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Vegas Pro 8

The Vegas Pro collection combines Vegas Pro 8, DVD Architect Pro 4.5, and Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding software to offer an integrated environment for all phases of professional video, audio, DVD, and broadcast production, with everything neccessary to let you edit and process DV, AVCHD, HDV, SD/HD-SDI, and all XDCAM formats in real time, fine-tune audio with precision, and author surround sound, dual-layer DVDs. The Vegas Pro 8 interface provides a fully customizable workspace for accomplishing a wide range of production requirements with a wide range of convenient features, such as multicamera editing tools, 32-bit floating point video processing, customizable window layouts and more. Use the Mixing Console for precise audio control. Create standard DVDs with multiple video angles, subtitles, multiple languages, running commentary and even copy-protection flags for masters. Vegas Pro 8 even comes with detailed interactive tutorials that provide walk-through demonstrations of common features and functionality.

  • Precise editing tools - ProType Titling technology, multicamera editing tools, 32-bit floating point video processing, customizable window layouts, color-coded snapping, improved HDV/SDI/XDCAM support, Cinescore plug-in support, A/V synchronization detection and repair, and auto-frame quantization

  • Superior audio control - unlimited tracks, 24-bit/192 kHz audio, punch-in recording, 5.1 surround mixing, effects automation, and time compress/expand. Apply customizable, real-time audio effects like EQ, Reverb, Delay, and more. Expand your audio processing and mixing options with supported third-party DirectX and VST audio plug-ins

  • Create standard DVDs with multiple video angles, subtitles, multiple languages, and running commentary

  • Fully customizable workspace for efficient, professional workflow

  • Detailed interactive tutorials provide walk-through demonstrations of common features and functionality

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Product Details:
Product Weight: 4.0 pounds
Package Length: 9.69 inches
Package Width: 8.03 inches
Package Height: 2.68 inches
Package Weight: 1.37 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 14 reviews
System Requirements:
Platform: Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows
Media: CD-ROM
Item Quantity: 1
 
 

Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Review:4.5
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4Excelleny Nonlinear Editor  Jul 03, 2008
I've used a lot of NLEs and this Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 is by far the best. It will do projects Adobe balks at. Excellent features though there are a few things I think Sony could improve, like their titling section. WYSIWYG -- it's been here a long time -- your titler yearns for it.

4Very frustrating  Jun 04, 2008
I enjoyed the idea of making a video but its very complicated to use for myself, i consider myself very computer savvy and I still can't understand how to publish or show off my videos... Very expensive program and if it was simpler to use it would be much better i'm gonna say 4/5 because its just horribley laid out

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5Stable, Powerful, good value for money  May 28, 2008
Coming from the Pinnacle products, I was very pleasantly surprised by the stability of the system: so far no bug, no crash, no re-install. Also, the software seems to be relatively light since it runs without any problems on my old machine: P4 3Ghz, 1 Gb of RAM, XP SP3. In addition, it is a very powerful editing tool that comes with DVD architect, very powerful as well: more famous competing products like FCP or Avid Xpress are at least twice as expensive. What is also very nice is that you can download for 30 days a trial version from the Sony website that is almost not limited (except for color correction): you can make sure that Vegas will run smoothly on your machine and that you get used to the interface. I highly recommend this product.

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5Awesome, and easy to learn!  May 24, 2008

I bought this to do a video production and had to do it in less than 2 weeks working only at night after my "day job." It only took me 1 evening of "playing" and a little reading of the manuals to figure out all I needed to get started. It is ABSOLUTELY worth the money. I have not used the fancy Adobe products that cost almost twice as much, but I can tell you that THIS product can do just about anything you want at a professional level.

NOTE: You DON'T need a high end video card, but I DO recommend a dual core processor. I rendered a 15 minute video on a Pentium 4 2.66 GHz with 1.5 MB of RAM, and it took over 1 hour to do it. Vegas DOES support dual core processors, and even video processing over a network, which I assume means you can "borrow" CPU power from other computers on your network. Didn't try it, but it sounded intriguing.

If you need some high end NLE software, but don't want the higher end price, THIS IS IT!

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5Excellent  Apr 09, 2008
I demo'd both Sony Movie Studio Platinum and Vegas Pro 8. MSP was priced right for it's features, but VP8 hands down outweighed MSP. For home movies/videos/occasional user, go with the MSP. For the serious hobbyist and professional, go with the VP8. MSP limits the number of tracks you can have per project, VP8 is unlimited, which gives you better control of overlays and takes. I added Cinescore after using VP8, and it integrated seamlessly. No Regrets! Using Vista on a 3 Gig Pentium D with 1 Gig RAM -- No hangups!

 
 
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