Sony Vegas Pro 12, video editing, NLE, Sony Creative Software, Windows 7 software, Windows 8 software, abandonware, preservation, digital archives, 2012 software.
For the "Lifestyle and Entertainment" niche, Vegas was perfect. It utilized a drag-and-drop workflow that felt intuitive. You didn’t need to understand codecs or keyframes to splice together a haul video or a prank compilation. You just dropped the clip, hit the "S" key to split, and deleted the boring parts.