Built on the Professional Power of Vegas
Vegas ® software is our state-of-the-art professional video editor — prized by industry pros worldwide for its power, reliability, and ease of use. Now, Sony Media Software introduces Vegas Movie Studio™+DVD software — a streamlined version of our professional program. It's the perfect entry-level tool for video-editing and DVD-creation on your PC.
Make Movies, Slideshows, Presentations, and More Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software is a powerful, easy-to-use video editor. Just plug your camcorder or digital camera into your PC to capture your media. Then, arrange your video clips or pictures on the timeline and add effects, transitions, titles, and music. You can use Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software to:
Packed With More of the Good Stuff Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software offers features and functionality surpassing other consumer video-editing products, such as the ability to apply audio effects and envelopes at the track level. Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software includes hundreds of combinations of customizable special effects and transitions. And it's the only consumer video-editing product that includes 1,001 Sound Effects — a special CD loaded with audio clips to enhance your multimedia projects. Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software is also the only home movie-making software with interactive tutorials to walk you through the creation process. If you need help, just click the "Show Me How" button and the interactive guide will show you what to do next. |
Step 1: Capture Your
Step 2: Edit and Add Effects
Step 3: Create Your DVD |
Overview
Make Movie Magic With Just a Few Clicks
If you can use your computer's mouse to drag and drop files from one location to another, then you can make movies with Vegas ® Movie Studio™+DVD software! You can organize your media clips on the Vegas timeline, add effects, transitions, titles, and music — all using simple drag-and-drop operations.
Hollywood-Style Effects
Your whole family will have fun experimenting with Hollywood-style effects such as slow motion and the chroma key, or "green screen" effect. Make it look like you're walking on the moon or flying like a superhero!
Personalize your movies and slideshows with titles, credit rolls, and other media elements. You can even create a custom soundtrack or add your own narration to your project. You can preview your movie at any time, and make changes on the fly.
Apply over 175 special effects including old film look, blur, glow, light rays and more. Over 180 customizable 2D and 3D transitions let you connect scenes just like a Hollywood director.
Powerful Video and Audio Editing
Built on the acclaimed Vegas software technology used by the pros in studios worldwide, Vegas Movie Studio software provides all the tools you need to bring your video and still images to life.
Shoot for Perfection
Even if your images and videos aren't perfect, you can use the Vegas Movie Studio+DVD video filters to correct common problems.
- Restore dull, washed out footage
- Apply brightness and contrast
- Sharpen fuzzy images
- Balance colors
- Remove red-eye from photos
Produce Exciting Slideshows
Animate your digital photos and still images with the Pan and Scan tool. This easy-to-use tool lets you zoom in or out on an image, pan and scan, rotate photos, and more. The Pan and Scan tool is perfect for creating documentary-style movies, wedding slideshows, and dynamic presentations.
Create a Soundtrack
Import your own music directly from CDs or MP3 audio files. Add your own music, sound effects or even record and narrate voiceovers as your video plays back. New in version 5.0, the audio restoration plug-in lets you remove clicks, pops, and other noise from your music and audio clips to ensure the highest fidelity soundtrack for your video project.
Easy DVD Creation
Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software includes DVD Architect™ Studio software so you can easily create your own Hollywood-style DVDs. DVD Architect Studio software includes dozens of pre-made themed DVD menu templates to get you started.
You'll have fun producing DVDs with multiple menus, buttons, and links. You can even add your own behind-the-scenes features, director's cuts, outtakes, bloopers, and more.
DVD Architect Studio software supports today's popular video and audio formats such as AVI, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2, so you can make DVDs that will play on most VCD and DVD players.
New in Version 4.0
- DVD Architect Studio software for easy DVD authoring. Includes DVD menu templates including weddings, birthdays, sports and other special events. DVD Architect software supports multiple motion menus, buttons and links, and also supports today's most popular video and audio formats.
- Added Customizable 3D Scene Transitions such as 3D fly in/out, 3D blinds, 3D cascade, 3D shuffle and more.
- Video, audio and sound effects content from the Sony Pictures Entertainment vault. Vegas Movie Studio software now includes 1,001 Sound Effects, new music beds, exclusive video clips, title cards, borders and more to enhance creations.
- Flash (.swf) format import
- Trimmer window for easier layout and production. Trimmer editing lets you select a specific portion of a video or audio clip and arrange it on the timeline.
- Audio Restoration tools to remove clicks, pops and other noise from your audio for a high-quality soundtrack.
- Assignable Still Image Duration lets you set the length of time a still image or groups of stills appear in your project in one easy step. Set the still duration from under 1 second to 60 seconds.
- One-click publishing to ACIDPlanet.com - the premier online music and multimedia community.
Vegas Movie Studio Software Features
Multimedia Creation Made Easy
- Drag-and-drop editing
- More than 30 interactive tutorials
- Easy-to-use audio recording, editing and processing tools
- Unlimited number of undos/redos
- Automatic crossfades between events
Capture and Import
- Batch capture and automatic DV scene detection
- PC connection via FireWire ® , i.LINK™ connector or IEEE-1394 devices*
- Import pictures in BMP, GIF, JPG, and PSD formats
- Import AVI, DV, SWF, and MPEG 1 & MPEG 2 files
- Import audio files in WAV, MP3, AIF, CD Audio and PCA formats
- Extract audio from CDs
Transitions and Effects
- More than 180 customizable 2D and 3D transitions
- Over 175 customizable video special effects
- Add text animation, titles and scrolling credits
- Red-eye removal tool
- "Green screen" chromakey effects
- Pan and crop tool to animate still images
- Video and audio time stretch
Powerful Editing Tools
- Real-time preview of edits, effects, and transitions
- Trimmer tool
- Audio restoration
- Track level audio FX and envelopes
Export and Sharing
- VideoCD and Multimedia CD burning
- Export video projects in multiple formats for the Web
- One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com**
DVD Architect Studio Software Features
General
- DVD design and authoring
- Menu-based and single movie DVD creation
- Picture slideshows and music compilations
- Easy to use drag-and drop interface
- Unlimited number of undo/redo
- Media Explorer
- Adjustable Project and File Optimization Settings
- Multi-monitor support
- Multi-processor support
- Fully customizable toolbars
- Get Media from the web
DVD Editing and Layout
- Still and motion menu creation
- Support for multiple video titles
- Multiple menus with up to 36 buttons per menu
- Menu object editing, alignment, and sizing tools
- Text editing and shadow effects
- Object snapping
- Slide image rotation
- Add, edit, and move chapter points
- Title and Action safe grid area
- Customizable Themes
- Menu looping
Video
- DVD movie creation
- Picture slideshows
- No re-encoding of compliant files
- NTSC and PAL in normal (4:3) and wide-screen (16:9) formats
- Imports AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MOV, WMV, and a variety of still image formats
Audio
- Music compilations
- Attach audio files to menus
- Media file previewing
- Import WAV, MP3, WMA, PCA, AIF, MPEG audio
Testing and Burning
- Real-time project previewing with virtual DVD remote control or to external monitor
- DVD project verification and preparation
- Supports a wide variety of DVD burners