Vegas Pro 11 Build 682

Notable fixes/changes in version 11.0 (Build 682/683)

Fixed a crash that could occur on some computers during playback if the Split Screen View was used in the Clipboard mode.
Fixed a crash that could occur when right-clicking the Pan/Crop ruler.
Fixed a crash that could occur opening certain FLAC files.
Fixed a crash or hang that could occur when switching between Video FX and Compositors windows with certain OFX plug-ins.
Fixed a hang that could occur with Spiral, Split, Squeeze, and Zoom transitions on certain NVIDIA GPUs.
Fixed the ability render more than 4 channels of audio to Sony MXF format.
Fixed an issue that could cause garbled audio in the rendered file if the last playback direction was reverse.
Re-enabled GPU acceleration of Cookie Cutter (Video FX) and Page Loop (Transition) on AMD GPUs when running Catalyst 12.2 or newer.
Fixed an error message that would appear when writing to theSony XDCAM Professional Media Station (XDS) internal drive from Vegas.


Notable fixes/changes in version 11.0 (Build 594/595)

Improved support for the Sony XDCAM Professional Media Station (XDS) devices.
Added the ability to render 28 Mbps constant bit rate MainConcept AVC format.
Added the ability to drag FX packages to video track headers.
Made double-clicking the horizontal scrollbar in the effect property page zoom out as in the main timeline.
Fixed incorrect output that could occur when using GPU-accelerated Pan/Crop with rotation on large still images.
Fixed incorrect output for Clock Wipe when in 32-bit floating-point video mode without GPU acceleration.
Fixed incorrect alpha channel for Glow when running without GPU acceleration.
Fixed incorrect output for Fill Light when in 32-bit floating point video mode without GPU acceleration.
Fixed an issue that prevented HDV print to tape from functioning.
Fixed an issue that prevented rendered HDV from being used as smart render source.
Fixed an issue that could prevent rendering to VCD format using MainConcept MPEG-1 format.
Fixed an issue that could prevent the Sony AVC format from rendering 5.1 surround audio.
Fixed an issue that could prevent certain QuickTime files from displaying on an external monitor during Trimmer playback.
Fixed the ability to render to QuickTime format using the MPEG-4 Low Complexity AAC audio codec.
Fixed an instability that could occur when using 10-bit uncompressed YUV sources with GPU-accelerated video processing on some NVIDIA GPUs.
Fixed an issue that could cause jumping in stabilized media if the project being loaded used a different frame rate than the previous project.
Fixed an issue that could cause an FX automation envelope to control the wrong effect when working with plug-ins in the Mixing Console.
Fixed the ability to set a custom metronome sound.
Fixed pixel aspect ratio handling with the GPU-accelerated Linear Blur effect.
Fixed alpha-channel handling in the GPU-accelerated Levels effect.
Fixed alpha channel handling in the GPU-accelerated HSL Adjust effect.
Fixed the text background for the GPU-accelerated Timecode to use solid black instead of transparent alpha.
Fixed an issue that could cause the GPU-accelerated White Balance effect to create colors slightly off.
Fixed a crash that could occur when using certain third-party compositor plug-ins if there was an audio track directly below the video track with the compositor.
Fixed the default preset for the Timecode effect to be lower-right.
Fixed crashes that could occur in the Titles & Text generator.
GPU-accelerated Cookie Cutter and Page Loop are causing issues with the latest AMD OpenCL drivers (Catalyst 11.12 and 12.1) so we are no longer processing these with the GPU on that platform. We will restore these to use GPU processing after the driver is fixed.


Notable fixes/changes in version 11.0 (Build 520/521)

Fixed a crash that could occur when using shadows in Titles & Text or ProType Titler.
Fixed a crash that could occur when rendering with MIDI devices enabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause OFX keyframes to shift when reopening a project.
Fixed an issue with MP3, Ogg, and AIFF files not including some audio samples at the end of the file.
Fixed an issue that could prevent rendering to CineForm 3D formats.
Improved the playback speed of some 3D projects.


Notable fixes/changes in version 11.0 (Build 510/511)

Updated Sony AVC format render template customization to support AVCHD 2.0.
Added StreamChase® feature for editing media while it is being ingested by an XDCAM® Professional Media Station.
Added Sony Tablet presets to Sony AVC format.
Improved performance for MVC reading.
Added support for 24p MVC as well as support for additional 3D cameras (such as the Panasonic Z10000).
Re-enabled support for “Mono (multiple)” templates for AIFF and Wave formats.
Add the ability to create folders in Compositors window.
Added Titles & Text Scroll Left preset for creating text crawls.
Extended Titles & Text animation from first line to all lines for built-in presets.
Added GPU acceleration for Pan/Crop rotation as well as Track Motion rotation, shadow, and glow.
Added GPU acceleration for all track compositing modes.
Added GPU acceleration to the Swap, Push, Slide, Squeeze, Spiral, Zoom, Barn Door, and Split transitions.
Added GPU acceleration to the Invert effect.
Added GPU acceleration to the Checkerboard generator.
Improved GPU-accelerated image quality for downscaled images.
Implemented some performance improvements in ProType Titler and Titles & Text generators.
The cursor now stops at the exact end of a recorded event when recording is paused (for example, when using the Enter key).
Upload to YouTube has been updated according to the YouTube specification: commas (not spaces) are used to delimit tags, and single-character tags are not allowed.
Projects burned to Blu-ray Disc from the timelines now show elapsed time on hardware players.
Fixed a crash that could occur when creating transitions using NumPad * or -.
Fixed a crash that could occur when using audio plug-ins protected with PACE iLok system.
Fixed a crash that could occur when rendering to ATRAC Advanced Lossless format.
Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the application after playing back time stretching on audio events.
Fixed a crash that could occur when opening certain unsupported MXF files.
Fixed an issue with Burn Timeline to Blu-ray Disc that caused an invalid Blu-ray image to be created when using the MainConcept MPEG-2 video format.
Fixed an image glitch that could occur with GPU-accelerated MainConcept AVC rendering.
Fixed an issue with GPU accelerated Sony AVC rendering using AMD Catalyst 11.10 or 11.11.
Fixed an issue reading MPEG-2 files with non-Latin characters in the file name or path.
Fixed an issue displaying certain non-Latin characters in ProType Titler and Titles & Text.
Fixed issues when using nonsquare pixel aspect projects with some video plug-ins.
Fixed an that prevented double-clicking an OFX pop-up fader from setting the correct default value.
Fixed an issue where transitions would not appear on the Transition shortcut menu.
Fixed an issue with Chroma Keyer changing colors when used in 32-bit floating point mode without GPU acceleration.
Fixed an issue with Pixelate producing incorrect output when used without GPU acceleration.
Fixed issues with Color Curves and Levels when used with images containing transparent alpha channels.
NVIDIA drivers prior to R270 are not allowed for GPU-accelerated video processing as they can cause crashes.
Fixed Paste Event Attributes to also paste OFX keyframes.
Fixed an issue that could cause events to use the wrong media in certain circumstances (seen when project is later loaded).
Fixed scroll wheel support for devices with high-resolution scroll wheels.
Fixed an issue that prevented mouse clicks from selecting the active multicamera take when external monitor full-screen view was enabled.
Fixed duplicate devices that could be displayed in Device Explorer.
Fixed issues with External Controls not being detected when added and MIDI learning in Control Configure not working.
Fixed an issue with closing audio ports when Close audio and MIDI ports when not the active application was enabled in Preferences > General.


Notable fixes/changes in version 11.0 (Build 424)

Enabled GPU acceleration for NVIDIA GPUs with Compute Capability prior to 2.0 when using driver 285.62 or newer. See this Web page for a list of Compute Capability levels for various NVIDIA GPUs: http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus.
Improved performance for GPU-accelerated video processing for certain GPU and chipsets.
Improved performance for GPU-accelerated Page Loop, Page Peel, and Page Roll transitions.
Improved performance for GPU-accelerated Noise Texture generator.
Improved performance for OFX media generators that are not animated.
Added support for 422 profile in MainConcept MPEG-2 custom templates.
Changed the default field order for MainConcept MPEG-2 NTSC DVD templates to upper first (which is more common and matches more source media).
Fixed an issue reading AVI files created by Autodesk 3ds Max.
Fixed an issue that could cause silent audio on certain long MP4 files.
Fixed an issue that prevented MainConcept MPEG-2 custom templates from Vegas Pro 10 from functioning correctly.
Fixed an issue that could cause MainConcept GPU-accelerated AVC rendering to fail in some cases.
Fixed an issue where previewing Cross Effect in the Transitions window could make the preview thumbnails incorrect for subsequent previews.
Fixed a Y-axis inversion in the Mirror plug-in.
Fixed an issue with certain settings of the Cookie Cutter plug-in not matching previous version.
Fixed a freeze that could occur when rendering a 32-bit floating point project with certain FirePro GPUs.
Fixed an issue that allowed compositor plug-ins to be dragged to events.
Fixed an issue that allowed more than one compositor plug-in on a track.
Fixed an issue with Color Corrector and Color Corrector (Secondary) color wheel interpolation when crossing the zero-degree line.
Fixed an issue that could cause Media FX to be dropped when relinking media.
Fixed an issue that could produce incorrect output for the Sepia plug-in when used on images with transparency.
Fixed an issue with the Levels plug-in that could produce incorrect results in some cases if Channel was not set to All.
Fixed an issue that could cause artifacts for high settings of the Feather control when processing was not GPU accelerated.
Fixed an issue that caused Stereoscopic 3D Adjust floating windows to be transparent when processing was GPU accelerated.
Fixed an issue that could cause an error when rendering to certain MainConcept MPEG-2 templates.
Fixed Cookie Cutter plug-in shapes for projects with nonsquare pixel aspect ratios.
Fixed an issue with Defocus, Glint, Rays, Soft Contrast, and Starburst when used with images with alpha channel or transparency.
Fixed an exception error that could occur with certain editing scenarios in the ProType Titler.
Fixed a crash that could occur when using the RE:Vision Effects ClampTime plug-in.
Fixed a case where a keyframe could be created for an incorrect parameter when using the Custom view of an OFX plug-in (such as Color Corrector).
Fixed an issue that could cause Paste Event Attributes to use the wrong event’s attributes when the source events were grouped.
When using the Upload to YouTube dialog, tags must be at least two characters long. The Upload button is unavailable if your tag is shorter than two characters.


New Features in Version 11.0

Video
GPU-accelerated video processing (please see System Requirements for information about supported hardware).
New Titles & Text plug-in.
Improved usability for the ProType Titler.
Added a new Star Wipe transition.
Added a new Radial Pixelate video plug-in.
Added per-parameter keyframes for many video plug-ins.
The Transitions, Video FX, Media Generators, and (new) Compositors windows all include folders to group plug-ins and a search box to help you find plug-ins easily.
The Stabilize plug-in has been simplified and improved.
The Stereoscopic 3D Adjust plug-in now includes Floating Windows controls to allow you to mask the edge of the video frame to compensate for screen-edge violations.
Added a Stereoscopic 3D depth control to the Cookie Cutter effect, as well as Cross Effect and Iris transitions.
Support for NVIDIA 3D Vision on single-display systems using the Windows Graphics Card device (available in Preferences > Preview Device).
Event Pan/Crop is now integrated into the Video Event FX dialog.

Audio
Improved usability for the Mixing Console.
A simplified Master Bus window provides you with a streamlined view of your project's master output.

Workflow
Sync links provide an additional method of keeping events synchronized: a linked event retains synchronization when the event it is linked to is moved but can be moved independently.
An updated Render As dialog streamlines the rendering process and makes it easy to manage your favorite render templates.
Integrated Upload to YouTube.

Formats
MainConcept AVC/AAC improvements:
Added MP4 templates for Internet distribution.
Added an Enable progressive download check box to the Video tab of the Custom Settings dialog to allow your videos to begin playing during download.
Added support for GPU-accelerated rendering.
Added support for RED EPIC® clips.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 10.0e

Added support for LPCM audio in MVC files, 24p video in MVC files, and 50p/60p video in AVC files (e.g, such as from Sony HXR-NX3D1U camera).
Added support for reading Omneon Spectrum RDD9 MXF files.
Added support for creating IMX MXF files compatible with Sony eVTR deck.
The Burn Blu-ray Disc feature has been updated for compliance with the Blu-ray Disc specification. You can render 3D projects to a Blu-ray 3D Disc image file (.iso) from the timeline (Tools > Burn Disc > Blu-ray Disc). This feature is intended for commercial BD-ROM preparation testing.
Increased bit rate on built-in MVC templates and added 720-50p MVC template.
Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting events with OFX plug-ins.
Fixed a crash that could occur using Apply Non-Real-Time Event FX.
Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect colors for Windows Media Video (WMV) files in the 64-bit version of Vegas Pro.
Fixed an issue with thumbnails for some OFX plug-ins.
Fixed an issue editing Sony AVC/MVC templates in non-English versions of Vegas Pro.
Fixed an issue that prevented saving certain OFX presets.
Fixed an issue creating a Dynamic RAM Preview for OFX transitions.
Fixed an issue copy/pasting events with crossfades smaller than the audio quick-fade duration.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 10.0d

Added support for .MVC (multiview video coding) file format, used by Sony HDR-TD10 camcorders.
Added support for .MPO (multiple picture object) file format, used by Sony Cyber-shot 3D Sweep Panorama feature as well as other 3D still cameras.
Added autodetection of the 3D format used by Sony 3D Bloggie HD cameras.
Added support for burning a Blu-ray 3D Disc from the timeline (Tools > Burn Disc > Blu-ray Disc). This feature is intended for commercial BD-ROM preparation testing.
Added support for reading HDCAM SR files (requires a CPU with SSE2 support).
Improved performance of reading MXF media over network.
Added XDCAM Explorer support for reading UDF-formatted SxS media from the Sony XDCAM PMW-500 camera.
GPU-accelerated AVC encoding support expanded to AMD.
In addition to the existing nVidia CUDA support, Vegas Pro 10.0d adds support for users with AMD ATI graphics chipsets that support OpenCL to use the Sony AVC encoder for faster project rendering.
NVIDIA GPUs
GPU-accelerated AVC rendering requires a CUDA-enabled GPU and NVIDIA driver 185.xx or later with a GeForce GT 2xx Series or newer GPU.

For more information about CUDA-enabled GPUs, please see http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html.
ATI GPUs
OpenCL GPU-accelerated rendering requires an OpenCL-enabled ATI GPU and AMD Radeon Catalyst driver 11.2 or later with an ATI Radeon HD 57xx or newer GPU (please see Known Issues regarding an incompatibility with driver versions 11.3 and 11.4). If using an ATI FirePro GPU, FirePro unified driver 8.773 or later is required.

For more information about OpenCL-enabled GPUs, please see http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/Pages/desktop-graphics.aspx.

GPU-accelerated rendering performance will vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. If you have an older CPU and a newer GPU, rendering using the GPU may improve render times.
Added support for reading ATSC and SCTE closed captions in MPEG-2 video.
Added support for non-drop timecode when importing or exporting .SCC closed captoining files.
Added ruler offset to exported .SCC closed captioning files.
Removed extra space characters from exported .SCC closed captioning files.
Improved detection of Line 21 closed captioning that is outside of the specification by a small amount.
Improved method for writing extended characters for closed captioning.
Added mute and solo functionality for track groups.
Added support for reading and writing deeper color depths using CineForm codec.
Added support for rendering multichannel audio to QuickTime format.
Fixed transition progress envelopes to work with OFX transitions.
Fixed a crash that could occur when removing an OFX plug-in during playback.
Fixed a crash that could occur while loading certain projects with paired stereoscopic 3D media.
Fixed a crash when the Stereoscopic 3D Adjust plug-in was added to a track while External Control was enabled.
Fixed a crash that could occur when adding certain AVC files to the Trimmer.
Fixed a crash that could occur in the Mixing Console when setting the output of an Input Bus to Off.
Fixed a crash that could occur when clearing the Trimmer history while using certain file types.
Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a new project while the Video Output FX dialog was open.
Fixed a crash that could occur when playing and undoing media added to timeline.
Fixed a crash that could occur using NewBlueFX Video Essentials 2 (non-OFX).
Fixed a crash that could occur when capturing 10-bit, 720p HD SDI video.
Fixed a hang that could occur when building a dynamic RAM preview with certain video plug-ins.
Fixed a hang that could occur when smart rendering certain MPEG-2 files to MXF format.
Fixed an issue closing audio and MIDI ports when not the active application (if preference is enabled).
Fixed Timecode plug-in time value when applied as Media FX.
Fixed an issue using Audio Event FX with ACID stretch properties.
Fixed an issue in the Mixing Console with changing outputs on the surround master bus.
Fixed an issue that could cause OFX keyframes to move when changing the project frame rate.
Fixed an audio glitch that could occur with envelope segments that were many hours long.
Fixed the ability to select an output bus from the shortcut menu of an audio track.
Fixed Selectively Prerender Video for 3D projects.
Fixed an issue with pasting effects or transitions from another instance of Vegas Pro.
Fixed an issue with video effect packages that could cause a crash or effects to not be listed.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 10.0c

* Fixed problems that could occur when rendering to Sony AVC format.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 10.0b

* Added the ability to configure encoded format, interlace mode, and quality of CineForm™ encoding.
* Added 24p Blu-ray Disc rendering templates.
* Decreased startup time when many OFX plug-ins are installed.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a project using a missing OFX generator.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when using Save Media with Project with media that had stabilization applied.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when replacing media with stabilization applied.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when starting playback after reordering audio track effects multiple times.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a project using media generators if the Video Media Generators window was open.
* Fixed some issues in AC-3 Pro rendering format (muted LFE channel when using the “2/0 (L, R) + LFE" template, enabled LFE option for "1/0 (C)" and "2/0 (L,R)" templates, don’t show "2/0 (L, R) + LFE" template for stereo projects).
* Fixed an issue smart rendering to MPEG-2 standard definition.
* Fixed an issue that could cause video track effects to be processed as pre-composite after dragging the plug-in to the post-composite position in the Video Track FX window.
* Fixed an issue adding 5.1 surround plug-ins to the master bus in a 5.1 surround project.
* Fixed an issue that could prevent FX Bus input meters from functioning.
* Fixed an issue that could prevent FX from being heard in the Apply Non-Real-Time Event FX dialog.
* Fixed time, tempo, and meter information passed to VST plug-ins.
* Fixed a hang that could occur when using 32-bit VST plug-ins in the 64-bit version of Vegas Pro.
* Fixed audio glitches that could occur when scrubbing in a 5.1 surround project.
* Fixed an issue with OFX presets for fractional values when saved or loaded with certain language settings active.
* Fixed an issue loading large presets for OFX plug-ins.
* Fixed an issue with OFX plug-ins that vary output even with fixed parameters.
* Fixed an issue that could cause OFX temporal frame access to be incorrect when rendering to a file.
* Fixed an issue loading and saving OFX presets that contain large amounts of data.
* Fixed an issue that could cause keyframes for OFX plug-ins to move to the start of the FX timeline.
* Fixed an issue that could cause an Undo operation in the video FX timeline to move all keyframes to the start of the FX timeline.
* Fixed incorrect results with certain OFX transition effect plug-ins when used on still images.
* Fixed OFX keyframe interpolation for certain cases.
* Fixed an issue that could cause the Stereoscopic 3D Adjust plug-in to create interlace patterns in the image.
* Fixed an issue that could prevent the Auto Correct function in Stereoscopic 3D Adjust from working properly with source images requiring flips.
* Fixed an issue that could cause removal of stabilization to could change the range of time represented by a subclip.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when a string consisting entirely of unsupported characters was entered for a closed caption.
* Fixed an issue reading HDV clips captured with certain third-party tools.
* Fixed a hang that could occur when compositing or crossfading between large still image sequences.
* Fixed alpha channel for PNG images rendered as an image sequence.
* Fixed a problem rendering projects using 32-bit floating point video as image sequences.
* Expanded scripting properties and methods for stereoscopic 3D and OFX plug-ins. Scripting changes have been posted to the Vegas scripting forum.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 10.0a

* Implemented numerous fixes in the video FX timeline editor.
* Implemented numerous fixes in the OFX plug-in API.
* Enabled 1080-50p/60p for Sony AVC.
* Enabled B-frame rendering for nonbaseline profiles for Sony AVC.
* Improved the MPEG-2 reader.
* Fixed a crash when canceling two-pass MPEG-2 renders.
* Fixed an issue that could cause FX automation envelopes to change which parameter they controlled when switching plug-ins using the Insert FX region of the Mixing Console.
* Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong plug-in to be added when adding an effect from the Insert FX region of the Mixing Console.
* Fixed an undo buffer error that could occur after bypassing FX on an Input Bus.
* Fixed a crash when rendering a file when MIDI ports are enabled.
* Fixed a reversal of the vertical offset direction in the Stereoscopic 3D Adjust plug-in if rotation and keystone adjustments were both zero.
* Fixed missing render templates in the Export Video to XDCAM Disc dialog.
* Fixed a crash when using Show Video Monitor in the Trimmer when stereoscopic 3D is active on the external monitor from the Video Preview window.
* Fixed issues with Build Dynamic RAM Preview not stopping when requested if Pan/Crop window is open, or stopping early if Video FX window is open.

New Features in Version 10.0
Video

* Stereoscopic 3D editing.
* Improved support for closed captions:
o You can now preview captions using overlays in the Video Preview window and Trimmer window.
When rendering to XDCAM HD/HD422, CEA608 data is uplifted to CEA708 format so that CEA608 and CEA708 captions are available when playing via HD SDI.
o Added support for import, rendering, and print to tape of line 21 CEA608 closed captions.
o You can now export closed captioning for DVD Architect, YouTube, RealPlayer, QuickTime, and Windows Media Player.
o You can now import closed captioning from the following file types: Scenarist Closed Caption (.SCC), RealPlayer (.RT), SubRip Subtitles (.SRT), Windows Media Player (.SMI), Transcript or QuickTime (.TXT), CPC MacCaption Files (.MCC), and DVD Architect Subtitles (.SUB).
* New video plug-in SDK.
* Image stabilization for video clips.
* Genlock controls for synchronizing AJA video device output to a reference signal when previewing or printing to tape.
* Added support for 50p and 60p projects, capture, and print to tape:
Project templates: HD 720-50p (1280x720, 50 fps), HD 720-60p (1280x720, 59.94 fps)
AVI rendering templates: HD 720-50p YUV, HD 720-60p YUV

Audio

* Input busses allow you to record from external devices with effects, mix external audio sources with your project, use external effects processors with your tracks and busses, and provide input monitoring.
* Real-time rendering.
* Audio event effects.
* Record Broadcast Wave Format (.bwf) metadata when recording audio.
* Updated audio track headers with output meters.
* VU meters in the Mixing Console window.

Workflow

* You can now group tracks in the track list.
* New multicamera editing features:
o Preview full frame on an external monitor.
o Choose takes for time selections.
o Expand a multicamera track to multiple tracks.
* Improved usability of the Trimmer and Video Preview windows with the addition of transport controls.
* Press Alt+Down Arrow during playback to move the edit cursor to the playback cursor location for editing or recording.
* Device Explorer improvements:
o You can now right-click a clip in the Device Explorer window and choose Open in Trimmer or Import and Add to Project to choose how you want to import clips.
o You can now drag clips from the Device Explorer to the Project Media or Trimmer window.
* You can now change the location for creating prerendered files from the Print to Tape Wizard.
* New Microsoft Image Mastering API (IMAPI) disc drivers for DVD and Blu-ray Disc burning.

Formats

* Support for GPU-accelerated AVC rendering using the Sony AVC plug-in.

If you have a CUDA-enabled NVIDIA video card, Vegas Pro can use your GPU to improve AVC rendering
performance.

GPU-accelerated AVC rendering requires NVIDIA driver 185.xx or later. We recommend using a GeForce 9 Series or newer GPU. GPU-accelerated rendering performance will vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. If you have an older CPU and a newer NVIDIA GPU, rendering using the GPU may improve render times.

For more information about CUDA-enabled GPUs, please see http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html.
* Support for reading timecode in AVCHD and SD MPEG-2 files written by cameras that support timecode,
such as Sony NXCAM cameras.
* Improved performance when reading MXF, QuickTime AVC, and QuickTime AVC/H.264 video.
* Support for reading and rendering CineForm AVI and QuickTime files (including Neo3D) when you have a CineForm product installed (version 5.1 or later).


Notable fixes/changes in Version 9.0e

* Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas to crash when opening a project and building audio proxy files for media files that have been moved.
* Fixed an issue that caused AVI files to load slowly.
* Fixed an issue that caused projects containing HDV and AVCHD files to load slowly.
* Fixed an issue that could prevent single-layer PSD files from opening.
* Fixed an issue opening layered grayscale PSD files. You can convert these images to RGB Color mode for access to the layers.
* Fixed an issue that prevented 5.1 surround projects from being burned to DVD from the timeline.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 9.0d

* Added closed captioning support (reading and writing of XDCAM HD and HD422 closed captions, as well as .SCC file import/export).
* Added support for the PreSonus FaderPort control surface.
* Added Device Explorer support for CompactFlash-based memory recording units such as the HVR-MRC1 and hard-disk-based recording units such as the HVR-DR60.
* Added support for AVCHD Lite video.
* Added support for timecode in XDCAM EX AVI/DV files.
* Tools > Multicamera > Lay Out Tracks Using Media Timecode and Lay Out Tracks Using Media Date/Time Stamp now use unique tracks for media without tape names.
* Added support for importing layered PSD files across tracks.
* Added White Balance video plug-in.
* Added scripts: Remove Letterboxing, Render Audio Tracks, Resize Generated Media, and Stereo To Mono.
* Copy Snapshot to Clipboard and Save Snapshot to File now deinterlace interlaced images and operate at Best (Full) resolution if the Video Preview is set to (Auto) size and Good quality if set to Draft or Preview.
* Copy Snapshot to Clipboard now performs pixel-aspect correction like the Save Snapshot to File command.
* Added Copy Snapshot to Clipboard and Save Snapshot to File to the Trimmer.
* Added timeline DVD burning (Tools > Burn Disc > DVD).
* Updated to latest RED SDK, including support for 4.5K images and FLUT color science.
* élastique Efficient is now the default time stretch mode.
* MPEG-2 smart render across formats now supports MPEG-2 video streams intended for Blu-ray Disc (only available when operating points are identical: e.g. resolution, framerate, video data rate, color resolution).
* The Mastering Effects Bundle 2 plug-ins (available with Sound Forge Pro 10) can now be used in Vegas Pro if they are installed on your system.
* Implemented various compatibility improvements to XDCAM MXF files.
* Improved support for reading AVC/AAC (.mp4) video.
* Improved image sharpness on Windows Secondary Monitor display when Apply deinterlace filter is not used.
* Improved Trimmer Fit-to-Fill behavior when the source is a still image.
* Implemented various additions and improvements to Interactive Tutorials.
* Fixed a crash that could occur during startup when using the 64-bit version of the application with certain RAID controllers.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when adding certain audio effects to the Master Bus FX chain.
* Fixed a hang that could occur while changing FX parameters with an external DV monitor enabled.
* Fixed a hang that could occur when using 32-bit VST audio effects in the 64-bit version of the application.
* Fixed a hang that could occur after capturing HDV clips.
* Fixed field order in reader for certain H.264 files.
* Fixed Import Stereo as Dual Mono when dragging media from the Device Explorer window.
* Fixed a smart render issue with XDCAM HD.
* Fixed a smart render issue with MXF PAL DV rendered to AVI PAL DV.
* Fixed timecode reading for 50p and 60p XDCAM MXF media.
* Fixed an issue with waveform drawing accuracy when very quiet events are normalized.
* Fixed an issue that could prevent audio from appearing for certain AVI files.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when rendering many markers to Sony MXF format.
* Fixed a bug that could cause clicks when using certain Track EQ automation settings.
* Fixed an issue where deleting one Track Motion preset could cause others to be removed.
* Fixed a slight artifact that could occur when using the Broadcast Colors video effect.
* Improved support for VST audio plug-ins written in Delphi.
* Fixed a problem that could cause summary data to be lost when using custom Windows Media Video rendering templates.
* Fixed a problem with enabling the audio stream when using custom Windows Media Video rendering templates.
* Fixed the ability to capture from HDCA-702 MPEG TS Adaptor.
* Fixed the ability to render to multiple mono files using PCA format.
* Fixed the ability to seek in files rendered using the MainConcept AAC/AVC format.
* Fixed a problem that could cause corrupt video when rendering to QuickTime format using the 3 Mbps Video template.
* Fixed the operation of the Proportional check box in the Checkerboard generator plug-in.
* Fixed an issue with media generators not using a changed pixel aspect ratio.
* Fixed an issue saving and restoring templates in the Command Properties dialog.
* Fixed an issue that prevented JPEG from being used to save image sequences.
* Fixed an issue with Trimmer Fit-to-Fill not creating the correct media start time.
* Fixed an issue with scrubbing in reverse past the media start time in the Trimmer.
* Fixed issue with Event Pan/Crop Match Output Aspect when Adjust source media to better match project or render settings applied to the source media.
* Fixed an issue that prevented markers from appearing in the correct position for rendered FLAC files.
* Corrected a problem that could cause black frames in MOV files after installing the QuickTime 7.6.6 update.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 9.0c

* 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.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 9.0b

* Resolved an issue that could cause the contents of media generators (most often text generators) to change when the Undo command was used.
* Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas to crash during startup on some computers running Windows XP.
* Fixed a bug that could cause still images to appear out of focus when rotated via Event Pan/Crop.
* Fixed a bug that could cause audio dropouts in XDCAM SD (DVCAM) MXF files.
* Fixed a bug that could cause an error when conforming trimmed XDCAM clips on the PDW-U1 deck.
* Fixed a bug that prevented some QuickTime files from reading audio properly.
* Fixed a bug that prevented metadata from being imported with 720-50p XDCAM clips.


Notable fixes/changes in Version 9.0a

* If you see incorrect colors with certain large still images, please refer to Microsoft knowledge base article KB963106 for a hotfix.
* Added support for essence markers and title metadata for XDCAM EX clips.
* Added surround audio source decoding to the QuickTime reader.
* Added support for additional YUV formats in AVI reader (HDYC, 2vuy, Y422, YUY2, V422, IYUV, and V210).
* Added support for the AJA Xena LHi and 2K cards. SDI is supported for capture, print to tape, and external monitoring; HDMI is supported for external monitoring only at this time. HDMI monitoring requires an HDMI-to-HDMI connection; DVI-to-HDMI converters are not supported.
* The Device Explorer window can now import video from additional Sony hard-drive-based video devices and camcorders (including the HDR SR1).
* Improved performance of OpenEXR image reading.
* Numerous improvements to RED format support, including native 64-bit reading.
* Numerous localization improvements.
* Numerous enhancements to the Vegas color scheme.
* When device control is not available, the Print-to-Tape Wizard now uses the project ruler format to help determine whether to use drop-frame time codes in the leader and trailer Duration boxes.
* Fixed the Browse button in the Project Recorded Files Folder dialog so it defaults to the project folder instead of My Documents.
* Image Sequence rendering now uses 6-digit file names (instead of a variable number of digits).
* The Project Media window spacing has been improved to show more clips.
* Some scripting enhancements have been implemented (RenderArgs SaveProjectPathLink property).
* The Dynamic RAM Preview max and Maximum number of rendering threads preferences are now nonshared preferences between 32-bit and 64-bit versions running on same (64-bit) OS.
* Fixed an issue using some Generic MIDI controllers that used polyphonic aftertouch.
* Fixed a Video Capture issue that was recreating default capture directory.
* Fixed an undo issue that could occur when Preferences > Display > Automatically hide docking area was enabled.
* Fixed an issue that prevented the Video Preview from updating immediately if the project field order was changed.
* Fixed an issue with incorrect generated media (e.g. Text) settings being used when switching between projects that were created from a common project (using Save As).
* Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect behavior if multiple clips were loaded into the Trimmer from the Vegas Explorer.
* Fixed an issue with Import from Hard Disk Recording Unit where only the first clip would appear in the Project Media window.
* Fixed an issue with Import from Hard Disk Recording Unit with files with discontinuous timestamps.
* Fixed an issue where subclip comments were not being preserved when media was relinked during load.
* Fixed an issue where media comments were not being preserved when media was copied with the project.
* Fixed an issue with supplying time information to some VST plug-ins.
* Fixed an issue where using Apply Non-Real-Time Event FX with the Simple Delay plug-in was not including the effect tail.
* Fixed an issue with Apply Non-Real-Time Event FX using monophonic sources.
* Fixed an issue with tempo-synchronized effects when used with Apply Non-Real-Time Event FX renders.
* Fixed an issue in the MPEG-2 reader that could cause black frames in certain cases.
* Fixed an issue which could cause crashes with Windows Media Video (WMV) content.
* Fixed a freeze that could occur previewing MOV files on an external display via IEEE 1394/DV.
* Fixed an issue that prevented smart rendering from being used when rendering MXF DV to AVI DV.
* Fixed an issue with running out of memory during AVCHD rendering.
* Fixed an issue that could cause the Video Preview to freeze when using IEEE 1394/DV external monitoring.
* Fixed an issue that could cause the frame to turn white when using Best mode, Track Motion, and 32-bit floating point pixel format.
* Fixed an issue that could cause a crash during rendering with certain audio plug-ins.
* Fixed an issue that could cause a crash while opening certain MP3 files.
* Fixed an issue reading certain MP3 metadata.
* Fixed an issue that could cause a freeze when using the Video Preview Split Screen View feature with Clipboard contents.
* Fixed an issue that would not show correct preview during fast forward/fast reverse during HDV capture preview.
* Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect playback with clips from certain Panasonic HDV cameras.
* Fixed slow startup times for users with many FX packages.
* Fixed a rendering freeze when using Acoustic Mirror on a bus.
* Fixed an issue with video event masks not rendering in the correct location.
* Fixed a crash rendering MainConcept AVC with the Two-pass check box selected.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when using Undo while dragging a pan/crop rectangle.
* Fixed live update of Video Preview while changing RED File Format Properties in the 64-bit version of Vegas Pro.
* Fixed a problem reading multichannel audio from RED camera files.
* Fixed a render freeze with certain projects.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to record if the drive containing your recorded files folder is offline.
* Fixed issues with custom templates in Print to Tape and XDCAM Explorer export.
* Fixed an issue with partial conforms in the XDCAM Explorer.
* Fixed an issue with rendering surround projects to multiple mono files.
* Fixed an issue that prevented stereo render templates from being displayed for 5.1 surround projects.
* Fixed an issue with Center control resetting to 0.0 dB (if it was over 0.0 dB) after moving the pan position.
* Fixed an issue with trying to save 32-bit files as FLAC; we now limit these to 24-bit.
* Fixed an issue that caused other file types to be displayed when All Project and Media Files was selected in the Files of type drop-down list.
* Fixed an issue that prevented .veg files from being displayed in the Import Media dialog under Windows XP.
* Fixed an issue rendering 32-bit floating-point project to DPX format if the project contained levels above full brightness.
* Fixed an issue opening some FLAC files.
* Fixed performance issue reading CineForm media when Video Preview is in set to Half or Quarter size (or Auto when it uses these sizes).
* Fixed an issue with certain large images not scaling correctly (resulting in slightly reduced quality).
* Fixed an issue with the ProType Titler not using character animation if you closed the property page while editing the text.
* Fixed a video resampling (e.g., velocity envelope) issue with certain combinations of source media and project formats when Adjust source media to better match project or render settings is enabled.
* Fixed an issue with event mask feather amount jumping in certain cases while panning across an image.
* Fixed an issue that resulted in very dark levels for certain DPX files.
* Fixed an issue reading XDCAM HD422 proxy files generated with newer deck firmware.
* Fixed a crash that could occur saving a customized keyboard map.
* Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when running the application with the Device Explorer window open and certain optical discs (such as Blu-ray Disc media) loaded.
* Fixed an issue with rendering to AVI using a custom template when the audio format was set to anything other than "uncompressed."
* Fixed an issue in capture entering timecode when the device's dropframe/non-dropframe state differs from the previous clip.
* Fixed an issue reading MXF templates from previous versions.
* Fixed an issue with Mixing Console fader positions when switching between automation and trim modes.
* Fixed an issue with the Text generator that caused the Outline and Shadow settings to revert to the default values when turning off the effect.
* Fixed an issue that could prevent the 64-bit version of Vegas from prompting you to save your project when shutting down Windows.


The Vegas Pro 9 collection integrates two powerful applications that work seamlessly together to provide an efficient and intuitive environment for video and broadcast professionals. This comprehensive suite offers the most robust and progressive platform available for content creation and production. With broad format support, superior effects processing, unparalleled audio support, and a full complement of editorial tools, the Vegas Pro 9 collection streamlines your workflow. From acquisition to delivery, from camera to Blu-ray Disc™, the Vegas Pro 9 collection delivers exactly what you need to produce outstanding results.

Vegas Pro 9 offers h.264 codec for video compression built in to this video editing program
Precise Editing Tools
Edit SD or HD video with drag-and-drop functionality, mouse and keyboard trimming, and ripple editing. Features include 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. More about video editing

Efficient, Professional Workflow for 32- and 64-bit systems
The Vegas Pro 9 interface provides a fully customizable workspace for accomplishing a wide range of production requirements. Dock multiple windows across multiple monitors, and save your layouts to fit specific editing tasks; nest Vegas projects within the timeline, customize and save keyboard commands, and use application scripting to automate repetitive tasks. System-wide media management produces maximum efficiency. Network rendering saves time by using multiple computers and networked drive arrays to render complex projects. Vegas Pro software also supports 24p, HD and HDV editing. More about the Vegas Pro workflow

Broad Format Support
Vegas Pro 9 software natively supports the newest professional camcorder formats including XDCAM EX and RED. Vegas Pro 9 software also includes support for still images greater than one gigapixel in resolution. Use Pan and Scan to create a stunning movie sequence from these large pictures while maintain HD resolution. More about the Vegas Pro Capture and Import

Superior Audio Control
Use 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. Use the Mixing Console for precise audio control. More about audio production

Powerful Blu-ray Disc Authoring
Burn movies to Blu-ray Disc™ directly from the Vegas Pro timeline for high-definition delivery. Use DVD Architect Pro software (included with the Vegas Pro collection) to author DVDs or Blu-ray Disc media with multiple video angles, subtitles, multiple languages, and special features. Preview and test your work in real time. Apply Brightness and Contrast, Auto Levels, Crop, and Anti-Flicker filters. Set CSS and Macrovision® copy-protection flags for masters. More about Blu-ray Disc authoring

Interactive Tutorials
Vegas Pro 9 software has a comprehensive help system, as well as detailed interactive tutorials that provide walk-through demonstrations of common features and functionality. These tutorials provide an easy step-by-step method of learning the product and the workflow necessary to complete most common tasks.


Notable fixes/changes in version 8.0c

* Added support for rendering 1920x1080 AVCHD video.
* Added XDCAM HD422 support.
* Added widescreen option for AJA print-to-tape.
* Added presets for AVCHD stereo output.
* Added ability to save markers in AVCHD output.
* Added ability to read certain MPEG-2 files with AC-3 audio.
* Added support for importing video from AVCHD camcorders (File > Import > AVCHD Camcorder).
* Added support for importing video from Sony CF card recording devices (File > Import > Memory Recording Unit).
* Added support for Nikon D90 MJPEG movies.
* Added support for XDCAM partial import with PDW-U1 drive.
* Enhanced Trimmer window with integral video monitor, separate external monitor, Enable Timeline Overwrite, and Fit to Fill modes.

When the Show Video Monitor button in the Trimmer window is selected, video that you preview from the Vegas Explorer and Media Manager windows is played back in the Trimmer. Because the Trimmer is placed in the same window dock as the Explorer and Media Manager, you will not see your video preview. To preview Explorer and Media Manager video, you can drag the Trimmer to a new dock group, or you can turn off the Show Video Monitor button to preview in the Video Preview window.

* Enhanced XDCAM Explorer pane with double-click and keyboard Enter key behavior that matches the Vegas Explorer pane.
* ProType Titler: added ability to copy envelope points and curve blocks using Ctrl+drag.
* ProType Titler: added ability to save effects and add/replace effects via drag-and-drop.
* Added support for opening Vegas Movie Studio 9 projects.
* Improved the number of MPEG-2 clips that can be active on a timeline.
* Improved HDV/AVCHD reading.
* Improved reading for certain 3GP and MP4 files.
* Improved device resolution choice for Windows Secondary Display when set the Display mode is set to Automatic Size Settings and the project is larger than the display.
* Fixed a problem that could cause masked video to appear incorrectly on an external monitor.
* Fixed a problem reading certain AVI files using DivX with MP3 audio.
* Fixed a problem reading certain Xvid format files.
* Fixed a problem reading some FLAC files.
* Fixed an issue saving markers in MXF format.
* Fixed a problem rendering to certain WAV/WAV64 variants
* Fixed Paste Event Attributes so it doesn't create phantom transitions that are then called out as missing during project load.
* Fixed a crash with the Matshita UJ-832D DVD-RW drive.
* Fixed issues that prevented Wave Hammer and Acoustic Mirror from functioning properly in some cases.
* Fixed duplicate file numbering of MP_ROOT MAS (SD) and MAQ (QVGA) files when using the Export to PSP™ command.
* Fixed an audio buzz that could occur with certain combinations of automated track muting.
* Fixed an issue with SDI capture when using non-dropframe timecode.
* Fixed an audio clicking issue with certain 29.97 or 59.94 fps MXF clips.
* Corrected ToolTip display for edited fade lengths when the timeline ruler is offset.
* Changed Cinescore detection to look for Pro version first and then Studio version.
* Fixed an issue reading certain MXF metadata.
* Fixed an issue with the Height Map plug-in not functioning properly at certain settings with high project resolutions.
* TWAIN initialization now occurs when Get Photo is used instead of during Vegas startup. This change prevents crashes due to bad drivers.
* Fixed a potential crash that could occur when switching to Markers or Regions view in the Edit Details window.
* Fixed eyedropper color picker under Windows Vista Aero Glass.
* Fixed a problem with long startup time when a computer is connected to a network but not the Internet.
* Improved scanning for VST plug-ins.
* Fixed a bug where VST effects would not always be notified of sample rate changes.


Notable fixes/changes in version 8.0b

* Added support for reading 1920x1080 AVCHD video.
* Improved audio gain in AAF import and export: if the AAF clip volume is constant and is less than 0.0dB, the clip volume is imported as event volume. If the AAF clip volume is greater than 0.0 dB, the track volume is increased to allow the clip volume to be imported as event volume.
* Added support for 50p and 60p MXF formats created by XDCAM EX Voyager software.
* Added support for reading WAV files between 2 GB and 4 GB in size and added a setting to allow WAV renders up to 4 GB before switching to WAV64. Select the Allow Wave renders up to 4 GB check box on the General page of the Preferences dialog to enable support. Clear the check box for compatibility with other software applications.
* Added the ability to render 5.1 surround to WAV and WAV64 file formats (including new rendering templates). Rendered surround files contain channel-mapping information so that Vegas will preserve surround panning information when adding these files to 5.1 surround projects.

Legacy Sony applications (and third-party applications) may not be able to read these 5.1-channel files. In this case, use multichannel mapping to render a 6-channel file instead.
* Added the ability to use uncompressed PCM audio on Blu-ray Disc.
o When using PCM audio on Blu-ray Disc, some Video template and Audio template combinations can produce media that may not play back correctly on all Blu-ray Disc players.
o If you notice abnormal audio playback, try using a lower sample or bit rate for your audio. When burning a surround project to DVD media with PCM audio, use 48 kHz, 16- or 24-bit audio only.
* Reduced disk-space requirements for Blu-ray Disc burning.
* Removed the “out of synchronization” indication for certain cases where it was not useful.
* Improved QuickTime reader for clips with imperfect frame rate information.
* Improved print-to-tape playout performance with Aja Xena.
* ProType Titler changes:
o Improved ProType titler support for East Asian vertical text.
o In ProType titler, added support for Ctrl+Left/Right Arrow to move by word and Ctrl+A to select all text.
o In ProType titler, added ability to move selected text block using arrow keys.
o In ProType titler, changed Save to collection to Save as custom curve in curve shortcut menu.
o Fixed a possible crash in ProType titler when pressing spacebar when a drop-down was open or after a row was deleted.
* Fixed an issue with reading the last frame of an HDV clip.
* Fixed issues with long-GOP no-recompress rendering (HDV and XDCAM HD).
* Fixed an issue with Film mode panning when both automated and non-automated gain are used.
Fixed an issue with AC-3 audio not being recognized for some MPEG-2 files.
* Fixed an issue with the Bump Map plug-in when used in 32-bit floating-point mode on an image with an alpha channel.
* Fixed an issue with the Film Grain plug-in when used in 32-bit floating-point mode on an image with an alpha channel.
* Fixed an issue with the Default button not defaulting the Audio Device tab Enable Track Buffering and the CD Settings tab Use STPI Direct settings.
* Fixed an issue writing Red Book CD ISRC information.
* Fixed an issue in the MXF reader that could cause small audio gaps when rendering to some formats.
* Fixed color space conversion for certain MainConcept AVC render formats.
* Fixed color range clamping that could happen in the MP4 reader.
* Fixed an issue that could cause non-active takes of grouped events to become out-of-sync when trimming events with Ignore Event Grouping enabled.
* Fixed a possible crash that could occur when deleting a bus during playback under certain routing conditions.
* Fixed a possible crash under Windows Vista when closing the Network Notify window before it fully opens.
* Fixed an issue with using multiple Targa still image sequences in a composite.
* Fixed an issue during project closing when using certain third-party audio plug-ins.
* Fixed an issue with seeking when using the Waves Z-Noise plug-in.
* Fixed an issue with certain audio plug-ins that could cause freezing during project loading.
* Fixed an issue with possible audio drop-outs when rendering very long files.
* Fixed an issue with saving markers to MXF files from the Trimmer window.
* Fixed an issue importing DV format video from the DR-60 Hard Disk Unit.
* Fixed an issue with artifacts appearing on certain 3D tracks.
* Fixed an issue with certain 3D video tracks not working in 32-bit floating-point mode.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when setting the Trimmer ruler to use the media frame rate.
* Added support for MJPEG separate field format.


Notable fixes/changes in version 8.0a

* Added the ability to burn Blu-ray video to DVD recordable discs (added 8 Mbps MPEG-2 and AVC rendering templates).
* Added support for the Matrox uncompressed codecs with optional alpha channel (for SD, use 720x480 or 720x576; for HD, use 1280x720 or 1920x1080).
* Added support for reading QuickTime files using the BitJazz SheerVideo codec.
* Added a General tab to the Event Properties and Media Properties dialogs. You can use this tab to view information about a media file.
* Added default volume names to burned Blu-ray Discs.
* Improvements and bug fixes for reading HDV and AVCHD formats, including support for additional consumer AVCHD camcorder files.
* Fixed a problem that could cause video and audio glitches when using MXF files that do not contain Length metadata (such as clips captured from E-VTR decks).
* Fixed a bug in the AAF import to support certain Automatic Duck AAF files.
* Bug fixes for no-recompress long-GOP rendering (smart rendering).
* Fixed an issue with rendered output that could occur when multicamera editing mode is enabled.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when closing Vegas Pro if certain third-party MJPEG codecs are installed.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting an ACID project file in the Vegas Pro Explorer window.
* Fixed a crash related to reverse playback in projects with multiple busses.
* Fixed a bug that prevented media rotation from invalidating prerendered video.
* Fixed an issue with renaming files from the Vegas Pro Explorer when the Hide extension for known file types check box was selected in the Windows Vista Folder Options dialog.
* Fixed a problem that could cause problems when previewing FLAC files from the Media Manager.
* Fixed an issue reading certain H.264 HD QuickTime files.
* Fixed a bug that prevented subclips from being created from media that required an audio proxy.
* Fixed a crash that could occur in the ProType titler after changing the style of automated text.
* Fixed crash that could occur in the ProType titler when navigating to child element.
* Fixed a problem that could cause green or pink areas and/or banding in certain Sony AVC renders.
* Fixed an issue with post-fader metering when using 5.1 surround master bus plug-ins.
* Corrected the master bus insert FX chain to default to post-fader gain for new projects.
* Fixed an issue that prevented the Chorus plug-in from following tempo settings.
* Corrected field order of MPEG-2 Blu-ray rendering templates.
* Fix an issue conforming XDCAM HD projects from non-FAM drive letters.
* Fixed the name of the Cut away section setting in the Method drop-down list in the Cooke Cutter plug-in.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when accessing optical drive functions if your Windows user account is a member of a large number of groups.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when opening a new project while an Audio Plug-In property page was open.
* Fixed an issue playing back subclips or reversed events with FLAC-format audio.
* Fixed an issue with the locations of rendered markers in MPEG-2 Transport Stream files.
* Fixed an issue that could cause Event Media Markers from MPEG-2 Transport Stream files to all be displayed at frame 0.
* Scripting changes have been posted to the Vegas scripting forum.


Version 8.0
Video
32-bit, floating-point video processing with linear-light gamma support (use the Pixel format and Compositing gamma drop-down lists on the Video tab of the Project Properties dialog).
Multicamera editing.
Sony ProType titler (available in the Media Generators tab) .
Digital signage support: create rotated projects for viewing on a vertical or inverted display.
Support for 10-bit video encoding when previewing or capturing from AJA SDI video cards.
Audio
Mixing Console window for a traditional hardware-style mixer view.
Audio routing enhancements:
You can now route busses to assignable effects via the Mixing Console window.
You can now route busses to multiple sends via the Mixing Console window.
If you want to apply track panning to bus or assignable FX sends, right click the bus or FX fader in the track header and choose Link to Main Track Pan from the shortcut menu.
The Track Prefader Sends Listen to Mute check box in Preferences > Audio enables pre-volume sends from tracks to busses and assignable effects to respond to the track mute state.
Tempo-based audio effects. Vegas now sends tempo information (as specified by the Measures and Beats settings on the Ruler tab of the Project Properties dialog) to tempo-aware audio plug-ins.
Workflow
Support for Windows Vista™.
Interactive tutorials.
Single-monitor full-screen video preview.
Media Manager database upgrade.
If you want to edit in the Trimmer window without updating the Video Preview window, right-click the media file in the Trimmer Window and clear the Show Video in Preview Window command.
If Quantize to Frames is on while dragging an audio event and the selection group contains video, the movement is quantized so the first video event is quantized (instead of the audio event). If there is no video in the selection group, the audio event will become quantized (as in previous versions of Vegas).
Formats
Burn timeline to Blu-ray disc.
Smart rendering support for HDV 1080i and XDCAM.
Conforming XDCAM projects using FAM now supports import of only the portions of the XDCAM files used in your project timeline.
Sony AVC rendering enhancements.
AC-3 Studio encoder.
Support for opening MJPEG-encoded AVI files.
Support for opening and rendering FLAC files.
Export to PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable) enhancements.
Scripting
Enhanced scripting: you can now create compiled scripts that are available under the Extensions submenu in the View, Edit, or Tools menus. These extensions are loaded when Vegas starts and remain loaded as long as the program is running. Extensions can respond to changes in project data, control playback, and display a nonmodal interface.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 7.0e

* Added support for editing files recorded with Sony AVCHD camcorders.
* Added snapping to speaker locations for Film style panning.
* Added support for multichannel audio in WMA/WMV files. When you add a 5.1 Windows Media file to a stereo project, the stereo downmix stream is loaded by default; when adding to a 5.1 surround project, audio will be added to separate tracks for the center, front, rear, and LFE channels.
* Export to PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) now supports writing to the VIDEO folder and includes a PSP full-screen template (supported in PSP® firmware 3.30 or higher).
* Improved encoding quality in the MainConcept AVC/AAC renderer when using a constant bit rate.
* Fixed a visual issue with rotated 2D images being scaled down very small.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when using Ctrl+NumPad keys with the Surround Panner if no track had focus.
* Fixed an issue with normalizing events that had a very small, silent looped portion.
* The My Documents folder is now the default capture location for SDI and HDV captures.
* Fixed an issue with rendered XDCAM IMX files to ensure they play back from an XDCAM deck.
* Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong frame to be displayed on an external monitor when playing back outside of the active loop region.
* Fixed a potential buffer overrun with some ASIO drivers.
* Fixed an issue opening some Ogg Vorbis audio files.
* Fixed a crash that could occur while trying to recapture offline XDCAM media files during project load.
* Fixed a crash that could occur while replacing media with media with fewer audio channels.
* Fixed a DV video capture issue that could cause captured NTSC clips to be misidentified as PAL.
Fixed a DV video capture issue that could prevent starting timecode from being detected.
* Fixed an issue identifying the Plextor-755 drive for CD audio extraction.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 7.0d

* Fixed a track-compositing issue introduced in Vegas 7.0c.
* Fixed an issue with changing the audio channel in the Trimmer for media that is not in the project.
* Fixed a conflict with the Raylight MXF reader.
* Fixed a freeze that could occur when using MPEG or AVC media in the Trimmer while Preview on External Monitor was enabled.
* Fixed JKL freeze.
* Fixed a crash when multichannel media that is also in the project is added to the Trimmer and played.
* Fixed a crash while opening a project that has media that was also in the Trimmer.
* Fixed a crash when viewing properties for a surround DVD Camcorder audio event.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when recapturing offline XDCAM media or changing XDCAM media outside of Vegas.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 7.0c

* Added support for reading Sony 1080-24p HDV, such as that captured with the Sony HVR-V1U camera.
* Added File > Import > Hard Disk Recording Unit to allow you to import video from a Sony HVR-DR60 hard disk recording unit.
* Added HDV 720-24p and HDV 1080-24p project templates.
* Added Video for Windows format rendering templates for 720-24p and 1080-24p intermediates.
* Added Windows Media Video format rendering templates for 720-24p and 1080-24p video.
* Added MPEG-2 format rendering templates for 1080-60i and 1080-24p MPEG-2 video for authoring Blu-ray™ discs using Blu-print™ software.
* Added IMX-compatible project templates.
* Added a MainConcept AVC/AAC template for rendering 640x480 AVC video for Apple iPod®.
* Added a Length of GOPs setting to the Advanced Video tab of the Custom Template dialog for the MainConcept MPEG-2 plug-in. You can use this control to adjust the length of groups of pictures (GOPs) when the Use closed GOPs check box is selected.
* Made improvements to reading and writing MXF-format files.
* Made improvements to SDI external monitoring via AJA and DeckLink hardware.
* Made improvements to Rec.709 color space handling for HD MXF and SDI formats.
* Made improvements to VST audio plug-in scanning.
* Fixed an issue that was causing degraded performance with the CineForm CFHD codec.
* Fixed a bug that could cause plug-ins to disappear after being re-enabled.
* Fixed an issue with naming markers in rendered MXF files.
* Fixed an issue that prevented HDV capture from stopping after the end of the last clip.
* Fixed a bug that could cause video event thumbnails to be displayed at nonquantized frame positions for AVI files that use a nonstandard frame rate.
* Fixed a problem that could cause muted tracks to become unmuted when loading a project when automation was turned off.
* Fixed a rounding issue that affected crossfade, composite level, and composite-level envelopes.
* Fixed an issue with normalizing audio via scripting.
* Fixed an issue that could cause media markers to be displayed incorrectly at velocity envelope points.
* Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect frames to be used when reversing a subclip.
* Fixed an issue with marker locations in AVI files rendered without audio.
* Fixed an issue that could cause the Edit > Streams menu to disappear if the Edit menu had been opened with an empty event selected.
* Fixed an issue that could cause audio peaks to be rebuilt unnecessarily when opening audio/video files in multiple Sony Media Software applications.
* Fixed an issue that could cause Vegas to appear mirrored on certain operating systems.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 7.0b

* The Insert Generated Music command now ignores the Import Audio at Project Tempo setting so Cinescore compositions are imported at actual length.
* The Lock Envelopes to Events feature no longer includes envelope points after the last event. Previously, moving an event to another track could cause other envelope points to be removed.
* For the Sony MXF format, a Progressive field order setting has been added for DVCAM and IMX rendering (via the Custom Template dialog for the MXF format). Also added 25p/30p detection when reading these files.
* The MXF reader now supports source files larger than 4 GB.
* Two-channel Broadcast Wave Format files are now imported to a single stereo track. In Vegas 7.0 and 7.0a, these files were imported to two tracks.
* Added support for the Zoom slider on some Microsoft keyboards.
* Event start times are now properly quantized if you drag media to the timeline when Options > Quantize to Frames is selected.
* Fixed a problem that could cause gapping when adding certain audio plug-ins to a plug-in chain.
* Fixed a problem that could occur when using the numeric keypad to move events across tracks.
* Fixed a problem generating audio peaks for some HDV source files.
* Implemented various HDV improvements, including stream-length matching, improved speed on non-SSE2 computers, and better handling of some HDV variants.
* Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when using Copy and trim media with project with a project that contained uncompressed AVI files without audio.
* Fixed a bug that prevented the Use color management feature (Preferences > Preview Device) from working correctly when using a Windows Secondary Display.
* Fixed a problem that prevented multichannel/multistream files from creating multiple tracks when dropping files on the ruler.
* Fixed a problem that prevented the Remove from project and delete files(s) command from working when right-clicking a file in the Project Media window.
* Fixed a bug that prevented certain Targa (TGA) files from opening.
* Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when accessing CD or DVD drives on computers with Blu-ray drives.
* Fixed a problem that could cause a freeze under certain conditions when building peak files.
* Fixed a problem that could cause a frame stutter when reading some Windows Media Video files.
* Fixed a problem that prevented the rendered file from being added to a new track when using Render to New Track with HDV files.
* Fixed a problem that could cause the application to stall when reading large MPEG-2 or OMA files.
* Fixed a problem that caused Export Video to XDCAM Disc to fail if clips had been deleted from the disc.
* Fixed a problem that caused user-supplied disc names to be ignored when importing XDCAM clips.
* Fixed problems with loading and saving projects containing XDCAM information while the XDCAM Explorer was not enabled (Preferences > General > Enable XDCAM Explorer).
* Fixed a problem that prevented markers from being saved when rendering MXF files.
* Fixed a problem that prevented aspect ratio metadata from being saved when rendering MXF files.
* Fixed a bug that prevented the left/right surround and LFE channels from being rendered when rendering 5.1 surround projects to AC-3 or ATRAC formats.
* Fixed a problem with automating the Track EQ and Chorus plug-ins.
* Fixed a problem with printing 24p video to a DV device.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 7.0a

* Numerous XDCAM fixes and performance enhancements have been made.
* Four-channel .dlx files from the Sony DSR-DR1000 deck now open correctly.
* If you drag to a snap point that does not occur on a frame boundary when Quantize to Frames and Enable Snapping are enabled, the snap indicator is displayed as a dashed line to indicate that the snap point will be quantized to the nearest frame boundary.
* A new preference has been added to Preferences > General. Select the AAF Export - Use clip-based audio envelope check box if you want to combine track and event gain envelopes and save them as clip-based gain envelopes in the AAF file. When the check box is cleared, track envelopes are saved as track envelopes, and event envelopes are saved as clip envelopes.
When you import an AAF file, the track- and clip-based gain envelopes are combined and imported as track envelopes.
* Multichannel audio files now display an indicator when the events are not synchronized.
* If you want to open a subclip's original media file in the Trimmer, right-click an event on the timeline (or a subclip in the Project Media window) and choose Open Parent Media in Trimmer from the shortcut menu.
* Added support for scene detection when capturing HDV video. Use the Enable HDV scene detection check box on the General tab of the Capture Preferences dialog to toggle scene detection.
* Added the ability to read timecode from most HDV files (some 720p formats do not contain useful timecode).
* Fixed a bug that could cause HDV capture to hang under some circumstances.
* Improved performance when saving projects to network folders.
* Paste Event Attributes behavior has been improved for grouped events.
* The logic for post-edit ripple (including auto ripple) has been improved when deleting events. The new logic produces better crossfades when deleting an event from a sequence of crossfaded events or deleting events from multiple tracks.
The ripple amount is now defined by the track with the shortest length of selected events when measured from the start of the first selected event to the start of the next nonselected event.
* Left/Right Arrow keyboard shortcuts have been revised to allow you to use the arrow keys to position the cursor when the track list has focus and to prevent accidental adjustment of track volume or opacity.
-Press Left/Right arrow to move the cursor left or right one pixel when the timeline or track list has focus (or hold Shift to extend a selection).
-Press Alt+Left/Right Arrow to move the cursor one frame when the timeline or track list has focus (or hold Shift to extend a selection).
-Press Ctrl+Left/Right Arrow to change audio track volume or video track opacity when the track list has focus.
-Press Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right Arrow to change audio track panning or video track fade to color when the track list has focus.
* Fixed a crash that could occur when opening some projects created with earlier versions of Vegas.
* Fixed a problem that could cause external video preview to play out of sync with the video signal when previewing via AJA SDI cards.
* Fixed a problem with the media offset when splitting a video event that contains a velocity envelope.
* Fixed a problem with relinking of still-image sequences when media is moved.
* Fixed a problem that could cause a crash when playing back with certain audio plug-ins (including Antares Filter and Sony Pitch Shift).
* TranzPort control surface meters are now reset when you stop playback.
* Fixed a bug that could prevent the right, right surround, and LFE channels from being rendered when using multiple mono templates with 5.1 surround projects.
* Fixed a bug that prevented Beatmapped files from being imported at the project tempo when the Import at Project Tempo check box (Preferences > Audio) was selected.
* Fixed a bug that could cause distortion when using auto input monitoring under some conditions.
* Fixed a bug that could prevent volume envelopes on the master bus from working correctly.

What's New in Version 7.0
Workflow

* Improved video preview — now includes auto-fit to preview window, simultaneous internal / external preview, additional resolution modes and optimized scaling for previews.
* Enhanced window layout management — save, recall, and share custom window layouts.
* More flexible window docking — timeline and tabs can be displayed on top of docked windows or below.
* Improved snapping — color-coded visual snap indicator and the ability to snap to event edges on other tracks.
* User-definable default smoothness values for Pan/Crop and Track Motion keyframes.
* Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline.
* Improved project copy/trim with media includes support for uncompressed AVI, Sony YUV AVI, and CineForm AVI files, copy/trim of audio and video to a single .avi file, copy/trim support for media with velocity envelopes.
* Cut/copy/delete applies to grouped events.
* Display option for media marker names in events.
* Improved Media Manager performance.
* Enhanced keyboard customization.

Video

* Improved native HDV 1080 .m2t playback performance and improved memory handling for HDV 1080 longform projects.
* Comprehensive XDCAM support, including XDCAM viewer window, proxy support, FAM (i.LINK®) and network support, multichannel audio I/O, proxy conform, and master to disc. All SD and HD XDCAM formats are supported.
* Improved DeckLink implementation includes support for current-generation DeckLink PCI-e and PCI-x cards, improved batch capture, multichannel audio I/O, insert edit to tape, mixed timecode handling, 1080 24p I/O support, and 720p timeline monitoring.
* Support for AJA SDI cards (requires Xena LH, LHe, LS, or LSe card). Includes support for batch capture, multichannel audio I/O, insert edit to tape, mixed timecode handling, SD and HD I/O including 1080 24p, and 720p timeline monitoring.
* High-quality H.264 AVC/AAC import and export (including HD support). Includes templates for Sony PSP® and Apple iPod® (originally released with Vegas 6.0d).
* Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect 4).
* Export to PSP® (originally released with Vegas 6.0d).
* DVD import supports extraction of 5.1-channel audio from DVD-based camcorders and home movies on DVD.
* Red-eye reduction for still images.

Audio

* Support for Sony Cinescore™ music-generation plug-in.
* Multithreaded audio engine maximizes real-time audio playback and rendering performance - more tracks and effects with lower latency.
* Multichannel audio import (.wav/.wav64, .avi, XDCAM .mxf, and BWF).
* Multichannel Broadcast Wave (BWF) audio import and arrange to timestamp.
* Multichannel audio rendering (.wav/.wav64, .avi, and .mxf).
* Improved VST plug-in support.
* Support for opening and rendering ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ files, mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround.
* Gracenote® MusicID™ technology for extracted audio from CDs.
* Support for the Frontier TranzPort control surface.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 6.0d

* Support for VR-mode DVD Handycam® camcorder discs has been improved. When importing video from Sony DVD Handycam discs in VR or Video mode, each chapter is now imported as a separate file.
* The MainConcept AVC/AAC codec has been added to Vegas. You can use this plug-in to import H.264 video in your projects and to render H.264 video (including support for HD frame sizes, two-pass encoding, main and baseline profiles, export to all common frame rates— including NTSC, PAL, and 24p— and Apple iPod® video format). Please continue to use the Sony AVC/AAC encoder to create video for the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable).
* Video quality has been improved for the Sony AVC/AAC encoder and rendering templates have been refined.
* A problem has been fixed that could cause problems when reading AVI files with MP3-encoded audio.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause Vegas to hang in some low-memory situations.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause Vegas to crash after copying and pasting Bézier mask keyframes between events.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause Vegas to crash when pressing Alt+Shift+4 to toggle external monitor preview when the Video Preview window is not visible.
* A problem has been fixed that could cause nested projects to display the incorrect length.
* Audio/video synchronization has been improved when reading certain QuickTime files.
* High-definition Windows Media Video rendering templates now use the Windows Media Audio 9 codec for improved device compatibility.
* A problem has been fixed that could cause a hang when burning a disc-at-once CD with the Plextor 716 SATA drive.
* A display issue with Waves GTR plug-ins has been fixed.
* A problem has been fixed that could occur when editing audio event properties on systems that use decimal separators other than a period.
* A problem has been fixed that could occur when typing nondelimited timecode in the Vegas external video capture application in PAL format.
* Various improvements have been made to the Media Manager.
* A problem that could cause XFX audio effects to run in demo mode has been fixed.
* Fixed a problem that could occur when running the Batch Render script without Quick Time installed.
* Resolved an issue with recapture of media from an AAF import.
* A bug has been fixed that occurred when setting the Timecode InPoint value of a media source during AAF export.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause Vegas to crash when adding some MPEG-2 files to the timeline and converting YUV 4:2:0 color to RGB.
* Last-used render templates are now preserved for each rendering format.
* Issues with certain VST plug-ins that related to presets and settings have been fixed.
* A problem with the ripple function sometimes creating very small event overlaps has been fixed.
* Scripting: a problem has been fixed that could prevent RenderArgs flags (such as IncludeMarkers) from changing the render settings.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 6.0c

* You can now import video from a DVD Camcorder disc. From the File menu, choose Import, and then choose DVD Camcorder Disc. Standard and VR-mode discs are supported. Please see Known Issues for additional information.
* You can now export AVC (also called H.264 or MPEG-4 AVC) video to a USB-connected PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable). From the Tools menu, choose Export to PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable).
NOTE: PSP firmware version 2.0 is required to use this feature. To check your firmware version, choose Settings > System Settings > System Information. For the latest firmware, go to http://us.playstation.com (in the United States) or http://www.playstation.com (outside the United States).
QuickTime 7 is required to preview AVC video on your computer.
* A full-resolution MXF reader for XDCAM has been added to allow you to use MXF files on the Vegas timeline.
* Changes have been made to improve importing speed and memory handling when working with AAF files.
* Track-based audio gain and panning are preserved (keyframes are not supported) when saving or importing AAF files. When exchanging AAF files with another application, refer to its documentation to determine whether audio gain and panning changes are supported.
* A bug that affected rendering and reading of large AIF files has been fixed: 16-bit, 44.1 kHz stereo AIF renders are now limited to approximately 03:22:53 of audio (536,870,909 samples); 24 bit, 96 kHz stereo renders are now limited to approximately 01:02:08 of audio (357,913,940 samples); the largest file that can be rendered as AIF is approximately 2GB in size. Vegas 6.0c will continue to load files created with previous releases that exceed these limits, though other applications may fail to load them.
* A bug has been fixed that caused some AVI and MPEG files to be improperly identified as AAF files.
* A bug has been fixed that caused some AAF files to be improperly identified as MP3 files.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause the Media Manager to crash when performing some editing operations if the Save media-usage relationships in active media library check box on the General page of the Preferences dialog was selected.
* A bug has been fixed that could prevent snapping to the ends of media when trimming event.
* The Ctrl+K caption-placement keyboard shortcut in the Edit Details window has been fixed.
* A bug has been fixed that caused still-image sequences to be replaced with a single still image when replacing media.
* A video rendering issue that occurred when using many high-resolution still images of different sizes has been fixed.
* The CineForm CFHD codec has been updated for rendering HD intermediate files.
* An issue that prevented certain media video properties from switching when relinking to offline media has been fixed.
* A "Reverse" icon has been added to identify reversed events.
* Multimedia keys now pass-through to Windows if they are not assigned in the Vegas Keyboard Preferences tab.
* Issues with regional decimal separator characters in the Audio Event Properties dialog Time stretch / Pitch shift section have been fixed.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 6.0b
General

* A bug has been fixed that could cause a crash after undoing a marker move if the marker had a long label.
* A bug has been fixed that caused regions to appear as markers or at the wrong time when pasted into the Edit Details window.
* The installation of some Adobe applications may result in users of some Sony Media Software applications to display the following message on app startup: "This application has failed to start because PRM.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." If you see this message when launching any Sony Media Software application, you can simply click OK and proceed. Vegas 6.0b includes a workaround to prevent this message at startup.
* A bug has been fixed that caused the the Quantize to Frames setting to be bypassed when dragging and holding the Shift key.
* A bug has been fixed that caused uninstallation of Vegas 6.0 to remove track effect and Wave Hammer plug-ins from existing Vegas 5.0 installations.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause Vegas to crash if you deleted tracks while audio peak files for nested projects were being created.
* The following settings have been moved from Preferences > General to the View menu, and keyboard shortcuts have been added for easy access:
o Show/Hide Event Media Markers: Ctrl+Shift+K
o Show/Hide Active Take Information: Ctrl+Shift+I
o Show/Hide Waveforms and Frames: Ctrl+Shift+W
o Show/Hide Video Event Buttons: Ctrl+Shift+C
o Show/Hide Event Fade Lengths: Ctrl+Shift+T
o Show/Hide Event Edge Edit Frames: Ctrl+Shift+O

Video

* A bug has been fixed that could cause projects with 3D tracks to appear to hang during rendering.
* A bug has been fixed that could prevent you from canceling a render.
* A bug has been fixed that prevented track Shadow and Glow keyframes from loading properly from saved projects.
* A bug that reversed the direction of the Zoom transition has been fixed.
* A bug that caused Sharpen filter operations to be reversed has been fixed.
* A bug that prevented animation of the Film Effects plug-in has been fixed.
* A change has been made to nested projects to improve performance. Nested projects now inherit the Video Preview Quality setting from the parent project.
* A bug has been fixed in the Cookie Cutter and Iris transitions that prevented guides from being displayed on the sliders.
* A bug has been fixed that caused video event opacity to incorrectly affect opacity during a transition.
* A bug has been fixed that prevented dynamic RAM previewing from working if the Sync Cursor button was selected in the Event Pan/Crop dialog.
* Memory performance has been improved when using a large number of clips on the timeline that are encoded with the CineForm HD codec.

Audio

* The Resample quality control on the Audio tab of the Project Properties has been renamed Resample and stretch quality because the setting also determines the quality of processing when time stretching audio.
* A bug has been fixed that caused the Preserve pitch when stretching audio events preferences to be ignored when deselected.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause unexpectedly loud output or popping from the LFE channel in a 5.1 surround project when Good or Best was selected from the Low-pass filter quality drop-down list on the Audio tab of the Project Properties dialog.
* A bug has been fixed that could prevent the Low-pass filter quality setting from being saved and restored.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause playback glitches when changing a track between Surround Pan and LFE mode.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause file names to be truncated after recording if periods were added to the file name.
* A bug has been fixed that prevented the Simple Delay plug-in from producing tails at the end of the audio stream.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause glitches at the ends of the loop region during looped playback of 5.1 surround projects.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause problems when rendering projects that contain UAD plug-ins.
* Various fixes have been made to the Audio Plug-In window.
* The record time remaining display now shows the time remaining for all armed tracks.

Capture / Print to Tape

* A pre-capture dialog has been added to allow you to choose whether you want to capture DV using an external video capture application or SDI/HDV clips using the internal Vegas video capture application. If you always capture from the same device, you can choose to always use the selected method (you can change the method later on the Video tab of the Preferences dialog).
* ADS Pyro A/V Link support has been improved.
* A bug has been fixed that could cause a crash while capturing DV clips when the Media Manager was turned off.
* A fix has been made to prevent erroneous Copy Inhibit errors on DV cameras.
* Print-to-DV-tape operations from the timeline are now more reliable when prerendering is required.
* The Print Video to HDV Tape dialog now displays elapsed time and estimated time remaining.
* A/V sync has been improved when capturing from HDV tapes with discontinuities.
* Audio preview performance during HDV capture has been improved for slower systems.
* A bug has been fixed in the new video capture application that prevented the Length box from being updated when the Timecode in or Timecode out boxes were edited when capturing from a DeckLink device.
* Buttons have been added to the Length, Timecode in, and Timecode out boxes in the new video capture application so you can specify which value will be calculated automatically while capturing from a DeckLink device.
* Timecode accuracy has been improved when capturing from and printing video to DeckLink devices with support for Decklink.dll v4.8 and v4.9.
* A bug has been fixed in the Contour ShuttlePro .pref file for external video capture.

Media Manager

* A bug has been fixed that could prevent MSDE from shutting down while Sony applications that support the Media Manager are running.
* The Media Manager now includes .veg files when scanning for media.
* A bug has been fixed that prevented clips from being added to the Media Manager when multiple clips were batch captured.
* A bug has been fixed that prevented files from previewing when the Save media-usage relationships in active media library check box was selected.

Scripting

* Scripting changes have been posted to the Vegas scripting forum.


Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 6.0a

* You can now print to HDV tape by choosing Print Video to HDV Tape from the Tools menu. This new wizard supports all currently shipping HDV cameras and deck types.
* Double-clicking a .veg file now opens the Vegas project instead of nesting the .veg within the current project. If you want to nest a .veg, you can drag it from the Explorer window or choose File > Import > Media and browse to the .veg you want to nest.
* A bug has been fixed that prevented events that are contained completely within other events from being exported when exporting your project as an AAF file.
* Scripts that have been compiled as .DLL files can now be added to the Scripting menu.
* If you create a shortcut to a script in the Script Menu folder, you can use the shortcut to call the script and pass an argument to the script. By creating multiple shortcuts with different arguments, you can use the same script for several functions, and each shortcut will appear in the Scripting menu as a separate item.
* The Resample quality setting on the Audio tab of the Project Properties dialog determines the quality of processing when time-stretching audio events.
* When you nest Vegas projects, a warning is now displayed if media files or plug-ins from the nested project are not available on your computer.
* A new setting has been added to the General tab of the Preferences dialog. Select the AAF Export - Use frame unit for audio check box if you want to use frame units for audio tracks when you export your project as an AAF file. When the check box is cleared, audio will be exported as sample units. Selecting the check box will improve compatibility with other applications for project interchange: some applications will not import your project correctly when frame units are used for video and sample units are used for audio. Clear the check box only if your project contains audio only or if you know the application that will import your AAF file supports frame units for video and sample units for audio.
* If you installed a boxed version of the initial Vegas 6.0 release, the DV video capture tool would time out and become unusable. This has been fixed in version 6.0a.
* Numerous stability and performance enhancements have been implemented for DeckLink capture, batch capture, timecode-based capture, and print to tape.

What's New in Version 6.0

Video

* A/V synchronization detection and repair
* Full-screen preview to a secondary Windows display (including DVI monitors)
* Ability to save keyframe presets in the Track Motion and 3D Track Motion dialogs

Audio

* Option to ignore fact chunk when opening compressed WAV files
* VST effect support
* Playhead timeline scrubbing
* Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) import

Workflow

* Support for nested Vegas projects
* Ability to save a project path in a rendered file and edit a rendered file's source project
* Media Manager window
* AAF import and export
* Multithreaded rendering
* Ability to display fade lengths between selected and nonselected events
* Regions and markers that occur at the end of rendered file are now adjusted so they occur on the last audio sample of the rendered file. If you're rendering the loop region only, any region that extends beyond the loop region is adjust so the region end occurs on the last audio sample. This adjustment prevents warning messages when the rendered files are opened in Sound Forge software.

Hardware

* Support for capturing and printing to tape via Blackmagic Design DeckLink™ cards
* Support for capturing from HDV cameras


Version 5.0a

Video
3D track motion and compositing
Keyframeable Bézier masking
Macromedia® Flash™ (.swf) format importing (ActionScript, motion video, and audio are not
supported.)
Transition progress envelopes
Improved MPEG-2 rendering, including two-pass encoding, 4:2:2 sampling, and transport
streams
Audio
Support for control surfaces including the Mackie® Control Universal
Envelope automation recording
Envelope point thinning
Improved punch-in recording with automatic input monitoring
Improved audio time stretching
ACID loop support on the timeline
Support for 5.1-channel audio plug-ins on the master bus
Film-style 5.1 surround panning
Downmix monitoring so you can test your 5.1 surround project in different listening
environments
Pre/post volume for buses routed to hardware outputs
Bus-to-bus routing
Workflow
Enhanced interface, including Windows XP theme support
Multiple docking windows
User configurable window layout
Customizable keyboard shortcuts
Subclip creation
Real-time audio/video event reverse
You can now drag the edit cursor to change its position in the timeline and Trimmer
window when the Allow edit cursor to be dragged check box on the General tab of the
Preferences dialog is selected.
A marker tool that you can use to move or delete multiple selected markers
Automation recording for track envelopes and keyframes
Audio volume/opacity event envelope changes are applied to all selected events.
Networked rendering
Enhanced application scripting
Hardware
Sony DSR-DU1 and DSR-DR1000 video disk recorder support
J-H3 IEEE-1394 support with 3:2 pulldown removal on DV downconversion
Workspace Customization
You can now have multiple floating sets of docked windows
You can save and recall up to ten window layouts
You can use the Display tab in the Preferences dialog to adjust the default track
colors, icon color saturation, and icon tinting

All news: http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/products/vegas5newfeatures.pdf