Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite
- Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite enables HD video and audio production with tools for professional-level sound design, video effects and transitions, and more
- Edit video in nearly any format including high-definition HDV and AVCHD; work simultaneously with standard-definition and high-definition video and the same project
- Sound Forge Audio Studio software offers everything you need for audio editing and mastering professional-quality audio; enhance your projects with 400 exclusive music soundtracks
- Upload movies to YouTube, share on mobile devices like PSP or iPod, or author DVDs and Blu-ray Discs using beautifully designed themes or custom menus and graphics
- Use the included tutorial DVD or the exclusive Sony “Show Me How” interactive tutorials to help you get started fast
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite takes HD video and audio production to the next level with additional tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Use the included Sound Forge Audio Studio software for precise audio editing; then enhance your multimedia projects with 400 exclusive music soundtracks. Quickly learn essentials with the included tutorial DVD.Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite takes HD video and audio production to the next level with tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Edit video in nearly any format including high-definition HDV and AVCHD. Use the included Sound Forge Audio Studio software for precise audio editing; then enhance your multimedia projects with 400 exclusive music soundtracks. To share, upload movies to YouTube or author DVDs and Blu-ray Discs using beautifully designed themes or create custom menus and graphics. Use the included tutorial DVD or the exclusive Sony “Show Me How” interactive tutorials to help you get started fast.
Take HD video and audio production to the next level with tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Click to enlarge. |
Product Highlights
Standard or High Definition
Edit video in nearly any format including HDV and Sony AVCHD video. You can even work simultaneously with standard-definition and high-definition video and the same project.
Create Stunning HD Movies
Vegas Movie Studio Platinum software has everything you need to produce movies in spectacular high definition. Editing HD is simple; just drop your clips on the timeline and go to work. Its high-performance engine is beyond fast–see your changes happen in real time. When you’re done, export your movie in a variety of HD formats for easy sharing.
New–Zplane élastique Timestretching
With élastique Pro technology, you can perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts while retaining maximum sound quality.
New–Project and Make Movie Wizards
The New Project wizard provides a simple approach to ensuring new projects are created correctly from the start. The new Make Movie wizard eliminates the guesswork for delivery and provides optimized for Web, DVD, e-mail, or for publishing movies to YouTube.
New–Image Stabilization
Use image stabilization technology to reduce jitter and shaky video footage. Users with shaky video footage, commonly shot from handheld camcorders and inexpensive portable pocket devices, have the ability to quickly salvage this media using several optimized presets.
New–Slideshow Creator
This new feature provides users with the ability to quickly create a dynamic slideshow from a set of images with a few simple clicks. It is designed to be simple, easy to use, and can quickly create pan/zoom effects and transitions across a collection of still images.
Use the new Device Explorer window to quickly browse the contents of AVCHD, Hard Disk and Memory Stick devices. |
Enhance your video with hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters. |
With élastique Pro technology, you can perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts while retaining maximum sound quality. |
New–Device Explorer
Use the new Device Explorer window to quickly browse the contents of AVCHD, Hard Disk and Memory Stick devices. Users can quickly view media on the device and import the files natively into the software, maximizing workflow speed by only importing the files they need without conversion.
New–Secondary Color Corrector
The Secondary Color Corrector tool provides users with a detailed toolset for adjusting differences in video shot with different camera setups or lighting situations; enhance dull, washed-out footage; or make specific color ranges stand out.
New–White Balance
White Balance provides users with the ability to quickly make video look great when originally shot with poor white levels. Users can use the eyedropper tool adjust the white levels within a video clip and the entire clip is automatically color adjusted.
New–Burn DVD From Timeline
User can burn a DVD directly from the timeline. This is a fast method to create a single movie DVD and provides an alternate distribution option in addition to Blu-ray Discs and traditional file-based hard disk and streaming media formats.
Burn Blu-ray Disc From Timeline
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 software provides functionality to burn a single-title Blu-ray Disc directly from the timeline. These discs are burned in BDMV format to BD-R, BD-RE, and DVD recordable media. Projects can be encoded as either MPEG-2 or AVC utilizing Dolby or PCM audio in stereo or 5.1 modes. Blu-ray Discs provide an alternative to streaming and file-based distribution for high-definition content. Beyond support for 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray Discs, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 supports burning BDMV on 4.7GB and 8.5GB standard DVD media, providing a low-cost opportunity for users to distribute high-definition content with traditional DVD burners and media
Upload Movies to YouTube
Users can easily upload movies directly to YouTube for online sharing. The Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 publishing feature uses a high-quality encoding process for optimal YouTube quality.
400 Exclusive Music Soundtracks
This professionally developed collection of royalty-free production music provides the perfect accent to your project.
Enhanced Sony AVCHD Support
New functionality includes importing files directly from Sony AVCHD camcorders and most other brands. In addition, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 supports editing all types of AVCHD camcorder files, including files from the latest generation of 1920 x1080 AVCHD camcorders. Support for 1920 x 1080 ensures that the footage from the latest 1920 cameras can be edited natively on the timeline.
Improved Native HDV .m2t Playback
Improved memory and playback performance allows users to edit HDV footage natively without the time-consuming process of converting to an intermediate file type such as Cineform. Smart rendering provides faster encoding for cuts-only projects or projects with minimal changes while providing less generation loss because video frames pass through the engine unaltered.
Surround Sound Mixing and Encoding
Import multichannel (5.1) source files from your camcorder including Sony DVD and AVCHD Handycam models. Use the surround sound mixing and panning tools to create surround DVD soundtracks. Encode AC-3 stereo or 5.1 mixes without leaving the software using the included Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding software.
Enhance Video and Audio
Advanced color-correction tools enhance washed-out footage, make specific colors stand out, and balance differences in video due to camera setup or lighting.
Add Professional Effects
Enhance your video with hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters–including over 100 effects and transitions from NewBlue, maker of professional video effects plug-ins. Customize your soundtrack with over 20 real-time DirectX audio effects.
Create Hollywood-Style DVDs
It’s easy to produce your own professional-quality DVDs with multiple motion menus, buttons, and music beds. Includes 56 themes to get you started. Add your own behind-the-scenes features, director’s cuts, outtakes, bloopers, and more.
Support for FLAC and LPEC Files
The FLAC audio format is perfect for archiving and sharing audio at high quality, without consuming large amounts of storage space. Users with supported portable digital voice recorders can import LPEC files and edit the audio directly on the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 timeline.
ATRAC .aa3 Format Support
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 software includes ATRAC (.aa3) and ATRAC lossless format editing and encoding, surround encoding and decoding support, and the ability to encode up to 512 Kbps, 48 kHz. This feature allows users of Sony devices including MP3 players, NET-MD players, and HI-MD players can natively edit and export ATRAC formats without needing another conversion tool.
Insert I-frames at Markers
The MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder supports I-Frame insertion at timeline markers. (I-Frames are a representation of a complete frame that following frames are derived; more I-frames means a larger file) By providing I-Frames at timeline markers, a rendered file has precise chapter and navigation point placement for DVD Architect Studio software.
Envelope Brush Paint Tool
Track envelopes such as audio volume and pan, and video composite levels are customized via points over time. The envelope brush tool provides user with the ability to paint an envelope curve over time by holding down the shift key. This provides a quick way to outline the general shape of the envelope without placing and modifying many distinct points. The auto-thinning feature provides a mathematical approximation of the drawn curve with as few points as possible. The resulting points can be further optimized independently.
Single-Monitor Full-Screen Preview:
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 enhances the preview experience by providing functionality to view the timeline on both the Preview window and an external device (or secondary display) simultaneously. Additional Preview window enhancements included new scaling options and “auto-fit” to maximize the preview experience with available window space. Simultaneous preview provides editors with the ability to setup a large scale viewing environment while preserving the editor’s on-screen editing environment. In particular, laptop systems can easily switch between editing and full-screen preview modes.
View Media Marker Names in Events:
Media used in the timeline may contain markers. This product can enable the display of these media markers directly on the timeline event. Individual media will have individual markers. By displaying the individual media markers on the explicit media event and editor can quickly focus on key points of interest without cluttering the entire timeline workspace.
Multithreaded Audio Engine
The multithreaded audio engine is an optimized system that takes advantage of new multicore and hyperthreading computer systems to fully utilize available hardware resources. By leveraging the full capabilities of the hardware and reducing direct CPU load, users will benefit from a greater number of tracks and audio/video effects for real-time preview, improved performance at lower latencies, and faster audio render times.
Gracenote MusicID:
The Gracenote MusicID media recognition service can be used when ripping content from CDs. Users can automatically view information about a CD track including, title, artist, and song name, and can also submit data.
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Features
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General
Audio Features
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Video Features
Capture/Export/Hardware Features
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Sound Forge Audio Studio software is the easiest way to record, edit, encode, and master audio on your home computer. Click to enlarge. |
Nothing beats DVD Architect Pro software for professional DVD authoring. Click to enlarge. |
Includes the Cartoonr effects plug-in and a select group of essential audio and video effects by NewBlue, a leading manufacturer of audio and video plug-ins. |
Additional applications and tools for Product Suite
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 Software
Sound Forge Audio Studio software is the easiest way to record, edit, encode, and master audio on your home computer. Customize your creations with built-in effects such as EQ, reverb, delay, and chorus. Restore old vinyl and cassette recordings. To share, simply burn your own CDs or convert audio to formats ideal for Web streaming or portable music players including the PSP, iPod, and iPhone.
Vocal Eraser Plug-in
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 software includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in so you can easily remove vocals from most recordings. You can also use this plug-in to extract vocals from songs for remixing and to create custom karaoke tracks.
Video Tutorial DVD
The included video Tutorial DVD provides a quick overview of Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10. This Tutorial DVD covers the essential workflows needed to quickly edit audio and video projects from start through final delivery. The tutorial topics also include several advanced sections on how to fine tune settings for that added professional touch.
NewBlueFX Audio and Video Effects
The Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite includes the Cartoonr effects plug-in and a select group of essential audio and video effects by NewBlue, a leading manufacturer of audio and video plug-ins. Once installed, the tools are available directly from the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 effects windows providing a seamless editing experience without leaving the application. Additional transitions and effects provide more options to enhance both audio and video projects with a professional look and feel.
DVD Architect Studio 5.0 Features
General
- New–Microsoft Windows 7 certified
- New–Burning to Blu-ray Disc
- New–Enhanced window layout management–save, recall, and share custom window Built-in Show Me How interactive tutorials
- End actions for menus and media
- Project overview window
- Customizable user interface
- DVD theme export
- Project playlists
- Smart reprepare
DVD design and authoring
- Menu-based and single-movie DVD creation
- Picture slideshows and music compilations
- Easy to use drag-and drop interface
- Unlimited number of undo/redo
- Media Explorer
- Adjustable project and file optimization settings
- Multimonitor support
- Multiprocessor support
- Fully customizable toolbars
- Get Media from the Web
- DVD editing and layout
- Still and motion menu creation
- Support for multiple video titles
- Multiple menus with up to 36 buttons per menu
- Menu object editing, alignment, and sizing tools
- Text editing and shadow effects
- Object snapping
- Slide image rotation
- Add, edit, and move chapter points
- Title and Action safe grid area
- Customizable themes
- Menu looping
Video
- Fit-to-disc compression
- DVD movie creation
- Picture slideshows
- NTSC and PAL in standard (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) formats
- Imports AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MOV, WMV, and a variety of still image formats
Audio
- Music compilations
- Attach audio files to menus
- Media file previewing
- Import WAV, MP3, WMA, PCA, AIF, MPEG audio
Testing and Burning
- Dual-layer drive support
- Real-time project previewing with virtual DVD remote control or to external monitor
- DVD project verification and preparation
- Supports a wide variety of DVD burners
Box Contents
Application DVD includes Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 software, DVD Architect Studio 5.0 software, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 software with Vocal Eraser, NewBluFX Audio and Video Effects, 400 Music Soundtracks, Tutorial DVD, 44 DVD themes, 12 additional DVD Themes provided by Eye Scream Factory, Inc., and online help
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Review by Belteshazzar for Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite
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O.K.
So I wrote a review for the last incarnation of this software package (version 9) and a lot of people found it very helpful.
There was one BIG problem with Version 9 – it had bugs in the video rendering section, which were never fixed with the software updates. It appears that Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 has fixed the obvious encoding/rendering bugs which plagued Version 9.
You can now safely encode video to all major formats used worldwide, creating your own custom templates if you wish.
Version 10 now includes working templates for anyone who uploads HD or SD WIDESCREEN 16:9 Videos to YOUTUBE. The OLD version of Vegas Movie Studio only had a template for “old fashioned” 4:3 aspect ratio, which meant you had to create a custom template to make a 16:9 video.
What does Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite come with?
*Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 – the video editing program.
*DVD Architect Studio 5.0 – the DVD creation software.
*Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 – an audio recording studio.
Highlight Features for the above three programs:
*Vegas Movie Studio has so many features from the Vegas Pro version, it’s not funny. That’s what I love the most about this software package – it’s full of professional grade tools and effects. If you can think it, then Sony Vegas can do it. Many other retail video editors come no where near Sony Vegas, they are like toys in comparison, seriously.
*Vegas can handle all the latest video formats (Input & Output files), especially HD (High Definition) video, which is becoming the standard now, provided your computer has plenty of RAM (2GB at least) and an independent video card driver with its own memory.
*Easy compression of your videos, ready for upload to YouTube in Widescreen format.
*Vegas comes with a large amount of NewBlue Transition effects and Video Effects, which you can tweek to your heart’s delight.
*Your ability to edit video on the timeline is amazing – however this will take time to master. I taught myself over the last year and a half using the Help Index, How To Animations and just pure patient experimentation.
*The DVD Architect Studio works seamlessly with your Vegas projects, and is fairly easy to use.
*Sound Forge Studio 10 has heaps of effects you can filter your audio recordings with, to create amazing sounds.
*My favourite feature in Sound Forge is the “Recording your old vinyl or tape collection into Digital Format”. This part of the program has been upgraded now and is much easier to use. One BIG tip: Click Options, Preferences, Audio and then change Audio Device to Windows Classic Wave Driver – this will make Vinyl to Digital Recording work without getting a headache.
Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 is not for the novice who gets easily exasperated. If this is you, then stick with Windows Movie Maker.
If you like to experiment, have patience in learning new things, and really enjoy using Professional Tools to create a Professional Look, then go with this software package. I have yet to come across a limitation with this software – “creatively speaking”.
I highly recommend existing users of older versions of this software, to make the upgrade due to the additions and fixes.
The price of this package or the upgrade for existing users is unbelievable, compared to the Pro Version.
If you are worried about whether this program will do what it says, then do the smart thing and DOWNLOAD the FREE TRIAL at Sony Creative Software website, where you can try it out for a whole 30 days!
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
There is something that people should be aware of. High Definition Video Cameras appear to be advancing technologically faster than the everyday home computer can deal with. I am referring specifically to certain HD FILE SIZES. HD Video made with the Super High Quality setting selected on your camera, produces a massive file. If you try and work with that file in the average computer, you probably are going to experience problems and crashes.
I use a SD(Standard Definition)Widescreen camera using the max setting of 9Mbps (720 X 480p) – I have not experienced any problems using Vegas.
I know plenty of people on YouTube who upload HD Video using 1280 X 720p OR 1440 X 1080p and use Vegas with no problems.
However, some people have been reporting that working with the maximum HD video size of 1920 X 1080p (17-24Mbps) will stop Sony Vegas functioning properly. I am curious to know if this problem also extends to other brands of software, and that the real problem has more to do with the lag in capabilities of domestic home computers? Does anyone know?
As I mentioned above, you must have an up-to-date computer system to run this software properly. I recommend at least 2GB RAM, the fastest chip set you can afford, and definitely an independent video card driver with its OWN dedicated memory. Rendering video, especially High Definition video, can suck every last brain cell out of your computer and ask it to travel beyond light speed, while pondering the creation of the Universe.
So buy a new computer and retire your dinosaur, before attempting to become a Video Enthusiast – this will prevent experiencing a “Meltdown”.
All the best with your creations.
Dex
Review by Ansel 4 for Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite
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I have tried out Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite and decided to purchase it. I compared it to Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus 16, Pinnacle 14, Corel Videostudio Pro X2/X3, and Cyberlink Power Director 8 and it comes down to one major factor. Vegas actually runs without crashing. I own Videostudio Pro X2, reformatted my PC to start fresh and tried to reinstall VS Pro X2, as I had done a couple times previously, and this time it would not install. I called tech support, which graciously tried to help without charging me – they even called me back to see if the their idea worked – which, unfortunately, it had not. I downloaded VS Pro X3 as I could upgrade for a lower price than buying new. It worked fine a for a day but then started crashing non-stop to the point where I couldn’t use it without crashing.
I tried Power Director 8 which in some respects has a really good interface (not in all respects though – there are too many tabbed options and the graphics on the tabs don’t make it obvious what they’re for so you have to hover over then to see what they’re for). However, it started getting choppy in the program and also started to crash.
I then decided to give Sony Vegas a try. I had tried them before purchasing VS Pro X2 but it was not intuitive software and VS Pro X2 seemed the better choice. So far, I have experienced good performance – the best- in fact, from Vegas Movie Studio HD. I spent some time on the phone asking questions, watched their useful Show Me How tutorials and read the Help file in the program. I now like it the best. It is a really powerful program that, on the surface, may seem complicated, but after you spend a little time with it, it becomes more intuitive than some of the others I tried.
Not ready to just buy the 3rd program I tried, I then tried Magix Movie Edit, which worked decently in the software. However, the video it created seemed to be choppy where none of the others were, when I was able to create a video before they started crashing. I also tried Pinnacle 14, all 1.9 GB of it’s download. I found it, surprisingly, not as intuitive, and fairly sluggish, though stable – to the small extent I used it. The import function is a pain in Pinnacle. The explorer view available in Vegas is the best in my opinion.
Summary:
Corel Videostudio Pro X3:
– older version, Pro X2, stopped working for me and wouldn’t reinstall
– Pro X3, while decent interface, I can’t do anything in it, after I created 1 video. It now crashes before I can do anything
Cyberlink PowerDirector 8:
– Crashes
– Choppy video while editing
– Limited Soundtracks included, you have to purchase more if you want them. Videostudio and Sony includes lots of options (though I wasn’t able to test the ones included with Vegas as the trial does not include them – but there are supposed to be 400 in the full version of the software)
Magix Movie Edit Pro 16 Plus:
– Ok interface
– more stable than VS Pro X3 and PowerDirector 8, but resulting video is choppy during playback, not acceptable for the final output
Pinnacle 14:
– huge program, sluggish
– import feature is a pain
Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum Suite:
– so far, very stable
– very full featured, powerful software
– can be intimidating at first; use the Show me How tutorials, the online tutorials, Quick Start Guide – download from their website, internal Help – these quickly made me more comfortable in the program
– did I mention stable
– Includes DVD Architest and SoundForge Audio Studio with Vocal Erase Plug-in – haven’t tried but could be really useful
My recommendation is Sony Vegas. The pre-sales help call that I made was very useful. He really took the time to help answer all my questions.
Review by K. Garner for Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite
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Software has a small learning curve but it’s simpler to learn than Final Cut Express. I have used Acid 3.0 for years and some of the interface/tools & commands are pretty similar. Comes with DVD Architect & Sound Forge 10. Haven’t fully dived into but so far I created a 2 minute video that looks pretty good. The best thing is so far it reads multiple files. A producer gave me files he transferred from his Sony HD Cam to my hard drive using Final Cut Pro. No other software would open these files; not even AVS4YOU. Kept saying I needed a APCN Codec, well SVP 10 must have it because it worked and audio/video is great. Definitely worth the $94!
Kg
Review by D Mulligan for Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite
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I finally decided to learn how to video edit. A stripped down version of Cyberlink came with my new HP, but I didn’t care for their upgrade options (too confusing), so I went with Sony Vegas. After tinkering with it for a couple of hours and watching online and included tutorials, I managed to put together a great six minute video (if I say so myself) of a family weekend, complete with fade in/out, four video tracks, pictures, videos, two audio tracks, credit roll, pan/crop, and other effects. I learned how to import media, put it on the timeline, edit, and output to a mpeg4 HD. Now I can’t wait for the next reason to create another video! It’s so much better than a boring photo album. I thought maybe that it was going to be overkill, but it is good for an amateur like myself. It’s so new that I can’t find books written yet, but there is a online manual so I probably don’t need another software book lying around.
Review by Christopher Lipp for Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite
is awesome.
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I’ve been using Vegas Studio for about 3 weeks now. There is a 20 minute learning curve – just fiddling around with tutorials. As I keep playing with it, I also keep discovering better things I can do. The splitting of events into video-audio and then editing the audio using a 3rd-party program (I use Nero
The subclip editor is also really great. You can have the whole project video displayed in part of the screen and then individually modify smaller clips with a different video window (2 video windows!). Although it’s sometimes difficult to know intuitively how to do certain things, it seems there is always a way to do whatever you need to do. You could say that’s a downside, but in fact it’s simply amazing how many unique things this program does. If you want to do it, chances are there’s an easy way once you figure out how.
I also tried Corel as well as Moviemaker and some other freebees. Nothing compares to the ease and functionality offered in Sony’s product. Great value!