VEGAS Pro 14.0 (Build 161) Released

NickHope wrote on 9/20/2016, 2:36 AM

http://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-pro/

Abbreviated Release Notes:

New features in version 14.0

Added Smart Zoom, Smart Scale, and Smart adaptive deinterlacing to allow you to upscale clips for Ultra HD delivery (requires a supported NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, or Intel GPU).
Added a Vignette video effect.
Added support for working with high-frame-rate (HFR) clips.
Added hover scrub to the Trimmer for fast scrubbing.
Updated support for current BlackMagic Design hardware:
- DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G, 4K Pro, 4K Extreme, Studio 4K, SDI 4K, HD Extreme, Extreme 3D, Mini Monitor, and Mini Recorder.
- Intensity Shuttle, Pro 4K, and Pro.
- UltraStudio 4K Extreme, 4K, Pro, SDI, Express, Mini Monitor, and Mini Recorder.
Improved support for clips from RED ONE, EPIC, SCARLET, and WEAPON cameras.
- Added Post lift, Post gamma, Post gain, and Dragon enhanced blacks controls to the R3D Decode Properties dialog.
- Fixed an issue that caused certain clips to fail to load on upgraded RED WEAPON cameras with older firmware.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when loading certain old RED ONE clips.
- Fixed a color cast that could occur in clips shot with RED Motion Mount on the latest camera firmware.
Updated support for current AJA hardware.
Added a Resample mode drop-down list to the Video tab in the Project Properties dialog. You can use this control to set the default resample mode for your project video. To override the project resample mode, you can use the Force resample and Disable resample event switches.
Improved playback and editing performance when using a Dynamic RAM Preview cache size greater than 200 MB.
Improved gamma calculations for still-image sequence renders for 32-bit floating point projects. Now levels for 32-bit floating point (video levels) and 32-bit floating point (full range) with nonlinear gamma are more consistent with 8-bit levels.
Added a Group Video and Audio Events script (Tools > Scripting) to allow you to easily group audio and video events from an imported EDL.
Increased the top-end of the range of event Velocity envelopes to 1,000% to increase the maximum possible overall velocity of video on the timeline to 40 times normal speed (in conjunction with the Playback rate event property).
New artwork and icons for buttons and other interface elements give the application an updated, more modern look and feel.
Support for reading and writing HEVC/H265 files.
Native support for reading ProRes 422 files without the need for QuickTime.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that caused a disabled Beziér mask to become enabled when the mask is moved
Fixed a bug that caused some Video Capture Help links to be non functional
Fixed a bug that caused the Sharpen FX to exhibit different results when set to 0.000 depending upon whether the GPU was engaged or not
Fixed a but that caused the arrow keys and J/K/L shortcuts to lose the ability to move the play head after undoing a framerate change in Project Properties
Fixed a bug that prevented users from choosing their language during the installation process
Fixed a bug that prevented video files from some cell phone devices from being recognized
Fixed a bug in the scripting API that could cause an OverflowException in scripting extensions
Fixed a bug that could cause VEGAS Pro to hang if the Escape key is pressed to dismiss the Render As dialog box
Improved support for HiDPI displays. WIndows 8.1 or Windows 10 is recommended when using a HiDPI display.
Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas to crash when clicking in the header of the Vegas Explorer in Details view.
Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas to crash when renaming an in-use file in the Vegas Explorer.
Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas to crash during startup when running with multiple GPUs.
Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas to crash during startup when running with many network adapters.
Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas to become unresponsive when loading projects that contained unavailable plug-ins.
Fixed a bug that could cause rendered files to be truncated when rendering from FLAC source audio.
Fixed a bug that could cause inconsistent audio and video stream lengths when working with some MP4 clips.
Fixed an issue that could cause one frame to appear black when using Side by side (full) stereoscopic 3D mode with GPU acceleration enabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect output when using Track Motion to offset horizontally only with GPU acceleration enabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect output when using Track Motion when the 2D Glow check box was selected with GPU acceleration enabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect display when using FX Bypass mode in a split-screen configuration with GPU acceleration enabled.
Fixed an error that incorrectly listed the Studio RGB range in the Broadcast Colors plug-in as 16-135. The correct range -- 16-235 -- is now displayed.
Fixed drawing and scaling issues that could occur when running Vegas Pro with a HiDPI display on Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 10.
Fixed drawing issues that could occur when scaling the keyframe timeline for OpenFX plug-ins.
Improved performance when using 64-bit VST plug-ins.
Fixed a bug that could result in inconsistent behavior after pasting video event attributes.
Fixed a bug that could prevent Vegas Pro from correctly reading the Field Order value in some MOV files.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Titles & Text plug-in from working correctly.
Fixed a bug that could cause the application to become unresponsive in projects that contain a large number of bins in the Project Media window.
Fixed a bug that prevented smart bins from preserving their Condition setting.
Pressing A in the Trimmer now adds the current selection to the timeline as an event. If there is no selection in the Trimmer, the entire clip is used.

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Comments

skeeter123 wrote on 10/13/2016, 1:46 PM

Paul-Fierlinger,

Are you able to ope a VP14 .veg in in VP12? Might be old news to some but I can't open a VP14 .veg file in VP13..."Created by a new version..blah blah blah.."

...just curious...

JJKizak wrote on 10/13/2016, 6:49 PM

OK, I will not worry about the cuda since it seems it's supposed to work automatically. If I import Cineform 16 x 9 media to the V-14 timeline then change the preferences to 1.333 (it imports as 1 x1) then right click the clip ,select properties, select media, then set the media to 1.333 it appears properly on the timeline. Then save it and the job is done as it will work fine. I made a small Test Bluray disc in DVD-A6 and it worked out with the Dolby ac3 codec. This will work the same if 1 x 1 stills are imported to the timeline.

As a small footnote I tried to inquire about GoPro Studio but it is now dead and replaced by Quik which is for GoPro cameras only. I let them know how I felt.

JJK

Paul-Fierlinger wrote on 10/13/2016, 7:16 PM

Paul-Fierlinger,

Are you able to ope a VP14 .veg in in VP12? Might be old news to some but I can't open a VP14 .veg file in VP13..."Created by a new version..blah blah blah.."

...just curious...

Yes and I do that all the time, in both directions. But having said that, I don't think that is the same as between V13 and 14.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 10/15/2016, 1:55 AM

As a small footnote I tried to inquire about GoPro Studio but it is now dead and replaced by Quik which is for GoPro cameras only. I let them know how I felt.

JJK

Do you know if Quik still installs the Cineform codec in the system as it was done by the GoPro software? And if the Cineform codec still can be used by third party applications like Vegas?

NickHope wrote on 10/15/2016, 2:28 AM

Do you know if Quik still installs the Cineform codec in the system as it was done by the GoPro software? And if the Cineform codec still can be used by third party applications like Vegas?

I installed Quik yesterday to test this. No Cineform AVI codec appeared in any of my versions of Vegas other than the very old stock Cineform codec.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 10/17/2016, 8:27 AM

Hmm, but the Cineform codec is installed and can be used within Vegas? I cannot test that on my systems because I have the Cineform codec installed from the former GoProStudio.

NickHope wrote on 10/17/2016, 10:41 AM

That's the GoPro Studio that was installed by Quik. I think the Cineform codec shown is the very old one that has been in Vegas for years. I do not know what previous versions of GoPro Studio installed.

NormanPCN wrote on 10/17/2016, 11:06 AM

GoPro Quik does install the Cineform codec into VfW and Quicktime. I uninstalled my previous GoPro desktop and then installed Quik. Cineform still shows in Video for Windows, and Quicktime, with the all same options as were previously available. Renders successfully complete. I tried this in VP13.

JJKizak wrote on 10/17/2016, 11:07 AM

GoPro told me that Quik would only work with GoPro cameras. So what's the deal, is GoPro Studio contained in Quik?

JJK

NickHope wrote on 10/17/2016, 11:21 AM

GoPro Quik does install the Cineform codec into VfW and Quicktime. I uninstalled my previous GoPro desktop and then installed Quik. Cineform still shows in Video for Windows, and Quicktime, with the all same options as were previously available. Renders successfully complete. I tried this in VP13.

What were those options? In the Cineform AVI and Cineform HD Quicktime codecs after installing Quik I see YUV422, RGB444, RGBA4444 encoded formats, and low, medium, high, filmscan1, filmscan2 and keying encoding quality. So I guess maybe this has been installed by Quik and is not the old Cineform codec. Come to think of it, that one might have been removed a couple of versions ago.

is GoPro Studio contained in Quik?

Yes

NickHope wrote on 10/17/2016, 11:30 AM

OK, so the basic Cineform codec no longer ships with Vegas, and this is the codec installed by GoPro Quik. The codec info is:

GoPro CineForm Codec v9.2.1 CFHD.dll 9.2.1.690

I recommend anyone using standard HD/UHD/4K resolutions to take a look at Vegas' native Sony XAVC Intra codec and, if it's good enough, save the hassle of installing 3rd party intermediate codecs.

NormanPCN wrote on 10/17/2016, 11:48 AM

Yes, all those options are listed. At one point Vegas still listed Cineform under VfW codecs but nothing was there behind it until you installed either Cineform or GoPro.

It does not make sense for GoPro to discontinue making Cineform avaialble. At a minimum they need to install decoders for VfW and Quicktime so people can edit GoPro Cineform files in their editor of choice since most do not have native Cineform support. Why stop making the encoder available since you already let it be out there for free. Once on the NET it is there forever.

The GoPro studio installed by Quik still opens Canon DSLR and GH4 files. I've never touched the new organizer and file import apps. "Desktop" and now Quik. Maybe they only work with GoPro cameras.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 10/18/2016, 1:54 AM

What were those options? In the Cineform AVI and Cineform HD Quicktime codecs after installing Quik I see YUV422, RGB444, RGBA4444 encoded formats, and low, medium, high, filmscan1, filmscan2 and keying encoding quality. So I guess maybe this has been installed by Quik and is not the old Cineform codec. Come to think of it, that one might have been removed a couple of versions ago.

This are the options that we had up to now in Vegas with this codec - so that is fine.

Sure the codec is old. But since you can use it with 10bit and up to 444 it is still a great codec. And the advantage in Vegas is that it is native implemented and is decoded as 10bit really.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 10/18/2016, 1:57 AM

... and GH4 files.

For native GH4 files recorded in the GH4 and not transcoded to Cineform: there is an additional advantage now with Vegas Pro 14: the length of both the audio and the video files are now the same. That was not true for the last SCS build of Vegas Pro 13.

NickHope wrote on 10/18/2016, 2:34 AM

Sure the codec is old.

The Cineform codec has been around for a long time but this version 9.6.1 installed by Quik is bang up to date. By "old" I was referring to the Cineform codec version 2.8 that shipped with Vegas 6, 7 & 8. I had forgotten SCS stopped bundling it with Vegas from V9 onwards, and I was somehow expecting to see more fancy options in the up-to-date codec, but less is fine by me.

And yes, it's a great intermediate choice if you need 10-bit.

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