All Vegas Pro 12 users will benefit from an expanded edit mode (easier ways to see before/after frames at the edit point), and GUI improvements, such as a new Toolbar Icon for Splitting edits, and more comprehensive tool tips. These new features and improvements help all users, from prosumers to professionals. There are so many new features in Vegas Pro 12 we can only highlight a few.

Audio properties were defaulted at 48kHz/16-bit, but if you have an advanced sound card, you can select higher performance settings. For the video we captured with a Sony camcorder, we used the HD-1080/60i setting. Fortunately, Vegas Pro 12 has a full range of video project types from the template pull down menu. Project Properties, both video and audio must also be set up before editing begins. Each window can be moved to a customized location more to your liking. The Project Media window displays all media used in your project. Media can be dragged and dropped directly into the timeline from the Vegas Explorer Window. Major file formats for standard definition, HD, and 3D video are supported. The Vegas Explorer window is newly enhanced and shows Vegas-compatible media files that reside on your hard drives, flash drives, or camcorders. The Preview window is primarily used to play back clips, and the display is shown in the small default window, full screen, or on an External Monitor using special graphics cards. The Trimmer window is used to trim your video clips to their desired length, and is comparable to the source window in other editing programs.

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