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Creative Controls - Sony Vegas Pro 13

The latest edition of Sony Vegas Pro brings major enhancements such as archival tools, audio metering,
and Vegas Pro Connect with an app that provides a collaborative review process via an iPad...

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ony Creative Software's latest
upgrade to its NLE editing
technology takes Vegas Pro to
version 13 and offers collaboration
tools and streamlined workﬂ ows
to professional content producers
faced with a wide variety of
multimedia production tasks.
Announcing the launch John
Freeborg, Vice President of Sony
Creative Software described
Vegas Pro 13 as taking "giant
steps toward making the total
multimedia creation experience
faster and easier than ever".
He highlighted the Vegas Pro
Connect iPad app, which provides
a remote collaborative review
process for clients and team
members working on projects.
Freeborg said: "In addition to
technological advancements that
span the production process, from
ingesting to editing to archiving,
we've created a set of phenomenal
values by bundling Vegas Pro 13
with other workﬂ ow-integrated
professional applications, both
from Sony Creative Software and
key partners."
The Vegas Pro 13 application
packs in features that address the
state-of-the-art in nonlinear editing
technology, including:
* Vegas Pro Connect - Using
the iPad, Vegas Pro Connect
solves the collaboration
challenge on video productions.
Eliminate tedious written review
spreadsheets and notes by
moving to efficient online
and ofﬂ ine review workﬂ ows.
Coupled with a gesture driven
control surface feature, Vegas
Pro Connect improves editing
efficiency throughout your
project.
* Proxy-ﬁ rst workﬂ ow - Shoot

A familiar GUI for Sony Vegas Pro 13 offers more creative workﬂow features

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XDCAM footage and send
proxies to the cloud using the
Sony Wireless Camera Adapter.
Download and edit proxies,
then relink to the hi-res ﬁles for
rendering.
Project Archiving - Archive all
media associated with a project
or just the media used on the
timeline, including nested Vegas
Pro 13 projects.
XAVC Intra Smart Render -
Dramatically reduce render
times when using XAVC Intra
MXF render templates.
Loudness Meters - New EBU
R-128/CALM (Commercial
Advertisement Loudness
Mitigation Act) compliant
metering helps you follow the
new rules and avoid ﬁnes while
maximising the dynamic range
potential of your audio.
Multitool paradigm - A
convenient pop-up menu
directly below the timeline
organises frequently used tools
and provides fast access for a
more efﬁcient editing workﬂow.
New video plug-ins - Seven

Using the iPad, Vegas Pro Connect helps solve the collaboration challenge on
video productions

dynamic video effects from
FXHOME, accelerated through
OpenGL, are integrated directly
into the Vegas Pro 13 application.
* NewBlueFX Video Essentials VI
- 100 presets in 10 sophisticated
plugins; A NewBlueFX top seller.
* iZotope Nectar Elements - Oneclick voice/narration processing
plug-in. Apply task-speciﬁc style
presets such as Voice Over or
Dialogue and then customise
your sound with dedicated
controls like Presence, Drive,
and Grit. Nectar Elements
makes vocal treatment a snap.
The Vegas Pro 13 application is
available in three new configurations:

Vegas Pro 13 Edit:

Video and Audio Production -
The core Vegas Pro 13 application
including Vegas Pro Connect
compatibility, FXHOME plugi n s , a n d CA L M - c o m p l i a n t
Loudness Meters.

Vegas Pro 13:

Video, Audio, and Blu-ray Disc
Creation - Vegas Pro 13, plus
DVD Architect Pro 6, Dolby Digital
Professional Encoder, the Video
Essentials VI plug-in

collection from NewBlueFX, and
the iZotope Nectar Elements voice/
narration processing plugin.

Vegas Pro 13 Suite:

Editing, Disc Authoring, and Visual
Effects - The core application,
plus Sound Forge Pro 11, DVD
A rchite c t Pro 6, HitFilm 2
Ultimate (a wide range of special
effects plugins), Dolby Digital
Professional Encoder, the Video
Essentials VI plug-in collection
from NewBlueFX, the iZotope
Nectar Elements voice/narration
processing plug-in, 100 sound
effects from Blastwave FX, and
25 royalty-free Sound Series:
Production Music tracks.
Vegas Pro 13 delivers an
unparalleled toolset for content
creation and delivery, and
comes complete with DVD
Architect Pro 6, Dolby Digital
Professional Encoder, and plugin collections from FXHOME,
NewBlueFX, and iZotope.
Superior performance and
intuitive workflows mean
spending less time thinking about
editing and time more efficiently
spent actually doing it.

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