User Manual

Revised December 14, 2011
What’s new in version 11.0
Video
• GPU-accelerated video processing. For more information, see Video tab on page 418.
For the latest information about supported hardware, please see our Web site at http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/
vegaspro/gpuacceleration.
• New Titles & Text plug-in. For more information, see Adding titles and text with the Titles & Text plug-in on page 275.
• Improved usability for the ProType Titler. For more information, see Adding titles and text with the ProType Titler on page 275.
• Added a new Star Wipe transition. For more information, see Using transition effects on page 326.
• Added a new Radial Pixelate video plug-in. For more information, see Applying video effects on page 303.
• Added per-parameter keyframes for many video plug-ins.
• The Transitions, Video FX, Media Generators, and (new) Compositors windows all include folders to group plug-ins and a
search box to help you find plug-ins easily.
• The Stabilize plug-in has been simplified and improved. For more information, see Stabilizing video clips on page 185.
• The Stereoscopic 3D Adjust plug-in now includes Floating Windows controls to allow you to mask the edge of the video frame
to compensate for screen-edge violations. For more information, see Aligning left- and right-eye views and adjusting depth on
page 130.
•Added a Stereoscopic 3D depth control to the Cookie Cutter, Cross Effect, and Iris transitions.
• Support for NVIDIA 3D Vision on single-display systems using the Windows Graphics Card device. For more information, see
Configuring a Windows Graphics Card on page 423.
• Event Pan/Crop is now integrated into the Video Event FX dialog.
Audio
• Improved usability for the Mixing Console. For more information, see Mixing Console window on page 195.
• A simplified Master Bus window provides you with a streamlined view of your project’s master output. For more information,
see Master Bus window on page 193.
Workflow
• Sync links provide an additional method of keeping events synchronized: a linked event retains synchronization when the
event it is linked to is moved but can be moved independently. For more information, see Using sync links on page 191.
• An updated Render As dialog streamlines the rendering process and makes it easy to manage your favorite render templates.
For more information, see Rendering a project on page 365.
• Integrated upload to YouTube. For more information, see Uploading a movie to YouTube on page 379.
Formats
• MainConcept AVC/AAC improvements:
• Added MP4 templates for Internet distribution.
•Added an Enable progressive download check box to the Video tab of the Custom Settings dialog to allow your videos
to begin playing during download.
• Added support for GPU-accelerated rendering.
• Added support for RED EPIC® clips. For more information, see Working with RED ONE and EPIC camera files on page 283.