February 16th, 2012· Updated Sony AVC format render template customization to support AVCHD 2.0.
· Added a Blu-ray AVC setting to the Video format drop-down list in the Customize Settings dialog, allowing you to customize Sony AVC render templates for Blu-ray Disc.
· The Tools > Burn Disc > Blu-ray Disc with Menus command is unavailable when working with 5.1 surround projects.
· Fixed an issue that caused 5.1 surround AVCHD rendering templates to be available when working with a stereo project.
· Fixed an issue that could create duplicate tracks when switching a project from stereo to 5.1 surround.
· Fixed a bug that could prevent Vegas Movie Studio from reading 5.1-channel AAC audio correctly.
· Fixed a bug that could cause the Slideshow Creator to display images from a previous project.
· Fixed audio issues that could occur when rendering to Windows Media Video format.
February 14th, 2012· Added rendering templates to support the Sony Tablet. When rendering to the MainConcept AVC/AAC format, choose Sony Tablet 1080p or Sony Tablet 720p.
· Vegas Movie Studio can now address up to 4 GB of memory when running on a 64-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7.
· When using the Upload to YouTube dialog, tags must be at least two characters long. The Upload button is unavailable if your tag is shorter than two characters.
· Fixed a bug that could prevent markers and regions from being saved with projects in some instances.
· Fixed a bug in the Titles & Text plug-in that could degrade preview frame rates when using Shadow Enable.
· Fixed a bug in the Titles & Text plug-in that excluded vertical fonts.
· Fixed various bugs in the Titles & Text plug-in involving keyframes.
· Fixed a bug in the Titles & Text plug-in that could cause inconsistent line spacing after line breaks.
· Fixed a bug that could cause unexpected changes in plug-in order when adding or removing effects.
· Fixed a bug that could prevent .MPG files from loading when the file name or folder contained Japanese characters.
· Fixed a bug that could change the output frame size when rendering to a Blu-ray Disc template with a frame rate of 24.000 fps.
· Fixed a bug that could occur when rendering to Sony AVC/MVC format using the Memory Stick templates.
· Fixed a bug that could cause the audio stream to be excluded after editing a Sony AVC/MVC Blu-ray Disc rendering template.
· Fixed a bug that prevented Vegas Movie Studio from displaying an error message when attempting to install to a hard drive that does not contain sufficient free space. Please ensure your hard drive has 400 MB available before beginning installation.
· Fixed a crash that could occur when using the RE:Vision Effects ClampTime plug-in.
· Fixed a crash that could occur when rendering QuickTime 56 Kbps or 100 Kbps video.
November 1st, 2011· Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when displaying event properties for 3D clips from a Sony TD10 camera.
· Fixed a bug that could cause text from the Titles & Text plug-in to drift after dragging the text in the Video Preview window.
· Fixed a bug that could cause line breaks in the Titles & Text plug-in to preview with incorrect line spacing.
· Fixed a bug that could cause an error when rendering a Sony AVC file with a bit rate of less than 25 Mbps.
· Fixed a bug that could cause MVC clips from a Sony TD10 camera to be imported incorrectly from the Device Explorer.
· Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas Movie Studio to hang when previewing MTS files in the Trimmer window.
· Added Russian-language support to Vegas Movie Studio HD.
November 1st, 2011· The Burn Blu-ray Disc feature has been updated for compliance with the Blu-ray Disc specification. You can render 3D projects to a Blu-ray 3D Disc image file (.iso) from the timeline (Tools > Burn Disc > Blu-ray Disc). This feature is intended for commercial BD-ROM preparation testing.
November 1st, 2011Video:
· Stereoscopic 3D editing and upload to YouTube 3D.
· New Titles & Text plug-in.
· New video plug-in SDK with updated controls for keyframe animation.
Added support for 50p and 60p projects, capture, and print to tape:
· Project templates: HD 720-50p (1280x720, 50 fps), HD 720-60p (1280x720, 59.94 fps)
Audio:
· Audio event effects.
Workflow:
· A fully updated Render As dialog that streamlines the rendering process and makes it easy to manage your favorite render templates.
· Improved usability of the Trimmer and Video Preview windows with the addition of transport controls.
· Press Alt+Down Arrow during playback to move the edit cursor to the playback cursor location for editing or recording.
Device Explorer improvements:
· You can now right-click a clip in the Device Explorer window and choose Open in Trimmer or Import and Add to Project to choose how you want to import clips.
· You can now drag clips from the Device Explorer to the Project Media or Trimmer window.
· You can now change the location for creating prerendered files from the Print to Tape Wizard.
· New Microsoft Image Mastering API (IMAPI) disc drivers for DVD and Blu-ray Disc burning.
· Improved usability of the Make Movie Wizard.
Formats:
· Improved performance when reading QuickTime AVC and QuickTime AVC/H.264 video (such as video shot with digital SLR cameras).
· Added support for reading MVC video.
· Added support for rendering MVC video with the Sony AVC/MVC plug-in.
· Added support for reading MPO (multiple picture object) 3D still images and sweep panorama images.
· Improved support for GPU-accelerated AVC rendering using the Sony AVC/MVC plug-in.
NVIDIA GPUs:
· GPU-accelerated AVC rendering requires a CUDA-enabled GPU and NVIDIA driver 185.xx or later with a GeForce GT 2xx Series or newer GPU.
ATI GPUs:
· OpenCL GPU-accelerated rendering requires an OpenCL-enabled ATI GPU and AMD Radeon Catalyst driver 11.2 or later with an ATI Radeon HD 57xx or newer GPU (please see Known Issues regarding an incompatibility with driver version 11.3 and 11.4). We recommend using . If using an ATI FirePro GPU, FirePro unified driver 8.773 or later is required.
· GPU-accelerated rendering performance will vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. If you have an older CPU and a newer GPU, rendering using the GPU may improve render times.
· Full 24p support.
· Support for rendering .mov files with multichannel audio.
June 9th, 2010Video :
· Up to 10 video tracks.
· Image stabilization for video clips.
· White Balance video plug-in.
· Secondary Color Corrector plug-in.
· Subclips in the Trimmer window.
· Vegas Movie Studio can now automatically adjust the video preview size and quality to optimize frame rate during preview. Right-click the Video Preview window and select Adjust Size and Quality for Optimal Playback if you want to emphasize frame rate during preview. When the command is not selected, video quality is emphasized, and the frame rate will be reduced if necessary.
· Select the Adjust source media to better match project or render settings check box on the Video tab of the Project Properties dialog to enable Vegas Movie Studio to make minor changes to your source media properties — including cropping/padding frame size or adjusting interlacing — to allow media files to work better with your project.
Audio :
· Up to 10 audio tracks.
· Enhanced audio event timestretch and pitch shifting with élastique Pro.
· Audio-only edits (such as event moves, trims, and ASR times) are no longer quantized to frame boundaries by default when Quantize to Frames is enabled. If you want to quantize audio-only edits, clear the Do not quantize to frames for audio-only edits check box on the Preferences > Editing tab.
Audio-waveform drawing during recording has been improved:
· Recorded waveforms are now updated at a faster rate.
· 16-bit peak files are used for increased resolution.
· The entire waveform is now visible during recording.
· Peaks no longer need to be built when recording is completed.
Workflow :
· Streamlined new project creation.
· The Vegas Movie Studio interface uses a new, darker color palette.
· Window layouts.
· Device Explorer window for importing video from AVCHD cameras and CompactFlash-based memory recording units such as the HVR-MRC1.
· Slideshow Creator.
· Integrated DVD burning from the timeline (Tools > Burn Disc > DVD).
· In the Save As dialog, the Copy media with project check box now copies only media files that are saved outside of the project folder; media files in folders below the project folder are no longer copied.
· In the Video Media Generators dialog, you can now click the Match Event Length button to set the length of the generated media to match the length of the event.
· Hold Alt+Shift while dragging inside an event to slip-trim the right edge of an event.
· Hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift while clicking an event to split it. You can then drag from that point to trim the event in the direction you drag (eraser mode).
· You can now slip all of an event's takes when slipping an event (choose Slip All Takes from the Options menu).
· You can hold Ctrl (or hold the right mouse button) for fine control while adjusting the sustain portion of event envelopes.
· Time selection envelope editing (adjusts multiple envelope points within a time selection for quick audio ducking).
· You can now choose to automatically crop still images to match your project's output aspect ratio.
· In the Render As dialog, templates that match your project settings (frame size, pixel aspect ratio, and frame rate) are displayed with an = symbol in the Template drop-down list.
· Holding the Shift key while dragging now enables snapping if Enable Snapping is turned off.
· When you drag a group of selected events, the first and last event now snap to other snap points on the timeline.
· Pressing ` (grave accent) no longer restores track height for tracks that were previously minimized.
Formats :
· Custom rendering templates for all video formats.
· Updated project and rendering templates for Internet distribution.
· Added 23.979 fps (IVTC) settings for the Project Properties dialog, Media Properties dialog, and timeline ruler.
· Improved support for AVC/AAC (.mp4) video.
· Support for GPU-accelerated AVC rendering using the Sony AVC plug-in.
· If you have a CUDA-enabled NVIDIA video card, Vegas Movie Studio can use your GPU to improve AVC rendering performance.
· GPU-accelerated AVC rendering requires NVIDIA driver 185.xx or later. We recommend using a GeForce 9 Series or newer GPU. GPU-accelerated rendering performance will vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. If you have an older CPU and a newer NVIDIA GPU, rendering using the GPU may improve render times.
August 29th, 2008· Added support for rendering 1920x1080 AVCHD video (Vegas Movie Studio Platinum only).
· Improved AVCHD playback performance.
· Resolved an issue that could cause AVCHD import to overwrite existing imported clips.
· Fixed the ruler format for PAL projects.
· Improved stability when working with projects containing multiple MPEG video clips.
· Added Japanese, French, German, and Spanish language support.
April 30th, 2008· Enhanced video preview.
· Full-screen preview to a secondary Windows display (including DVI monitors)
· Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect Studio 4.5)
· Support for editing files recorded with Sony AVCHD camcorders.
· Improved native HDV .m2t playback performance and improved memory handling for HDV longform projects.
· Multithreaded audio engine maximizes real-time audio playback and rendering performance - more tracks and effects with lower latency.
· Support for opening and rendering ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless files.
· Gracenote MusicID technology for extracted audio from CDs.
· Improved snapping — color-coded visual snap indicator and the ability to snap to event edges on other tracks.
· Display of media marker names in events.
· Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline.
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