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.

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.

New in v9.0c

• 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.