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 NOW AVAILABLE: NEW Vegas Pro 9 software and the NEW Vegas Pro Production Assistant! Vegas™ Pro 9 software software is on the air! It's an end-to-end media creation suite, offering powerful tools for broadcast professionals and media creators. This new version includes technologies like 4K workflows; native XDCAM EX import and edit; support for capturing directly to XDCAM-compatible MXF files from support SD/HD-SDI sources; import and edit of RED One™ files; XDCAM EX and AVCHD device explorers, and much more. Special offers available on new purchases and upgrades through June 30! Get even more out of Vegas Pro software with the Vegas Pro Production Assistant. The Production Assistant plug-in streamlines the Vegas Pro workflow. It automates many repetitive tasks and processes to save hours of tedious editing work. It's easy to use and includes a complete set of video tutorials, letting you get maximum output with minimum effort.    Sony Creative software debuted Vegas Pro 9 and the Vegas Pro 9 Production Assistant to capacity crowds in Las Vegas at the National Association of Broadcasters convention last month. This new version of Vegas Pro software debuted with many new features appealing to broadcast editors both in the field and in the studio. Vegas Pro continues to provide one of the fastest, most flexible, and format-agnostic platforms available. Show attendees readily acknowledged the it's superiority, making it the hit of the show! Vegas Pro 9 demonstrations were filled to capacity throughout the show's run.  Here's what the press was saying about Vegas Pro 9 software at NAB: EventDV Best of NAB 2009 Postproduction: Sony Vegas Pro 9 and Sony Vegas Pro AssistantSony Creative Software also hosted its standing-room only 9th annual User's Event sponsored by VASST, AMD, Colfax International and Sony, featuring remarks from Dr. Kyung-soo Ahn, Executive Vice President Corporate Executive Sony Corporation & President of B2B Solutions Business Group; Charlie Boswell from AMD; Douglas Spotted Eagle from VASST; and The Eclectic Method. Charlie demonstrated his use of Vegas Pro software for creating amazing multicam music videos for Dweezil Zappa and Ted Nugent; Spot gave an exciting overview of the new Vegas Pro Production Assistant, and video artistes Eclectic Method closed the show with a demonstration/performance of how they use Vegas Pro and ACID Pro to prepare multimedia assets for their innovate live shows.  Eclectic Method rockin' the house Vegas Pro 9: Sometimes It's the Little Things... by Craig Anderton Sony Vegas Pro 9 software is out, and you've probably heard about the "big" features, like support for 4,096 x 4,096 frame sizes, native video reading/import from XDCAM EX, etc. But sometimes, it's the little features that make a huge difference in your day-to-day work. Here are some of my favorites so far.  Several new editing options save time when inserting stills or doing audio edits in Vegas Pro 9. I've often added still images that don't quite match the project's output frame proportions, which meant I had to check "Match Output Aspect" for each still (or copy one done correctly, then "Paste Event Attributes" into the rest). Worse yet, sometimes I wouldn't catch the mismatch until after the video had been rendered, requiring a re-render. To banish this problem, go Options > Preferences > Editing, and check "Automatically crop still images added to timeline" (Fig. 1). Click on "Apply," then "OK." Two other Options > Preferences > Editing choices (also shown in Fig. 1) can simplify working with audio. With music, milliseconds matter and quantizing to a frame might not provide fine enough resolution. However, now the audio can move independently even with video quantized to frames; check "Do not quantize to frames for audio-only edits." Also, experiment with "Quick fade length for audio events (ms)." This applies a fade-in and fade-out to audio clips when you cut or split them, which can help eliminate clicks. Specify a time in ms; 10ms is "safe," but if that's not crisp enough for percussive sounds, try 5 to 7ms. Conversely, with narration you can use longer times, like 20ms. This is a huge time-saver if you spend time adding fades to individual clips. Click here to continue  Craig Anderton is currently editing and mastering the latest CD from classical guitarist Margarita Escarpa. He's also worked on classical projects by harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh and Argentinian guitarist Nestor Asqui. Photo by Paul Haggard.  Ralph Legnini (front) and John Sebastian (back). Photo by Phil Mansfield. Coming July 1st on Savoy Records: Somewhere Else, an eclectic mix of songs performed by a variety of critically-acclaimed singers and musicians, recorded and produced in ACID software! A benefit album for the Killian Mansfield Foundation, the CD includes Dr. John, Todd Rundgren, Kate Pierson (B-52's), John Sebastian, Laurel Massé (Manhattan Transfer), Chris Wood (Medeski Martin & Wood), Rob Sabino (Chic, Paul Simon), Gail Ann Dorsey (Gwen Stefani, David Bowie), Sara Lee (Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco), Dennis Mackrel (Count Basie Orchestra, Tony Bennett), Ralph Carney (Tom Waits), Levon Helm (The Band), and many others. Producer/Engineer Ralph Legnini, a long-time user of Sony Creative Software applications, chose to produce the entire CD in ACID Pro software. Learn more about Somewhere Else next month on CNN, the View... and at Sony Creative Software. An introduction to Vegas Pro 9 by Gary Rebholz  In this article, I want to give you a quick introduction to some of the new features you'll find in the new version of Vegas Pro 9 software. These new features include a strong mix of format support improvements that make is possible to use Vegas Pro software with an even wider range of file formats and functional enhancements that make your daily editing tasks more efficient. The new, easier-on-the-eyes darker look of the Vegas Pro interface is just the beginning, so let's dive into the other features that make Vegas Pro 9 software one of our strongest upgrades ever.The darker color isn't the only change we've made to the user interface. In figure 1 you can see that the default layout now includes a visible Trimmer window. In the October 2008 newsletter, I outlined enhancements we made to the functionality of the Trimmer window in the 8.0c version of Vegas Pro software. In that article I discussed how the Trimmer window can now truly be used as a source window for those of you who prefer a more old-school three-point editing workflow where you load your clips into a source window, mark your in and out points, and then add that section of video to your timeline. We've brought the Trimmer window out front now to make that workflow even easier in version 9. You'll notice that files now preview in the Trimmer window (as opposed to in the Video Preview window as in previous versions of the application).  Along with the darker look, the Project Media and Trimmer windows are now out front in the default window layout. We've also promoted the Project Media window to the front instead of the Explorer window in the default window layout. This makes it easy to instantly see your project's media assets and is especially helpful when you've just captured or transferred footage into your project. After bringing the footage into the Project Media window, you can preview the files and add them to your timeline (or the Trimmer window as we just discussed) directly from here. Click here to continue  Gary Rebholz is the training manager for Sony Creative Software. Gary produces the popular Seminar Series training packages for Vegas Pro, ACID Pro, and Sound Forge™ software. He is also co-author of the book Digital Video & Audio Production. Gary has conducted countless hands-on classes in the Sony Creative Software training center, as well as at tradeshows such as the National Association of Broadcasters show. |
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