VEGAS Pro 20 Build 139 (first public release) 10th August 2022

New Features (from the news post)

• File Drop for fast collaboration
• Automatic project collections
• Local project archives
• Speech to Text functionality, including automatic subtitle generation (official release - 365 subscribers only)
• White Balance controls in the Color Grading Panel
• Hue adjustment curves in the Color Grading Panel
• VST3 support
• VST 32-bit bridge
• Optical Flow mode for Warp Flow and Smart Split
• Real-time Optical Flow for the Slow Motion FX
• Normalize button for events
• Fade In/Out included in Paste Event Attributes
• Automatic region creation in Scene Detection
• Honeycomb and Color Planes presets for GL transitions
• [VEGAS Stream] ATEM switcher support
• [VEGAS Stream] Save to VEGAS Pro now organizes all assets in one folder
• [VEGAS Stream] Double click a graphic to open it in Title Designer

What's New in VEGAS Pro 20 (from the Readme file)

• White balance controls: The White Balance controls in the Color Grading panel help you correct colors caused by light temperatures that weren’t accounted for in the camera during shooting. Different types of lights have different color temperatures with sunlight of around 5,700 Kalvin being used as a “natural-light” baseline target. The Temperature slider enables you to adjust your color temperature to more closely match sunlight so that whites really look white instead of having a color cast from incorrectly set color temperature. The Tint slider enables you to lighten or darken your colors by adding a magenta or green tint. The Color picker enables you to sample a neutral color (white or gray) and have the software apply an automatic temperature adjustment for you.
• Hue vs. Hue color curve: This curve enables you to isolate a specific range of color (hues) in your video and change the hue of that range to a different hue. For example, if someone is wearing a blue shirt, you could isolate a range of blue hues and then adjust just that range of hues to a different hue value in order to change the color of the shirt without affecting any other colors in the video (although anything within that blue range will be affected, not just the shirt). This can be used for a drastic special effect such as this, or for more subtle color grading and correction that affects just a specific color range in your video.
• VEGAS Hub mobile app: Upload media files directly from your mobile device into your VEGAS Hub cloud storage.
• Automatic project collections: A Project collection organizes all of your project’s assets into a single view that you can easily access through the Hub Explorer window. These collections provide fast and easy access to all of your projects and their associated files. When you save your project, VEGAS Pro automatically creates a project collection, or updates your existing collection. You can then access the media within a project collection and use it in the same or a different project. You can upload your collections to your VEGAS Hub file storage to archive your projects and the associated media
• File Drop: The File Drop feature enables you to quickly gather media for your project from collaborators no matter where you or they are located. It makes transferring files to the project’s editor very easy. With File Drop, you can invite anyone to upload files to your VEGAS Hub storage space and from there quickly download those files to your local drives so you can use them in your projects.
• New VST 32-bit bridge (beta): The new improved VST 32-bit bridge allows legacy 32-bit VST plugins to be used within VEGAS (which requires 64-bit). This provides improved stability and performance of these legacy VST plug-ins.
• VST3 support (beta): VST3 is the latest version of the VST standard for supporting audio plug-ins such as reverbs, delays, equalizers, and so on inside digital audio software. VEGAS Pro can now support VST3 audio plug-ins along with the VST2 plug-in support that it has supported in previous versions. Support for VST3 ensures that VEGAS Pro can work with the most modern VST audio plug-ins available.
• New GL transitions: Two new transitions have been added: Honeycomb creates a honeycomb effect that transitions from one video to the next. Color Planes breaks the images into their RGB components, changes from the first image to the second, and then recombines the three color planes into one composite color image of the second video
• Transition Progress envelopes with animation: The Transition Progress envelope enables the user to control the rate of a transition over time and animate the progress so that it goes fast, slower, or even in reverse. This gives the user power to create custom transition behavior and includes Bèzier curve tools for complete control over the rate of change between animation points along the curve.
• Scene detection creates regions: The Scene Detection plug-in now features the ability to automatically create regions over the detected scenes of the clip inside a timeline clip event. These regions appear on the timeline and can be useful in a number of ways including as a mode of the Batch Render script to enable the user to quickly render individual files for each separate scene that has been detected.

VEGAS Pro 20 Update 1 (build 214) - 19th October 2022

Features

• Hue vs Saturation color curve
• Saturation vs Saturation color curve
• Color picker for color curves
• Zoomable preview
• Comment field for File Drop
• AI-generated Thumbnails for File Drop files

Fixes and Improvements

• Scrolling through presets for GL Transitions now works properly
• Black Bar Fill displays as expected on 5000 series AMD GPUs
• Fixed issues in Hue vs. Hue color curve for graphs jumping unexpectedly
• Sorting issues in the Hub Explorer fixed
• Fixed crash in File Explorer which occasionally occurs when RED media is in the current directory
• Various improvements and fixes to the color curves
• Fixed crash which could happen during peak building
• Fixed issue with Media FX occasionally causing preview and render errors
• Style Transfer presets now work properly when custom style mode is active
• Malformed 608 Closed Caption commands no longer cause a render crash
• Fixes and improvements to Paste Attributes functionality
• Fixed crash which will occur when rendering to ProRes and the "Allow source to adjust frame size" custom template option is used
• Change to help prevent a hang on shut down caused by some GPU drivers
• Fixed issue which caused an occasional hang during playback
• Picture-in-Picture effect now runs faster on Intel GPUs
• When importing multiple files at once, all the files are now selected after the import in the Project Media window
• Preference put in place to turn off and on 32-bit VST support
• EXR files now appear properly in the Explorer window and Import Media window
• Upgrade to VST engine
• Faster custom Style Transfer engine
• Fixed crash which may occur when the batch render script is executed.
• Fixed issues with render that are created was 360 media
• Mouse wheel adjustments made in the color grading panel are now always applied to the proper control
• Fixed crash on startup when the VST Plugin Scanner is run
• Add Folder to Timeline option in the Explorer window now works as expected
• Interface color options in the preferences dialog now have swatches that accurately reflect the color schemes
• Fix problem where BCC+ plugins would not work as expected
• New more accurate algorithm for applying color grading to 32 bit projects.
• Added missing ability to select specific FX in the Selectively Paste Attributes dialog
• Added a menu item to launch the hardware detection utility
• Improve the performance of the project collections in VEGAS Hub
• Fixed crash which may occur after adding an OGG file
• Fixed undo buffer issue when a project is closed
• Improved performance of AI plugins
• Fixed problem with hardware decoding of GoPro and DJI files

Known issues

• Some issues with the window layout may occur when launching this update for the first time. To resolve, you may need to reset your window layout.
• Users will not be prompted to update the Deep Learning Models. This must be done manually by downloading the installer for the Deep Learning Models from the VEGAS Creative Software website.

Deep Learning Models 20.2

• More performant Colorization model (for CPU and GPU)
• New Custom Style Transfer model (better results, faster execution, lower memory consumption)
• More performant and accurate Style Transfer Models (GPU only)
• More performant and smooth Upscaler models (GPU only)

VEGAS Pro 19 Update 6ish (build 648) - 20th December 2022

Bug Fixes

• Fixed HEVC decoding crash
• 360 renders are now properly formatted
• Fixed editing during project playback hang issue
• Improperly formatted Closed Caption files no longer crash VEGAS during render
• Fixed a peak-building crash

VEGAS Pro 20 Updated 2 (build 326) - 23rd January 2023

Features

• New AI engine
• VST3 support (full release)
• Hover Scrub bypass
• UX Improvements for File Drop workflow
• Flemish option in Text to Speech
• New Newsfeed Mechanism
• Higher quality audio output for Text-to-Speech
• Add or replace plug-ins in an FX chain
• Hue vs Luminance color curve
• Saturation vs Luminance
• Luminance vs Saturation
• Picture-in-Picture plugin enhancements
• Language support: Brazilian Portuguese
• Smart Mask (beta)
• Welcome screen
• Animation control over individual Bézier mask points
• Indicator of active Auto Ripple Edit mode

Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed a crash which may occur when reading HEVC files 
• Fixed an issue during the Paste Attributes function when overwriting current event settings 
• Audio effects window auto resizing now works as expected 
• The preference to disable auto resizing of audio effects now works as expected 
• Resolved an issue that could cause the application to lock up during motion tracking 
• Turning off the 32-bit VST support preference now properly clears out plugins 
• Auto Update for the Deep Learning Modules now works as expected 
• Progress bar and the time remaining fields in the Render Progress dialog now work correctly for all formats 
• SetResampleMode in VideoEvent object of the scripting API now works properly  
• Improved resolution when zooming in the Video Preview window 
• Resolved some zoom drawing issues in the Video Preview window 
• Grids and Safe Areas overlays now behave correctly while zooming the Video Preview 
• Fixed crash when using Motion Blur with some AMD GPUs 
• Fixed crash which could occur when using the Warp Flow effect 
• Eliminated unexpected results of using the scroll wheel over the Video Preview window when VEGAS is not the application currently in focus 
• File explorer no longer accidentally interprets a double click on a folder or file as a rename operation 
• Keyboard shortcuts no longer conflict between Smart Tags and Preview Zoom features 
• Resolved an issue where window layouts would not properly persist upon relaunching VEGAS with more than two or three application extensions  
• Fixed Parallelogram mode in the Picture-in-Picture effect  
• VEGAS now automatically detects Nahimic service and sets the WPF GPU preference to avoid UI corruption 
• Render template for HEIC image sequence now properly named 
• Fixed issue where the auto-update feature was not able to see some GPUs 
• Fixed problem where the Color Grading panel may open at an effect level labeled “None” 
• Motion Tracking panel no longer crashes on an empty event 
• Fixed Driver Update utility so that it accurately works for customers using EnglishThe combination of a Bézier point and linear point no longer creates an invalid curve shape on the FX animation timeline 
• Files rendered as ProRes now properly report as VBR 
• VEGAS no longer crashes when rendering using the MainConcept MPEG-1 VCD PAL template with no video frames present. 
• Duplicate events are no longer created when dragging media to the timeline from the details view of the Project Media window 
• Fixed a crash which may occur when generating thumbnails for WMV media 
• Resolved an issue that could cause problems when you apply the Slow Motion plugin or the Warp Flow transition 
• Updated many message boxes to reflect the UI color scheme 
• Upscale effect now is place automatically before Pan/Crop in the FX chain 
• The Color Grading plugin no longer is accidentally added to events while the user is not in color grading mode 
• The Color Grading panel is no longer active when attached to the track level and no track is selected 
• The Render Progress dialog now properly reports the free disk space value when doing a pre-render 
• MXF renders properly embed the writing application in the metadata for the media

Known issues

• The Aerial and Drone category in VEGAS Content provides no results 

Deep Learning Models 20.4

• Switch to ONNX format
• 2 more style transfer models (Munch - Scream, Simpsons)
• Mask generation model

VEGAS Pro 20 Update 3 (build 370) - 22nd March 2023

Fixes:

• Animate button is no longer hidden for several plugins
• Fixed issue in DeFlicker plugin which causes a crash while editing an event when the effect is before Pan/Crop in the effects chain
• Fixed crash which may occur when reading AVC media
• Fixed crash which may occur when rendering AVC media
• Fixed crash which may occur when opening a layout
• Fixed race condition which may cause a hang on startup.
• Project will now be set properly all the time when user requests to match media settings

VEGAS Pro 20 Update 4 (build 402) - 2nd May 2023

New Features:  

• Multiple Smart Masks 
• Smart Mask generated shape improvements 
• Transfer Text properties 
• Window docking improvements 
• Select a device for RAW processing 
• RAW processing with CUDA 
• Improvements to the Welcome screen 
• New Sharp Model for Upscale plugin 
• Support for Mocha shape data 

Bug Fixes: 

• Fixed incorrect interpretation of some parameters for certain Boris effects 
• Aspect ratio handling in the Picture-in-Picture plugin now works as expected 
• Swap Video Files functionality is now available in the Brazilian Portuguese version of VEGAS Pro 
• Fixed a code issue which may cause a crash when loading the still image plug-in 
• Closing the Bezier Mask window now properly exits edit mode 
• Smart Mask is now properly listed as an AI effect 
• The Record Time indicator in the status bar now properly displays very large values 
• A Display Preference now enables the user to see CPU, Memory, and Disk usage values during playback 
• The Welcome screen’s Open Existing Project button now remembers the location of the previous project opened 
• Upscale OFX now works properly the first time is it added to an event from the Plug-in Chooser 
• Fixed glitches in the Picture-in-Picture plugin when scaling 
• Fixed focus issues for controls in the Color Grading panel 
• Timeline size is properly set when opening a project 
• Keyframes are no longer accidentally created 
• Fixed an undo buffer error when using Smart Mask and Bezier Mask 
• When adding media to timeline via Windows Explorer, VEGAS will now appropriately match the media and project settings 
• Style Transfer no longer fails on some NVidia GPUs 
• Can now deselect one or more items in the Explorer window after a Select All command through Ctrl+A 
• The Tags box in the Project Media window now properly displays text 
• Fixed a crash which may occur when removing Track FX 
• Improved modeling for Colorization FX 
• Selectively Past Attributes no longer incorrectly copies Crop FX parameters 
• Fixed an issue which could cause a crash on startup 
• Properly read spherical metadata in files which contain it 
• Hub Explorer buttons remain visible even when collections have long names 
• Fixed a problem which caused some VST plugins to hang or crash the application 

VEGAS Pro 20 build 403 - 4th May 2023

Bug Fixes:

• [Moderator Note: Fixed a bug that prevented VEGAS Pro from starting]

VEGAS Pro 19 build 651 - 4th May 2023

Bug Fixes:

• [Moderator Note: Fixed a bug that prevented VEGAS Pro from starting]

VEGAS Pro 20 build 411 - 19th June 2023

Bug Fixes:

• Resonant Filter plugin will no longer cause a hang or crash 
• VST plugins will no longer create excessive undo events 
• General VST engine stability improvements 
• Hang detection dialogs will no longer appear at improper times 
• Can now drag multiple files from the Explorer window 
• Fixed crashes which may occur when using some AI plugins 
• Proper icons appear in the Video Effects editor 
• Fixed a crash which may occur when decoding HEVC files 
• Fixed crashes which may occur when decoding AVC files 
• Improve Drag and Drop behavior in the Project Media window 

VEGAS Pro 21 Build 108 - 14th August 2023

New Feature list: (from news post)

• New Feature list:
• VEGAS Z-Depth OFX plug-in and compositor 
• Adjustment events 
• Offset and Wrap OFX plug-in 
• Smart Masking 
• Mocha VEGAS 
• Cloud-based text to speech (365 only)
• Quick Upload (365 only)
• Online Help 
• New GL Transitions 
• Improved Button icons 
• VEGAS Content improvements (365 only)
• VEGAS Image 5 (VEGAS Pro Post only)

VEGAS Effects 5 (VEGAS Pro Post only) New Feature list: (from news post)

• Proxy down sampling is now factored into viewer down sampling.
• Text can now include a solid color background behind it.
• Hardware decoding and encoding on Intel Iris Xe Max is now disabled due to driver issues
• VEGAS Effects 5 now integrates with VEGAS Pro 21
• You can now triple-click on text to select an entire line.
• New presets in the Vector Stroke effect make use of improvements to the effect.
• New Start Shapes and End shapes are available in the Vector Stroke effect.
• New Taper Controls in the Vector Stroke effect allow the stroke to be tapered along the length of the path.
• An improved color picker has been implemented.

Known Issues: (from news post)

• The "Login" button on the Text-to-Speech page is not functional when the VEGAS Hub window is open. The toolbar Hub Login button should be used instead. 
• Some systems may exhibit a very long launch time upon opening VEGAS Pro 21 after installing the Deep Learning Models.

VEGAS Pro 21 Build 187 - 8th November 2023

Known issues: 

• The Auto-update may stall if the update is triggered within VEGAS while the Welcome Screen is still open. If this occurs, you can cancel the installer and try the auto update again on a subsequent launch of VEGAS Pro and close the Welcome Screen before starting the update, or you may download the update via a direct link and install it manually.  
• Blue and Red colors may be swapped in VEGAS Effects and HitFilm when using recent AMD Adrenalin drivers. It is recommended to revert the driver to version 23.7.2 to avoid this problem. 

New Features:  

• AV1 decoding 
• AV1 rendering 
• New button to toggle the behavior of the spacebar during playback 
• Add scripting access for Adjustment Events 
• GPU support in the Offset and Wrap plugin 
• Improve Smart Mask point generation to be more efficient 
• Mocha Pro integration, matching Mocha VEGAS behavior 

Fixes and Improvements:

• Automatically close the FX window when the last plugin is removed from the chain 
• Starting VEGAS from a file that was removed from VEGAS Content will no longer cause a crash 
• Updates and improvements for the MXHEVC Plugin 
• Improvements for the update service 
• Improvements to the Hub login for Text-to-Speech 
• The navigation buttons in the Explorer window now work properly 
• Added an email address field in the crash dialog 
• Fixed a crash which may occur in the update service when VEGAS is opened and closed repeatedly 
• Fixed sizing issues in the UI for some VST plugins 
• Explorer window no longer glitches with the first media file selected 
• Improvements to the Offset and Wrap plugin 
• Improvements to the Mocha VEGAS exchange while creating Bézier masks 
• Fixed crash which may occur when trying to add unsupported media after the hardware detection process fails 
• Improvements to the OFX Interacts for third party plugins 
• Fixed problem where OFX Interacts did not show up when Titles and Text is reopened 
• Fixed problem in 2D parameters for OFX plugins where full range is not properly used 
• Fixed Undo/Redo history problems with Mocha VEGAS 
• Fixed a crash which may occur when using Shot Detection 
• Fixed a crash which occurred when scrolling the horizontal or vertical scrollbars in some displays 
• Custom templates in the ATRAC renderer now work as expected 
• Added proper support for different pixel configurations in OFX plugins 
• Alpha channel is now better handled in the Z-Depth plugin 
• AC-3 files now will always import into VEGAS at their proper length 
• Fixed a crash which may occur when reading some specific Go-Pro files 
• Improve balance of performance and memory usage for some Intel CPU and GPU decoders 
• Add support for UNIX style path names in the script API 
• Fixed problem with proper color output from the REZup FX when it is placed before Pan/Crop in the plugin chain 
• Now properly support all media with MPEG audio 
• Improved performance and responsiveness of VST plugins when editing envelopes 
• Resizable VST plugins now fill the entire FX window when it is being resized 
• Fixed long delay on startup which may occur on some systems 
• Fixed crash which may occur when building an audio FX chain 
• Fixed crash which could occur when initializing the VEGAS Hub window 
• Fixed crash that may occur in the plugin windows when rendering preview thumbnails for an effect 
• Support for MKV files 
• Fixed synchronization error which may occur when using some eFX plugins 
• ProRes renders no longer have one of row and column of missing pixels 
• Removed some AC3 templates that have not been supported for several years 
• Fixed some display issues in the Update dialog when it opens on some High DPI monitors 
• Preset label is now properly placed in High DPI environments 
• UI improvements in the Mixing Console to display better in High DPI environments 
• Fixed incorrect aspect ratio with some rendered ProRes files 
• Automatically set Alpha Channel settings properly when an alpha channel is detected for PNG files 
• Fixed the Min/Max range for the Beauty Box OFX plugin 
• Fixed problem where blue mask outlines disappear when performing an Undo after a Create Mask operation 
• Better handling of alpha background by Adjustment Events 
• Improved Keyframe interpolation for the Z-Depth plugin 
• Corrected some improper color conversion for some media 
• Track headers for audio tracks now properly show "In" and "Out" in High DPI environments 
• Improved Slow Motion OFX plugin 
• Fixed potential freeze or crash in the MP3 plugin 
• Fixed crash which may occur when using the color corrector plugin 
• Fixed display problem with OFX plugins that contain a 2D position parameter 
• Changed the Preview Transport toolbar to include the Loop Playback button by default 
• Editing with the Credit Roll plugin will no longer cause a hang 
• Fixed issues with aspect ratio handling in the HEVC reader 
• Undo in Smart Mask will no longer cause the application to hang 
• Improvements for to the MXF reader to support a larger variety of files of this format 
• Fixed resource leak related to UI assets 
• Fixed crash which may occur for project file names which are very long 
• Fixed High DPI display issues in the Audio FX window 
• Auto Contrast function in the Color Grading panel no longer causes a crash 
• Fixed UI problems in the VST Preferences window in localized versions 
• Improved handling of MPEG media 
• Fix crash which occurred when using Color Match plugin 
• Now properly read Panasonic PX 270 camera MXF files 
• Improved hardware selection for decoding 
• Fix performance degradation associated with using the Color Grading Panel 
• Improved download experience for VEGAS Content 
• Wormhole VST now works properly in VEGAS 
• Fixed crash caused by saving pre-rendered files to an invalid path 
• Fixed a hang issue with the Nectar 3 Elements plugin 
• Fixed Glitch with the Temperature slider in the White Balance controls on the Color Grading Panel 
• Driver update utility now properly sees NVidia RTX 4000 series cards 
• The Adjustment Event context menu now contains only options which are actually available for these type of events 
• Fixed problem which causes Red and Blue to be swapped on AMD GPUs using recent drivers 
• Fixed problem where some events will have a loud audio error in the final few frames 

Moderator Addition:

• "Custom" interfaces removed from the Color Corrector and Color Corrector (Secondary) effects.

VEGAS Pro 21 Build 208 - 12th December 2023

Known issues: 

• Blue and Red colors may be swapped in VEGAS Effects and HitFilm when using recent AMD Adrenalin drivers. It is recommended to revert the driver to version 23.7.2 to avoid this problem. 

Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed a buffer error that occurred when performing an Undo operation on a VST plugin applied at the track level
• Windows Taskbar again properly shows progress of a render task
• Performing an undo or redo operation with Audio FX now properly updates the UI
• The Preferences now properly display VST plugs-ins
• Fixed a black-frames issue that affected some third-party OFX plugins
• Splash screen properly shows progress
• Fixed temporal filtering issues in the Z-Depth plug-in
• The VEGAS message box now sizes properly depending on the length of the text that is being displayed.
• The Motion Tracking panel now properly supports data from Mocha Pro
• Removed an erroneous menu option in the Tools | Extensions menu
• Fixed a bug that prevented the user from switching to Audio Track FX when either the Audio Event FX or Master FX window was open
• Text on 3rd party Video Plugins is no longer cut off
• Fixed issue where the Red and Blue colors may be swapped while using Style Transfer
• Fixed crash which may occur when using the Slow Motion plugin
• Fixed crash which may occur when clicking the toolbar button in the FX editor keyframe pane
• Fixed a crash which may occur on shut down if the user has the system statistics on
• Fixed problem where an Adjustment Event may not display a full frame when using some third-party Video FX
• Updated support for Meteor Lake CPUs in some CPU-based decoders
• Online help pages for most Video plugs have been updated and posted
• Audio FX window closes as it should when you delete the event or track the effect is on
• Improved Text-to-Speech connection to the hub.
• Putting an Adjustment Event on the timeline no longer makes Motion Tracking crash
• Undo or Redo of a bypass of an Audio FX now properly refreshes the UI
• Fixed incorrect texture writing for YUV-RGB conversion
• Turn on OpenCL color conversion paths for NVidia GPUs
• Fixed translations in the NewsFeed window
• The proper hardware device is now selected when using some AI plugins
• Fixed a crash which can occurs when using the Smart Mask plugin
• Fixed crash which may occur when initializing the Hub window
• The FX button in the Mixing Console now always works as expected

VEGAS Pro 21 Build 300 - 6th April 2024

New Features:  

• AI Text-Based Editing (beta) 
  • You can use the Speech to Text features to create a transcript of your project video and then edit the transcript—for example, delete a section of text or cut and paste text, etc.—and VEGAS automatically edits the events on your timeline to match the edits you made in the transcript. The opposite is also possible. For instance, if you trim an event on the timeline, VEGAS Pro automatically edits the transcript to match. This workflow can greatly speed up your editing process. (Please provide feedback on this feature, so we can improve it for the full release in the future.)
• AI Smart Mask 2.0 plugin 
  • This plug-in uses AI to identify objects in your video and accurately mask them. You can create up to eight separate masks and apply tracking to them so that the masks follow along with objects in the video even if they’re moving. This can help you replace backgrounds without having shot in front of a green screen. 
• AV1 GPU support 
  • Support for AV1 continues to grow in VEGAS Pro. With this step, AV1 decoding utilizes GPU decoding codecs on Nvidia and AMD hardware which supports AV1 decoding.   
• New preferences to manage .sfk files 
  • Two new preferences enable you to manage newly created SFK files. The Hide new .sfk files preference flags newly created SFK files as hidden so that they honor your Windows Hidden Files settings. The Do not create .sfk files to store peak data preference prevents VEGAS from creating .sfk files. 
• Optimized GPU processing for AVC & HEVC files 
  • VEGAS Pro now employs a newly optimized, more efficient pipeline for decoding more AVC & HEVC file subvariants. This results in much better timeline playback performance with higher, more consistent framerates for accurate previews. 
• VEGAS Content media can now be added directly to the timeline 
  • In addition to the original Download button that enables you to download any VEGAS Content file to your local drive, two new buttons have been added. The Add to Project Media button enables you to download the file and add it directly into the Project Media list of your currently open project. The Insert on Timeline button also downloads the file and adds it to your Project Media list, but in addition, it adds it to the timeline of your currently open project where you can instantly begin to edit it. The download buttons now also use a default file type for a faster workflow. Finally, a new audio homepage has been added to help you find the audio content you’re looking for even faster. 
• New menu option to allow user to download the VEGAS user manual for offline help reference 
  • This menu option enables you to download the user manual so that you can access it even when you do not have an active internet connection. You can also then easily print all or part of the document if you need a hard copy of the help content. 
• Media Share 
  • This window consolidates the Quick Upload and File Drop operations of previous versions of the VEGAS Hub Explorer into one central location. You can create a new Media Share collection and upload files to it by dragging files into it or scanning a QR code with your mobile device camera. You can create links that enable collaborators to view files you’ve uploaded, invite them to upload their own files, and manage your existing upload/download activity from this window. 
• VEGAS Hub features for perpetual users 
  • VEGAS Hub features are no longer exclusive to subscription customers. Perpetual users can now enjoy the benefits of Text to Speech and Speech to Text, VEGAS Content downloads, Media Share, and so on. 
• HEIC/HEIF support 
  • VEGAS Pro now contains a native HEIC/HEIF decoder which allows you to add your HEIC/HEIF files shot on your mobile device to the VEGAS Pro timeline and edit them along with any other video format.   

Improvements and Bug fixes: 

• The Normal Edit tool in Mask mode of the Pan/Crop window now uses the correct cursor icon 
• Picture-in-Picture interacts are now correct upon initialization when in Free Form mode 
• Eliminated a loud burst of static noise that could occur when decoding some file formats 
• Motion tracking in the Smart Mask renderer now works as expected 
• A rendered Smart Mask now accurately matches what you saw in preview 
• Fixed a problem where objects remained highlighted in Smart Mask even when they were not selected 
• The Smart Mask Transparency checkbox now properly remembers its checked state when you close and reopen the Smart Mask UI 
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using Smart Mask 
• Fixed issue with reading MKV files 
• All VSTs now properly appear in the VST Effects tab of the Preferences dialog box 
• Fixed an issue that could cause significant performance problems with some VST effects 
• VST plug-ins applied at the track level no longer completely redraw after an undo/redo operation 
• VST plug-in automation UI now properly updates after an undo/redo operation 
• Renamed mxhevcplug plugin mxcompoundplug 
• Color Grading panel is now properly reset when a new project is created 
• Intra-4k-PCM files now play correctly 
• Fixed sizing problems with the Color Grading panel 
• Improvements and fixes for Adjustment Events 
• Fixes for multiple GPU setups 
• Fix crash which occurred when initializing some browser based windows 
• Bottleneck causing performance problems for WAVES plugins has been resolved 
• Default to route AVC decoding through the mxhevcplug decoder to fix some issues with that format 
• Fixed crash which may occur on exist if project is not saved 
• Fixed crash which may occur when reading audio data 
• Video FX now route properly to the new online help system 
• XAVC media is now decoded through the mxcompoundplug by default 
• Improvements to the OFX Interact Suite (for third party video plugins) 
• Fixed Crash with the Slow Motion plugin 
• Mask creation with Smart Mask now works correctly 
• Removed blacklisting of some file formats to avoid So4CompoundPlug has been deactivate as files work properly now with the mxcompoundplug 
• Problem with media information not displaying properly in the Open dialog for specific media times has been resolved 
• Resolved some performance reduction that may occur when repeatedly opening and closing the color grading panel  
• VEGAS now properly reads media with HE-AAC SBR audio 
• Smart mask tracking now works properly when Reduce Points has a value greater than 0.00 
• Fixed problem where the audio streams from AVC media with formats other than AAC were not read properly 
• Render statistics are now displayed properly for AV1 
• New shortcut added for bypassing preview zoom 
• Separated out update notifications from general NewsFeed preferences 
• Added an option to the Taskbar jump list that resets the user preferences 
• Fixed crash which could occur on application exit 
• Repeatedly opening and closing the Color Grading Panel no longer affects performance  
• Missing controls in audio tools are visible again 
• Improvements for handling of iZotope RX VST plugins 
• AVI media with JPEG video stream is now read properly  
• Fixed an issue where some video decoders where not being closed properly 
• Updated to most recent BlackMagic RAW SDK for expanded support for BMRAW files 
• The Render As dialog and the Render Progress dialogs now open in a more efficient manner 
• Fixed a problem in the Edit | Editing Tool menu where the proper tools are not displayed as selected 
• Ctrl+Shift+G now properly selects the value in the Selection End field 
• VEGAS Pro now properly displays the FPS in the Render Progress dialog for ProRes encoding 
• Fixed problems for machines that have older, incompatible versions of the OpenCL library installed on them 
• Fixed various issues with the Credit Roll media generator 
• Smart Mask now works properly with 32 bit projects 
• Improved load speed for some MXF files 
• Fixed an issue that caused a VST scanner warning to mistakenly appear  
• Color Grading panel properly releases resources when changing event selection 
• Fixed crash which may occur when using the GL Transition plugin on machines with an incompatible GPU 
• Improved the time it takes to open large projects with MXF files 
• Fixed a problem that sometimes caused an extended white-out screen to occur upon UI initialization at startup 
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Motion Tracking window 
• Sony FS7 MXF import now works as expected 
• Media with AC3 audio is now loaded correctly after an initial launch of VEGAS that follows a system reset 
• Project settings no longer become corrupted after navigating to the Advanced tab in the Project Properties dialog 
• Fixed a crash which could occur when rendering a project that uses Mocha 
• VEGAS Pro now properly cleans up scripting data which could cause a crash 
• Improved general performance of playback of MXF files 
• Fixed scaling issues with 32 bit VST plugins 
• Fixed problem where error message displayed when the Welcome Screen opened and one of the recent project files is not found 
• Preference File I/O tab now displays all the controls properly in all languages 
• Improve GPU memory handling for BRAW decoding 
• Fixed problems with MP4 and MKV HEVC media with AC-3 audio 
• Fixed a problem with Nested Timelines that could result in black frames on output 
• Improved performance of 32-bit VST plugins 
• Fixed alignment of controls in the preferences dialog for French and Japanese languages 
• Fixed a crash which could occur when opening the Customize Keyboard dialog 
• Removed a memory leak in some legacy File I/O plugins 
• VEGAS Pro installer now properly prompts user for a reboot if needed when installing from the update service 
• Some EXR files which VEGAS previously was unable to import now are supported 
• Fixed a hang which could occur when using Credit Roll at the same time as some VST plugins 
• Fixed crash which could occur when dragging a point in the Color Grading panel’s Color Curves 
• Renders of less than 11 frames no longer add bad frames 
• Improved metadata reading for some media formats 
• Fixed crash which could occur when switching between projects that use the Upscale plugin 
• Opening Help via the F1 button no longer opens multiple tabs in the user's browser 

Known issues: 

• Blue and Red colors may be swapped in VEGAS Effects and HitFilm when using recent AMD Adrenalin drivers.  It is recommended to revert the driver to version 23.7.2 to avoid this problem \
• Project versioning has been incremented. This means that you will not be able to open project files created or saved with this build (and later builds) with older builds of VEGAS Pro 21 or VEGAS Pro 20 or earlier 

VEGAS Pro 21 Build 314 - 15th May 2024

Improvements and Bug fixes: 

• Correctly copy event properties of an Adjustment Event when a new event is created as a result of a split operation 
• Fixed crash which may occur when user tries to open help but help is not available 
• Media with mono audio now plays audio back at proper rate 
• AVC media with format profile of High@6 now is imported as expected 
• HEVC MOV media now imported with proper aspect ratio 
• Stereo AC-3 in MP4 container now reads audio properly 
• Resource leak that caused UI to become mangled is now fixed 
• Prevent crash which may occur when application is brought back into focus 
• MXF media is now decoded properly 
• HEVC 4:2:2 CPU media now decodes as expected 
• Fixed problems with errors in decoding with NVidia GPUs 
• Context menu is missing when right clicking on meters 
• Proper handling of Alpha channel with Adjustment Events 
• Fixed a continuity problem with keyframes in the color correction plugin 
• Copy attributes function in Titles and Text plugin no longer throws an exception when multiple fonts are used 
• The Auto Correct function in the Stereoscopic 3D Adjust plugin no longer causes a freeze or crash 
• Canon 600d media decoding errors are now fixed 
• Rendered audio is no longer out of sync 
• Fixed issues with MKV files with improper thumbnails, playback issues and memory usage 
• Fixed crash inside of the video cache manager 
• AI Upscaler no longer distorting output when scaling is between 1.1 and 1.25 
• Fixed a crash which may occur after undo/redoing shortly after bringing VEGAS back into focus 
• Improve speed when application comes back into focus 
• Fixed AMD pixelization problems 

Known issues: 

• Blue and Red colors may be swapped in VEGAS Effects and HitFilm when using recent AMD Adrenalin drivers.  It is recommended to revert the driver to version 23.7.2 to avoid this problem 
• Project versioning has been incremented. This means that you will not be able to open project files created or saved with build 300 (and later builds) with older builds of VEGAS Pro 21 or VEGAS Pro 20 or earlier 
• Projects with large amounts of media that contain a large amount of metadata may take a substantial amount of time to open 
• The preference to unload media when the VEGAS application loses focus has been turned off, which may cause some problems if you are editing the same media in multiple applications at the same time.   
• Some long GOP MXF files may show corrupted frames on NVidia GPUs

VEGAS Pro 21 Build 315 - 22nd May 2024

Improvements and Bug fixes: 

• Fix crashing problem associated with decoding on AMD GPUs

VEGAS Pro 22 Build 93 - 29th July 2024

The VEGAS Pro Edit offering has been renamed as simply VEGAS Pro. VEGAS Post offering is no longer available.

New Feature list:

• Text-based Editing (full release) 
  • Improvements and refinements have been made to the Text-based Editing tools based on the feedback we received during the beta release cycle. You can now more efficiently edit your video timeline by performing edits in the text transcript.  
• New Multicam Audio Sync 
  • Synchronizing multicam events based on the audio from the clips the events hold has been completely reworked. You can now select multiple events and quickly synchronize them with options optimized for the type of audio contained in the clips.  
• AI Auto Reframe   
  • This AI-assisted tool automatically reframes your video when the delivery size of your final render does not match the original aspect ratio. For instance, if you have a standard widescreen video and need to deliver it in a square format for Instagram or other channels, this tool shifts focus to the most important object in the video and keeps it centered in the new frame size while other material is cropped out.   
• AI DeHaze   
  • This AI-assisted plug-in analyzes your video for hazy elements like smoke, fog, smog and so on and removes those elements in order to create a more crisp, clearer image of your main video element. 
• AI Sharpen 
  • Driven by AI, the AI Sharpen tool analyzes the edges of objects in your video and enhances them to give the image a crisper, clearer lock. The enhancement can be used to improve your video’s clarity or in many cases as a special effect to give your video an unnaturally crisp look. 
• AI Smoothen 
  • You can use this AI-driven tool to soften small details in your video while preserving sharp edges. This can result in a cleaner, more stylized look where fine details are smoothed out, but edges remain clear. You can use a small amount to give your video a subtly softer appearance, or a large amount to create more of a special effect on your video. 
• Beat Detection 
  • The Beat Detection tool analyzes a music file (or music in a video file) and marks highlights, syncopated hits, drum rolls or any “interesting” events in the low-mid and low-end of the audio frequency range. The markers serve as snap objects, so when you add the file to your timeline you can easily edit your video to the musical beats. 
• Tempo Detection 
  • The Tempo Detection tool analyzes a piece of music (or the music in a video file) to determine the tempo of the piece and automatically sets your project properties to match the detected tempo. This makes editing the project easy, as you can now set your timeline ruler to measures and beats and use the grid as orientation and snap points for seamless cuts and edits in time with the music.  
• Timeline Selection improvements 
  • The timeline selection techniques have been refined to make selecting events even easier. An intuitive left-click on an empty timeline space now enables you to start a selection rectangle which you can modify in order to select whichever events you want  
• New Welcome Screen 
  • The Welcome screen has been completely redesigned to make it even more useful in helping you start your editing session. Three tabs give you quick access to new-project setup, previous projects, and materials to help you use VEGAS more effectively. 
• Set the project tempo 
  • New menu options make it easy to set your project tempo. With these you can easily open the project audio properties and enter the desired tempo. When you then set your timeline ruler bar to Measures and Beats, the ruler will accurately reflect the project tempo. When you match the project tempo to the tempo of the music in your timeline, you can easily use the ruler to edit to precise measures and beats of the music. 
• Explorer window redesign 
  • The Explorer window has been reimagined and newly designed to provide a more efficient user experience. It’s now easier to navigate to your media files, preview them, and organize your view. 

Additional improvements:

• Fixed a problem that caused large project to take a very long time to bring media back online 
• Preference to unload media when application loses focus has been defaulted to On once again 
• Fixed problems with Smart Mask 2.0 
• Fixed a problem with timeline syncing with preview overlay when editing video FX 
• Implemented a 64-bit plugin for MP3 processing 
• Implemented a 64-bit plugin for OGG processing 
• Updated to the current version of the BMRAW SDK 
• Fixed a problem where Mocha VEGAS rendered incorrectly on the last frame when FPS numbers do not match 
• Implemented support for 10-Bit decoding for HEIC media 
• Fixed a problem that prevented the ability to create envelope points with the paint pen 
• Improved the pipeline for handling AC-3 media 
• The Selectively Prerender Video function now renders in the correct color space 
• Fixed a problem that could cause artifacts and incorrect rendering of frames for 8k projects with Pan/Crop applied using CPU only 
• Updates to the AI Framework 
• Fixed low memory errors when using GPU for rendering 
• Media now properly comes back online when you use the Win + D command to bring focus back to VEGAS 
• Fixes improve the behavior of Adjustment Events 
• Improved GPU pipeline for BMRAW 
• MXF decoding issues have been resolved 
• Updates ensure full support for Intel Lunar Lake CPUs 
• Beziér Mask plug-in handle behavior has been improved 
• Copy and paste of an Adjustment Event from one instance of VEGAS to another now works as expected 
• Import MXF as multichannel preference now works as expected 
• Fixed crash which may occur when editing in the timeline 
• Fixed issue with the Picture-in-picture plugin which may cause a hang 
• Fixed a crash which may occur when some media is read in by the compound plugin 
• Fixed a glitch in decoding of M2TS files 
• Fixed problems with the Update Drivers dialog 
• The preview aspect ratio is now correct for Panasonic HVX200 P2 footage 
• Improved the speed of creating a preview snapshot with PNG format 
• Fixed problems with Smart Mask when changing project aspect ratios 
• The So4 Reader now properly initializes in situations where a GPU is not available 
• Fixed stability problems with the Auto Analysis function in the Smart Mask plugin 
• Fixed hang which may occur during thumbnail generation 
• Fixed a problem with white and glitching windows that may appear late in the startup process for the application 
• Improved speed of Color Grading plugin 
• Improved the startup time for the application 
• Make the check for the Nahimic service quicker 

VEGAS Pro 22 Build 122 - 9th September 2024

Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed a bug that could cause the Explorer window to not properly update after redocking 
• Pan and Crop adjustments no longer lead to distorted preview 
• Fixed crash which could occur when opening ProRes 422 HQ files through the Open dialog 
• All BlackMagic RAW files now display with the proper aspect ratio 
• Missing renderers are now available again in the Render to New Track feature 
• The Render As dialog now shows QSV templates only when appropriate hardware is available 
• Optimized GPU-based readers to ensure that fallback to CPU readers occurs only after GPU resources are exhausted 
• Fixed a memory leak which would occur when using some OpenGL-based functions 
• Subtitle generation is now properly aligned when using the Speech-to-Text generate function 
• Fixed a crash that occurred upon clicking the Clear mask with selection button in the Smart Mask plug-in 
• Fixed a crash that occurred when importing some projects via the Import | Media menu option 
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the persisted state is corrupted in the Explorer window 
• Fixed a crash which could occur when the application regains focus 
• The Welcome dialog now properly closes after opening a project 
• The Frame Center section in the Auto Reframe plugin now properly refreshes when using the Preview Window interacts 
• The Reframe function now properly resets the location box position in the Auto Reframe plugin 
• Fixed location of persisted data for the Explorer window 
• Fixed a crash which could occur when attempting to open a .txt file in the Explorer window 
• Fixed a crash which could occur after changing/replacing hardware in machine 
• Prevent a potential crash which could occur when the QuickTime plugin is activated 
• Follow Object button in Auto Reframe plugin now appropriately opens the keyframe window 
• Add to Timeline function in the Explorer window now properly creates an Undo event 
• Fixed an issue with improper parameters being available for the MP3 encoder, which resulted in a rendering error 
• Ignite FX now works properly 
• AI Upscale no longer turns the Preview window purple when the window setting is set to Preview mode 
• AI Upscale no longer causes memory leak 
• Fixed a crash which could occur with some Canon-based files 

VEGAS Pro 22 Build 194 - 30th October 2024

Features: 

• Auto Normalize 
• Auto Ducking 
• Multicam Audio Sync enhancements 
• AI Assistant (Early-access build requires separate feature installer...go here for details on signing up for early early access.) 

Improvements and Bug fixes: 

• Fixed a crash which could occur when rendering with the Media Generators Properties dialog open 
• The Insert Subtitles from File feature now properly quantizes to frames with that feature active 
• XDCAM-EX renders from 32bit pixel format projects are no longer compressed to studio level color space 
• VEGAS no longer shows QSV render templates on systems that don’t support QSV rendering 
• Improvements to Text-based Editing when splitting events 
• Fixed a problem in Speech to Text where subtitles do not line up with the audio 
• Fixed a Quantize to Frames problem which could occur when importing multiple files at once 
• Fixed improper analysis in the Auto ReFrame plugin that could occur on some Intel based machines 
• Fixed a timeline Loop Region and Cursor issue 
• Removed duplicate entries in the AV1 Custom Settings dialog’s Bitrate field 
• 8-bit monochrome media levels are now correct in 32-bit full-range projects 
• Fixed an issue where the proper aspect ratio was not correctly applied for some MXF files 
• Improvements to BRAW decoder 
• Updated the MP3 decoder 
• Improved GPU and compatibility support for AVC/MPEG transport streams 
• Fixed a problem where some MP3 files played back with no audio 
• Selective Pre-render no longer causes a color shift 
• Fixed a crash which could occur when the user clicks the Preferences dialog’s Apply button during a VST scan  
• Fixed certain double-click issues in the new Explorer window 
• Improved performance in the new Explorer window when a folder has a large number of files 
• Fixed a problem with unlabeled items in the Customize Toolbar and Customize Timeline Toolbar dialogs 
• AV1 files can now be decoded via supported Intel GPUs 
• Improvements when creating proxies of for project files in the Explorer window 
• Fixed a crash which could occur when attempting to import media that VEGAS doesn't support 
• Updated our list of supported Waves VST plugins 
• Automation with the Mesh Warp plugin now works properly 
• Improvements to Trimmer window click-and-drag behavior 
• Added an error message which pops up for invalid media files 
• Added Breadcrumb navigation in the Explorer window 
• Pre-crop keyframes now work properly for still-image media 
• Pressing the Default All button in the File I/O preferences now properly sets the correct default hardware decoder 
• Timecode metadata is now read and used by VEGAS Pro consistent with how older versions of VEGAS Pro read this information 
• VEGAS Pro now plays the PCM audio stream of HEVC media  
• Video Preview window status readouts no longer flicker during playback 
• The Media Properties dialog now properly reports the media format for Transport Steam files 
• Fixed an MP3 render crash that could occur when using customized settings 
• Fixed a crash on render that could occur with projects that contained offline, but unused media in the media pool 
• Media with rotation metadata information is now imported correctly 
• Fixed a hang that could occur after applying Motion Tracking 
• Added an error message to inform a user when they attempt to drag and drop an unsupported file via the Explorer window 
• Action buttons for items in the explorer window are now properly shown regardless of state of the display 
• Improved the icon set for the Explorer window 
• Explorer window properly refreshes the Favorites folder when necessary 
• Beat and Tempo detection options are now disabled for offline media 
• UI no longer unnecessarily resets when moving an event with the numeric keypad 
• More precise mouse behavior when in Timeline Selection Mode 
• Aspect ratio is now properly detected for all HEVC files 
• Fixed a crash which could occur when zooming in on an event containing a PNG file with the Pan/Crop tool 
• M4A files can once again be added to a project 
• Creating a mask in the Pan/Crop tool now works as expected when the Preview window is set to Preview quality 
• Fixed a crash which could occur during rendering when using the Smart Deinterlace settings 

Known issues: 

• ATRAC support removed 
• Red-eye reduction has been removed 

VEGAS Pro 22 Build 237 - 22nd January 2025

Improvements and Bug fixes: 

• Auto-ducking listener envelopes retain the correct color after an undo or redo  
• Fixed issues with improper frames being rendered in 32-bit projects where Dynamic RAM Preview has been applied 
• Preference for automatically adjusting the project to match media is now properly set when using the + button in the explorer window 
• Auto-ducking listener envelopes no longer change when changes are made to the track 
• Auto-ducking listener envelopes no longer update improperly if multiple tracks are selected or active 
• The titler plug-ins no longer list fonts that cannot be rendered properly 
• Fixed a hang which could occur when VEGAS Pro tries to obtain cached thumbnails 
• UI improvements for AI Assistant 
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the wrong media to be added to the timeline during a drag-and-drop operation from the Explorer window 
• The application will no longer hang when the user attempts to select an unavailable network drive in the Explorer window 
• No longer crashing while loading incompatible VST plugins 
• Improved performance for Text-based Editing 
• Fixed an erroneous message in the AI Upscale plugin after pasting event attributes 
• Fixed a problem which caused some VFR HEVC footage to incorrectly display duplicate frames during playback 
• The Smart Mask plugin UI now properly displays disabled controls 
• AC-3 audio renders are now properly synchronized 
• The Add Media Across Tracks function now arranges the media properly in the timeline 
• Audio-only events now work properly for Text-based Editing 
• Undo and Redo now work as expected for Text-based Editing 
• Auto Ducking envelopes on the control track now return to zero after overlap 
• Bandicam files are decoded properly to read both audio and video streams 
• The Pixel Aspect Ratio is now properly applied for all AVC media 
• Audio peak building has been optimized 
• MPEG-TS media no longer decodes to blank frames 
• Fixed Issues that resulted in green frames during preview 
• Fixed a Smart Mask 2.0 crash 
• The Loop switch in the audio event context menu now works properly 
• Fixed problems with the Video Stabilization plugin when used with interlaced media 
• A border is no longer inadvertently created when the drop shadow setting is set to 0 in the Black Bar Fill plug-in 
• The Color Grading panel UI is properly refreshed after a paste event attributes command 
• Certain files that had display problems when using proxies now display correctly 

Known issues: 

• Driver update utility has been removed 
• Smart Mask 2.0 may experience problems while using the high precision setting with GPUs of with 8GB of video RAM or less. The workaround is to use the lower precision setting. 

VEGAS Pro 22 Build 239 - 23rd January 2025

This was released shortly after VEGAS Pro 22 Build 237, to fix a bug related to media with a variable frame rate.

The official release notes are the same as for VEGAS Pro 22 Build 237, above.

Bug Fixes:

• (Unofficial) Fixed problems related to variable frame rate media, including audio/video sync issues.