Jim Lafferty
April 15th, 2005, 04:56 PM
Here it is (http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=31899)...
Major new features include improved HDV editing including 24p, enhanced multiprocessor support for faster render times and nested projects which can be used on the timeline as if they were any other file.
While having a really fast, cutting edge machine is nice to have if you are doing HDV , it isn't required, our system requirements for HDV are by far the lightest in the industry, so if you have a decent system that handles DV well, you can work with HDV , even on a laptop.
Ensuring that every type of user will be able to use Vegas 6, the Sony development team has added the ability to import and export digital video data via SDI, a feature that was a mere technology demonstration last year at this time. Working closely with hardware company Black Magic, Vegas 6 now supports Blackmagicdesign's DeckLink SDI and HD-SDI boards.
With the new Intel and AMD dual core processors, as well as the multithreaded processors that have been available for the past couple of years, Sony says that software enhancements will significantly speed up rendering times for Vegas 6.
Users of other applications who have always wanted to try Vegas will be happy to know that Vegas 6 now supports AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) import and export. Previously, Vegas had support for EDLs (Edit Decision Lists) and XML (Extensible Markup Language) project interchange, and there was also a third-party OMF (Object Metafile) tool, all of which are still supported.
One standout new feature in the updated user interface is the ability to hover your cursor over a thumbnail of one of the clips in the media manager window, and then a larger, easier-to-see version of that clip enlarges in front of it, complete with a scrub bar. It's a useful idea, particularly if you're rummaging around in a library full of thousands of clips and wondering what it is you actually have.
Another great addition to Vegas is a new monitoring option called Windows Secondary Display. This allows you to feed the program video straight from your timeline via DVI or VGA into another monitor. Besides perhaps eliminating the need to buy a specific (and oftentimes expensive) HDTV monitor for your edit suite, it could also be practical for feeding an HD signal to a client monitor.
Major new features include improved HDV editing including 24p, enhanced multiprocessor support for faster render times and nested projects which can be used on the timeline as if they were any other file.
While having a really fast, cutting edge machine is nice to have if you are doing HDV , it isn't required, our system requirements for HDV are by far the lightest in the industry, so if you have a decent system that handles DV well, you can work with HDV , even on a laptop.
Ensuring that every type of user will be able to use Vegas 6, the Sony development team has added the ability to import and export digital video data via SDI, a feature that was a mere technology demonstration last year at this time. Working closely with hardware company Black Magic, Vegas 6 now supports Blackmagicdesign's DeckLink SDI and HD-SDI boards.
With the new Intel and AMD dual core processors, as well as the multithreaded processors that have been available for the past couple of years, Sony says that software enhancements will significantly speed up rendering times for Vegas 6.
Users of other applications who have always wanted to try Vegas will be happy to know that Vegas 6 now supports AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) import and export. Previously, Vegas had support for EDLs (Edit Decision Lists) and XML (Extensible Markup Language) project interchange, and there was also a third-party OMF (Object Metafile) tool, all of which are still supported.
One standout new feature in the updated user interface is the ability to hover your cursor over a thumbnail of one of the clips in the media manager window, and then a larger, easier-to-see version of that clip enlarges in front of it, complete with a scrub bar. It's a useful idea, particularly if you're rummaging around in a library full of thousands of clips and wondering what it is you actually have.
Another great addition to Vegas is a new monitoring option called Windows Secondary Display. This allows you to feed the program video straight from your timeline via DVI or VGA into another monitor. Besides perhaps eliminating the need to buy a specific (and oftentimes expensive) HDTV monitor for your edit suite, it could also be practical for feeding an HD signal to a client monitor.