1. 1 Reviewer’s Guide Vegas Pro 10 Professional Video, Audio, and Blu-ray Disc™ Creation

2. 8/10/20152 Product Summary3 Pricing and Availability6 Included with Vegas Pro 10 7 System Requirements8 Vegas Pro 10 Interface Overview9 New Features10 New Features in Detail11-37 Supported File Formats38 About Sony Creative Software39 Vegas Pro 10 – Table of Contents

3. 3 The Vegas ™ Pro 10 collection offers an efficient and intuitive environment for professional audio and video production, including stereoscopic 3D tools and DVD/Blu-ray Disc ™ authoring. With broad format support, superior video effects processing, and the most powerful audio tools available in a NLE, Vegas Pro 10 delivers everything needed to produce outstanding results. Vegas Pro 10 – Product Summary

4. 4 Precise editing tools: Arrange events on the timeline using Windows ® drag-and-drop functionality, then expertly edit complex SD or HD projects using mouse or keyboard trimming and powerful ripple editing modes. Features include improved video monitoring, customizable window layouts, color-coded snapping, improved HDV, SDI, and XDCAM support, A/V synchronization detect and repair, playhead scrubbing, drag ripple and arrange, source project editing, and auto-frame quantization. Superior audio control: Vegas Pro software provides the ultimate in audio flexibility, including unlimited tracks, 24- bit/192 kHz audio support, on-the-fly punch-in recording, 5.1 surround mixing, effects automation, and time compress/expand. Apply over 30 customizable, real-time audio effects including EQ, Reverb, Delay, and more. Vegas Pro software natively supports VST audio plug-ins—expanding your audio processing and mixing options. Comprehensive format support: Includes native editing support for popular formats including AVCHD, NXCAM, XDCAM Optical, XDCAM EX, RED, and H.264.mov files from DSLR cameras. Supports 2K and 4K workflows at resolutions of up to 4096x2304. 5.1 surround encoder: Output high fidelity surround mixes by encoding 5.1 multichannel or stereo mixes with Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding software. DVD Architect 5.2 software also imports AC-3 files for the creation of multichannel 5.1 DVDs. Customizable transitions and effects: Vegas Pro software includes over 190 video effects and 175 transitions—all fully customizable. Effects include: Film Effects, Chroma Key, Timecode Overlays, Media Generators, Credit Rolls, Text Effects and more. Use transitions such as: Clock Wipe, Dissolves, and Page Peels.

5. 5 Vegas Pro 10 – Product Summary Advanced video compositing: Create compelling video and text effects, with control over Z-depth, plane intersection, compositing, and more. Motion is real-time and previewable via i.LINK® connector/IEEE-1394 hardware or HD/SD - SDI to an external monitor. VST plug-in effect support: You can use effects to manipulate the audio components of your project. The included audio plug-ins can improve the quality of the audio in your project or create unique sounds. Vegas software supports additional DirectX and VST effects from a variety of vendors. Audio effects can be applied to all events on a track, to busses, or as assignable effects. Broadcast Wave Format support: Vegas software supports the industry standard Broadcast Wave Format. Multichannel Broadcast Wave Format files can be opened and edited like any other audio file, or can be imported and auto-arranged on the Vegas timeline based on the file timestamp metadata. Tape-style audio scrubbing: You can use scrubbing to scroll playback of your project at varying speeds. A tape-style scrubber above the timeline mimics dragging an analog tape past the playhead. Project nesting: Use project nesting to add a Vegas project (.veg) to the timeline and edit and apply effects the same as you would a standard media event. This feature can help you streamline your project workflow. System-wide media management: You can use the Media Manager window to search and manage your collection of media assets so you can easily find the right file for your Vegas projects. The Media Manager maintains a database of your files, including attributes, ACID metadata, and tags that you can assign to classify your audio and video clips.

6. 6 Vegas Pro 10 – Pricing and Availability English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese versions available October 2010 Available from: – software retailers – sonycreativesoftware.com List Price – $699.95 – €649.00 – £589.00 – ¥95,000

7. 7 Vegas Pro 10 – Includes Vegas Pro 10 software (32-bit and 64-bit) DVD Architect Pro 5.2 software Dolby Digital Professional encoder Over 30 DirectX ® audio plug-ins Over 300 video transitions and effects Electronic Vegas Pro 10 User Manual DVD Architect Pro 5.2 User Manual

8. 8 Vegas Pro 10 – System Requirements Microsoft ® Windows ® XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Vista® 32-bit or 64-bit SP2, or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD or stereoscopic 3D) 400 MB hard-disk space for program installation 1 GB RAM (2GB recommended) OHCI-compatible i.LINK ® connector/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV and HDV capture and print-to-tape) USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, or DVD camcorders) Windows-compatible sound card DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only) Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only) Supported DVD-recordable drive (for DVD burning only) Supported Blu-ray recordable drive (for Blu-ray burning only) Microsoft.NET Framework 3.0 Apple QuickTime7.1.6 or later Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service) NOTE: Product requires online registration within 30 days

9. 9 Vegas Pro 10 – Interface

10. 10 Vegas Pro 10 – Key New Features  Stereoscopic 3D  Closed Captioning  Video Plug-in Architecture  Image Stabilization  Genlock for AJA Devices  50p and 60p Projects support  Print to Tape Options  Input Busses and Real-time Rendering  Track Header UI  GPU Accelerated Encoding  Improve QuickTime AVC Decode  Audio Event FX  VU Meters  Broadcast Wave Format  Track Management  Multicamera Improvements  Trimmer and Video Preview Transport Controls  New Keyboard Shortcuts  Device Explorer Improvements  Update Disc Burning Technology  AVCHD Timecode Support  Cineform Neo3D Support

11. 11 New Features in Detail Vegas Pro 10 Professional Video, Audio, and Blu-ray Disc™ Creation

12. 12 Stereoscopic 3D Feature: – 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 sided-by-side, top/bottom, or line alternate encoding. Benefit: – Users can create stereoscopic 3D projects as easy as working with 2D with no additional tools needed. In addition to professional level delivery formats, Vegas Pro 10 can preview and deliver an anaglyphic project providing customers without an expensive 3D monitor the ability to create a 3D project with only a pair of inexpensive red/cyan glasses.

13. Stereoscopic 3D 13

14. 14 Closed Captioning Feature: – Vegas Pro 10 supports import and export of Line 21 closed captioning, CEA-708 uplift, HD-SDI closed captioning capture and print from AJA and Blackmagic Design cards as well as support for closed captioning file types and preview. Benefit: – Line 21 support provides a workflow for existing legacy media. Improved support for closed captions enables the user to preview captions in the Preview and Trimmer windows using overlays for increased accuracy and ease of editing. Other improvements include increased support for multiple Closed Captioning file types, as well as the ability to export for DVD Architect, YouTube, RealPlayer, QuickTime, and Windows Media Player.

15. 15 Closed Captioning

16. Feature: – The new Video Effects Plug-in SDK (Software Developer’s Kit), 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. Benefit: – Third-party developers will find it appealing and easy to create plug-ins for Vegas Pro. These additional plug-ins offer our end users a wider variety of effects and special techniques for creating professional level projects. 16 Enhanced Plug-in Architecture

17. Feature: – Enhance video by removing camera shake and rolling shutter. Benefit: – Vegas Pro 10 provides a smooth playback experience by reducing jittery or ‘shaky’ video that sometimes occurs when shooting without a tripod or with inexpensive portable pocket devices. 17 Image Stabilization

18. Feature: – Genlock settings provide three options to synchronize the output of AJA video devices to a reference signal; Video In, Ref In, and Free Run. Benefit: – Video devices use a reference or genlock input to synchronize their outputs to a house reference signal. 18 Genlock for AJA Video Devices

19. Feature: – Added support for 50p and 60p file formats including 720-50p/60p capture/print support, new project templates, and new AVI render templates. Benefit: — Users now have a solution for editing 50p or 60p files. Supported 50p or 60p file formats include: 19 Added support for 50p and 60p projects Project TemplatesAVI Rendering Templates HD 720-50p (1280x720, 50fps)HD 720-50p YUV HD 720-60p (1280x720, 59.94fps)HD 720-60p YUV

20. Feature: – The Print to Tape wizard has been updated, enabling users with the ability to change the location for creating pre-rendered files. Benefit: – This eliminates the issue of not knowing where pre-rendered video files are stored on disk, and enables users with the flexibility in where they render these files such as to an alternate drive (such as a RAID drive) rather than the boot drive. 20 New Print to Tape Options

21. Feature: – Record, monitor and mix audio from external devices with Vegas Pro 10 projects. Benefit: – Input Busses provides the ability to record external hardware effects, mix external audio sources, use external effects processors, and monitor audio input with your Vegas Pro project. 21 Input Busses

22. Real-Time Rendering Feature: —This feature renders the audio portion of a project in real-time. Benefit: —This enables the user to add the output of external audio devices into the final mix/render. Some hardware devices require this feature. Additionally, Real-time Rendering increases the possibilities for audio effects by enabling users to add their hardware effects to the mix using an input bus. 22

23. Track Header UI Update Feature: —The audio track headers provide a dedicated pan fader offering access to both the pan and volume faders at all time. In addition, Track Output Meters display audio levels during playback. Benefit: —Track Header improvements offer greater productivity by giving the user visual feedback of both volume and panning at the same time. Track Output Meters provide users with the ability to quickly isolate and compare audio levels. 23

24. Feature: – Vegas Pro 10 allows 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. Benefit: – Audio Event FX provides more precise control over the placement of audio effects by offering the user the ability to apply an audio effect at the event level. This feature increases the options available to the user for precisely applying audio effects throughout the project. 24 Audio Event FX

25. Feature: – VU meters are available in the Mixing Console Benefit: – Improvements to the Mixing Console Meter Region presents a larger viewable metering area, with both peak and VU meters available. VU meters provide a “slow” measurement that averages peaks and troughs to provide a visual representation of the perceived loudness of material. 25 VU Meters

26. Broadcast Wave Format Metadata Feature: —Vegas Pro 10 can save audio files with Broadcast Wave Metadata when recording *.wav files in Vegas Pro 10 Benefit: —Broadcast Wave Metadata provides event start sample position of the recorded file and exact time when the recording is finished. This data supplies information that is used to synchronize audio data in Vegas Pro 10 or other 3 rd party applications. 26

27. Feature: – Vegas Pro 10 provides the ability to group tracks. Benefit: – Grouping tracks saves space on the Vegas Pro timeline by collapsing tracks under a single header track. This is a quick and easy way to organize and manage complex projects by grouping specific sections of video/audio. 27 Track Group Management

28. Feature: – The user can now expand a multicam track back out into component events. The multicam preview has been enhanced so that you can see both the multicamera view and final output view simultaneously. Benefit: – After editing multicam video, Vegas Pro 10 now enables you to expand the single multicam track into multiple tracks, making it easier to see which videos are in the Vegas project and refine the edit. Also, you can now view your multi-camera video clips in full frame when previewing on an external monitor. 28 Multicamera Edit Mode Improvements

29. Feature: – The Trimmer and Video Preview windows offer a transport control. Benefit: – An updated Trimmer and Video Preview window now allow the use of transport controls. This allows you the freedom to edit with a more tactile approach, providing more intuitive and immediate command over your editing and improving your overall workflow, productivity, and experience. 29 Transport Controls for Trimmer and Video Preview

30. 30 Keyboard, Mouse, and Workflow Enhancements Feature: – New keyboard/mouse combinations have been added to streamline and add additional functionality to audio and video editing. Benefit: – The power of the mouse can be extended and enhanced by modifying the normal editing operation when certain keyboard combinations are added to the edit operation. Rather than having to stop the workflow to pick a different tool you can simply and quickly modify the functionality of the normal edit tool through keyboard combinations.

31. Device Explorer Improvements Feature: —Improvements have been made to the Device Explorer so that now you can: o Open files from the Device Explorer in the Trimmer o Drag & Drop media from the Device Explorer into the Media Pool and Trimmer windows Benefit: —This feature enables the user to view and trim the media in the Trimmer window without having to add it to the timeline first. The user will also be able to use the familiar Drag & Drop operations to add media to the Media Pool or Trimmer. 31

32. Updated Disc Burning Technology Feature: – Vegas Pro 10 now includes the Microsoft’s Image Mastering API (IMAPI) Benefit: – The Microsoft Image Mastering API (IMAPI) disc drivers offers increased drive support and stability while burning DVD and Blu-ray discs. Users are given the choice to use our legacy burn engine or the Microsoft technology in order to get the best quality and best burning experience their system can offer. 32

33. 33 GPU Accelerated AVC Encoding Feature: – Vegas Pro 10 includes support for GPU-accelerated AVC rendering using the Sony AVC plug-in. Benefit: – Users with a CUDA-enabled NVIDIA® video card are able to encode to the Sony AVC format using GPU-accelerated rendering providing improved AVC rendering performance and speed, which allows final projects to be published faster than ever before.

34. Improved QuickTime AVC Decode Feature: – Performance and scalability improvement for QuickTime AVC files. Benefit: – This is particularly important due to the popularity of the Canon-line of DSLRs that record to QuickTime AVC. 34

35. AVCHD timecode support allows the extraction and reporting of timecode from AVCHD files written by supported camcorders such as the Sony NXCAM. This support allows for more precise logging, editing and synchronizing with other media. 35 AVCHD Timecode Support

36. Feature: – Vegas Pro 10 provides support for reading and rendering CineForm AVI and QuickTime MOV files when you have a CineForm product installed. Benefit: – This enables decoding of the CineForm Neo3D file format, a popular dual-stream (left- eye / right-eye stream) 3D format for native playback and editing of 3D files on the Vegas Pro timeline. 36 CineForm Neo3D Support

37. DVD Architect Pro 5.2 New 16:9 Themes 37

38. 38 Vegas Pro 10 – Supported Formats Opens: AA3, AAF, AIF, ASF, AU, AVI, BMP, BWF, CDA, DIG, DLX, DPX, DV, EXR, FLAC, GIF, HDP, IVC, JPG, M2T, M2TS, MOV, Sony MXF, MP3, MP4, M4A, MPEG- 1 and MPEG-2 video, OGG, OMA, PCA, PNG, PSD, QT, R3D, SFA, SND, SWF, TIFF, TGA, VOX, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV Saves: AA3, AC3, AIF, ATRAC, AVC, AVI, DPX, EXR, FLAC, HDP, MOV, MP3, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, MP4, M2T, Sony MXF, OGG, PCA, RM, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV DVD encoding, Video: NTSC 4:3, NTSC Widescreen, PAL 4:3, PAL Widescreen DVD encoding, Audio: AC-3 5.1 or stereo, PCM BD encoding, Video: MPEG-2 or AVC, 1080-60i, 1080-50i and 1080-24p BD encoding, Audio: AC-3 5.1 or stereo, PCM

39. 39 About Sony Creative Software Sony Creative Software inspires artistic expression with its award-winning line of products for digital video, music, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and audio production. The company develops applications that integrate with and enhance the use of Sony cameras and other hardware devices. Sony Creative Software customers span the globe and include seasoned professionals in the film, television, video game, and recording industries, as well as students, educators, hobbyists, and enthusiasts. For additional product information, go to www.sonycreativesoftware.com Images and screenshots available at www.sonycreativesoftware.com/presscenter –User name: Press –Password: SonyPR1 Contact Information –Jessie Comstock –Bender/Helper Impact –310.473.4147 –jessie_comstock@bhimpact.com