System information
Audio
n You can now preview audio through supported AJA and BlackMagic Design video preview devices.
n Added 64-bit Gracenote support.
n Added support for 64-bit Noise Reduction (Audio Restoration, Click and Crackle Removal, Clipped
Peak Restoration, and Noise Reduction), Acoustic Mirror, élastique Timestretch, and Wave Hammer
plug-ins.
Workflow
n Expanded edit mode provides fast, accurate event trimming: the in and out frames are displayed in
a split-screen Video Preview window and unused, available frames are displayed in the timeline.
n Simplified edge trimming: press Alt+[ or Alt+] to trim the beginning or end of the selected event to
the cursor position.
n You can press Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] to navigate selected events on the timeline, or press Ctrl+Shift+[ and
Ctrl+Shift+] to create time selections from selected events.
n When you right-click a file in the Project Media window and choose Select Timeline Events from
the shortcut menu, the cursor now moves to the first event that uses the media and the timeline
scrolls to the cursor.
n Vegas Pro allows you to match your project video properties to a video clip:
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You can choose to match project video settings to the first video clip you add to the timeline.
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You can right-click a video clip in the Project Media window and choose Match Project
Video Settings from the shortcut menu.
n Added project-interchange tools to allow you to exchange projects with other popular editing
platforms.
n Added support for importing and exporting text in the Credit Roll plug-in.
n Video plug-ins that include 2D positional controls can now be adjusted by dragging a point in the
Video Preview window.
n Added support for reading orientation metadata in still-image formats. If a still image contains
orientation metadata, the image will be oriented correctly when added to the Vegas Pro timeline.
Orientation metadata is represented by the Rotation drop-down list in the Media Properties dialog.
n Render progress is now displayed in the Windows taskbar. If the render time is greater than a
minute, a sound is played when rendering is complete.
To change the sound, go Control Panel in Windows and click Sound. Click the Sounds tab and
expand the Vegas Pro12.0 entry. When you select the Render Complete event, you can preview the
current sound, assign a new sound, or turn off the Render Complete sound.
n You can now import media from Vegas Pro project files.
n You can now tag media files in the Project Media window.
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