Sony Creative Software Vegas Pro 8

Sony Creative Software has announced Vegas Pro 8, to be released September 10, 2007.

Vegas combines Vegas Pro 8, DVD Architect Pro 4.5, and Dolby® Digital AC-3 encoding software to offer an integrated environment for all phases of professional video, audio, DVD, and broadcast production. These tools let you edit and process DV, AVCHD, HDV, SD/HD-SDI, and all XDCAM™ formats in real time, fine-tune audio with precision, and author surround sound, dual-layer DVDs.

New in Vegas Pro 8

  • Video Features:
    • ProType titler
    • Multicamera Workflow
    • 32-Bit Floating Point Video Processing
    • Digital Signage and Portrait style video editing
    • Thought Equity™ Motion Footage Search – An exclusive, integrated plug-in designed to streamline the acquisition of stock footage. Includes content from Sony Pictures, National Geographic, HBO and more with a special section provided for registered Vegas Pro 8 users
  • Audio Features:
    • Audio Mixing Console
    • Audio Routing Enhancements
    • Tempo-based audio effects
    • Support for opening and rendering FLAC files
  • Format Features:
    • No recompression when rendering long-GOP video formats
    • Sony AVCHD Read and write Support
    • Burn timeline to Blu-ray discs
    • XDCAM FAM mode trimmed conform
  • General Features:
    • Single-monitor full screen video preview
    • Extensive Scripting Extensions programming API
    • Interactive tutorials

Vegas Pro 8 software will be demonstrated at the Sony Creative Software booth #9-131 at the IBC 2007 tradeshow, September 7-11.

Visit Sony Creative Software for more information.