Batch Capture with Automatic Scene Detection – Capture DV with automatic scene detection, batch capture, tape logging, still image capture and thumbnail previews.
Sonic Foundry introduced a sneak preview version of Vegas Pro on 11 June 1999.
( September 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įach release of Vegas is sold standalone, however upgrade discounts are sometimes provided. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. This section's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. Free and paid pre-written scripts are available from the VEGAS community on the web. MAGIX VEGAS Pro supports scripting technology which provides task automation, simplified workflow, and greater efficiency and productivity. Nesting is especially helpful in large, complex or special effects projects, as the final rendering suffers no generation loss. Any changes to the previous project become reflected in the later project. Nesting allows a prior project to be included in another project, modularizing the editing process so that an array of tracks and edits become one track for further editing. VEGAS provides sophisticated compositing including green screen, masking, and key-frame animation.
One example of this can be rendering a sequence in the background while the user continues to edit in a different instance of Vegas in the foreground. Clips and sequences can be copied and pasted between instances of Vegas. Moreover, it is the only NLE that allows multiple instances of the application to be opened simultaneously. It is also one of the few NLEs which can convert other formats to 24p (or any format to any other format) without any kind of a plug-in or third-party application support. For this reason, the use of Vegas is restricted only for post-production Audio or for the Video NLE market. One major drawback of Vegas is that although it started life as an Audio Multitrack NLE, it has no MIDI capability at all (with the exception of control-desk and synchronization). Master output effects can also be controlled and manipulated over time by the use of Master Bus track automation envelopes. Moreover, track level and output level effects (such as reverb), delay and flange audio effects are applied in a digital audio system, like Pro Tools, Cubase or Sonar. Effects can be applied at any stage of the visual signal flow or event level. Many of the visual effects processing in Vegas follow an audio-like paradigm.
In areas of compositing and motion graphics, Vegas provides a varied toolset, including a 3D track motion with control over z-depth, and spatial arrangement of visual planes including plane intersection.
VEGAS does not require any specialized hardware to run properly, allowing it to operate on any Windows computer that meets the system requirements.
The software runs on Windows operating systems. The software was originally published by Sonic Foundry, then by Sony Creative Software, and now by Magix. The first release of Vegas Beta was in on 1 June 1999. Vegas Pro (stylized as VEGAS Pro) is a video editing software package for non-linear editing (NLE).