I am a long time Vegas Movie Studio user for about a decade. It's far from the best video software, but it is just so intuitive and great at what it is and what I do.

I recently got Movie Studio 2022, and oh, it was terrible. It's nothing like Vegas. I still tried to learn it's clunky interface and was able to render something. The quality of the render was also bad. I did a side-by-side, and my project from Movie Studio 16 was noticeably better.

Then I got Movie Studio 17 from here. It seems to be the same as my 16 version, but I thought it's the latest and greatest and probably won't be on sale soon. I might as well get it while I still can even though I just got double dipped.

Note: like others mentioned, you may get the incorrect key from Amazon. That is what happened to me. I just forwarded the Amazon order email with the key to Magix support email (see the product Q&A here for it). They sent me the correct key in 1 business day. That's great! Kudos to them.

For the non-pro video editor, Movie Studio 17 had most, if not all, of the tools needed to develop excellent quality videos. Unfortunately, version 17 was the last of its kind, with version 18 being a different bread of application. For newcomers, version 18 might work for you, but for those with a history of the pre version 18 iterations, version 17 might be your best bet for now, or jump straight to the pro software: Vegas Edit or Vegas Pro.

Great experience

This was my first editing software i ever ordered. At first i had no idea what i was even doing but the more i kept going the more natural it felt to use. Sure not beginner friend(to me at first) but it works like a charm!

I'm a long time Vegas Movie Studio user, I do love this software but today I tried to buy here (Amz) and downloaded. The serial number would not work... after 30 minutes on Magix website I finally found the email address for support - I don't know why they can't create a seamless transaction. I would not advise using this Amz download approach if you are on a tight timeline. I need to use software now, but find myself waiting and wasting time....