SONY Announces New Broadcast Features in Vegas Pro 9.0d
In time for the NAB 2010 Conference in Las Vegas, Sony Media announces a list of new features for the 9.0d update to the software. Highlights include:
Closed Captioning Support
All new closed captioning support in Vegas Pro 9.0d provides broadcast editors with a workflow that enables the importing, editing, and exporting of CEA-608 captioned data in high definition Sony XDCAM MXF material.
Multi-layer Adobe Photoshop Document (PSD) Support
Multi-layerPSD support in Vegas 9.0dprovides a highly flexible model for professionals to quickly create complex animation and professional results from a single PSD image. This new feature enables more creative compositing when working with PSD files by providing individual control over the separate file layers.
Enhanced Device Explorer Support
Improvements to the device explorer in Vegas Pro 9.0d significantly increase support for additional cameras and devices, including hard disk and memory recording devices. The extra support provides customers with a more powerful and adaptable system for unparalleled video editing.
Burn Timeline to DVD
Timeline burning to DVD, like the current Vegas Pro “Burn to Blu-ray” process, allows editors a more seamless final output method for their video editing projects.
PreSonus FaderPort Control Surface Driver Support
The PreSonus FaderPort control surface offers additional flexibility for controlling and automating Vegas Pro 9.0d via hardware other than mouse and keyboard. The touch-sensitive device is perfect for controlling volume and pan parameters, as well as play, stop, start transport functionality and managing markers for fast and easy audio and video editing.
We will be reporting from the Sony booth at the Las Vegas convention center in the coming days.
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VIDEO: How To Import A Sony Vegas Project Into After Effects For Mastering
There are endless conversations about best practices and workflow for maintain the very highest quality picture in post production and many of them have to do with never recompressing your original footage once you get going. One of the FASTEST and BEST ways to do this is to work in Sony Vegas for editing and then bring it into After Effects for everything else that includes dissolves, fades, color correction, sharpening, deartifacting and finally output of a digital master.
But how can you get your awesome edit out of Vegas without rendering something and thus losing a generation of quality by having to apply some sort of compression?
This video may help answer that question, at least as far as a way to get your Vegas-edited clips into After Effects quite painlessly. Interestingly enough, the solution comes from using a rather antique file export format – the Avid AAF EDL file exchange format. Watch the video, and then post your comments here.
If you know a better way, I would love to hear it!
