Sony recently announced Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8 (UPDATE: this is NOT Vegas 8, but the more consumer-end Vegas Movie Studio 8), the newest version of their popular consumer-end editing software. The Platinum Edition of said software will include AVCHD support, but only for Sony camcorders, not Panasonic or Canon offerings.
Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8, which began selling last week, has several new features, including Vista support, advanced media markers, improved snapping on the timeline, better audio playback, more audio tracks and effects, and full screen playback to a second Windows monitor. Vegas 8 also features a new tool for inserting I-frames at marker positions for MPEG-2 files.
The upgraded Vegas Movie Studio 8 Platinum Edition includes AVCHD input support, an overhauled engine for HDV playback, Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline, new effects and transitions, and new compositing masks.
Your article is misslabeled. This is not Vegas 8, it’s Vegas Movie Studio 8. These are two different products.
Rob Mack
Fixed it. Thanks, Rob. Got a little ahead of myself there.