Music and Video Software

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite has everything needed to produce spectacular HD movies. You can edit video in nearly any format including HDV and AVCHD. Included are innovative stereoscopic 3D tools, powerful features for video compositing, color correction, and soundtrack creation for feature-film results in your home studio. Use the surround sound mixing tools to create 5.1 soundtracks. Choose from hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters. Exclusive Sony Show Me How interactive tutorials help you get started fast. Use the included Sound Forge Audio Studio software for precise audio editing; then enhance your multimedia projects with 400 exclusive music soundtracks.

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New Highlights

New! Stereoscopic 3D Editing: Creating stereoscopic 3D projects is as easy as working with 2D media. With innovative new tools, Vegas Pro 10 provides the ability to import, adjust, edit, preview, and output stereoscopic 3D media in various formats. Delivery formats include single or dual files including side-by-side, top/bottom, or line alternate as well as traditional anaglyphic encoding.

New! Enhanced Video Plug-In Architecture: The new video effects plug-in architecture, based on the Open Effects Association platform, provides updated and enhanced technology that enables third-party plug-in developers to develop advanced video effect plug-ins more easily and rapidly. Additional plug-ins offer Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 users hundreds of new effect and special techniques for creating professional-level projects.

New! Audio Event FX: Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11allows editors to assign audio effects at the master output, bus level, track level, and now the event level for greater flexibility when working with multitrack projects.

New! Added support for 24p, 50p and 60p file formats: Users now have a solution for editing 24p, 50p or 60p files.

New! Improved QuickTime AVC Decode: Editors using popular DSLRs that record to QuickTime AVC gain significant improvement in playback performance.

New! Titles & Text Plug-in: This new tool allows users to spice up their text with animations and fun effects. With an intuitive and practical interface, it is easy to use and understand.

New! Transport Controls for Trimmer and Video Preview: Transport Controls provide more intuitive and immediate command over editing, as well as improve the overall workflow, productivity, and editing experience.

New! Improved New Project, Render As, and Make Movie Dialog Boxes: These new and improved dialog boxes make it easier for users of any skill level to create new projects, export completed projects, or burn existing projects to a DVD or Blu-Ray Disc.

Additional Highlights

Over 400 video effects and transitions.
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Standard or high definition: Edit video in nearly any format including HDV and Sony AVCHD video. You can even work simultaneously with standard-definition and high-definition video and the same project.

Create stunning HD movies: Vegas Movie Studio Platinum software has everything you need to produce movies in spectacular high definition. Editing HD is simple; just drop your clips on the timeline and go to work. Its high-performance engine is beyond fast--see your changes happen in real time. When you're done, export your movie in a variety of HD formats for easy sharing.

Zplane elastique timestretching: With elastique Pro technology, you can perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts while retaining maximum sound quality.

New Project and Make Movie wizards: The New Project wizard provides a simple approach to ensuring new projects are created correctly from the start. The new Make Movie wizard eliminates the guesswork for delivery and provides optimized for Web, DVD, e-mail, or for publishing movies to YouTube.

Image Stabilization: Use image stabilization technology to reduce jitter and shaky video footage. Users with shaky video footage, commonly shot from handheld camcorders and inexpensive portable pocket devices, have the ability to quickly salvage this media using several optimized presets.

Slideshow Creator: This new feature provides users with the ability to quickly create a dynamic slideshow from a set of images with a few simple clicks. It is designed to be simple, easy to use, and can quickly create pan/zoom effects and transitions across a collection of still images.

Device Explorer: Use the new Device Explorer window to quickly browse the contents of AVCHD, Hard Disk and Memory Stick devices. Users can quickly view media on the device and import the files natively into the software, maximizing workflow speed by only importing the files they need without conversion.

Secondary Color Corrector: The Secondary Color Corrector tool provides users with a detailed toolset for adjusting differences in video shot with different camera setups or lighting situations; enhance dull, washed-out footage; or make specific color ranges stand out.

White Balance: White Balance provides users with the ability to quickly make video look great when originally shot with poor white levels. Users can use the eyedropper tool adjust the white levels within a video clip and the entire clip is automatically color adjusted.

Burn DVD from timeline: User can burn a DVD directly from the timeline. This is a fast method to create a single movie DVD and provides an alternate distribution option in addition to Blu-ray Discs and traditional file-based hard disk and streaming media formats.

Burn Blu-ray Disc from timeline: Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 software provides functionality to burn a single-title Blu-ray Disc directly from the timeline. These discs are burned in BDMV format to BD-R, BD-RE, and DVD recordable media. Projects can be encoded as either MPEG-2 or AVC utilizing Dolby or PCM audio in stereo or 5.1 modes. Blu-ray Discs provide an alternative to streaming and file-based distribution for high-definition content. Beyond support for 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray Discs, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 supports burning BDMV on 4.7GB and 8.5GB standard DVD media, providing a low-cost opportunity for users to distribute high-definition content with traditional DVD burners and media.

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Upload movies to YouTube: Users can easily upload movies directly to YouTube for online sharing. The Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 publishing feature uses a high-quality encoding process for optimal YouTube quality.

400 exclusive music soundtracks: This professionally developed collection of royalty-free production music provides the perfect accent to your project.

Enhanced Sony AVCHD support: New functionality includes importing files directly from Sony AVCHD camcorders and most other brands. In addition, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 supports editing all types of AVCHD camcorder files, including files from the latest generation of 1920 x1080 AVCHD camcorders. Support for 1920 x 1080 ensures that the footage from the latest 1920 cameras can be edited natively on the timeline.

Improved native HDV .m2t playback: Improved memory and playback performance allows users to edit HDV footage natively without the time-consuming process of converting to an intermediate file type such as Cineform. Smart rendering provides faster encoding for cuts-only projects or projects with minimal changes while providing less generation loss because video frames pass through the engine unaltered.

Surround sound mixing and encoding: Import multichannel (5.1) source files from your camcorder including Sony DVD and AVCHD Handycam models. Use the surround sound mixing and panning tools to create surround DVD soundtracks. Encode AC-3 stereo or 5.1 mixes without leaving the software using the included Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding software.

Enhance video and audio: Advanced color-correction tools enhance washed-out footage, make specific colors stand out, and balance differences in video due to camera setup or lighting.

Add professional effects: Enhance your video with hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filter. Customize your soundtrack with over 20 real-time DirectX audio effects.

Create Hollywood-style DVDs: It's easy to produce your own professional-quality DVDs with multiple motion menus, buttons, and music beds. Includes 56 themes to get you started. Add your own behind-the-scenes features, director's cuts, outtakes, bloopers, and more.

Support for FLAC and LPEC files: The FLAC audio format is perfect for archiving and sharing audio at high quality without consuming large amounts of storage space. Users with supported portable digital voice recorders can import LPEC files and edit the audio directly on the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 timeline.

ATRAC .aa3 format support: Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 software includes ATRAC (.aa3) and ATRAC lossless format editing and encoding, surround encoding and decoding support, and the ability to encode up to 512 Kbps, 48 kHz. This feature allows users of Sony devices including MP3 players, NET-MD players, and HI-MD players can natively edit and export ATRAC formats without needing another conversion tool.

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Insert I-frames at markers: The MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder supports I-Frame insertion at timeline markers. (I-Frames are a representation of a complete frame that following frames are derived; more I-frames means a larger file) By providing I-Frames at timeline markers, a rendered file has precise chapter and navigation point placement for DVD Architect Studio software.

Envelope brush paint tool: Track envelopes such as audio volume and pan, and video composite levels are customized via points over time. The envelope brush tool provides user with the ability to paint an envelope curve over time by holding down the shift key. This provides a quick way to outline the general shape of the envelope without placing and modifying many distinct points. The auto-thinning feature provides a mathematical approximation of the drawn curve with as few points as possible. The resulting points can be further optimized independently.

Single-monitor full-screen preview: Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 enhances the preview experience by providing functionality to view the timeline on both the Preview window and an external device (or secondary display) simultaneously. Additional Preview window enhancements included new scaling options and auto-fit to maximize the preview experience with available window space. Simultaneous preview provides editors with the ability to setup a large scale viewing environment while preserving the editor's on-screen editing environment. In particular, laptop systems can easily switch between editing and full-screen preview modes.

View media marker names in events: Media used in the timeline may contain markers. This product can enable the display of these media markers directly on the timeline event. Individual media will have individual markers. By displaying the individual media markers on the explicit media event and editor can quickly focus on key points of interest with out cluttering the entire timeline workspace.

Multithreaded audio engine: The multithreaded audio engine is an optimized system that takes advantage of new multicore and hyperthreading computer systems to fully utilize available hardware resources. By leveraging the full capabilities of the hardware and reducing direct CPU load, users will benefit from a greater number of tracks and audio/video effects for real-time preview, improved performance at lower latencies, and faster audio render times.

Gracenote MusicID: The Gracenote MusicID media recognition service can be used when ripping content from CDs. Users can automatically view information about a CD track including, title, artist, and song name, and can also submit data.

What's in the Box

Application DVD includes Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 software, DVD Architect Studio 5.0 software, 360 Music Soundtracks, 56 DVD themes, Jump Start Tutorial DVD, Deluxe Paper 3D Glasses, Free Online Help, Serialized Insert Guide, Sony Creative Software Product Brochure

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Features

Adobe Premiere Elements 11

Easy and powerful video editing. Memorable home movies.

Use new FilmLooks to apply favorite cinematic styles to your movies.

Turn everyday videos into memorable movies.

Choose a trusted solution - Bring your photos and videos to life with a powerful solution from the makers of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro, industry-leading professional photo and video editing software.

Enhanced: Do it all with one powerful yet easy-to-use product - Use Adobe Premiere Elements 11 for all your video needs. Import and organize clips, edit them manually or use automated options, and share your movies on virtually any screen.

Enhanced: Quickly find the clips you need - Easily find your best clips or ones that meet a particular set of criteria. The Auto-Analyzer tags your footage and photos for quality and interest, and a variety of smart search options help you quickly zero in on what you need.

Enhanced: Create a polished movie instantly - Take advantage of Hollywood directors’ techniques with InstantMovie, which automatically edits together your best clips with coordinated music, titles, and effects from your choice of movie theme. New themes are included.

Save time with smart, automated options - Let Adobe Premiere Elements automatically fix shaky footage and color and lighting problems, trim away all but your best footage, and balance audio elements to give you professional-quality sound throughout your movie.

Enhanced: Add quality effects and transitions - Use FilmLooks to apply favorite cinematic styles to your movies. Easily combine elements from different scenes for entertaining results. And add hundreds of amazing special effects and transitions, including new options.

Energize your movies with music - Use SmartSound to add a variety of musical soundtracks that automatically adjust to perfectly match the length of your movie. Even sync up your scenes to the beat of your soundtrack.

Enhanced: Easily do more with video clips and photos - Make all your memories shine whether they’re captured on video or in photos. For example, enhance color in video clips as easily as you do in photos, and quickly bring photos to cinematic life using customized pan and zoom motions.

Share with convenience - Follow easy steps to create your movie once and then share it many ways. Share on highquality HD or Blu-ray Discâ??and even get HD quality on standard DVDs. Enjoy your movie on virtually any screen, from your iPod to your HD flat screen TV.

Use Videomerge to easily put your subject in a new scene.

Organize

Keep track of all your memories with intelligent options that help you quickly organize, find, and view all your photos and video clips.

Edit

Count on automated moviemaking options to take the work out of video editing.

Enhance

Add professional polish with a wide range of great-looking effects, transitions, themes, titles, disc menus, and more.

Share

Create your movie once and then quickly share it in many ways, including on discs, HD TVs, Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook.

This new version of eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method offers everything you need to learn how to play! Piano instructor, Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you through over 300 step-by-step full-screen lessons. New Instant Feedback works with both electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos! It listens as you play melodies and shows whether you're playing correctly!

The lessons start with the basics, such as hand position, rhythm, and playing on black keys, and move on to reading music notation, sight reading, scales, and much more. Techniques are demonstrated with over 70 videos viewable in full-screen mode.

Learn songs and exercises from music notation as an animated keyboard guides you through fingerings. Songs and exercises are provided as both live-recorded audio and variable-speed MIDI tracks which let you slow the music down as needed. Colorful MIDI accompaniments help make practicing fun! You will learn over 100 popular classical, blues, pop, and rock songs, including hit songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, and Elton John!

Interactive review and ear training quizzes help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. When used with an electronic MIDI keyboard, you get Interactive Evaluation Feedback with detailed specifics on your playing, including which notes and rhythms were wrong and how to correct them. In addition, the new Note Tracker shows you what note you're playing and makes learning music notation easy. This latest version also offers fully scalable lesson screens and an option for full-screen video. Other accessories include a built-in digital metronome and a recorder. eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play piano or keyboard!

eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method Features

Accessories include a built-in digital metronome and a recorder. Click here for a larger image

Techniques are demonstrated with over 70 videos viewable in full-screen mode.

Instant Feedback

Shows you whether you're playing the correct notes on melodies. Works with both electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos!

Interactive Evaluation Feedback

When using a MIDI keyboard you get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes to help you get it right the next time.

Progress Tracking

Personalized reports show your rate of progress, including scores for specific songs. The built-in recorder also helps you hear your progress.

Animated Keyboard

Displays correct fingerings as the music plays or for any note or chord that you double-click.

Audio Tracks

Features multi-track live recordings, colorful MIDI accompaniments and MIDI tracks that allow you to slow down or speed up the music.

Full-screen Lessons and Videos

Also features over 100 songs including:

"Piano Man" by Billy Joel
"Candle in the Wind" by Elton John
"Ode to Joy" by Ludwig van Beethoven
"America the Beautiful" by Samuel Ward
"La Bamba" made famous by Los Lobos
"Minuet in G" by J.S. Bach
"Tishomingo Blues" by Spencer Williams
"The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan

What Reviewers Are Saying...

Wall Street Journal

"We found the software well planned and effective -- progress was quick."

PC Magazine

4 ½ stars

American Music Teacher Magazine

"An impressive and thorough piano teaching program."

Music News

"We tried out the method and within no time we were actually playing songs, something that we had no idea we would be able to do so quickly. It is simply amazing."

Finale PrintMusic is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life with professional results.

The fast, easy way to bring your music to life with professional results.

• Arrange full ensembles and extract individual parts
• Play your music with professional sounds and nuance
• Share your music with iPod-ready MP3 files

From the creators of Finale, the world's leading music notation software, PrintMusic is perfect for arrangers, composers, teachers, band and choir directors, church musicians, students, and other musicians.

Easy Set-up

Get started right away. The Setup Wizard configures key and time signatures, transpositions, pickup measures, and more--instantly. Want an engraved or handwritten look? Select a document style to personalize the appearance of your music.

Easy Entry

PrintMusic lets you compose and arrange the way you want. Easily put notes on the page with these flexible options:

• Click notes into place with a mouse--and hear them as you do.
• Play your MIDI keyboard with a metronome and watch your music appear on screen in real time.
• Enter notes in step-time from your computer or MIDI keyboard.
• Scan your music with SmartScore Lite (included).
• Import MIDI and MusicXML files.
• Play a brass or woodwind instrument into a microphone using our exclusive MicNotator.

Incredible Sound

Your compositions sound great with PrintMusic's advanced playback features:

• Free Software Synthesizer with 128 instrument sounds and marching percussion sounds from Row-Loff.
• Add more sounds with external sound libraries. (VST/AU instruments and effects libraries are sold separately.)
• Human Playback to give your music nuance, as if performed by live musicians.
• Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing adds harmonies to your melodies.
• Save your music as an audio file to burn CDs or save on an iPod.
• Powerful mixer fine-tunes your playback.

More

• Create up to 24 staves and print your score or parts: Finale technology ensures world-class output.
• Unlimited number of lyric verses. Lyrics are automatically spaced with publisher-quality precision.
• Transpose to any key and for any instrument.
• Add dynamics, tempos, percussion notation, chord symbols, guitar fretboards and tablature, articulations, handbell graphics, and more.
• Share your music with others using the free, downloadable Finale Reader.
• QuickStart videos show you how--on your computer screen--and a quick reference guide for common tasks is included.

Powerful mixer fine-tunes your playback.

What's New in PrintMusic 2011

Improved Lyric Entry and Spacing

Lyrics are more easily entered, instantly appear exactly as they'll print out, and are automatically spaced with engraver precision.

Easier Staff Layout

New Staff Layout capabilities make it simple and intuitive to hide, move, and edit staves.

New Fonts

Hundreds of new font characters are included for percussion, mallet and handbell graphics.

Handbells Used Chart

PrintMusic can automatically create a chart at the top of your handbell music that lists every bell used.

Music Education Worksheets

PrintMusic now includes more than 150 ready-made, customizable music education worksheets and flashcards.

Improved Pickup Measures and More

Pick-up measures automatically insert the correct rests when you start your score, improved file support for multiple-user environments, and updated screen display colors.