This is a new codec in version 1 in Sep 2014. It is a codec well suited for VegasPro for several reasons. It's purpose is as a digital intermediate for multi-generations.
I have been testing this on VegasPro13 and while I will not close the door on Cineform, this codec opens a new opportunity. AS It encodes fast and efficient while being lossless. In real world test of recording a 32bit video level project with complex gradients - it kept everything intact as a duplicate of the original. Even higher end codecs cannot do this in VegasPro.
Advantages - it tackles color space conversion dynamically which other capable codecs do not do. Compared to Sony XAVC - in MXF container (which is an excellent compression codec) the Magic YUV is 3.5x times as large and takes about 1.5x times as long to execute. But XAVC loses considerably especially in gradients and some color fidelity.
I encourage all to download this codec for a spin as digital intermediate in an .avi wrapper.
I have been testing this on VegasPro13 and while I will not close the door on Cineform, this codec opens a new opportunity. AS It encodes fast and efficient while being lossless. In real world test of recording a 32bit video level project with complex gradients - it kept everything intact as a duplicate of the original. Even higher end codecs cannot do this in VegasPro.
Advantages - it tackles color space conversion dynamically which other capable codecs do not do. Compared to Sony XAVC - in MXF container (which is an excellent compression codec) the Magic YUV is 3.5x times as large and takes about 1.5x times as long to execute. But XAVC loses considerably especially in gradients and some color fidelity.
I encourage all to download this codec for a spin as digital intermediate in an .avi wrapper.