Product Description

Vegas Movie Studio software is the easiest way to create captivating movies and slideshows to share with friends and family or online. Integrated DVD authoring.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1429 in Software
• Brand: Sony
• Model: MSPVMS8000
• Released on: 2007-06-19
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 8.00" w x 1.00" l, .75 pounds

Features

• Professional-level power for your home studio
• Edit standard and HD video including DV, HDV, and Sony AVCHD
• Export movies directly to your PSP (PlayStation Portable)
• Follow along with Show Me How tutorials, or learn as you go
• Create 5.1 surround soundtracks

Amazon.com
Vegas Movie Studio+DVD Platinum software offers everything you get with the standard version such as easy drag-and-drop video editing, integrated DVD layout and burning, and Show Me How interactive tutorials. In addition, Platinum Edition provides added features, advanced editing tools, bonus video effects, and comprehensive training to speed you through even the most complex movie projects--from fullscreen DV to widescreen HDV.

Video Editing and DVD Creation Software
Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition software provides the power, features, and advanced tools you need to edit video in nearly any format, including HDV and Sony AVCHD. It includes hundreds of built-in video and audio effects as well as integrated tools for professional-level compositing, color correction, and 5.1 surround mixing. With this software and your creative spark, there are no limits to what you can produce. It's your vision, your way.

Professional-Level Video Editing

• Produce high-quality movies, corporate videos, wedding DVDs, and more
• Edit video in nearly any format including DV, HDV, and Sony AVCHD
• Interactive Show Me How tutorials actually show you what to do

Edit video in the newest HD formats including Sony AVCHD

Drag and drop to add effects, transitions, music, and more

Share your movies on DVD, PSP, on the web, and more

Create Stunning HD Movies

• Everything you need to produce movies in spectacular high-definition
• High-performance engine--see your changes happen in real time
• Export your movie in a variety of HD formats including WMV, AVI, and MPEG

Advanced Video and Audio Editing Tools

• Enhance washed-out footage or make specific colors stand out, and balance differences in video
• Balance differences in video due to camera setup or lighting
• 5.1-channel surround sound mixing and encoding.

Surround Sound Mixing and Encoding

• Import multichannel (5.1) source files from camcorders 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 with the included Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding software

Integrated DVD Creation

• Includes DVD Architect Studio software for DVD authoring
• Create custom menus, buttons, backgrounds, and navigation
• Includes 44 high-quality DVD themes

Customer Reviews

I like this video editor, but you can download a free trial first
This video editor is able to read .VOB file from DVD's created from VCR tapes, making it great for editing the old family videos. The display is quite customizable and easy to spread over two monitors. There is a small learning curve, but the "Show Me How" help a lot. The only things that detract from this is (1) the lack of a comprehensive noise reduction facility (Sony has this as a pricey plug-in, but then, none of the other video editors in this price range has this feature), and (2) the DVD creation software is not integrated in with the editor (although it is included in the package). But don't buy this software just on our say-so, download the 30 day free trial from the Sony web site and make sure it works for you before you buy.

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Nice feature set, great stability
After too many system crashes with Pinnacle Studio (especially after hours of rendering), I decided to upgrade to a better software. I've been using Movie Studio since version 3, had upgraded to version 7, and now version 8, and have rarely had the software crash on me. The major reason to upgrade to version 8 was because the new computer I bought came with Windows Vista, which the previous versions did not support.

Movie Studio provides a nice set of tools that allow transitions, zooming, lighting controls, video edits/adjustments, etc. Video effects applied to your clips can be customized for very amazing results if the user takes time to learn how to use them. One of the features I especially like is to be able to render all the clips as one MPEG file with chapter marks included, so that DVD Architect will read the chapter marks and automatically generate a scene menu. This way one can ensure that transition effects are smooth from one clip to the next, yet scene selection is available for ease of navigating through the resulting DVD.

Update: Another use for Movie Studio is to transcode video to MP4 for playback on IPOD or other video players (Blackberry Curve, for example). For example, you can take a non-encripted DVD (not copy protected), rename the video file to have mpg extension (mpeg 2), select the entire movie or a particular portion, and render as MP4 to be transferred to your portable player. Quality is excellent. While one can find free encoders out there, Movie Studio is the best if you want more control.

Good for DV; not so for HDV
Having read good things about this software package, I bought a copy for a relatively good price. The program looks sleek, and works well with standard DV. I was able create a number of non hi-def videos without much problems. I was eager to try out hi-def video as I own a Sony HDR-HC3. It turned out to be a very frustrating experience. I ran into hangs, and crashes with HDV that I did not experience with DV. Vegas Movie Studio always tries to build peaks for the videos that it imports, and that step took forever to finish. Sometimes it never finished; I had to kill the program after half a day of it never getting past some percentage of completion. Also, while the program builds peak, the user can not do much. I have used Pinnacle (up to version 10.5) and Adobe Premiere, and I have to say that when it comes to HDV, Vegas Movie Studio has turned out to be the buggiest product of all. I have run into crashes with Pinnacle during the editing and production phases, but at least I managed to find ways around the problems; not so with Vegas Movie Studio because at times the thing never even finished the building peaks step to allow me to edit the video. It's very ironic considering that the source videos came from a Sony camcorder.