In nuce: Software developer Magix has released the latest version of its editing software Vegas Pro; Vegas Pro 20 is said to include improvements in terms of artificial intelligence, colour grading and performance. Jose Antunes from provideocoalition.com wrote about this in a report from 23 January this year. According to the same report, Vegas Pro 20 is available immediately; the upgrade is free for customers of version 20 of the editing software as well as subscribers to the Vegas 365 programme. Vegas 365 is a subscription model for the editing software.
In toto: Below are some of the most exciting new features that come with the release of Vegas Pro 20.
- Powerful AI engine: Designed to better access graphics processors and a wider range of graphics cards. This results from the integration of the ONNX Runtime AI engine, an open source project that aims to make machine learning faster – across frameworks, operating systems and hardware. More information on ONNX Runtime can be found at onnxruntime.ai. The integration should result in AI-supported functions being processed significantly faster.
- Better colour grading (colour correction): Thanks to three new colour curves, creative professionals should be able to work even more precisely. The first colour curve is called Hue vs. Luminance, which allows users to define either the hue or the average value of a series of hues – then adjust the luminance according to the colour. Saturation vs. Luminance is the second colour curve, which allows users to define the range of saturation levels and then adjust the luminance level of the same range. Thirdly and finally, the Luminance vs Saturation colour curve allows you to define a range of luminance values in the video and then adjust the saturation level of the same area.
- Workflow improvements: Aimed primarily at the areas of efficiency and team-work. For example, the new welcome screen supports the user in that important default settings are already made when the software is started up – even before the actual creative work with the timeline begins. The Smart Mask plug-in is no less useful; powered by artificial intelligence, it analyses the video image and identifies image areas for which a mask can be created. The Smart Mask plug-in is currently in the beta phase. On the other hand, the Hover Scrub Bypass function is intended to ensure a smoother workflow; this function allows the standard hover scrub behaviour in the project media window to be bypassed.
Click further: All further information on Vegas Pro 20 at vegascreativesoftware.com. Digital Production reported on the release of the previous version Vegas Pro 19 on 21.09.2021. The lead image from this report comes from a promotional video, which can be seen on the Vegas Pro 20 website linked above.
Source: provideocoalition.com ( message from Jose Antunes)
