Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum

Professional-Level Power for Your Home Studio

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum software has everything needed to produce spectacular HD movies. Edit video in nearly any format including HDV and AVCHD. Powerful features for video compositing, color correction, and soundtrack creation help you get feature-film results in your home studio. Use the surround sound mixing tools to create 5.1 soundtracks. Choose from hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters. Upload movies to YouTube™, burn to Blu-ray Disc™, or author DVDs using beautifully designed themes or your own custom menus and graphics. Exclusive Sony Show Me How interactive tutorials help you get started fast.

Standard or high definition
Edit video in nearly any format including HDV and AVCHD™. Work simultaneously with standard definition and high definition in the same project.

Simple DVD and Blu-ray Disc™ creation
DVD Architect™ Studio software is included so you can easily create and burn professional-looking DVD and Blu-ray Disc projects with custom menus, buttons, backgrounds, and navigation. 56 easy-to-use themes are included to get you started.

Text, titles and generated backgrounds
Quickly add text, titles, and custom backgrounds to your projects. Use a collection of presets for animated credit rolls or custom lower thirds. Add a professional touch to start your project with color bars. Animate a gradient or generate a solid color with custom masking for a truly unique look.

Share HD movies on Blu-ray Disc™
Blu-ray Disc burning softwareVegas Movie Studio HD Platinum software makes it easy to share your high-definition movies on Blu-ray Disc™. Burn your movie to Blu-ray Disc™ directly from the Vegas Movie Studio Platinum timeline.

Video restoration tools
Advanced color correction tools enhance washed-out footage, make specific colors stand out, and balance differences in video due to camera setup or lighting problems. Image restoration tools remove red-eye from photos.

New! Correct shaky video
Use image stabilization technology to reduce jitter and shaky video footage. Users with shaky video footage, commonly shot from handheld camcorders and inexpensive portable pocket devices, have the ability to quickly salvage this media using several optimized presets.

New! Slideshow creation made easy
This new feature gives you the ability to quickly create a dynamic slideshow from a set of images with a few simple clicks. It is designed to be simple, easy to use, and can quickly create pan/zoom effects and transitions across a collection of still images.

New! Secondary color corrector
The Secondary Color Corrector tool provides users with a detailed toolset for adjusting differences in video shot with different camera setups or lighting situations; enhance dull, washed-out footage; or make specific color ranges stand out.

New! White balance
The White Balance tool gives you the ability to quickly make video look great when originally shot with poor white levels. Users can use the eyedropper tool to select and adjust the white levels within a video clip, automatically adjusting the color of the entire clip.

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum system requirements

* Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP 3 or later), Windows Vista® (SP 2 or later), or Windows 7

* 1 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD)

* 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation

* 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM recommended for HD)

* OHCI-compatible i.LINK® connector/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV capture and print-to-tape)

* USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD™ or DVD camcorders)

* Windows-compatible sound card

* DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)

* Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)

* Supported DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW (for DVD burning only)

* Supported BD-R/-RE drive (for Blu-ray Disc™ burning only)

* Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (included on application disc)

* Apple® QuickTime® 7.1.6 or later

* Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)

 You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration within 30 days.