This is an overview of all the New Features that were added to VEGAS Pro 18, during it's lifetime.
Complete list of all New Features added to Vegas Pro 18
Check your build version
The final build version released for Vegas Pro 18 is build #527. To check which build version you have installed, open VEGAS Pro and go to Help/About. If you have an older build version installed, I recommend installing the latest version from here.
All New Features
- Dedicated Motion Tracking Panel
- Tracking information for position-aware OFX plug-ins
- Artificial intelligence: Style Transfer
- Artificial intelligence: Colorization
- Dockable Color Grading Panel
- More efficient Color Grading Panel UI
- Logarithmic exposure tool in Color Grading panel
- Improved auto-contrast in Color Grading panel
- Skin tone line for Vectorscope
- Combined RGB display for RGB Parade video scope
- Redesigned Plug-in windows
- Powerful plug-in search
- Third-party plug-in filtering
- Plug-in favorites
- Hardware encoding for Intel HDR presets
- Metadata-based selection of HDR IDTs
- Support for full range colors in 8 bit projects
- Automatic GPU driver detection
- Auto GPU configuration for hardware acceleration
- Video Noise reduction
- Flicker removal filter
- M4V and M4A format support
- Configurable Capture Folder for VEGAS Capture
- Improved Video Engine performance
- Performance and stability improvements for VEGAS Capture
- Project location persistence
- Exportable/importable Preferences
- Detailed render progress dialog
- Incremental project save
- Event Trim handles
- Modern Kinetic Titles and Text presets
- Black Bar Filler filter
- 30 unique Fonts
- Support for HEVC HDR presets available for NVENC
- AMD support for Driver Update dialog
- NVidia Quadro support for Driver Update dialog
- Smart proxy generation based on GPU capabilities
- Greater ability to move the Region of Interest for Video Stabilization
- Interface to VEGAS Image
- Direct control of Motion Tracking from within the Bezier Masking FX
- Progress bar on the Motion Tracking panel is now clickable
- Drag and drop of motion data available in the Motion tracking panel
- Interlaced presets now available for the MAGIX AVC/AAC render format
- Updated ACES support to version 1.2
- GPU Process for Input Device Transform processing
- P3-D65 HDR templates for Render As dialog
- New preference for event edge double click, disabling the toggle to Expanded Edit Mode by default
- BETA: VEGAS Hub access for VEGAS 365 users
- HEVC 10-bit 4:2:2 decoding with supported hardware
- Disk usage field in the Render Progress dialog
