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Vegas Movie Studio 9

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Overview

Home video editing and DVD creation made easy!

Vegas Movie Studio 9 software from Sony makes it easy to create and share your own movies. Say farewell to boring home movies and vacation slideshows. With Vegas Movie Studio software, you can produce well-loved home videos that are viewed again and again. Digital video editing tools add professional pizzazz with transitions, titles, and special effects including green screen. Quickly format movies for online sharing sites or author your own DVDs. The included Show Me How tutorials help you get started fast. Just follow along with the step-by-step instructions and learn to edit video as you go.

From Camera to Screen in 3 Easy Steps:

Easy Capture

It's easy to transfer videos and digital photos to your computer. Vegas Movie Studio software quickly imports and organizes your digital media so you can get started fast.
Easy Edit

Simply drag and drop to create movies and slideshows with effects, transitions, and music. Make changes at any time and see the results instantly.
Easy Share

Powerful tools let you author professional-looking DVDs. You can also export to popular formats or upload movies directly to YouTube and ACIDplanet.com.

Make Your Own Movies, Slideshows, Presentations, and More

Vegas Movie Studio software makes video editing easy. As a real-time nondestructive video editor, no matter what changes you make to your video and photos in the software, your original files are never affected. Vegas Movie Studio software gives you the freedom to experiment and have fun with video editing, without worrying about making a mistake.

Use Vegas Movie Studio software to:

Add special effects, transitions, titles, and music to your home movies for Hollywood-style results
Zoom, rotate, and pan across photos to animate still images in your movies
Make your own DVDs with multiple motion menus and custom navigation
Commemorate special events such as weddings and anniversaries
Create exciting, professional-looking business presentations

Video Editing:

Publish Directly to YouTube

Creating videos for YouTube is easy and fun with Vegas Movie Studio software. Its full set of tools for editing, video restoration, and soundtrack creation will help you create compelling videos that get noticed. Click the "publish to YouTube" button to instantly upload your video.
Simple DVD Creation

DVD Architect Studio software is included so you can create and burn professional-looking DVDs. You'll have fun producing DVDs with custom menus, buttons, backgrounds, and navigation. 44 easy-to-use DVD themes are included to get you started.
Helpful Project Wizards

Vegas Movie Studio 9 software has two new wizards to help you get started quickly. The New Project wizard provides an efficient workflow for video editing and helps ensure that projects are set up correctly. The Make Movie wizard eliminates the guesswork for delivery and provides optimized final files in just a few clicks”whether you want to publish your movie to YouTube or another website, burn it to a DVD, or send it as an email attachment.
Learn as You Go with Easy Tutorials

Show Me How tutorials guide you through the entire creative process. Whenever you need help, just click the Show Me How button and choose your tutorial topic. Helpful text dialogue boxes, pointers, and guides will actually show you what to do and where to click.
The Perfect Soundtrack

Vegas Movie Studio software includes the Cinescore Studio plug-in for easily creating customized music soundtracks in just minutes. Choose from royalty-free Cinescore themes that can be modified to fit your movie's length and mood. Additional Cinescore theme packs are also available.
Professional Power

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

Features

Vegas Movie Studio 9 Features

General Features:

Streamlined New Project and Make Movie wizards
Fullscreen preview to a primary or secondary display
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
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
Explorer view
Project media bins
Track markers and regions
Unlimited undo/redo
External DV monitor support
Multiprocessor support
Automatic crossfades between events

Video Features:

Drag-and-drop video editing
Fullscreen preview to a 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
External monitor preview
Ripple editing across tracks

Audio Features:

Cinescore Studio plug-in for music soundtrack creation
Multithreaded audio engine maximizes performance
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
ACID loop support

Transitions and Effects:

More than 185 customizable 2D and 3D transitions
Nearly 300 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:

Import and export support for FLAC files
Import support for LPEC files
Import support for MJPEG-encoded AVI files
Gracenote MusicID CD album recognition
Import and export ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless files
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, and MPEG 2 files
Import audio files in WAV, MP3, AIF, CD Audio and PCA formats

Export and Hardware Features:

Integrated upload to YouTube
Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect Studio 4.5 software)
VideoCD and Multimedia CD burning
Export video projects in multiple formats for the web
One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com***

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
End actions for menus and media
Project overview window
DVD theme export
Project playlists
Smart re-prepare
Unlimited number of undo/redo
Media Explorer
Adjustable project and file optimization settings
Multi-monitor support
Multi-processor 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 DVD 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:

Import: AIFF, ATRAC, AVI, BMP, CDA, FLAC GIF, JPG, LPEC, MMV, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, OGG, PCA, QuickTime , SFA, SWF, TGA, TIF, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
Export: AVI, FLAC, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, OGG, PCA, QuickTime, RealAudio, RealVideo, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV
* 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.

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