Vegas 7
New! Comprehensive XDCAM SD/HD support
New! Improved HDV playback performance
New! Enhanced hardware support for Blackmagic Design DeckLink™ and AJA
New! Improved workflow tools
New! Sony DVD 5.1 camera support
New! Cinescore software plug-in support
New! Enhanced HDV, SD/HD-SDI support
New! Enhanced video monitoring
New! Direct export to Sony® PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
New! Render to iPod®-compatible formats
DVD Architect 4
New! Scripting support
New! Random playlist playback
New! Parental control
New! Keyframeable transformations, crop, and effects
New! Graphical subtitles
New! Buttons on video
New! 4:3 and 16:9 preview settings
Wow ipod formats, cool just what a serious editor needs!!
since the list of "new" features was only up for a minute before sony took it off, I hope there are more "new" features. If not, well those waiting in great anticipation...........Vegas 4 and 5 work quite nicely.
thx kddubb, that's the best list I've seen.. a few key points are:
Editing/Workflow Features
• New! Save and recall window layouts
• New! Flexible window docking
• New! Enhanced video previewing
• New! Improved cursor object “snapping”
• New! Support for XDCAM essence markers
• New! Envelope brush “painting”
• New! Enhanced keyboard mapping
• New! Improved project copy and trim operations
so at least it'll be a bit easier to use with layouts and window docking.
Looks like mostly cosmetic small improvements, nothing major.
But hey maybe hidden in the change list is something significant.
I wonder if sony will create a major new industry-leading platform set of changes w/Vegas sometime in the next couple of releases.. til then, I suppose it's good that they're making a lot of small incremental improvements.. but it's just taking too long, eg we waited all this time, for -this-? is my ongoing reaction to V5/V6 and now V7.
How dramatic are the improvements in other NLE platforms, release-to-release, or year-to-year? I'd like to dedicate myself to a software platform that's significantly supported by it's developer, vs a "hey let's go buy sonic foundry's NLE and brush it up a little bit each year to see how much $$ we can get from the faithful" current approach..
I'm pretty happy with Vegas as is, (although I probably shouldn't say that out loud). This has me pretty stoked though:
"• New! Enhanced video previewing"
I'm hoping by "enhanced" they mean they pumped up the preview engine so I can get better HD preview. This would actually be pretty major for me if it does what I hope it does. Can't wait to check it out.
I'm hoping there is more to the story,,, the leap from 2 to 3 ,and 3 to 4 was pretty significant, last couple of updates were lame. edius and PP are leavin vegas in the dust,, unless there is more to the story. I for one am hoping there is much more in this upgrade than a friggin ipod render.
come on vegas make a promoter of your product proud.
Wow!!!! I can export my videos Directly to PSP.... Geez I gotta upgrade fer sure..
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sigh. sony. get a clue. ok?
ken
this is puzzling, it says under Audio (only):
Audio Features
• New! Improved multi-processor support
but what we need is multi-processor support for video renders to go faster... don't know what it means... I'll be safe and assume it's mediocre.. again.
"Includes support for high performance native HDV M2T playback"
--> sounds like tweaks for improved cpu performance in decoding. maybe GPU support? i hope!
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"Dual processor DV rendering support"
-->now that's big. DV has always been single threaded, hasn't it?
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Edited:
Duh, that last one was wrong, I believe. Just tested, and it cranked both my processors to the max.