The Vegas Pro 11 workflow
Utilize the fully customizable workspace to create a robust environment for movie creation. Dock multiple windows and save layouts to fit certain tasks, nest Vegas Pro projects within the timeline, design and save keyboard commands, and use application scripting to automate repetitive tasks.
New! GPU acceleration
Better playback — faster renders. Take advantage of the power of the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) found in many of today’s most popular video display cards for smoother video playback and faster rendering. Vegas Pro 11 leverages the GPU for video effects, transitions, compositing, pan/crop, track motion, and encoding. With an optimized hardware configuration using an appropriate GPU device, timeline performance is dramatically improved. Higher resolution previews with multiple effects are now possible in Vegas Pro 11, and encoding to popular formats like AVC are as much as six times faster than previous versions. Vegas Pro 11 uses OpenCL-supported devices from AMD and NVIDIA to unleash your creative vision.
Supported GPU devices
New! Improved Render As dialog
Select the perfect render template with the improved Render As dialog settings. Match the render settings to your Project Properties, select from the preset list of options, or customize your own render settings. You can even designate templates as 'favorites' for quick access later.
New! Support for RAW photo files
Use RAW photo files in your Vegas projects. Download the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack for Windows 7 and Windows Vista to view and edit RAW photo files from more than 120 DSLR cameras natively on the Vegas Pro timeline.
New! Streaming Support for AVC/MP4 encoder
Vegas Pro 11 can now render AVC/MP4 files with streaming support, compatible with most streaming servers.
Powerful editing tools
Edit and arrange events on the Vegas Pro timeline using drag-and-drop operations. Apply real-time effects, transitions, envelopes, color changes, reverse, time-stretching, and motion effects. Expertly edit complex SD or HD long-form projects using mouse or keyboard trimming along with effective ripple editing modes.
Track management
Group and collapse tracks under a single header track to save space on the timeline. This is a quick and easy way to organize and manage complex projects by grouping specific sections of video and audio.
Playback and editing
Play back and edit video effects, transitions, and composites on the fly while viewing each change instantly. Vegas Pro software takes advantage of the PC's processing power by caching complex processes or effects directly to RAM for smooth frame-rate playback and previews.
User-defined window layouts
Tailor the Vegas Pro editing environment to your exact needs. Dock multiple windows and save up to ten layout configurations for single- and dual-monitor systems. Easily recall a customized window layout for a specific editing task, and instantly switch to new layouts during playback. Traditional Video Editing, Audio Mixing, and Color Correction layouts are provided as a foundation to start your customized workspace.
Customizable keyboard mapping
Customize Vegas keyboard commands to fit your editing style. Create new keyboard shortcuts, import a keyboard mapping scheme or save your current layout for use as a backup. You can even share keyboard layouts with other Vegas users.
Envelope automation recording
Record track envelope and keyframe parameters in real time, using a mouse or external control surface hardware, with touch and latch record modes and automatic post-record keyframe thinning. Automation parameter control is available for both stereo and 5.1 tracks and buses, as well as for video track envelopes.
Closed captioning
Utilize the outstanding video production environment of Vegas Pro to create content with closed captioning or to work with content that already contains it. Vegas Pro provides a complete end-to-end closed caption workflow. Import, edit, move, merge, delete, create new, preview, and export CEA-608 closed-caption data in XDCAM MFX and MPEG-2 media. Display TV-like CEA608 as an overlay during playback in the Preview and Trimmer windows. This makes it easy to check placement, edits, and timing of CC information. CEA708 style closed captioning is automatically created when the CEA608 data is created. Line 21 closed captioning is supported, as well as HD-SDI closed captioning capture and print from AJA and Blackmagic Design cards. Line 21 support provides a workflow for existing legacy media.
Vegas Pro 11 system requirements
- Microsoft® Windows Vista® 32-bit or 64-bit SP2, or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit
- 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD or stereoscopic 3D)
- 500 MB hard-disk space for program installation
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- OHCI-compatible IEEE-1394DV card (for DV and HDV capture and print-to-tape)
- USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, 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 3.5 SP1 (included on application disc)
- Apple® QuickTime® 7.1.6 or later for reading and writing QuickTime files
- Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)
- Supported NVIDIA or ATI cards for GPU-acceleration (please see the GPU acceleration page for more information)
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.
