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Sony Creative Software products help to make your creative life easier. Whether you’re recording or mastering audio, making a movie, or simply creating a video slideshow, our applications enable you to unleash your creativity and start crafting a masterpiece. Use this chart to determine which product best suits your needs.

Home Studio Comparison
Included ApplicationsVegas Movie Studio HDVegas Movie Studio HD PlatinumVegas Movie Studio HD Platinum Production SuiteVegas Movie Studio Visual Effects SuiteImagination Studio SuiteSound Forge Audio StudioACID Music Studio
Vegas Movie Studio HDVegas Movie Studio HD PlatinumVegas Movie Studio HD Platinum Production SuiteVegas Movie Studio Visual Effects SuiteImagination Studio SuiteSound Forge Audio StudioACID Music Studio
Vegas Movie Studio HDx
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinumxxxx
DVD Architect Studioxxxx
Sound Forge Audio Studioxxx
ACID Music Studioxx
Photo Gox
HitFilm Standardx
iZotope Vocal Eraser Toolxxx
360 Royalty Free Soundtracksxxx
400 Royalty Free Soundtracksx
1,300 Royalty Free Music Loopsx
3,025 Royalty Free Music Loopsx
Tutorial Videosxx
Sound Series Loop Libraryx
Studio Devil™ British Valve Custom guitar ampxx
TruePianos™ Amber Lite piano plug-insxx
1,001 Sound Effectsxxx
NewBlue FX transitions, effects, and 3D titlingx
iZotope Audio Enhancerx

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum Visual Effects Suite system requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows® XP SP3, Windows Vista™ SP2, or Windows 7
  • 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD or stereoscopic 3D)
  • Graphics card: nVidia 7900 GT or ATI X1900 or above with 512 MB video memory
    • 1024 MB or more recommended for HD projects and 16-bit color rendering
    • 1024 x 768 resolution, 32-bit color display
  • 700 MB hard-disk space for program installation
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended for HD)
  • OHCI-compatible 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)
  • 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 3.51 (included on application disc)
  • Apple® QuickTime® 7.6 or later
  • Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service, online activation and HitFilm.com web services)

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

Product ComparisonsVegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Visual Effects Suite 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 »

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11.0

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

DVD Architect Studio 5.0

An update to DVD Architect Studio software was posted on Dec. 20, 2011. Go »

Advanced DVD and Blu-ray menu design

In this webinar you'll learn how to create custom buttons, add custom artwork, create menus with motion buttons, build buttons that expose advanced features, and more. 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 »

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