Developed in partnership with VASST, the Vegas Pro Production Assistant plug-in enhances the functionality of Vegas Pro software with a set of batch processing and workflow automation tools. The Production Assistant plug-in automates many frequent tasks and processes to save hours of tedious editing work. And, with a complete set of video tutorials to help you get started, it's easy to use.

Workflow Automation Tool
The Vegas Pro Production Assistant plug-in includes tools to automatically insert cross-fades between clips, add and customize lower thirds, and create photo and video montages from your media. It also streamlines common tasks such as stereo to mono split, cross-fade creation, audio ducking, and archiving.

Project Templates
Setting up a Vegas Pro project as a template—with your regularly used titles, lower thirds, credits, and empty placeholder events – is a powerful way to save time on repetitive tasks. The Production Assistant takes efficiency to a whole new level. Simply select the media you want to replace your placeholder slugs, click to process, and voila! Your project is ready to go. With project templates, you’ll never have to start with an empty project again!

Batch Processing
Batch processing in the Vegas Pro Production Assistant goes well beyond your run-of-the-mill media encoders. You can select multiple files, multiple output formats, and walk away while Vegas Pro and the Production Assistant output every format you desire. But what really sets the Production Assistant apart is the ability to treat multiple files with processes such as image overlay, aspect ratio convert, broadcast colour correction, normalize audio, reduce interlace flicker, adjust playback rate, and more.

Batch Processing
The Vegas Pro Production Assistant plug-in treats multiple files simultaneously with processes such as playback rate adjustment, image sequence generation, reduce interlace flicker, convert to widescreen, broadcast colour correction, and more. Batch processing is accomplished through an easy to use, three-tab interface – Source Media, Processing, and Target Output.

Source Media
Select the media you want to process, choose from the media on your Vegas Pro timeline, or easily browse to add multiple files for batch processing.

Processing
Choose the processes you want to apply to your source media and control the order in which they are applied. Have a set of processes you use repeatedly. Save them as a preset for easy recall later.

Target Output
Select the file type and destination folder for your final output. Even batch process to multiple output formats. From broadcast to web, all your familiar Vegas Pro render templates are available.

Built-in processes

• Cine-Look
  Choose from 21 built-in video filters, giving your source material the look of popular movies. Looks can be applied to a single track or the master bus.
• Broadcast Colour Process
  Apply automated broadcast colour processing presets including correction for tungsten balance, fluorescent lighting, indoor white balance problems and stage lighting issues.
• Create Image Sequence
  Capture stills from your video at set locations or from the entire project. Use this feature for applications that need image sequences or for automatically generating thumbnails for your videos.
• Image Background/Underlay
  Add a background image for situations where your project media does not fill the frame, for instance on 4:3 footage in a 16:9 project. Choose from included backgrounds or select your own.
• Image Overlay
  Apply watermarks, station identifiers, or copyright information to your media over your entire project, at set intervals or a set number of times.
• Adjust Playback Rate
  Speed up or slow down your footage.
• Widescreen Converter
  Convert 4:3 content to a widescreen aspect ratio. You can even use the process to reduce interlace flicker and switch content to 30p.
• Crop Aspect Ratio
  Take a centre cut of your footage to match the project settings. Use this feature when you have 16:9 footage in a 4:3 project.
• Reduce Interlace Flicker
  Add to stills or footage with fine lines to reduce the appearance of flicker in your final output.
• Create Markers
  Automatically insert markers into your media based on events, set time intervals, beats or set evenly spaces markers. Works with various marker types including CD Markers, CD Regions, Command Markers, and more.
• Normalize Audio Events
  Raise the volume so that the highest level sample in each audio event reaches a standard level.

Workflow Automation Tools
The Vegas Pro Production Assistant includes a set of workflow automation tools to address common tasks that can eat away at your time. Each can be launched from the Vegas Pro Production Assistant toolbar and can be applied to your project in just a few clicks.

Lower Thirds Tool
Simply insert lower thirds into your Vegas Pro project with complete control over placement and timing. The Vegas Pro Production Assistant includes over 50 animated lower thirds that you can use as is or edit to match your project. The tool also works with third-party and your own custom lower thirds.

Audit Project
Before you wrap up your work, run the Vegas Pro Production Assistant Audit Project process to automatically fix opacity levels, remove gaps, find unused or small events, and verify that all proxies have been replaced with full-resolution media.

• Normalize Track
  Normalize all the audio on a given track or tracks.
• Simple Duck
  Insert a simple audio duck to fade background audio so that another audio track can be heard.
• Advanced Duck
  Automatically ducks audio based on your edits, allowing your background music to fade in and out around other audio in the project.
• Channel split
  Easily split audio channels into individual mono channels.
• Motion Tool
  Automate the motion of clips across the screen complete with motion backgrounds.
• Montage Tool
  Create photo and video montages with pan and scan, transitions, and more.
• Reduce Track Gaps
  Remove gaps between media clips on your timeline with a single click.
• Create Cross-fades
  Automatically insert cross-fades of a length you specify between all the media clips on your timeline.
• Archive Project
  Save everything from your project — media, nested .veg files, lower thirds, etc. — into a directory you specify.

• Sony Vegas™ Pro 9
• Microsoft® Windows® XP 32-bit SP2 (SP3 recommended), Windows Vista™ 32-bit or 64-bit (SP1 recommended), or Windows 7
• 1 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD)
• 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
• 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
• OHCI-compatible i.LINK® connector*/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV and HDV capture and print-to-tape)
• USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD, XDCAM EX, or DVD camcorders)
• Windows-compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
• Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
• Supported DVD-recordable drive (for DVD burning only)
• Supported Blu-ray recordable drive (for Blu-ray Disc burning only)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
• QuickTime® 7.1.6 or later