moving a clip to a new position) and the changes are synchronized in both the storyboard and timeline. changing the start and end points) or in the timeline (e.g. This lets you make edits to the storyboard clips (e.g. It’s worth saying that VEGAS has pretty much all the features you would expect from a pro-level video editing package: the ability to cut, trim, copy and move clips over numerous tracks in the timeline a large range of transitions and effects zoom, pan, add titles and so on.įor a more detailed overview of the code features of VEGAS, see my reviews of VEGAS Pro 15 and VEGAS Pro Edit 14.įor those of you who use storyboards (a view of clips arranged either as lists or as sets of thumbnails arranged in lines like the rows of a spreadsheet) the new interactive storyboarding options will no doubt be welcome. Masks and effects (blurs, contrast/brightness and so on) or text annotations can be added to the tracked objects to follow their movements. The newly enhanced Motion Tracking feature includes the ability to select objects (such as a person or vehicle) and automatically track their motion as the video plays. If I hadn’t seen the MAGIX tutorial on this, I can honestly say I’d never have guessed that this was how to do it.
For example, to apply Motion Tracking you need to use a tool called ‘Bezier Masking’, then draw out a selection box over an object, expand a ‘Mask’ option in a dialog and finally click a button to track the object. Video Effects can be similarly non-obvious. Here I've made a selection so that I can 'track' a person's movements Personally, I find it simpler to process audio tracks using some other tool such as the free Audacity audio editor or MAGIX’s own SoundForge program. For example, it may be entirely possible to remove background noise from a track using the Audio Restoration and NoiseGate effects (plus others) but working out how to do so can be baffling. The disadvantage is that this process can be time-consuming and confusing. The advantage of this approach is that you can selectively tweak numerous different parameters for each effect to give you precise and accurate control over each of them. Plugins and effects can be ‘chained together’ by adding one plugin after another. Using 'tiny planet' I've transformed an ordinary field into a little world! New features include improved video stabilization and motion tracking, 360-degree video support (assuming you have a suitable 360-degree camera!), a ‘tiny planet’ plugin that distorts a video using an extreme fisheye effect to make it appear that the ground-plane forms a planet-like sphere, plus various user interface improvements. VEGAS Pro 16 - a powerful package, though it takes a while to learn
In fact, VEGAS 16 is the third major release in just two years.
VEGAS is a powerful video editing package which has been given a new lease of life since its acquisition by MAGIX Software in 2016.
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