The Vegas Pro 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.

Pro Tip: Can be used with DAW Controller hardware

Video Features:

• HDV, SD/HD-SDI support.
• Enhanced video monitoring.
• Superior frame rate conversions.
• Multitrack video editing on unlimited tracks.
• 3D track motion.
• Enhanced video compositing.
• Keyframeable Bézier masks.
• Keyframeable transitions, filters, and track motion.
• 3-wheel primary and secondary color correction filters.
• Waveform, Vectorscope, Parade, and Histogram monitors.
• Real-time playback of effects, processes and transitions to external monitor.
• Credit rolls and text animation.
• Transition progress envelopes.
• Alpha channel support.
• Flash (.swf) format import.
• Support for any aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, etc).
• Supports multiple file formats and frame rates.
• 24p DV support.

Audio Features:

• VST plug-in effect support.
• Broadcast Wave format support.
• Tape-style audio scrubbing.
• Audio recording, editing, and mixing on unlimited tracks.
• 24-bit/192 kHz audio support.
• 5.1 surround mixing tools.
• On-the-fly punch-in recording.
• Auto-input record monitoring.
• 5.1 audio plug-in support for the master bus.
• Film-style 5.1 surround panning.
• Downmix monitoring.
• DirectX plug-in effects automation.
• Includes over 30 DirectX audio effects.
• ACID loop properties support.
• ASIO driver support.
• Keyboard event pitch shifting.
• Fader automation.
• Real-time record meters.
• 32 assignable effects and 26 Master and Aux outputs.
• Bus-to-bus routing.
• Solo or mute tracks.
• Master, auxiliary, and effects bus tracks.

Editing/Workflow Features:

• Improved multiprocessor rendering.
• Project nesting.
• System-wide media management.
• AAF Import/Export.
• A/V synchronization detect and repair.
• Real-time nondestructive editing.
• Split-screen A/B previewing.
• Simple drag-and-drop operations.
• Network rendering.
• Envelope automation recording.
• High Definition editing and output.
• Searchable Media Pool bins.
• Media subclips.
• Automatic crossfades.
• Trimmer window.
• JKL scrub; timeline and keyboard trimming.
• Real-time A/V event reverse.
• Dual monitor support.
• Multiple docking windows.
• User-definable window layouts.
• Customizable keyboard mapping.
• Dual processor DV rendering support.
• Keyboard trimming and event shuffling.
• Edit on 23.976, native 24, 25, 29.97 or 30 fps timelines.
• Unlimited undo/redo.
• Media Explorer window.

Capture/Export/Hardware Features:

• Blackmagic Design DeckLink board support.
• External control surface support.
• DV capture and print-to-tape tools.
• Advanced streaming media tools.
• Application scripting for task automation.
• Subtitle time/text export to DVD Architect software.
• Windows Media 9 Series support, including surround encoding.
• RealVideo 9 support.
• QuickTime format support.
• VideoCD and multimedia CD burning.
• Red Book audio CD production.
• Advanced encoding tools.
• EDL export.
• MPEG-1&2 support.
• Supports Windows Media and RealMedia commands.
• Sony DSR-DU1 and DSR-DR1000 disc recorder support.
• J-H3 HDCAM player support for DV downconverts.
• 3:2 pulldown removal from DV .AVI files.
• Exports chapter markers and subtitles to DVD Architect 3 software.

Related Gear:
USB Audio Recording Adapters
DAW Controllers

Changes in v12

• Various file input and output bugfixes
• Workflow related bugfixes, changes and improvements
• Project interchange improvements
• Improved GPU performance
• Various new features, details on the release notes

Changes in v11 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.
• Bugfix for incorrect output that could occur when using GPU-accelerated Pan/Crop with rotation on large still images.
• Bugfix for incorrect output for Clock Wipe when in 32-bit floating-point video mode without GPU acceleration.
• Bugfix for incorrect alpha channel for Glow when running without GPU acceleration.
• Bugfix for incorrect output for Fill Light when in 32-bit floating point video mode without GPU acceleration.
• Bugfix for an issue that prevented HDV print to tape from functioning.
• Bugfix for an issue that prevented rendered HDV from being used as smart render source.
• Bugfix for an issue that could prevent rendering to VCD format using MainConcept MPEG-1 format.
• Bugfix for an issue that could prevent the Sony AVC format from rendering 5.1 surround audio.
• Bugfix for an issue that could prevent certain QuickTime files from displaying on an external monitor during Trimmer playback.
• Bugfix for the ability to render to QuickTime format using the MPEG-4 Low Complexity AAC audio codec.
• Bugfix for an instability that could occur on some NVIDIA GPUs.
• Bugfix for an issue that could cause jumping in stabilized media if the project being loaded used a different frame rate than the previous project.
• Bugfix for an issue that could cause an FX automation envelope to control the wrong effect when working with plug-ins in the Mixing Console.
• Bugfix for the ability to set a custom metronome sound.
• Bugfix for pixel aspect ratio handling with the GPU-accelerated Linear Blur effect.
• Bugfix for alpha-channel handling in the GPU-accelerated Levels effect.
• Bugfix for alpha channel handling in the GPU-accelerated HSL Adjust effect.
• Bugfix for the text background for the GPU-accelerated Timecode to use solid black instead of transparent alpha.
• Bugfix for an issue that could cause the GPU-accelerated White Balance effect to create colors slightly off.
• Bugfix for a crash that could occur when using certain third-party compositor plug-ins
• Bugfix for the default preset for the Timecode effect to be lower-right.
• Bugfix for crashes that could occur in the Titles & Text generator.
• No longer processing AMD OpenCL with the GPU on that platform. We will restore these to use GPU processing after the driver is Bugfix for.