InterfaceĪt first glance, Sony Movie Studio is straightforward. In addition to the basic Movie Studio 13, Sony offers a Platinum version ($79.95) and a suite ($139.95), which includes all of the features from the Basic and Platinum versions, plus Blu-ray and DVD authoring capabilities, stereoscopic 3D editing, green screening, a white balance tool and more video and audio effects. For the 60-fps contest, Premiere Elements was the next slowest, at 5:01:67. Its next competitor in the 30-fps contest was Corel VideoStudio, at 2:52:63 - not even close. Connect your video camera to the video capture card using the cable provided with your. For more information, see Installing Vegas Movie Studio software on page 7. Intel's setting did not benefit Sony at 60 fps, as the auto setting proved faster. If you have a DirectShow-compatible video capture card, follow the manufacturer’s installation instructions. An Intel Quick Sync setting brought that result down to a more respectable but still sluggish 5:38:03 and 6:04:64 for 30 fps and 60 fps, respectively. At 7:13:25 at 30 fps, its rendering speed trailed those of other programs I tested. Sony Movie Studio's performance in piecing together the test videos, transitions and a quick text intro was slower than its competitors', but not unusable. Connect your Sony HDV camera to the FireWire port on your computer (IEEE-1394 cable (i.LINK)). Connect your camcorder (or deck) and configure it for recording.
We timed rendering at both 60 fps and 30 fps. The following guide explains how to capture HDV video using a Sony HDV camcorder (or deck) and VEGAS or VEGAS Movie Studio Platinum.
We combined six clips into a 2.5-minute video shot at 60 frames per second and rendered the projects to MPEG 4 at 720p. In a similar tutorial to this one about Rendering 720p HD Video, I discussed in more depth the new changes to Movie Studio Platinum 12 and how they effect rendering. Its 64-bit Intel Core i5 processor with 5200U CPU runs at 2.2 GHz on an HD Graphics 5500 system with 8GB of RAM. In this tutorial I will show you how to set your Project Properties and Render Settings for making 1080p HD Video, using Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12 64 bit Edition. We tested the program on an HP Spectre x360 laptop running Windows 10 Home.