System requirements

Find here all the necessary specs to smoothly run our software and enjoy an optimal user experience.

Recommended for HD

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows 10 | 11

CPU

6th Generation Intel Core i5 (or AMD equivalent) or better with 2.5 Ghz and 4 Cores

GPU

  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX or GTX 9XX series or higher with 4GB
  • AMD/ATI® Radeon with 4GB and VCE 3.0 or higher (Radeon Pro series with 8GB for HDR and 32 bit projects)
  • Intel® GPU HD Graphics 530 series or higher

RAM

16GB

Hard drive

1.5GB hard-disk space for program installation

Recommended for 4K

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows 10 | 11

CPU

7th Generation Intel Core i7 (or AMD equivalent) or better with 3.0 Ghz and 8 Cores

GPU

  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX or GTX 9XX series or higher with 4GB (8GB RTX series recommended for 8K)
  • AMD/ATI® Radeon with 4GB and VCE 3.0 or higher (Radeon Pro series with 8GB for HDR and 32 bit projects)
  • Intel® GPU HD Graphics 630 series or higher

RAM

32GB

Hard drive

1.5GB space for program installation, solid-state disk (SSD) for media files.

Recommended for AI

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows 10 | 11

CPU

10 th Generation Intel Core i7 (or AMD equivalent) or newer

GPU

20xx  GeForce RTX series NVIDIA or 5xxx Radeon RX AMD or newer

RAM

32 GB

Additional information

Internet connection

Required for downloading, registering and validating the program, as well as for some program functions.

4K & 8K editing

Proxy workflow can be used to expedite 4K & 8K editing on all machines with recommended specs for HD.

Program languages

English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Português - Brasil

Supported formats

Import

Video: Apple ProRes, Blackmagic RAW, HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, AV1, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, RED RAW

Audio: AIFF, AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC

Image: BMP, GIF, PNG, HEIF/HEIC, JPG, TIFF, DPX, OpenEXR, WDP, DNG

Other: Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/ DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, Closed Captioning (SRT)

Resolutions: SD, HD, 4K, 8K

Export

Video: Apple ProRes, AV1, HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, AVI, WMV, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / MXF / HDCAM SR, Panasonic P2, XDCAM EX

Audio: AIFF, AAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC

Image: BMP, PNG, JPG, TIFF, DPX, OpenEXR

Other: VEGAS Project Archive (*.veg, *.vf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc

Resolutions: SD, HD, 4K, 8K

Supported formats

License options for VEGAS Pro 21

Edit

  • VEGAS Pro

Suite = Edit, plus:

  • SOUND FORGE Audio Studio
  • ACID Music Studio
  • Mocha VEGAS
  • Boris FX Primatte Studio

Post = Edit, plus:

  • SOUND FORGE Pro
  • ACID Pro
  • Mocha VEGAS
  • Boris FX Primatte Studio
  • VEGAS Effects & Image

Edit 365 Subscription

  • 20GB cloud storage
  • Free upgrades
  • Limited HD stock footage
  • Text-2-Speech, Speech-2-Text, Quick Upload, File Drop

Suite 365 Subscription

  • 50GB cloud storage
  • Free upgrades
  • Unlimited HD stock footage
  • Text-2-Speech, Speech-2-Text, Quick Upload, File Drop

Post 365 Subscription

  • 100GB cloud storage
  • Free upgrades
  • Unlimited 4K stock footage
  • Text-2-Speech, Speech-2-Text, Quick Upload, File Drop

Best of both: VEGAS Pro 365+ SmartScription

Save up to 45% on upgrades compared to buying individual perpetual versions for 2 years and get the most recent VEGAS Pro when your contract ends.