Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12
Minimum System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows Vista® 32-bit or 64-bit SP2 or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit
2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD or stereoscopic 3D)
500 MB hard-disk space for program installation
2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
IEEE-1394DV card (for DV capture and print-to-tape)
USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, or DVD camcorders)
512 MB GPU memory
Supported NVIDIA or AMD GPU:
NVIDIA: Requires a CUDA-enabled GPU and driver 270.xx or later.
GeForce GPUs: GeForce GTX 4xx Series or higher (or GeForce GT 2xx Series or higher with driver 285.62 or later).
Quadro GPUs: Quadro 600 or higher (or Quadro FX 1700 or higher with driver 285.62 or later).
NVIDIA recommends NVIDIA Quadro for professional applications and recommends use of the latest boards based on the Fermi architecture.
AMD/ATI: Requires an OpenCL-enabled GPU and Catalyst driver 11.7 or later with a Radeon HD 57xx or higher GPU. If using a FirePro GPU, FirePro unified driver 8.85 or later is required.
Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
Supported DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW (for DVD burning only)
Supported BD-R/-RE drive (for Blu-ray Disc™ burning only)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (included on application disc)
Apple® QuickTime® 7.1.6 or later for reading and writing QuickTime files
Internet Connection (for Gracenote MusicID Service)
General Features
New! 20 Sony Sound Series production music files
New! Windows Vista and Windows 7 64-bit support
New! Simplified event edge trimming
New! 3D Blu-ray Disc and Internet project templates in New Project dialog
Transport Control support for Trimmer and Preview Window
Horizontal Window Docking
Microsoft® Windows® 7 certified
Streamlined New Project creation wizard
Customizable windows layouts
Device Explorer Window
Slideshow Creator
Save As dialog with Copy media with project check box
Media Generator Match Event Length
Keyboard modifiers
Time Selection Envelope editing
Automatically crop still images
Improved native HDV .m2t playback performance and improved memory handling for HDV long form projects
Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline
Display of media marker names in events
Ability to snap to event edges on other tracks
Multitrack video and audio editing
Real-time editing of parameters during playback
Support for any aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, etc)
High-definition editing and output
Built-in Show Me How interactive tutorials
Project media bins
Track markers and regions
Unlimited undo/redo
Capture/Export/Hardware Features
New! Publish movies to Pixelcast™
New! Support for GPU-accelerated AVC rendering using the Sony AVC and MainConcept AVC plug-ins
Integrated upload to YouTube™
Burn to Blu-ray Disc™ from timeline
Integrated DVD burning from the timeline
Render and Make Movie Dialogs
Custom render template creation
Upload 3D projects to YouTube™ 3D
Quicktime AVC decode
File format and template updates
OpenCL AVC Encode
Render As dialog templates display templates matching the project with a "=" symbol
Improved support for AVC/AAC (MPEG-4) video
Import and export support for FLAC files
Import support for LPEC files
Import support for MJPEG-encoded AVI files
Sony AVCHD import and edit support
Import and export ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ files
Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect Studio 5.0)
Gracenote® MusicID™ CD album identification
AC3 stereo and 5.1 encoding
MainConcept AVC/AAC, read/write (templates only) iPod format
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) integration
Sony AVC/AAC (templates only)
Audio Features
New! Up to 20 audio tracks
Event level audio effect assignment
Zplane élastique audio timestretching and pitch shifting
Place audio without quantizing to frame boundaries
Improved Audio Waveform drawing
Multithreaded audio engine maximizes performance
Gracenote® MusicID™ CD album identification
Basic surround support
Support for multichannel (5.1) source files for Sony HDV Handycam® camcorders
16-bit, 44.1 kHz song quality for exceptional performance
Volume and pan envelopes
Audio time stretching
Event normalization
CD audio extraction
Video Features
New! Up to 20 video tracks
New! Split and Trim toolbar buttons
New! 3D Floating Windows controls
New! Color-coded visual indicator that event has been added to timeline
Stereoscopic 3D editing
Support for 24p, 50p and 60p projects
Enhanced video plug-in architecture
Support for MVC and MPO file formats
Single-display 3D support
Image stabilization
White Balance video plug-in
Secondary Color Corrector plug-in
Subclips in the Trimmer window
Automatic Video Preview playback optimization
Adjust source media to automatically match project or render settings
Gradient Wipe transition
Full-screen preview to a primary and secondary Windows display
Real-time playback of effects, processes and transitions to external monitor
Color-correction tools
Superior frame rate conversions
Credit rolls and text animation
Over 400 video effects and transitions
External monitor preview
Ripple editing across tracks
Supported File Formats
Opens: AAC, AA3, AIFF, AVI, BMP, CDA, FLAC, GIF, JPEG, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MVC, OGG, OMA, PCA, PNG, QuickTime®, RealMedia®, SND, SFA, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV
Saves: AAC, AC3, AA3, AIFF, AVC, AVI, BMP, FLAC, JPEG, LPEC, MP3, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MVC, OGG, PCA, PNG, QuickTime, RealMedia®, TIFF, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV
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