New update for VEGAS Pro Edit 21 Steam Edition!

Important changes in version 21.0.0.300 compared to version 21.0.0.208!

Features:

• AI Smart Mask 2.0 plugin
• AV1 GPU support
• New preferences to manage .sfk files
• Optimized GPU processing for AVC & HEVC files
• New menu option to allow user to download the VEGAS user manual for offline help reference
• HEIC/HEIF support

Improvements and Bugs Fixes:

• The Normal Edit tool in Mask mode of the Pan/Crop window now uses the correct cursor icon
• Picture-in-Picture interacts are now correct upon initialization when in Free Form mode
• Eliminated a loud burst of static noise that could occur when decoding some file formats
• Motion tracking in the Smart Mask renderer now works as expected
• A rendered Smart Mask now accurately matches what you saw in preview
• Fixed a problem where objects remained highlighted in Smart Mask even when they were not selected
• The Smart Mask Transparency checkbox now properly remembers its checked state when you close and reopen the Smart Mask UI
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using Smart Mask
• Fixed issue with reading MKV files
• All VSTs now properly appear in the VST Effects tab of the Preferences dialog box
• Fixed an issue that could cause significant performance problems with some VST effects
• VST plug-ins applied at the track level no longer completely redraw after an undo/redo operation
• VST plug-in automation UI now properly updates after an undo/redo operation
• Renamed mxhevcplug plugin mxcompoundplug
• Color Grading panel is now properly reset when a new project is created
• Intra-4k-PCM files now play correctly
• Fixed sizing problems with the Color Grading panel
• Improvements and fixes for Adjustment Events
• Fixes for multiple GPU setups
• Fix crash which occurred when initializing some browser based windows
• Bottleneck causing performance problems for WAVES plugins has been resolved
• Default to route AVC decoding through the mxhevcplug decoder to fix some issues with that format
• Fixed crash which may occur on exist if project is not saved
• Fixed crash which may occur when reading audio data
• XAVC media is now decoded through the mxcompoundplug by default
• Improvements to the OFX Interact Suite (for third party video plugins)
• Fixed Crash with the Slow Motion plugin
• Mask creation with Smart Mask now works correctly
• Removed blacklisting of some file formats to avoid So4CompoundPlug has been deactivate as files work properly now with the mxcompoundplug
• Problem with media information not displaying properly in the Open dialog for specific media times has been resolved
• Resolved some performance reduction that may occur when repeatedly opening and closing the color grading panel
• VEGAS now properly reads media with HE-AAC SBR audio
• Smart mask tracking now works properly when Reduce Points has a value greater than 0.00
• Fixed problem where the audio streams from AVC media with formats other than AAC were not read properly
• Render statistics are now displayed properly for AV1
• New shortcut added for bypassing preview zoom
• Added an option to the Taskbar jump list that resets the user preferences
• Fixed crash which could occur on application exit
• Repeatedly opening and closing the Color Grading Panel no longer affects performance
• Missing controls in audio tools are visible again
• Improvements for handling of iZotope RX VST plugins
• AVI media with JPEG video stream is now read properly
• Fixed an issue where some video decoders where not being closed properly
• Updated to most recent BlackMagic RAW SDK for expanded support for BMRAW files
• The Render As dialog and the Render Progress dialogs now open in a more efficient manner
• Fixed a problem in the Edit | Editing Tool menu where the proper tools are not displayed as selected
• Ctrl+Shift+G now properly selects the value in the Selection End field
• VEGAS Pro now properly displays the FPS in the Render Progress dialog for ProRes encoding
• Fixed problems for machines that have older, incompatible versions of the OpenCL library installed on them
• Fixed various issues with the Credit Roll media generator
• Smart Mask now works properly with 32 bit projects
• Improved load speed for some MXF files
• Fixed an issue that caused a VST scanner warning to mistakenly appear
• Color Grading panel properly releases resources when changing event selection
• Fixed crash which may occur when using the GL Transition plugin on machines with an incompatible GPU
• Improved the time it takes to open large projects with MXF files
• Fixed a problem that sometimes caused an extended white-out screen to occur upon UI initialization at startup
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Motion Tracking window
• Sony FS7 MXF import now works as expected
• Media with AC3 audio is now loaded correctly after an initial launch of VEGAS that follows a system reset
• Project settings no longer become corrupted after navigating to the Advanced tab in the Project Properties dialog
• VEGAS Pro now properly cleans up scripting data which could cause a crash
• Improved general performance of playback of MXF files
• Fixed scaling issues with 32 bit VST plugins
• Fixed problem where error message displayed when the Welcome Screen opened and one of the recent project files is not found
• Preference File I/O tab now displays all the controls properly in all languages
• Improve GPU memory handling for BRAW decoding
• Fixed problems with MP4 and MKV HEVC media with AC-3 audio
• Fixed a problem with Nested Timelines that could result in black frames on output
• Improved performance of 32-bit VST plugins
• Fixed alignment of controls in the preferences dialog for French and Japanese languages
• Fixed a crash which could occur when opening the Customize Keyboard dialog
• Removed a memory leak in some legacy File I/O plugins
• Some EXR files which VEGAS previously was unable to import now are supported
• Fixed a hang which could occur when using Credit Roll at the same time as some VST plugins
• Fixed crash which could occur when dragging a point in the Color Grading panel’s Color Curves
• Renders of less than 11 frames no longer add bad frames
• Improved metadata reading for some media formats
• Fixed crash which could occur when switching between projects that use the Upscale plugin
• Opening Help via the F1 button no longer opens multiple tabs in the user's browser