Sony Creative Software updates Vegas Pro 12 to Build 563

Sony Creative Software has updated Vegas Pro 12 to Build 563.

Notable fixes/changes in version 12.0 (Build 563):

• Added support for rendering 24p AVC-Intra 100 Panasonic P2 video to a folder on your computer or to a connected P2 camera..
• Improved performance for decoding XAVC 4K video from Sony F5/F55 cameras.
• Added support for exporting event timestretching as velocity when exporting to Final Cut Pro X format.
• Added support for exporting event pan and crop settings as motion when exporting to Final Cut Pro X format. Please note that event zooming, cropping, and scaling are exported as separate operations.
  • To export event zoom, the Event Pan/Crop Maintain aspect ratio control must be set to No, and Stretch to fill frame must be set to Yes.
  • To export event crop, the Event Pan/Crop Stretch to fill frame control must be set to No.
  • To export event rotation, the Event Pan/Crop Stretch to fill frame control must be set to Yes.
• Added support for importing event pan and crop settings when importing a Final Cut Pro X format.
• Timecode for MOV files is now read properly and displayed in Vegas Pro media properties.
• Added support for reading and rendering up to 16 channels of audio in SD OP1a MXF files.
• Added new rendering templates to the Sony AVC/MVC format: use Internet 1920x1080-30p and Internet 1280x720-30p to render HD video for Internet distribution.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when using Tools > Selectively Prerender Video.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when browsing in the Vegas Explorer when the Documents library was empty.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent Windows Explorer libraries from being displayed in the Vegas Pro Explorer after refreshing the Explorer window.
• Fixed a bug that prevented inserting busses, input busses, and assignable effects after opening and closing the Render As window.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the application to freeze when loading thumbnail images in the Project Media window.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Video Preview window to display red when choosing Clipboard from the Split-Screen View button's drop-down list.
• Fixed a bug that could cause problems drawing audio peaks or saving files when using Open in Sound Forge or Open Copy in Sound Forge.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent Vegas Pro from starting when using a non-Administrator user account.

Notable fixes/changes in version 12.0 (Build 486):

• Added support for exporting nested Vegas Pro projects as compound clips when exporting to Final Cut Pro X format.
• Added support for importing compound clips as nested Vegas Pro projects when importing from Final Cut Pro X format. When importing a Final Cut Pro X project, a Vegas project is created for the main project using the same base name as the .fcpxml file, and separate nested Vegas projects are created for each compound clip and for each clip that contains an audio and a video stream.
• Added Anchor point setting to the Titles & Text plug-in. Text now scales relative to the anchor point, which does not move.
• Added support for reading and rendering up to 16 channels of audio in HD OP1a MXF files.
• Added support for reading Sony XAVC files. You can use the Device Explorer window to browse and import clips from XAVC disc images.
• Added support for timecode in P2 MXF files. If you're using a project that was created in version 12.0 (build 394) or earlier, please update P2 clip timecode as follows:
  • If you imported the clip from a disc image, right-click the clip in the Project Media window, choose Replace, and then select the clip from the disc image.
  • If you imported the clip using the Vegas Device Explorer, delete the .mxf file from the C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Imported Media\ folder and reimport the clip using the Device Explorer.
• The Documents library and custom libraries from Windows Explorer are now available in the Vegas Pro Explorer.
• File Open dialogs have been updated to allow you to browse and open files from mobile devices.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Sony Stabilize plug-in from working when 32-bit floating point (video levels) or 32-bit floating point (full range) was selected in the Pixel format drop-down list in the Project Properties dialog.
• Improved performance when using audio preview through SDI video preview devices.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Sony Stabilize plug-in from being applied during playback.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas Pro to crash when loading some projects.
• Fixed a bug that could reset event effect automation envelopes when splitting events.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some fonts from previewing correctly when using the Titles & Text plug-in.
• Fixed a bug that could start a different version of Vegas Pro when right-clicking a nested project and choosing Edit in Vegas from the shortcut menu when multiple versions of Vegas Pro are installed.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect images to be displayed for selected Mute and Solo buttons in the Assignable FX dialog.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Plug-In Chooser from closing when Esc is pressed.
• Fixed a bug that could cause all HDCAM SR templates to be marked as favorites in the Render As dialog when selecting a single template as a favorite.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the "None of the files dropped on Vegas Pro could be opened" error message to be displayed incorrectly in the Vegas Explorer.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when using the FBmn Software White Balance plug-in.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Stereoscopic 3D Camera settings to be displayed in the Track Motion window when working with 2D projects.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Use audio-capable preview device during external video preview setting from being saved when exiting Vegas (Preferences > Audio Device).
• Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas Pro to hang when rendering MVC video for a Blu-ray Disc.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas Pro to hang when dragging a .mov file from the Vegas Explorer to the timeline if QuickTime was not installed.
• Fixed a bug that could — in some circumstances — prevent the application from starting after registering.
• Fixed a bug that could cause image sequences to have black frames in Video Preview and rendered output after zooming in with the Event Pan/Crop plug-in and time compressing.
• Fixed a bug that could cause P2 MXF video to be opened without its associated audio streams.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent the application from being uninstalled properly.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent the application from entering expanded edit mode when pressing 5 on the numeric keypad.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the first frame of an MVC file to appear briefly at the end when previewing the file from the Explorer window.
• Fixed a bug that could cause XDCAM clips to have an incorrect timecode.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Video Preview window to flash when starting playback.
• Fixed a bug that could cause doubled audio to be recorded after changing a track's input monitoring mode.
• Fixed a bug that prevented regions being dragged from the Explorer window to the timeline.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the application to freeze when changing the capture device in the Capture Preferences dialog.
• Fixed a bug where the timeline did not show only the current edit track (at the default track height) when entering expanded edit mode for some screen resolutions and for user-modified track heights.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the current edit track height to decrease after exiting and then re-entering expanded edit mode.
• Fixed a bug that could cause application extension windows to be hidden after loading an extension.