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April 20th, 2009, 04:25 AM
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Inner Circle
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Vegas Pro 9 available for pre-order
Expected ship date 5/11/2009 12:00:00 AM.
Product info Promo offer BTW, upgrade pricing is still only $234.95 download or $249.95 boxed. |
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April 20th, 2009, 05:02 AM
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Inner Circle
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Here's a partial list of the new features.
New! 4K support for frame sizes up to 4096x4096 New! Support for capturing directly to XDCAM-compatible MXF files from supported SDK sources New! Automatic source media adjustment for working with mismatched media New! Enhanced 32-bit floating point video levels mode designed to work like 8-bit mode but with the precision needed for 10-bit and higher sources and render formats New! Gradient wipe transition New! Glint, Rays, Defocus, Starburst, Soft Contrast, and Fill Light video effects New! Place and edit audio without quantizing to frame boundaries, while still quantizing video edits New! Multichannel audio adds from Trimmer Window New! Includes native 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vegas Pro software New! Enhanced user interface with layout presets New! Impressive lighting effects including Glint, Rays, and Fill Light New! Darker color palette UI for optimized viewing New! Audio Mixing and Color Correction default layouts New! Browse XDCAM EX and AVCHD contents in Device Explorer New! Native XDCAM EX reading and import New! Support for gigapixel size pictures New! Read and save DPX, OpenEXR, and Microsoft HD Photo formats New! Open and edit RED ONE™ files on the timeline New! Device Explorer for AVCHD and XDCAM EX devices |
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April 20th, 2009, 05:39 AM
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Trustee
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Is that delivery on the 5th of November or the 11th of May?
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April 20th, 2009, 06:00 AM
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Inner Circle
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Good question Renton.
My guess is May 11 but I'll wait for the official email to hit my Inbox for confirmation :-) |
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April 20th, 2009, 06:39 AM
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Major Player
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awesome! Hopefully version 9 will be much more stable. Any word on whether version 9 will be backwards compatible with 3rd party plug-ins that worked in version 8.x?
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April 20th, 2009, 07:24 AM
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Inner Circle
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May 11 2009
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April 20th, 2009, 07:27 AM
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Major Player
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Hmm will all Sony Media Software vendors receive version 9 on 05/11? I really want to pickup the Blu-Ray authoring kit from videoguys.com
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April 20th, 2009, 07:35 AM
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Inner Circle
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Ask the Videoguys.
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April 20th, 2009, 09:11 AM
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Inner Circle
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Looks like they bought VelvetMatter's Radiance. Excellent plugin (Glint, Rays, Soft Contrast etc).
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April 20th, 2009, 09:19 AM
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Looks like you were right about the purchase. velvetmatter £165 for the upgrade isn't floating my boat in any way. I would sooner put that to use on some other plug-ins to Bolster Vegas 8. Anyone else feeling the same? |
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April 20th, 2009, 09:20 AM
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For a first-looks review, take a look at my newest newsletter.
www.jetdv.com :: View topic - Vol #7, Issue #1 (April 2009)
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April 20th, 2009, 09:37 AM
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Inner Circle
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I wasn't particularly excited at first, but a read through Edward's excellent first look review revealed a few new bits and pieces that might just get me shelling out - but not yet - the free software for early upgraders does nothing to turn me on (although it would if I wasn't already a NewBlueFX user). I'm quite content to hang on for this one. |
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April 20th, 2009, 09:48 AM
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Likewise, had i not already been a very happy New Blue user, that would have softened the blow. |
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April 20th, 2009, 10:15 AM
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Major Player
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wow, yeah, $234 is a bit steep, but man, if it is able to handle native EX files. I will gladly throw that down! I am really excited.
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April 20th, 2009, 11:06 AM
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Inner Circle
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My 2 cents, for what it's worth...
Certain features will make this upgrade mandatory for some users - native MXF & Red support, for example. 4k resolution is huge and timely. Reading Edward's detailed review (thanks Edward!!!), there's a whole host of minor improvements that add up to quite a bit of benefit for workflow hounds like me. I really hope that the new 32-bit mode straightens out the gamma problems of the old 32-bit mode. I shied away from 32-bit; seemed like it was quite a ball of yarn to unravel to get settings right for various output codecs, I want to think Sony has fixed this - hope so. I do look forward to working with the velvetmatter plugins. That and workflow probably make the upgrade decision for me. No mention of other under-the-hood improvements, dare we hope for improved memory management, avc & large jpg performance on the timeline...?
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