Precise Editing Tools
Edit SD or HD video with drag-and-drop functionality, mouse and keyboard trimming, and ripple editing. Features include ProType Titling technology, multicamera editing tools, 32-bit floating point video processing, customizable window layouts, color-coded snapping, improved HDV/SDI/XDCAM support, Cinescore plug-in support, A/V synchronization detection and repair, and auto-frame quantization. More about video editing
Efficient, Professional Workflow
The Vegas Pro 8 interface provides a fully customizable workspace for accomplishing a wide range of production requirements. Dock multiple windows across multiple monitors, and save your layouts to fit specific editing tasks; nest Vegas projects within the timeline, customize and save keyboard commands, and use application scripting to automate repetitive tasks. System-wide media management produces maximum efficiency. Network rendering saves time by using multiple computers and networked drive arrays to render complex projects. Vegas Pro software also supports 24p, HD and HDV editing. More about the Vegas Pro workflow
Superior Audio Control
Use unlimited tracks, 24-bit/192 kHz audio, punch-in recording, 5.1 surround mixing, effects automation, and time compress/expand. Apply customizable, real-time audio effects like EQ, Reverb, Delay, and more. Expand your audio processing and mixing options with supported third-party DirectX® and VST audio plug-ins. Use the Mixing Console for precise audio control. More about audio production
Powerful DVD Tools
Burn Blu-ray discs directly from the timeline for high-definition delivery. Create standard DVDs with multiple video angles, subtitles, multiple languages, and running commentary. Apply Brightness and Contrast, Auto Levels, Crop, and Anti-Flicker filters. Set CSS and Macrovision® copy-protection flags for masters. DVD Architect Pro 4.5 software supports the latest devices, including dual-layer DVD burners. More about DVD creation
Interactive Tutorials
Vegas Pro 8 software has a comprehensive help system, as well as detailed interactive tutorials that provide walk-through demonstrations of common features and functionality. These tutorials provide an easy step-by-step method of learning the product and the workflow necessary to complete most common tasks.Unmatched Video Editing Power
Fast, flexible, and feature-rich, Vegas Pro 8 software is ideal for standard definition and high-definition digital video production, streaming content creation, broadcast production, and more.
- Multitrack Video Editing on Unlimited Tracks: There is no limit to the number of video and audio tracks you can use in a Vegas Pro project-nothing to impede your creativity or stop you from reaching your fullest potential.
- Multicamera Workflow: Edit multicamera productions intuitively and quickly by specifying shots as you watch your project. Switch between as many as 32 video sources with a keyboard command or a click of your mouse. Vegas Pro 8 software keeps all unused shots as alternate takes to make fine-tuning your edits more efficient.
- 32-Bit Floating Point Video Processing: Surpass traditional 10-bit standards with 32-bit floating point video processing. Take advantage of greater color range for more vivid colors, reduced gradient banding and posterization for smoother color transitions, linear light capability for optically correct compositing, and many other precision enhancements.
- Resolution Independent: Vegas software supports any aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, etc.). Edit on 23.976, native 24, 25, 29.97 or 30 fps timelines. Use video in different sizes and frame-rates all on the same project or on the same track-no conversion is necessary. Render Vegas projects out to just about any resolution.
- ProType Titler: Create animated text effects with splined paths, per-character animation, and advanced curves. Add shadows, glows, blurs, and gradients for unique text treatments. Supports Unicode and TrueType fonts, as well as OpenType fonts with kerning pairs, alternate styles, bidirectional text, ligatures, custom kerning, and more.
- Digital Signage Support: New digital signage support in Vegas Pro 8 software makes it easy to author video for tall signage purposes. To shoot content for these displays, many tripods have a 90-degree camera-tilt option. With Vegas Pro 8 software you can now edit in this format with a new "Rotation" setting in the video tab of Project Properties, as well as a "Rotation" setting in the Media Properties dialog (and related rotation commands in the Project Media item context menu). In addition to fast and easy rotation of source media, Vegas Pro 8 software can un-rotate the project output to render to existing widescreen formats, for playback on rotated displays.
- Powerful Color Correction and Matching Tools: Use 3-Wheel Primary and comprehensive Secondary Color Correction filters to adjust differences in video from different camera setups or lighting situations; enhance dull, washed out footage; or make specific color ranges stand out. All edits can instantly be analyzed on four scopes: Vectorscope, Waveform, Parade and Histogram. Changes are immediately viewable on an external monitor via i.LINK® connector*/IEEE-1394 devices.
- Vectorscope, Waveform, Histogram, and Parade Video Scopes: Accurately measure the color, black and whites of video, and locate illegal chroma and luma levels so you can fix them prior to output. View levels in real-time as they play back in the preview window or on an external monitor.
- Comprehensive HDV Support: Vegas Pro 8 software includes support for high-performance native HDV M2T playback, and 601/709 color space handling. Experience superior SD downconversion and frame-rate conversion including 24p, and precision upconversion for HD-SDI mastering. Vegas Pro 8 software also has powerful no-recompress technology for faster render times.
- SD/HD-SDI Support: Support for Blackmagic Design DeckLinkTM boards and Aja Xena cards allows you to capture, edit, monitor, and print-to-tape using SDI (serial digital interface) and component SD and HD decks.
- Decklink driver support provided by Blackmagic Design. Vegas supports digital I/O only.
- Professional Video Effects: Choose from over 190 customizable video effects including: Lens Flares, Light Rays, Film Effects, Chroma Key, Timecode Overlays, Color Gradients, Media Generators, Credit Rolls, Text Effects and more. Quickly recall frequently used effects chains with new configurable packages.
- Customizable Video Transitions: Use over 175 2D and 3D real-time transitions, including Barndoor, Clock Wipe, Dissolves, Iris, Linear Wipes, Page Peels, Venetian Blinds, Zooms, 3D Fly In/Out, 3D Shuffle and more. All transitions are customizable and can be keyframed to change over the length of each fade or overlap.
- Envelope Brush "Paint" Tool: The envelope brush tool in Vegas Pro 8 software makes it possible to "paint" an envelope curve over time by holding down the shift key. This is a quick way to outline the general shape of an envelope without placing and modifying many distinct points. Once you rough in your envelope, the auto thinning feature approximates the drawn curve with as few points as possible. These points can then be further adjusted.
- Red-Eye Reduction: Quickly eliminate red-eye from still images without leaving the Vegas Pro environment.
- Multiprocessor Support: Vegas Pro 8 software takes advantage of cutting-edge parallel processing architectures, significantly reducing complex project-render times on multiprocessor, HT, and multicore systems.
- Transition Progress Envelopes: Transition progress envelopes in Vegas Pro 8 software provide full keyframeable control over all transition attributes across the length of an event overlap. Create customizable fades or reverse, hold and repeat individual transitions. Precise customization of transitions in Vegas Pro 8 software provides new levels of creative flexibility.
- 3D Track Motion: Create 3D motion effects with precise control over Z-depth, plane intersection, compositing and more. The Vegas Pro 8 track grouping model allows multiple tracks to move and rotate in 3D space. 3D motion occurs in real-time and is instantly previewable via i.LINK connector*/IEEE-1394 hardware to external monitor.
- Enhanced Video Monitoring: Next-generation monitoring tools allow full screen timeline playback to LCD and CRT secondary displays via component or DVI connections, with support for scaling, de-interlacing, and color profiles. Additionally, Vegas Pro 8 software supports timeline monitoring using DeckLink cards, at all supported resolutions.
- Keyframeable Bezier masks: Produce keyframeable Bezier masks for complicated objects. Bezier curves let you closely track object outlines to mask and keyframe shape and motion changes over time. Create depth-of-field effects, apply color correction to specific areas of a clip, crop surrounding source material and create mask overlays. Multiple animated free-form shapes can be created in a single window, with mask invert control for each object. Feather and blend hard edges, set opacity levels for each layer, and zoom the workspace to the sub-pixel level for extremely accurate Bezier mask creation.
- Subtitle Time and Text Export to DVD Architect Pro Software: With Vegas Pro 8 software it's easy to make subtitles for use in DVD Architect Pro software. Create named regions in Vegas software, export the list as a text file using the provided script, then import the file into DVD Architect Pro software to auto-generate frame-accurate subtitles. Translated files can also be used as alternate language subtitles in a DVD Architect Pro project.
- Support for Multiple File Formats and Frame Rates: Use multiple file formats and frame rates in the same project or on the same track, and crossfade them on the same track roll-all without conversion or rendering.
- MPEG-2 Support: Vegas Pro 8 software provides high-quality MPEG-2 encoding for DVD, broadcast and other delivery targets. Capabilities include 2-pass variable bit rate encoding, 4:2:2 High profile/Main level, and Transport stream support.
- Flash Format Import: Import Flash (.swf) files*directly into Vegas Pro 8 software. The vector-based .swf files can be scaled to any project size without loss of resolution. Create complex text animations and other effects for projects using any editing tool that supports .swf export. See our knowledge base for more information on swf support in Vegas Pro software.
- 24p Support: DV, XDCAM MXF, And HD-SD: With native support for 24p, Vegas Pro 8 software allows you to capture, edit, and render 24p for DV, XDCAM MXF, HD-SDI and more. Export 24p MPEG-2 for use in DVD Architect, create 24p DV, XDCAM HD and HDCAM masters, or create 24p files for conversion to film.
Notes
*i.LINK is a trademark of Sony Electronics, used only to designate that a product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. All products with an IEEE connector may not communicate with each other.
**ActionScripting, motion video and audio not supported. Vegas Pro and XDCAM
Vegas Pro 8 software provides all the tools needed to edit proxy and full resolution HD and SD XDCAM MXF files natively and supports all frame rates and aspect ratios, multichannel audio, EssenceMarks metadata, and all HD and SD XDCAM compression types. XDCAM-specific features include: - XDCAM FAM enhancements
- File access mode (FAM)
- iLINK transfer
- Ethernet transfer
- XDCAM Explorer pane
- Essence marks support (all types)
- Proxy editing
- Master to disc (all formats)
- Multichannel audio read (all supported channel configurations, full/proxy resolution)
- PDZ list import, with proxy/full resolution conform capabilities
- SD Import (all modes supported, native .MXF editing)
- HD Import (all modes supported, native .MXF editing)
- Conform proxy timeline to full resolution (with file trimming if supported by deck)
- Conform all selected proxy media in Vegas database to full resolution
- SD render (all modes supported by format)
- HD render (all modes supported by format)
- Multichannel audio write (all supported channel configurations)
Audio Production
The Vegas Pro 8 collection includes a powerful set of audio tools for the most demanding productions. Mix audio in a multitrack environment on an unlimited number of tracks. Use on-the-fly punch-in recording, real-time record meters, 32 assignable effects, 26 Master and Aux outputs; perform automatic crossfades and take advantage of hands-on mixing using external control surfaces and envelope automation recording. No other NLE provides as robust an audio feature set as Vegas Pro software. Mixing Console Window: The Mixer Console provides sophisticated hardware emulation to mix audio, specify routing, assign audio effects, and control automation. Customize your console layout and the details of all track and bus controls-including FX sends-to make working with your audio mixes efficient and productive. - Multi-Threaded Audio Engine: Vegas Pro 8 software takes advantage of new multicore and hyper-threading computer systems to maximize available hardware resources. By leveraging the full capabilities of the hardware and reducing direct CPU load, you will notice:
- Greater number of tracks and audio/video effects for real-time preview
- Improved performance at lower latencies
- Faster audio render times
- Cinescore Support: Vegas Pro 8 automatically detects the existence of Sony Cinescore software, if installed, so you can use Cinescore software within the Vegas Pro environment. This allows you to edit your video and quickly create a custom soundtrack in one application.
- 24-Bit/192 kHz Audio Support: Vegas Pro 8 software supports full resolution 24-bit/32-bit 192 kHz files for the ultimate in audio fidelity. Import, save, and even record to this resolution if your hardware supports it.
- Extensive Audio Effects: Apply over 30 customizable, real-time audio effects. Automate delays, reverbs, EQs and more with envelope control for each parameter. Use over ten automated effects such as Track EQ, Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Noise Gate, and Flange/Wah/Phase. 5.1 DirectX® effects for the master bus include EQ, Dither, and Wave Hammer Surround compression tools.
- VST Plug-In Effect Support: You can use effects to manipulate the audio components of your project. The included audio plug-ins can improve the quality of the audio in your project or create unique sounds. Vegas software supports additional DirectX and VST effects from a variety of vendors. Audio effects can be applied to all events on a track, to busses, or as assignable effects.
- 5.1 Surround Mixing: The Vegas Pro 8 collection has extensive tools for the creation of 5.1 surround mixes*. Keyframeable surround panning for tracks and busses lets you mix the most demanding DVD soundtracks without leaving the Vegas environment. Apply 5.1-channel audio effects to the master bus for enhanced control over DVD mixes. Export projects as discrete tracks for post-encoding, or encode directly to Dolby Digital® surround with the Sony Creative Software Dolby-certified AC-3 encoder*. DVD Architect Pro 4.5 software imports AC-3 files for the creation of multichannel 5.1 DVDs.
- On-The-Fly Punch-In Recording: The Vegas Pro 8 recording model allows for on-the-fly punch-in recording on armed tracks while playing back your Vegas Pro project. Record and maintain multiple takes of audio into an empty track, a time selection, an event, or a combination of time and events.
- Auto-Input Record Monitoring: Perform tape style auto-input record monitoring with event ASR parameters applied to the incoming signal. Monitor input signal when playback is both stopped and during recording.
- Audio Time Stretching: Vegas Pro 8 software includes 19 user-definable timestretch modes that let you choose the resampling method that best fits your audio material. Select: change pitch, change length; change length, preserve pitch; or change pitch and preserve length, by semitones or cents.
- Tape-Style Audio Scrubbing: You can use scrubbing to scroll playback of your project at varying speeds. Vegas Pro 8 software also has a tape-style scrubber above the timeline that mimics dragging an analog tape past the playhead.
- ACID Loop Properties Support: Use ACID loops in your Vegas Pro project to perform easy video scoring and audio mixing. ACID loops, or any audio event that has had ACID metadata assigned to it, will auto-stretch to the existing project tempo.
- Keyboard Event Pitch-Shifting: Change the pitch of ACID loops, or any audio event that has had ACID metadata assigned to it, via keyboard commands and modify your audio mix in real-time. Pitch, tempo and stretch amount information is displayed in timeline events.
- ASIO Driver Support: In addition to supporting Microsoft MapperTM, Windows Classic Wave, and WDM drivers, Vegas Pro 8 software also supports professional-quality low latency ASIOTM drivers.
- Broadcast Wave Format Support: You can use Broadcast wave format files to exchange audio between audio editors or broadcasting platforms. Broadcast wave format files are similar to standard .wav files, but they contain additional metadata including timestamps that tell the software where to add audio on the Vegas Pro timeline.
- Film-Style 5.1 Surround Panning: The new film-style surround panning mode in Vegas Pro 8 software supports panning between pairs of adjacent speakers using a constant power model, and is optimized for theater-style speaker placement.
- Downmix Monitoring: Vegas Pro 8 software provides real-time downmix previewing of audio from 5.1 surround to stereo, or from stereo to mono, to ensure that your mix will sound as intended no matter what the destination playback device.
- Bus-To-Bus Routing: Create complex sub-mixes with bus-to-bus routing. The routing flexibility provided by Vegas software gives you a more robust structure for mixing audio projects.
- Master, Auxiliary, and Effects Bus Tracks: Modify your project's volume, effects, and panning at the sub-group level. Use bus envelopes to set track effect parameters, volume, and panning for your entire Vegas project.
- Gracenote® MusicIDTM CD Album Identification: Vegas Pro 8 software supports the Gracenote MusicIDTM media recognition service. When you extract audio from a CD, you can now view information the tracks including title, artist, and song name.
Notes
*Vegas Pro 8 software includes Windows MediaTM 9 Series 5.1 encoding support. 5.1 Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding is also supported, but requires the Sony Creative Software AC-3 encoding plug-in which is included in the Vegas Pro 8 collection. DVD Creation
Nothing beats DVD Architect Pro software for professional DVD authoring. Its clean, drag-and-drop interface and powerful layout and authoring tools make it easy to develop dynamic menu-based DVDs, movies, picture slideshows, and music compilations. DVD Architect Pro 4.5 software works seamlessly within the Vegas Pro 8 environment.
Professional DVD Layout and Design: Author menu-based and single-title DVDs using backgrounds, motion menus, buttons, text, and effects. Set content to loop, hold, or timeout at the end of a scene. Import layered Photoshop (PSD) files for use as backgrounds, buttons, masks, and graphics.
- Blu-ray Disc Burning: With Vegas Pro 8 software you can burn a Blu-ray Disc directly from the timeline. Blu-ray Disc burning allows you to create a disc similar to a "single movie" DVD-the movie has no titles, menus, or buttons. Blu-ray Disc burning in Vegas Pro 8 software provides an alternate distribution option for high-definition content, rather than traditional file-based hard disk or streaming media formats. You can also use the Blu-ray Disc burning feature to create high-definition discs that can playback on a set-top Blu-ray Disc player or on a Sony PS3 gaming system.
- DVD Scripting: DVD Architect 4.5 software supports the ability to create and run scripts in final DVD design. With scripting you can build robust interactivity into your DVD projects.
- Keyframes and Transformation: Add keyframes to the DVD Architect Pro timeline to animate objects such as buttons and graphics. You can also use keyframes to control pan/crop attributes over time.
- Cinescore Integration: If you have Sony Cinescore software installed, you can use it within DVD Architect Pro 4.5 software to generate music for menus, slideshows, and media without leaving the DVD Architect Pro environment.
- Varied Marker Types: Several different marker types give you complete control over:
- Scene selection
- Navigation
- Button-over-video placement
- Buttons on Video: Add a button "hot-spot" over video and control its placement, duration, and link. This creates an interactive experience for the end user, allowing them to navigate to alternate media related to specific scene in your DVD.
- Parental Control: With DVD Architect Pro 4.5 software you can set project properties to enable various parental control settings. These settings restrict the DVD's playback to match parental control levels set in the users DVD player, as set by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA):
- G-General audience
- PG-Parental Guidance
- PG-13-parents strongly cautioned-some material may be inappropriate for under 13
- R-Restricted. No child under 17 should watch without parent present
- NC-17-no one 17 or under should watch this content.
- Burn Mastered Folder: Burn a functioning DVD from a previously mastered project without going through an extra prepare step.
- DVD-R DL Support: DVD Architect Pro4.5 software now supports burning to DVD-R DL so you can author much longer projects on these double capacity discs.
- Slideshow Animation: Automatically add pans and zooms to picture compilation slideshows
- Button Overlap Indication: Button Overlap Indicator warns when buttons are overlapping.
- Greater than 100% Zoom: Preview workspace at greater than 100% for precise editing when working with detailed graphics.
- Graphical Subtitles: Add a graphic element in subtitle track. Gain complete control over look of subtitle, and even embed watermarks.
The Vegas Pro 8 Workflow
The Vegas Pro 8 interface provides a fully customizable workspace for accomplishing a wide range of production requirements. Dock multiple windows and save layouts to fit certain tasks; nest Vegas Pro projects within the timeline, design and save keyboard commands, and use application scripting to automate repetitive tasks. System-wide media management produces maximum efficiency. Network rendering saves time by using multiple computers and networked drive arrays to render complex projects.* Vegas Pro software also supports 24p, HD and HDV editing.
- Powerful Editing Tools: Efficiently edit and arrange events on the Vegas Pro timeline using drag-and-drop operations. Apply real-time effects, transitions, envelopes, color changes, reverse, time-stretching and motion effects. Expertly edit complex SD or HD long-form projects using mouse or keyboard trimming along with powerful ripple editing modes.
- Real-Time Playback and Nondestructive Editing: Playback and edit video effects, transitions and composites on-the-fly without rendering while viewing each change instantly on external monitors in real-time. Vegas software takes advantage of the PC's processing power by caching complex processes or effects directly to RAM for smooth frame-rate playback and previews.
- Export to PSP: Use Vegas Pro 8 software to author and export content to a Sony PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) device directly from the timeline. Delivered projects to PSP® for personal enjoyment or as a means to distribute content for client verification.
- AVC/AAC Support: Vegas Pro 8 projects can be rendered to an iPod®-compatible file that can be transferred using iTunes. The project can be authored using traditional Vegas editing techniques and methods followed by explicitly rendering the file to an iPod compatible H.264 mpeg4 file.
- Insert I-Frames at markers: The MainConcept MPEG-2 encode supports I-frame insertion at timeline markers. By providing I-frames at timeline markers, a rendered file has precise chapter and navigation point placement for DVD Architect Pro4 software.
- Flexible Window Docking: New in Vegas Pro 8 software are some radical advancements for customizing the layout and positioning of the traditional Vegas layout. The timeline can now be at the top or the bottom of the application. Docking window tabs can be at the top of bottom of the dock.
- Enhanced Video Preview Options: View the Vegas timeline on both an internal monitor and an external device (or secondary display) simultaneously. Simultaneous preview provides editors working with clients in a studio environment to setup a professional viewing environment while preserving the editor's on-screen editing environment. Preview options provide solutions to common viewing requests, with auto-fit providing a maximum viewing effort for the space available.
- Project Nesting: Nesting allows you to add a Vegas project (.veg) to the timeline and edit and apply effects the same as you would a standard media event. Nesting can also help you organize a timeline or apply other effects.
- Split-Screen A/B Previewing: Compare your affected and unaffected video, or compare the timeline with a clipboard image-all viewable in real-time on an external monitor via 1394 enabled hardware.
- System-Wide Media Management: You can use the Media Manager window to search and manage your collection of media assets so you can easily find the right file for your Vegas projects. The Media Manager maintains a database of your files, including the attributes, ACID metadata, and tags that you can assign to classify your audio and video clips.
- AAF Import and Export: You can use AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) files to exchange projects between applications.
- A/V Synchronization Detect and Repair: When audio and video events are not aligned, Vegas software will highlight the events in the timeline so you can see synchronization problems at a glance. The software determines whether source events are synchronized by comparing grouped and overlapping media.
- Envelope Automation Recording: Record track envelope and keyframe parameters in real-time using a mouse or external control surface hardware with touch and latch record modes and automatic post-record keyframe thinning. Automation parameter control is available for both stereo and 5.1 tracks and buses, as well as for video track envelopes.
- High-Definition Editing and Output: Vegas Pro 8 software supports HD editing and rendering, including output to 1080/60i, 1080/30p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/30p, and 720/24p. Output high definition video to .AVI, .MOV, MPEG-2, Windows Media 9 Series, RealVideo 9, .PNG and .JPEG sequences. Work with project sizes up to 2048x2048.
- Precision Snapping: Vegas Pro 8 offers several object "snapping" options. You can snap to events on any track. In addition, color-coded snap indicators denote a snap object type; marker, region, event, cursor, grid. Complex projects involving multiple tracks with each containing several events prove difficult and tedious to precise align events placement. By providing more snap objects across all tracks, precise event placement is simplified.
- View Media Marker Names in Events: Media used in the timeline may contain markers. Vegas Pro 8 software can enable the display of these media markers directly on the timeline event. By displaying the individual media markers on the explicit media event and editor can quickly focus on key points of interest with out cluttering the entire workspace.
- Enhanced Keyboard Mapping: Vegas Pro 8 offers improved flexibility to customize keyboard shortcuts for easy skill transfer from another application.
- Project References in Rendered Files: When your Vegas project uses media that was rendered with an embedded project path reference, you can easily open the source project in the associated application if you need to edit the media later. For example, imagine that you have an audio file on the Vegas timeline that was rendered from an ACID project. In previewing your Vegas project, you discover that you accidentally rendered your ACID project with a critical track muted. You can simply right-click the event on the Vegas Pro timeline and choose Edit Source Project from the shortcut menu to reopen your ACID project, unmute the track, and then re-render it.
- Trimmer Window: Use the Trimmer window to select portions of a piece of media that can be placed into events on tracks, and easily create media subclips that reference portions of a media file.
- JKL Scrub; Timeline and Keyboard Trimming: Scan your project to quickly find edit points using new tape-style scrubbing. Control playback of your project at varying speeds. Scrub using JKL/shuttle, keyboard commands, or external devices such as the Contour A/V Solutions ShuttlePro.
- Customizable User Interface: Vegas Pro 8 software has a clean and intuitive interface and uses familiar Windows keyboard commands. Windows XP theme support and interface color adjustments allow for a wide variety of customization that best suits your working style.
- User-Definable Multiple Docking Window Layouts: Design the Vegas editing environment to maximize productivity. Dock multiple windows and save up to ten layout configurations for single and dual monitor systems. Easily recall a customized window layout for a specific editing task, and instantly switch to new layouts during playback.
- Customizable Keyboard Mapping: Customize Vegas keyboard commands to fit your editing process. Create and edit new keyboard shortcuts, import a keyboard mapping scheme or save your current layout for use as a backup-even share keyboard layouts with other Vegas users.
- Media Subclips: Use the Trimmer window to create subclips that reference portions of a media file. Subclips can also be created directly within the Vegas timeline. All subclips are added to the media pool and can be used like any other event in your Vegas project.
- Real-Time A/V Event Reverse: Instantly reverse audio and video events on the timeline either as a locked A/V event group or as independent elements.
- Effects Package Folders: Quickly recall frequently used chains of effects in your Vegas project. Effects packages in Vegas Pro 8 software retain their chain order and individual plug-in settings so you can quickly apply desired effects to media.
- Additional Marker Support: Vegas Pro 8 software provides support for up to 99 numbered markers. The marker tool allows easy navigation between adjacent markers and editing of multiple selected markers.
- Network Rendering: Speed up production time by rendering complex multimedia projects over networked computers. Divide Vegas projects into smaller sections that are distributed across multiple machines, and let Vegas software reassemble the pieces into a single rendered file. Each copy of Vegas software comes with two additional render-only installations.
- Keyboard Trimming and Event Shuffling: Expertly edit complex long-form projects using mouse or keyboard trimming, event shuffling, as well as advanced ripple editing modes.
- Unlimited Undo/Redo: Vegas software allows an unlimited number of edits to be undone or restored. Quickly and easily restore previous edits without needing to rework an entire Vegas project.
Capture, Import, and Export
Vegas Pro 8 software has extensive capture, import, and export support for video and audio. With the Vegas Pro 8 collection you can efficiently edit and process DV, AVCHD, HDV, SD/HD-SDI, and all XDCAMTM formats in real-time, fine-tune audio with precision, and author surround sound, dual-layer DVDs.
- DV Capture and Print-To-Tape Tools: Capture DV from a variety of sources with automatic scene detection, batch capture, tape logging, media bins and thumbnail previews. Print projects to DV tape directly from the Vegas Pro timeline with NTSC or PAL color bars, tone, and source file or timeline timecode windows.
- Premium Encoding Tools: Vegas Pro 8 software has high-quality 2-pass VBR MPEG-2 encoding for DVD, broadcast, and other delivery targets. The high-quality DV codec delivers pristine colors, incredibly sharp images, artifact-free compositing and unparalleled recompression quality.
- ATRAC 3 In/Out: Vegas Pro 8 software is one of the few tools that can edit Atrac files and encode to a file format used by many Sony devices such as mp3 players, NET-MD players, and HI-MD players.
- BWF Import with Multichannel Support: Vegas Pro 8 can import and arrange multichannel Broadcast Wave files. These files are used by field/hard disc recorders such as Nagra, Sound Devices, Mackie, and Tascam. The field record is the target audience for this feature. Vegas Pro 8 provides a workflow by recognizing time-stamp information on multichannel files and working well with these filed recorders.
- Import from DVD Camcorder Disc: Vegas Pro 8 can directly import stereo and 5.1 surround audio from Sony DVD Handycam camcorders directly to the timeline for editing. This feature is targeted for "traditional" consumers by providing and easy method to acquire and edit Handycam footage. In addition, Handycam footage that takes advantage of 5.1 audio recording can be imported and edited natively on the timeline.
- Multichannel SDI Capture: Capture via SDI (Serial Digital Interface) multichannel audio. Vegas can now import multichannel audio from pro cameras and decks over SDI. Further, Vegas Pro 8 software can treat audio files from these sources as logical grouped events.
- Option for No Audio Proxy Pre-Render for Print-To-Tape: On faster PCs Vegas software can now print to tape without creating an audio proxy.
- VideoCD and Multimedia CD Burning: Burn your Vegas project directly to VideoCD for playback on most DVD players, multimedia CD for playback on your computer's CD-ROM, and take your project with you.
- Red Book Audio CD Production: Master and burn Red Book Audio CD pre-masters suitable for professional replication directly from the Vegas timeline, with ISRC, UPC, and PQ list support.
- Application Scripting for Task Automation: Automate repetitive processes with editable scripts*. Create user-customizable scripts for batch rendering, still image export, timecode export, XML-based project export and see how Vegas scripting can optimize your workflow.
- Windows Media 9 Series Support, Including Surround Encoding: Vegas Pro 8 software supports Windows Media® Audio 9 file format, providing users with high-quality, low bitrate compression options, including lossless, CBR, VBR and 5.1 surround audio.
- Supports Windows Media® and RealMedia® Commands: Insert metadata command markers to launch Web sites during media file playback, display captions and more. Use the Preview in Player feature to play back and preview a project using the target media player.
- Exports Chapter Markers and Subtitles to DVD Architect Pro Software: Vegas Pro 8 chapter markers can be imported into DVD Architect Prosoftware as chapter points for quick scene creation. Named Vegas regions can be exported as a text file, and then imported into DVD Architect Pro software as frame-accurate subtitles.
Supported File Formats
Opens and Saves
- Dolby Digital AC-3**
- Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)
- ATRAC Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (unprotected)
- Advanced Video/Audio Coding (AVC/AAC)
- Windows® Video
- Windows® Bitmap
- FLAC audio
- Joint Picture Experts Group
- MP3 Audio
- MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4
- Sony AVC/AVCHD
- Sony MXF
- OGG Vorbis
- Sony Perfect Clarity AudioTM
- Portable Network Graphics
- QuickTime® Movie
- Sony Wave64
- Microsoft Wave®
- Windows Media® Audio/Video 9 Series
- Still Image Sequences (Script)
Opens
- CD Audio
- Sony DSR-DU1
- CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format
- Intervoice
- Adobe® Photoshop®
- Macromedia Flash
- TargaTM File Format
- Tagged Image File Format
- Dialogic VOX ADPCM
Saves
Notes
*Windows® XP operating system or Microsoft .NET connection software required for application scripting.
**Vegas Pro 8 software includes Windows MediaTM 9 Series 5.1 encoding support. 5.1 Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding is also supported, but requires the Sony Creative Software AC-3 encoding plug-in which is included in the Vegas Pro 8 collection. System Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 or Windows VistaTM
- 1 GHz processor (2.8 GHz recommended for HDV)
- 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
- 600 MB hard-disk space for optional Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples reference library
- 1 GB RAM
- OHCI-compatible i.LINK® connector1/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV and HDV capture and print-to-tape)
- Windows-compatible sound card
- DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
- Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
- Supported DVD-recordable drive (for DVD burning only)
- Supported Blu-ray recordable drive (for Blu-ray burning only)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
- QuickTime 7.1.6 or later
You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days. |
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