Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum system requirements

• Microsoft^® Windows^® XP (SP 3 or later), Windows Vista^® (SP 2 or later), or Windows 7
• 1 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor recommended for HD)
• 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
• 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended for HD)
• Windows-compatible sound card

• OHCI-compatible i.LINK^® connector/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV capture and print-to-tape)
• USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD™ or DVD camcorders)
• Apple^® QuickTime^® 7.1.6 or later
• Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)

• DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
• Supported CD-recordable drive
  (for CD burning only)
• Supported DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW
  (for DVD burning only)
• Supported BD-R/-RE drive
  (for Blu-ray Disc™ burning only)

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (included on application disc)

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.

General Features

• New! Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 certified
• New! Streamlined New Project creation wizard
• New! Darker color palette
• New! Customizable windows layouts
• New! Device Explorer Window
• New! Slideshow Creator
• New! Save As dialog with Copy media with project check box
• New! Media Generator Match Event Length
• New! Keyboard modifiers
• New! Time Selection Envelope editing
• New! Automatically crop still images
• 360 exclusive music soundtracks
• Improved native HDV .m2t playback performance and improved memory handling for HDV long form projects
• Sony AVCHD enhancements
• Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline.
• Display of media marker names in events.
• Color-coded visual snap indicator and the ability to snap to event edges on other tracks
• Multitrack video and audio editing
• 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
• Built-in Show Me How interactive tutorials
• Explorer view
• Project media bins
• Track markers and regions
• Unlimited undo/redo

Video Features

• New! Up to 10 video tracks
• New! Image stabilization
• New! White Balance video plug-in
• New! Secondary Color Corrector plug-in
• New! Subclips in the Trimmer window
• New! Automatic Video Preview playback optimization
• New! Adjust source media to automatically match project or render settings
• New! Gradient Wipe transition
• Full-screen preview to a primary and secondary Windows display
• Real-time playback of effects, processes and transitions to external monitor
• Color-correction tools
• MPEG-1&2 support
• Superior frame rate conversions
• Credit rolls and text animation
• Over 400 video effects and transitions
• External monitor preview
• Ripple editing across tracks

Supported File Formats

Opens: AAC, AA3, AIFF, AVI, BMP, CDA, FLAC, GIF, JPEG, M2TS, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, OGG, OMA, PCA, PNG, QuickTime^®, SND, SFA, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV

Saves: AAC, AC3, AA3, AIFF, AVC, AVI, BMP, FLAC, JPEG, LPEC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, OGG, PCA, PNG, RealMedia^®, TIFF, QuickTime, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV

Capture/Export/Hardware Features

• New! Integrated DVD burning from the timeline
• New! Render As dialog templates display templates matching the project with a “=” symbol
• New! Custom render template creation
• New! Improved support for AVC/AAC (MPEG-4) video
• New! Support for GPU-accelerated AVC rendering using the Sony AVC plug-in
• Burn to Blu-ray Disc™ from timeline
• Integrated upload to YouTube™
• Import and export support for FLAC files
• Import support for LPEC files
• Import support for MJPEG-encoded AVI files
• Sony AVCHD import and edit support
• Import and export 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 5.0)
• Gracenote^® MusicID™ CD album identification
• AC3 stereo and 5.1 encoding
• MainConcept AVC/AAC, read/write (templates only) iPod format
• PSP^® (PlayStation^®Portable) integration
• Sony AVC/AAC (templates only)

Audio Features

• New! Up to 10 audio tracks
• New! Zplane élastique audio timestretching and pitch shifting
• New! Place audio without quantizing to frame boundaries
• New! Improved Audio Waveform drawing
• Multithreaded audio engine maximizes performance
• Gracenote^® MusicID™ CD album identification
• 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

General

• New! Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 certified
• New! Burning to Blu-ray Disc™
• New! Enhanced window layout management — save, recall, and share custom window layouts.
• 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
• 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
• 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