Sony Vegas Movie Studio + DVD 7 Platinum Edition

This Platinum Edition offers everything you get with the Standard Edition, such as easy drag-and-drop video editing, integrated DVD layout and burning, and Show Me How interactive tutorials. But the Platinum Edition offers several advanced features, such as advanced editing tools and other bonus materials, that will help speed you through even the most complex of movie projects -- from full-screen DV to widescreen HDV. If you want a package that allows you to "capture" images and video easily, while also offering powerful editing functionality as well as the ability to generate either a DVD, VCD or CD of your movie, then this might be the suite you've been looking for.

Show Me How tutorials, which are built right into the software interface, help you spend less time learning and more time creating.

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum includes the ability to easily import from finalized DVD disc recorded with Sony DVD Handycam camcorders. The Platinum Edition also includes four tracks for video and four tracks for audio, so you have a powerful editing and compositing environment at the tips of your fingers. With real-time audio and video event reverse functionality, you can reverse audio and video events on the timeline in real time, with no rendering required. Tape-style audio scrubbing lets you quickly scrub through your video to find specific sections, while native VST effect and DirectX audio plug-in support increases your options for effects you can apply to your audio tracks. And with ACID loop support, your video scoring and audio mixing is easier than ever. ACID loops contain special meta data that enables Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software to easily match tempo and key in real time.

The Platinum Difference
Compatible with the latest DV and HDV (high-definition video) cameras, Vegas Movie Studio Platinum software lets you import and edit high-definition as easily as standard-definition, so you can create stunning video projects including 16:9 widescreen. It also includes support for 601/709 color spaces and the CineForm intermediate codec for high performance HDV editing. You can export your high-definition projects back to your HDV camera, or to several delivery formats including Windows Media 9 HD, Real Media, and QuickTime.

The software lets you enhance your video with hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters -- including over 400 effects and 400 transitions provided by the included SpiceMaster 2.5 TFX from Pixelan Software. Also included are advanced video restoration tools, including three-wheel primary color correction so you can easily adjust differences in video due to camera setup or lighting; enhance washed-out footage; or make specific colors stand out.

With custom soundtrack creation features and bonus materials, including ACID XMC software, you can write your own original music in minutes. You have the option of importing your own music from CDs and MP3 audio files, or recording your own voiceover track. You can also customize your soundtrack with the included DirectX audio effects such as delay, reverb, chorus, EQ, and more. The Platinum Edition comes with Sony Pictures Sound Effects Series CD, a rich, exclusive assortment of 174 previously unreleased sound effects.

Over $200 of Free Extras
As a bonus, the Platinum Edition includes several extra pieces of software that are worth more than $200 US. In addition to the ACID XMC music creation software and the Sound Effects Series CD, you also get the 126-page DV/HDV handbook "HDV: What You NEED to Know," SpiceMaster 2.5 TFX from Pixelan Software, advanced three-wheel primary color correction tools, and over 20 DirectX audio effects.