Sony Vegas Software Tutorials and Tools

Tutorial: By Jeffrey P. Fisher

Creating Effective Reflections in Sony Vegas Pro
Give titles and logos more pizzazz by adding a reflection

Here's how to add a mirror reflection that makes your titles and logos stand out. It's quick and easy inside Sony Vegas Pro and it looks great. Read More

There's a substantial history of camera technology being released to the public before the technology of post-production has caught up. HDV springs as an obvious example where the long-GOP structure was fantastically efficient for image acquisition and recording but presented considerable issues for non-linear editing systems traditionally reliant on individual frames and not groups-of-pictures. AVCHD presents the same issue where shooting is easy but timeline performance is less than stellar. And Sony's XDCAMEX is a great balance of quality and efficiency but it's wrapping in an Mp4 format initially gave many NLE's considerable trouble. Read More

Feature: By Heath McKnight

Keying virtual backgrounds for "Hellevator"

In the past two to three years, I've been relying more and more on using green screen and chroma keying for my film and video work. After working with visual effects (FX) artists, I began to realize there is nothing complicated when using software to key virtual backgrounds and sets in. Read More

Featured News: By John Virata

Sony Creative Software debuts Vegas Pro 9 at NAB 2009

At NAB 2009 in Las Vegas, Sony Creative Software announced Vegas Pro 9, an update to the company's popular non-linear editing application that now features Direct XDCAM EX browsing and import capabilities as well as full support for Red Camera Company's RED ONE 4K video camera. The application features a customizable interface, and has also undergone a color scheme change from white to a more professional gray interface background. Read More

Product Review: By John Virata

G-Technology's G-Drive mini SSD 120GB

When I first reviewed an 8MB flash based USB thumb drive from M-Systems and IBM back in 2001, I was astounded at its durability. I dropped the device, went surf fishing with it and got it wet, and basically abused it until the plastic casing came off and all that was left was the memory module and the USB arm. It still works today, but at 8MB, it has since been replaced by several drives at varying capacities. Read More

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