Vegas 7 released - details

[BJ_M]

Vegas 7 New Video Features:

* Improved native HDV 1080i .m2t playback performance and improved
memory handling for HDV 1080i longform projects
* Comprehensive XDCAM support, including XDCAM viewer window, proxy
support, FAM (i.LINK(R)) 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, 1080i 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 1080i
24p, and 720p timeline monitoring
* High-quality H.264 AVC/AAC import and export. Includes templates for
Sony PSP(R), Apple iPod(R), and HD (originally released with Vegas
6.0d)
* I-frames insertion at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works
in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect 4)
* Export to PSP(R) (originally released as special upgrade in
Vegas 6.0d)
* 5.1-channel audio extraction from DVD-based camcorders and home
movies on DVD
* Red-eye reduction for still images

Vegas 7 New Audio Features:

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

Vegas 7 New Workflow Features:

* 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 offers ability to save, recall, and
share custom window layouts
* More flexible window docking lets timeline and tabs display on top of
docked windows or below
* Improved snapping includes color-coded visual snap ind! icator 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

[Jeremiah58]

Vegas 7 New Video Features:
* Support for AJA SDI cards (requires Xena LH, LHe, LS, or LSe card).

Ah, finally! I didn't know what to do with all these cards.

* Support for opening and rendering ATRAC3(TM), ATRAC3plus(TM), and
ATRAC Advanced Lossless(TM) files, mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround
* Gracenote(R) MusicID(TM) technology for extracted audio from CDs
* Support for the Frontier TranzPort control surface

ATRAC...Tranzport...this sounds like warez to me!?

[Wile_E]

I just checked out upgrade pricing. It looks like they went up, and they don't have a "Vegas+DVD to Vegas+DVD" specific low-cost upgrade. You can still upgrade from any Vegas+DVD version, but it is now under the category "Vegas+DVD from Vegas" which is ($234.95).

The Movie Studio version is now more robust. They finally added 5.1 AC-3 encoding and HDV support. What is missing from this new Movie Studio version?

[ViRaL1]

ATRAC...Tranzport...this sounds like warez to me!?

I don't know about Tranzport, but I'm pretty sure ATRAC is what Sony uses on their portable music players. Not sure if they came up with it, but I believe they're the biggest supporters of it.

[BJ_M]

I just checked out upgrade pricing. It looks like they went up, and they don't have a "Vegas+DVD to Vegas+DVD" specific low-cost upgrade. You can still upgrade from any Vegas+DVD version, but it is now under the category "Vegas+DVD from Vegas" which is ($234.95).

The Movie Studio version is now more robust. They finally added 5.1 AC-3 encoding and HDV support. What is missing from this new Movie Studio version?

not sure exactly - but number of tracks , nesting , render farm rendering will all be not there or reduction in number -- prob. much the same as before..

but - Movie Studio version is a really good buy considering what it DOES have and more than enough for most

[edDV]

I just checked out upgrade pricing. It looks like they went up, and they don't have a "Vegas+DVD to Vegas+DVD" specific low-cost upgrade. You can still upgrade from any Vegas+DVD version, but it is now under the category "Vegas+DVD from Vegas" which is ($234.95).

The Movie Studio version is now more robust. They finally added 5.1 AC-3 encoding and HDV support. What is missing from this new Movie Studio version?

not sure exactly - but number of tracks , nesting , render farm rendering will all be not there or reduction in number -- prob. much the same as before..

but - Movie Studio version is a really good buy considering what it DOES have and more than enough for most

It looks like both Premiere Pro 2 and upper Vegas 7 are positioning for the SDI uncompressed market while beefing up premium versions of Elements and Movie Studio for consumer DV/HDV. Prosumer HDV straddles the two.

I'm going to wait on Premiere Pro 2 and/or Vegas 7 until I build my new core2 machine. In the meantime I'd like to check out the $59 version of MainConcept MPEG Elements (for Premiere Elements 2) on the old hardware. I haven't seen a review on that yet.

http://www.mainconcept.com/site/index.php?id=6875

[anubis13]

I hope Vegas 7 solves some of the extremel;y long render times.

[BJ_M]

Vegas has network renderfarm rendering (to really speed things up) and very good quality output .... yes it is slow on a single cpu somewhat ... but if you ever saw a renderman render , or combustion, or digital fusion or shake .. vegas seems speedy by comparision ...

[sfalcon]

Hello there!

Can anyone please tell me if Vegas 7 allows for change or deletion of audio track in a video clip? I used to select audio in Vegas 6 and then delete it to replace with another audio file or simply to edit it. I tried to delete audio only, but the whole clip is deleted instead. Pls help.
Tks
sfalcon

[edDV]

Hello there!

Can anyone please tell me if Vegas 7 allows for change or deletion of audio track in a video clip? I used to select audio in Vegas 6 and then delete it to replace with another audio file or simply to edit it. I tried to delete audio only, but the whole clip is deleted instead. Pls help.
Tks
sfalcon

Just highlight the audio part of the clip and hit the delete key. If MPeg, wait for it to process first.

[sfalcon]

Hi, edDV!

Tks for yr reply!
Unfortunately, this highlughting works only for Vegas 6, but not for Vegas 7. When I highlight audio and press delete the whole clip (video + audio) goes off...

tks
sfalcon