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Video creation without limits

Create compelling videos that beg to be watched again and again using Vegas™ Movie Studio HD 11 software. Digital video editing tools add professional style and energy with transitions, titles, and special effects including slow motion and green screen. Easily format movies for online sharing sites like Facebook® and post directly to YouTube™ from inside the application.

Movies, slideshows, and more

Vegas Movie Studio HD software makes video editing easy and fun. With drag-and-drop functionality, it's easier than ever to add photos and videos to the timeline and begin editing. You can even drag files across the timeline to rearrange them exactly how you want. Experience the freedom to experiment with video editing, without hassle or worrying about making mistakes.

Use Vegas Movie Studio HD software to:

  • Add special effects, transitions, titles, and music
  • Zoom, rotate, and pan across photos to animate still images in your movies
  • Commemorate special events such as weddings and anniversaries
  • Create exciting, professional-looking business presentations
Create stunning HD movies with AVCHD H.264 MPEG-2

Share your movies online

Share movies on popular social networking sites including YouTube, Facebook, and many others! With integrated direct publish to YouTube™ you can instantly upload your video online.


Post your videos to YouTube and Facebook

Create spectacular movies in HD

Vegas Movie Studio HD has everything you need to produce movies in stunning high definition. Editing HD is simple and, better yet, the high performance video engine is beyond fast: you can see your changes happen in real time. Additionally, you can even work simultaneously with standard-definition and high-definition video in the same project! When you're finished, export your movie in a variety of HD formats for easy sharing.

More about video editing

Create Movies, slideshows with the Ken Burns Effect, and more

Enhance your movie with music

Create the perfect soundtrack with studio-quality tools. Import your own music directly from CDs or easily place MP3s on the timeline.

More about audio tools

Learn as you go with easy tutorials

Click to Watch

Our exclusive Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. If you need help, simply click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialog boxes, pointers, and guides will show you what to do and where to click.

New! Render, New Project, and Make Movie Dialogs

These new and improved dialog boxes make it easier for users of any skill level to create new projects and export completed projects. The New Project Wizard provides an efficient way to ensure that projects are set up correctly. The Make Movie Wizard eliminates the guesswork for delivery and provides optimized final files with just a few simple clicks. Finally, the Render As dialog option makes selecting a destination file format a snap. Mark your favorite file formats for later use or match the render setting with your movie's Project Properties.

Easy to use, wizard-based movie creation

Professional power

Built on the same award-winning Vegas Pro software technology used in motion picture and recording studios worldwide, Vegas Movie Studio HD software puts the power of the pros on your PC.

Vegas Movie Studio HD system requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows® XP SP3, Windows Vista® SP2, or Windows® 7
  • 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD)
  • 400 MB hard-disk space for program installation
  • 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
  • IEEE-1394DV card (for DV capture and print-to-tape)
  • USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD or DVD camcorders)
  • Windows-compatible sound card
  • DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.51 (included on application disc)
  • Apple® QuickTime® 7.1.6 or later
  • Internet Connection (for Gracenote® MusicID® Service)

You must provide registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.


Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and DirectX are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Apple, Quicktime, and Firewire are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

OverviewVegas Movie Studio HD 11 news and reviews

Utilizing event switches in Vegas™ Pro and Vegas Movie Studio, Part I: audio switches

Both audio and video events in your project contain switches and they bring extra functionality to your project that you should be aware of. This month we'll take a look at audio switches in Vegas Pro and Vegas Movie Studio, and next month we'll follow up with a discussion of video switches. Go »

How to Bring Still Images to Life in Your Videos

Learn how Vegas Pro and Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum can help you breath life into the still images in your projects. Go »

Vegas Movie Studio HD 11.0

An update to Vegas Movie Studio HD was posted on Apr. 24, 2012. Go »

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