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Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11

30.08.2011
So far, no broadcast television networks have committed to broadcasting in 3D, despite the proliferation of 3D HDTVs. No problem--if you can't watch 3D TV, go out and make some content of your own with a 3D camcorder and a video-editing application such as Sony's Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 ($100 as of August 27, 2011). The new version of the software adds stereoscopic-3D-video-editing capabilities to a powerful, albeit somewhat complicated, application.

I See in 3D

Sony introduced 3D editing in , the pricier sibling of the latest version, last year. With Vegas Pro 11, you now get additional 3D modes.

You can edit native 3D content from a 3D camcorder such as the , for example, or you can create 3D video from 2D content (somewhat effectively); Sony includes a pair of paper anaglyph 3D glasses in the software box. For 2D footage, I found that the conversion was most effective for simple effects like adding 3D titles.

You can also export to YouTube's 3D format. When you use the app's new Make Movie feature, the software automatically recognizes that you have 3D content to upload to YouTube and you need only enter your YouTube user name, password, and the usual title, description, and tags for it to upload directly to your account. Finally, you can export 3D movies to Blu-ray using the included DVD Architect Studio application.

The system requirements for 3D editing are the same as the ones for HD editing--Sony recommends a multicore CPU or multiprocessor system. Even so, since the application recognizes the .mvc 3D video format and the .mpo 3D still-image format natively, it doesn't have to expend any processing effort on converting such files before you begin editing them. I saw no performance slowdowns at all with my dual-core system, except that the system while I was editing a multi-HD-track project. Speaking of which, Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 lets you edit in a few more HD video formats than its predecessor did, including 720-50p, 720-60p, and 1080-24p; but annoyingly, it won't import or export Flash files, so if you want to put your videos online, you'll have to upload them to YouTube or another video site that will convert them for you.