Sony Creative Software has released the free Vegas Pro 9.0c update, the latest version of its award-winning nonlinear HD video and audio editing (NLE) application. Vegas Pro 9.0c software features Sony XDCAM EX MP4 file rendering and the ability to Smart Render MPEG-2 video across different containers for faster, more seamless editing. New audio features, including exclusive elastique Pro timestretching and Import Stereo Audio as Dual Mono, offer provide even more professional depth to this award-winning NLE. Additional support for media filmed with the RED ONE video camera streamlines file access and efficiency for editors working with footage up to 4K resolution. Vegas Pro 9.0c software also includes additional card support for capture and output via SDI, HD-SDI and HDMI.
The Vegas Pro 9.0c software update is free for existing registered users and is available now for download online. Vegas Pro 9 software is available in English, German, Spanish, Japanese, and French.
“This Vegas Pro update delivers a stronger, more flexible NLE to better equip video editing professionals with the necessary tools to create exceptional results in an evolving digital editing landscape,” said Dave Chaimson, vice-president of global marketing for Sony Creative Software. “With significant additions to XDCAM rendering functionality, expanded RED ONE media support and all-new high quality audio tools, Vegas Pro 9.0c software nimbly handles the challenging and diverse needs of today’s editors.”
Vegas Pro 9.0c Feature Highlights
XDCAM EX MP4 File Rendering: XDCAM EX MP4 file rendering support provides a complete solution for professional XDCAM EX camera footage to be edited within Vegas Pro software and easily written back to the camera, essentially creating a quick and simple roundtrip that delivers significant time savings for users working independently in the field or in the studio needing to transfer final projects directly on the SxS (solid state) media.
Cross-format MPEG-2 Smart Render: Leveraging exclusive Vegas Pro Smart Render technology across various formats for MPEG-2 allows video frames to pass through the engine unaltered, facilitating faster encoding while providing less generation loss for cuts-only projects or projects with minimal changes.
Import Stereo as Dual Mono: The option to automatically split stereo audio channels into independent audio tracks as they are brought into the timeline increases processing control for variety of applications such as an interview in which channel one contains the interviewer’s voice and channel two contains the subject’s voice.
Additional Card Support and MPEG Video Quality Adjustment: Expanded card support accommodates Blackmagic Design Decklink HD Extreme, AJA IO Express and AJA Xena LHi, supplying further support for high-end capture and output via SDI, HD-SDI, HDMI for increased editing workflow flexibility.
Device Explorer RED ONE (.r3d) Media Display and Import: Similar in functionality to existing support for AVCHD(TM) and XDCAM EX devices, the ability to browse, display and import RED ONE (.r3d) files directly from the Device Explorer provides users with the ability to quickly import only the media needed directly from the camera.
elastique Pro Time Stretching: Exclusive elastique Pro time stretch processes enable dramatic audio timestretching and pitch shifting. Significant user controls help to retain maximum sound quality, yielding more pristine audio results. The elastique Pro time stretch and pitch shift processes provide better sounding audio when processing audio files. Users can adjust settings and select from various stretching methods that are tailored to their source audio including Pro, Soloist, and Efficient modes.
- Enhanced audio event timestretch and pitch shifting with zplane élastique Pro.
- Added XDCAM EX (MP4) rendering.
- Added quality setting for MXF compression during capture (lower quality level enables compress during capture on lower-end hardware).
- Added a Prioritize quality over speed check box to the MainConcept MPEG-2 and Sony MXF Custom Settings dialog.
- MPEG-2 smart rendering now works across different container formats. You can smart render between identical operating points of XDCAM (MXF), XDCAM EX (MP4), and HDV (M2T).
- Added support for RED devices and media to the Device Explorer.
- Incorporated an updated RED SDK. In the new SDK, default decoding properties have changed, and color science has been improved. You may notice variations in decoded images due to these changes.
- Added support for additional AJA I/O hardware: XENA LHi and Io Express, including HDMI input and output.
- Added support for BlackMagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme (4:2:2 only).
- Improved precision for the Record Engage Delay setting when printing to tape from an SDI device to allow fine tuning of auto-edit frame accuracy.
- Added General Preference for Import stereo as dual mono which allows for working with two-channel audio as dual mono.When using this setting, the default panning mode, Add Channels, will increase the level of mono events by 6 dB, which can cause unexpected results in your mix. We recommend using the Film or Balance (0 dB Center) panning mode when using the Import stereo as dual mono setting.
- Added UMID reading for XDCAM EX (MP4).
- Improvements to XDCAM (MXF), HDV, and AVCHD readers and writers.
- Fixed an issue where XDCAM EX essence markers were not displayed for clips imported using the Device Explorer.
- Fixed an issue reading QuickTime audio when using QuickTime 7.6.4.
- Fixed a crash when displaying the Audio tab for QuickTime templates when using QuickTime 7.6.4.
- Fixed an issue that could cause certain large clips of XDCAM (MXF) audio to have small dropouts.
- General compatibility improvements to XDCAM HD MXF files.
- Fixed and issue with smart rendering MXF/DV content to AVI/DV format.
- Fixed an issue with saving a project with trimmed MXF/DV media.
- Fixed an issue where the audio proxy for nested projects might not fully render.
- Fixed a crash that could occur while creating a custom AVI render template.
- Improved audio/video sync in Sony AVC and MainConcept AVC.
- Fixed an issue with AVCHD markers not appearing in the correct location.
- Fixed a hang that could occur rendering AVCHD with AC-3 audio.
- Fixed an issue reading certain AVC files (64-bit version).
- Fixed an issue creating a template with a custom bit rate in MainConcept AVC/AAC.
- Fixed an issue rendering certain projects to MainConcept AVC/AAC (64-bit version).
- Fixed an issue with removing 2-3 pulldown from AVI/DV 24p sources.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Windows Secondary Monitor to display incorrectly after performing a prerender.
- Fixed an issue with prerender or print to tape to certain progressive formats when media generators are used without effects or compositing.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a glitch in the audio if two envelope points were at the same location.
- Fixed image preview during HDV capture (64-bit version).
- Fixed an issue where 64-bit VST plug-ins would not appear (64-bit version).
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Vegas90.exe process to remain in Task Manager after closing Vegas (Windows XP only).
- Fixed Project Media window Timecode In/Timecode Out fields to not use project ruler offset.
- Fixed an issue that could cause events created using Render to New Track to be misaligned if Quantize to Frames was enabled.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Add as CD Track command to create events without media for some file types.
- Fixed an issue with setting the recording path in the Project Properties dialog.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Open Copy in Sound Forge to change the audio bit depth of the resulting take.
- Fixed an issue with DPX file row padding.
