Vegas Pro 15 available August 28, 2017

videomagician

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From the Magix Vegas News Forum:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-15-release-date--107253/

"MathiasH wrote on 7/12/2017, 8:14 AM

Dear community,

Almost a full year has passed since the revival of VEGAS Pro, and what ride it's been! Your support and enthusiasm have been nothing short of amazing. You have given us fantastic feedback and ideas for the future. So now we're excited to announce that the future you helped create begins to unfold with the release of VEGAS Pro 15 on August 28.

What can you expect from VEGAS Pro 15? Well, we can't list all the new features just yet, but here are a couple that we'll know you'll be interested in because they came directly from your feedback!


A GUI for everyone

From the moment you open the new software, you'll notice major UI changes which are not only designed to look pretty, but also bring innovative usability improvements to your workflow. Now more than ever, you can choose the GUI setup that works for you. For example, from in depth community discussion, we learned that some of you like a dark background, and some want to keep a lighter background. Some want monochromatic buttons, and some value buttons with color. Now those choices are up to you! And those are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to optimizing your workspace so that it works most efficiently for your unique editing style and workflow.


Editing speed efficiencies

You supplied a number of great ideas on how VEGAS Pro could speed your editing even more. We've implemented a number of these features. For instance, you wanted a "one-click" way to create a freeze frame in an event, and so in VEGAS Pro 15, you have exactly such a tool. Now, instead of following a multi-step procedure to create a freeze-frame video, you can accomplish the task with far less clicking. And that's just one example of how we've made editing faster and more intuitive.


Hardware accelerated Encoding/Decoding

VEGAS Pro 15 leverages modern hardware for accelerated encoding and decoding, including support for Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) and other technologies.

We don't want to spoil all the surprises, but you'll only have to wait a little longer to get to know the other features and improvements of VEGAS Pro 15. We hope you are as excited as we are!


Best regards,
Mathias"
 
I really hope I am not forced to upgrade to Vegas Pro 15 just to be able to natively edit GH5 10-bit video files. I've been using Vegas since the days when Sonic Foundry owned it 15 years ago, but I am a little p*ssed that MAGIX has been dragging their feet about enabling GH5 10-bit compatibility.

So far I've been getting by with transcoding my GH5 files to another CODEC, but what happens when other cameras like the Canon C200 or the Panasonic EVA1 come out after Vegas Pro 15 is released ?

Am I going to have to wait until Vegas Pro 16 is released to open files shot with these cameras so MAGIX will have guaranteed Vegas Pro upgrade sales ?
 
http://www.sharbor.com/vegas-pro-15-suite-upgrade.html

The product page on that merchant's site has a handful of more, possible new features:

Modern, efficient user interface

Preview window:
Picture-in-picture OFX plug-in with real-time controls on the Video
Crop OFX plug-in with real-time controls on the Video Preview window

Powerful hardware acceleration through Intel QSV and graphics card GPU

Lookup table (LUT) OFX plug-in

Powerful generators, effects, and titling

Modern color science

ACES 1.0 support

Selectively paste event attributes

Instant freeze frame video creation

For GPU acceleration the recommended for AMD and Nvidia look (disappointingly) unchanged from previous versions, but they added a section for Intel QSV:
Requires an OpenCL-enabled GPU such as HD Graphics 4000.

Intel Skylake or newer processor required for QSV accelerated 8-bit HEVC/AVC decoding and encoding, Intel KabyLake or newer processor required for QSV accelerated 10-bit HEVC encoding and decoding
 
For GPU acceleration the recommended for AMD and Nvidia look (disappointingly) unchanged from previous versions, but they added a section for Intel QSV:

...Everything would change if nVidia had better OpenCL performance, but I don't think that is ever going to happen, so AMD is the best graphics card for Vegas Pro. ( I'm waiting for the AMD Vega RX cards to hit the stores )
 
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