Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Features

General Features

• New! Streamlined New Project and Make Movie wizards
• New! Improved native HDV .m2t playback performance and improved memory handling for HDV longform projects
• New! Sony AVCHD enhancements
• Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline
• Display of media marker names in events
• Improved snapping — color-coded visual snap indicator and the ability to snap to event edges on other tracks.
• Multitrack video and audio editing
• Easy drag-and-drop functionality
• Show Me How interactive tutorials
• Real-time editing of parameters during playback
• Support for any aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, etc)
• Supports multiple file formats and frame rates
• High Definition editing and output
• Simple drag-and-drop operations
• Explorer view
• Project media bins
• Over 500 video effects and transitions
• Track markers and regions
• Unlimited undo/redo

Video Features

• New! Fullscreen preview to a primary and secondary Windows display
• Real-time playback of effects, processes and transitions to external monitor
• Color-correction tools
• MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 support
• Superior frame rate conversions
• Credit rolls and text animation
• External monitor preview
• Ripple editing across tracks

Audio Features

• New! 360 exclusive music soundtracks to complete your video
• Gracenote^® MusicID™ CD album recognition
• Multithreaded audio engine maximizes performance
• Basic surround support
• Support for multichannel (5.1) source files for Sony HDV Handycam^® camcorders
• 16-bit, 44.1 kHz song quality for exceptional performance
• Volume and pan envelopes
• Audio time stretching
• Event normalization
• CD audio extraction
• Audio/video synchronization detect and repair
• DirectX audio plug-in support
• VST audio effect support
• ASIO™ drive support
• Tape-style audio scrubbing
• Audio restoration tools
• Track-level audio FX and envelopes

Transitions and Effects

• More than 220 customizable 2D and 3D transitions
• Over 350 customizable video special effects
• Add text animation, titles and scrolling credits
• Red-eye removal tool
• "Green screen" chroma key effects
• Pan and crop tool to animate still images
• Video and audio time stretching

Capture and Import

• New! Import support for LEPC files
• New! Import support for MJPEG-encoded files
• Sony AVCHD import and edit support
• Import and export support for ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ files
• Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect Studio 4.5).
• ATRAC audio plug-in (Templates only)
• Gracenote^® MusicID™ CD album recognition
• Import media from Sony^® DVD Handycam^® camcorders
• Batch capture and automatic DV scene detection
• PC connection via FireWire^®, i.LINK™ connector or IEEE-1394 devices**
• Import pictures in BMP, GIF, JPG, and PSD formats
• Import AVI, DV, SWF, and MPEG 1 & MPEG 2 files
• Import audio files in WAV, MP3, AIF, CD Audio and PCA formats

Export and Hardware Features

• New! Burn to Blu-ray Disc™ from timeline
• New! Integrated upload to YouTube™
• New! Improved Sony AVC/MPEG-4 encoder
• AC3 Stereo and 5.1 encoding
• MainConcept AVC/AAC, read/write (Templates only) iPod Format
• PSP™ (PlayStation^®Portable) integration
• Sony AVC/AAC (Templates only)
• VideoCD and Multimedia CD burning
• Export video projects in multiple formats for the web
• One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com***

Additional Features for Vegas Movie Studio 9 Pro Pack

• Includes Sound Forge Audio Studio software
• Includes 1,001 Sound Effects

DVD Architect Studio 4.5 Features

General Features

• DVD design and authoring
• Menu-based and single movie DVD creation
• Photo slideshows and music compilations
• Easy to use drag-and drop interface
• Show Me How interactive tutorials
• Unlimited number of undo/redo
• Media Explorer
• Adjustable project and file optimization settings
• Multi-monitor support
• Multi-processor support
• Fully customizable toolbars
• Get Media from the web
• End actions for menus and media
• Project overview window
• Customizable user interface
• DVD theme export
• Project playlists
• Smart re-prepare

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

• Flash (.swf) format import
• 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

Supported Formats

* 5.1 channel audio downmixed to stereo audio.
** 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 do not necessarily communicate with each other.
*** One-click publishing requires an internet connection from your PC to the web.