Product Description

Vegas Movie Studio+DVD Platinum software offers everything with the standard version such as easy drag-and-drop video editing, integrated DVD layout and burning, Show Me How interactive tutorials. In addition, Platinum Edition provides added features, advanced editing tools, and other bonus materials to speed you through even the most complex of movie projects from fullscreen DV to widescreen HDV. Go from HDV camera to viewing in 3 easy steps: Capture, Edit, Share Import digital photos and videos from a DVD camcorder, DV or even HDV (high-definition video) and the software expertly manages these captures files for user-friendly searching, sorting and viewing. Compatible with the latest DV and HDV cameras, Vegas Movie Studio+DVD Platinum software lets you import and edit high-definition as easily as standard-definition so you can create stunning video projects including 16:9 widescreen. Platinum Edition includes support for 601/709 color spaces and the CineForm intermediate codec for high performance HDV editing. Export your high-definition projects back to your HDV camera or to delivery formats including Windows Media 9 HD, Real Media, and QuickTime. Use simple drag-and-drop actions to create movies and slideshows with professional effects, transitions and music. Also, make changes on-the-fly to see instant results. Enhance video with professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters including over 400 effects and 400 transitions. Vegas Movie Studio+DVD Platinum software also includes advanced video restoration tools including 3-wheel primary color correction. Easily adjust differences in video and enhance washed-out footage or make specific colors stand out. The included tools let you burn movies. Export to formats such as QuickTime or Windows Media, or export as HDV back to the HD camera. OHCI compatible i.LINK(R) connector/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV capture and print-to-tape) Windows-compatible sound car

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3948 in Software
• Brand: Sony Media Software
• Model: SPVMSDV6000
• Released on: 2005-08-15
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• System Requirements
• Windows 2000, XP Home or Professional (SP2 required for HDV)
• 800 MHz processor (2.8 GHz recommended for HDV)
• 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended for HDV)

Customer Reviews

Wow...what a great program
Sony Vegas is simply an amazing product, especially for the price. User friendly, powerful...Vegas is satisfying.

Great product, great price
I am a beginner with video editing and decided on Movie Studio after reading some of the reviews. I am happy to report the the product performed as promised right out of the box. This was my first time editing video, my prior projects were slideshows with a product Roxio puts out and this put the Roxio product to shame.

The initial setting up of the software was painless as was the capturing of the video from my camera. Be warned though that the product does not support some video taken from still digital cameras. With my mini-dv camcorder though everything was smooth.

The timelines and ability to cut/paste and trim audio and video seperately or together is easy to use once you get the hang of it. Yes, like anything worthwhile you need to spend time with the manuals and tutorials but if this is a complaint then you don't need this product.

There are enough effects and transitions to put together some nice projects and the ability to pan across still photos is a awesome.

There is a decent how-to section to show you how to get things going and the package even includes 2 discs with sound effects to add to the project.

As for the DVD software while it works well I am still trying to master it to get beyond the basics. I found the how-to tutorials much less helpful than in the editing suite but I can still make some decent dvd menus.

All in all I can't complain. Everything has worked like it should. I have only had one glitch burning a dvd which a simple reboot of my computer fixed. The editing suite has not once crashed and even though the rendering times are long the final product looks great.

I have not tried other products but I really can't imagine anything out there that will work much better than Movie Studio for the same price.

ST

Great software for the non-professional.
I bought this to make DVDs of home video, and it's awesome. I think a lot of people think making a DVD is as simple as clicking an icon and it does everything for you. It's a little more involved than that. Basically, be prepared to use a couple of the programs included in this set. Let me explain how I use this software:

1. Open up Movie Studio, and capture the video from your camera. This creates a bunch of AVI files that you can now work with.
2. Use Movie Studio to add a nice fade-out, or crop the sections of the video you don't want, add some music or sound effect tracks, and play with the volumes of each audio track to your liking, and re-render in the same format as the source, but as a different filename/location. (It should most likely be a resolution of 720x480 pixels)
4. Now that you have all your prepared videos, open up DVD studio and add them to the project, add menus, change menu backgrounds, change fonts...etc. The manual that came with the software is pretty decent, and the online tutorials can even aid you in your active project! (Just the other night, I went through the tutorial for making a picture slideshow, and it integrated right into my current project.)
5. When you're satisfied with your DVD project, simply prepare it (It creates the file structure that will be copied to your DVD) then burn the prepared project.

I made a DVD in less than 5 hours, and I did a lot of bells and whistles, adding music, a cute intro movie with sound effects and music, and the DVD was about 4.1GB when done.

The complexity of the software is directly proportional to how artistic you want to be. It can do a LOT of stuff. You probably won't use the ACID XMC, unless you want to CREATE your own music.

The steps I explained are pretty basic. You can't be afraid to poke around, and remember that these editors are non-destructive, so if you're playing with a video in Movie Studio, and you add fades, or text, or FX, it's not destroying your original work. Knowing this should give you some comfort while being adventurous and exploring the software.

This software has never crashed my machine, and I haven't had any problems other than my own lack of double-checking my work before burning a DVD that had things I forgot to edit/add.