When looking at the source code of the top level of this web site (mediasoftware.sonypictures.com), I found that they had used the new CSS2 Cascading Style Sheet Element "HIDDEN {polarized}", and this was used by Sony to communicate with the Vegas V6 beta testers about product changes.
If you display the page above on your screen, and look at the large light blue area just above "See the world of Sony", then put on polarized sun glasses and tilt your head approximately 45 degrees to the right, you will see the complete feature list of the new Vegas 6 release. The angle is very critical, ao if you don't see the hidden text right away, tilt your head very slowly through 45 deg. and you should be fine.
The features that I liked the best were:
1) Much faster rendering, thanks to Vegas accessing the firmware in your disk drive and doubling the rotational speed when needed: a 4,200rpm laptop drive becomes an 8,400rpm drive, while a 7,200rpm desktop drive becomes a 14,400rpm rocket, and so on.
2) A revolutionary lossless resampling of MiniDV footage to 1920x1080 full HD. Works through successive separate Fourier transforms of each color component followed by an inversional matrix multiplication based on the actual per pixel 4:4:4 chroma and 1/0 luma content of each video frame.
3) Unattended tape capture of up to 50 tapes with Sony's new inexpensive K-series autoloader digital video deck that handles all common SD and HDV formats.
4) Optional "Thelma Mode", where for each edit you make, an AI (artifical intelligence-based) finger pops up on the screen pointing to where Thelma Schoonmaker would have done things differently, with a complete explanation, in her real voice through the loudspeakers, of how she would have done it. This is really a fantastic way to add class to your productions!
5) Bundling of Vegas 6 with Sony Noise Reduction 3 that now for the first time allows completely automatic removal of background wind noise, running water noise and room echo from indoor shoots with on-camera microphones.
Be sure to check out the other features too, using the instructions above. I don't think they'll keep the info up after tonight, but you could get lucky...
If you display the page above on your screen, and look at the large light blue area just above "See the world of Sony", then put on polarized sun glasses and tilt your head approximately 45 degrees to the right, you will see the complete feature list of the new Vegas 6 release. The angle is very critical, ao if you don't see the hidden text right away, tilt your head very slowly through 45 deg. and you should be fine.
The features that I liked the best were:
1) Much faster rendering, thanks to Vegas accessing the firmware in your disk drive and doubling the rotational speed when needed: a 4,200rpm laptop drive becomes an 8,400rpm drive, while a 7,200rpm desktop drive becomes a 14,400rpm rocket, and so on.
2) A revolutionary lossless resampling of MiniDV footage to 1920x1080 full HD. Works through successive separate Fourier transforms of each color component followed by an inversional matrix multiplication based on the actual per pixel 4:4:4 chroma and 1/0 luma content of each video frame.
3) Unattended tape capture of up to 50 tapes with Sony's new inexpensive K-series autoloader digital video deck that handles all common SD and HDV formats.
4) Optional "Thelma Mode", where for each edit you make, an AI (artifical intelligence-based) finger pops up on the screen pointing to where Thelma Schoonmaker would have done things differently, with a complete explanation, in her real voice through the loudspeakers, of how she would have done it. This is really a fantastic way to add class to your productions!
5) Bundling of Vegas 6 with Sony Noise Reduction 3 that now for the first time allows completely automatic removal of background wind noise, running water noise and room echo from indoor shoots with on-camera microphones.
Be sure to check out the other features too, using the instructions above. I don't think they'll keep the info up after tonight, but you could get lucky...