Is there a specific reason why Vegas Pro 21 is a 32-bit video processing software and not 64-bit? Considering this is the newest version out...
It is an 64 bit NLE, and 32 bit per color channel (128 bit total!) video processing software.
Yes, it is a Non-linear editing software lol so go to this link https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/features/#productMenu
Then go to Vegas Pro + Show more and you will see 32-bit video processing.
I don't think they are referring to the color channel...
>I don't think they are referring to the color channel...
It is 32 bits per channel. In the same way that 8-bit is 8 bits per channel
All VEGAS versions released by MAGIX (from v.14 on) have been 64-bit only.
Vegas Pro is 64 bit Windows software.
The last version of Vegas Pro to support 32 bit OS Architecture was terminated on November 9, 2012.
As far as beginning to learn about color bit depth and Integer vs. Float Point Math, the internet is a bountiful resource.
32 bits per channel float processing supports up to 79.2 Octillion colors (that's 27 zeros). The most we mortals use is 8- or 10-bits, or about 1/4 if that bucket.
Study:
I think you are quite confused here.
He might be legitimately referring to the back end processing which does seem to max out with 32-bit floating point storage and processing. If project settings are any indication. As opposed to 64-bit integer or double-precision supported by 64-bit cpus. I assume the answer is that the performance penalty and increased memory requirements might not be worth the quality gain. Fwiw, I don't think any video NLE's do that. But a growing number of DAWs do and the improvement is self evident.
@manny-g You are probably confused as to exactly what is 64bit / 32bit windows computing architecture and 8bit / 32bit Video Color Space...... Or asking why Vegas does not now have a 64bit Video Color Space (Video Level) which would be very, very odd. No NLE has this.