General Features:
Streamlined New Project and Make Movie wizards
Improved native HDV .m2t playback performance
Improved memory handling for HDV longform projects
Sony AVCHD enhancements
Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline
Display of media marker names in events
Improved snapping color-coded visual snap indicator
Multitrack video and audio editing
Easy drag-and-drop functionality
Show Me How interactive tutorials
Real-time editing of parameters during playback
Support for any aspect ratio
Supports multiple file formats and frame rates
High Definition editing and output
Simple drag-and-drop operations
Explorer view
Project media bins
Over 500 video effects and transitions
Track markers and regions
Unlimited undo/redo
Video Features:
Full screen preview to a primary and secondary Windows display
Real-time playback of effects, processes and transitions to external monitor
Color-correction tools
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 support
Superior frame rate conversions
Credit rolls and text animation
External monitor preview
Ripple editing across tracks
Audio Features:
Cinescore Studio plug-in for music soundtrack creation
Gracenote MusicID CD album recognition
Multithreaded audio engine maximizes performance
Basic surround support
Support for multichannel (5.1) source files for Sony HDV Handycam camcorders
16-bit, 44.1 kHz song quality for exceptional performance
Volume and pan envelopes
Audio time stretching
Event normalization
CD audio extraction
Audio/video synchronization detect and repair
DirectX audio plug-in support
VST audio effect support
ASIO drive support
Tape-style audio scrubbing
Audio restoration tools
Track-level audio FX and envelopes
Transitions and Effects:
More than 220 customizable 2D and 3D transitions
Over 350 customizable video special effects
Add text animation, titles and scrolling credits
Red-eye removal tool
"Green screen" chroma key effects
Pan and crop tool to animate still images
Video and audio time stretching
Capture and Import:
New! Import support for LEPC files
New! Import support for MJPEG-encoded files
Sony AVCHD import and edit support
Import and export support for ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless files
Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2
ATRAC audio plug-in (Templates only)
Gracenote MusicID CD album recognition
Import media from Sony DVD Handycam camcorders
Batch capture and automatic DV scene detection
PC connection via FireWire, i.LINK connector or IEEE-1394 devices
Import pictures in BMP, GIF, JPG, and PSD formats
Import AVI, DV, SWF, and MPEG 1 & MPEG 2 files
Import audio files in WAV, MP3, AIF, CD Audio and PCA formats
Export and Hardware Features:
Burn to Blu-ray Disc from timeline
Integrated upload to YouTube
Improved Sony AVC/MPEG-4 encoder
AC3 Stereo and 5.1 encoding
MainConcept AVC/AAC, read/write (Templates only) iPod Format
PSP (PlayStation Portable) integration
Sony AVC/AAC (Templates only)
VideoCD and Multimedia CD burning
Export video projects in multiple formats for the web
One-click publishing to ACIDplanet.com
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