same track to the desired amount, which will instantly be evident from the visual outlines of the two clips. Want to magnify or reduce the resolution of your timeline? Scroll the mouse wheel while pointing to it. Moving around and doing things in Vegas was so intuitive, it was mind blowing. And it did this with virtually ANY media file format I had. I could simply drag a clip from an open Explorer window directly into the timeline and, voila, it played.
I couldn't believe how much more elegant that program was than Premiere from a user interface standpoint, starting with the (revolutionary at the time) fact that I didn't have to bother "importing" footage into bins. I downloaded a trial version of Sonic Foundry's Vegas Video, with an Audio Noise Reduction plugin, and the rest is history. In 2003, I had some audio that needed major noise removal tools, and Premiere simply wasn't up to the job. I found Premiere very clunky and buggy, but I was untrained, had nothing else to really compare it to, and it seemed the best option at the time for my platform in my price range, so that's what I used on my early projects. I began a very modest video production business in 2001 using a Windows 2000 system and Adobe Premiere (before the "Creative Suite" days). At least in terms of what seem to be current limitations of the program as an editor. but there are currently some deal breakers for me.
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