Requirements to purchase Sony Creative Software at an educational academic discount.

• Primary and Secondary (K-12) Students: Currently enrolled students qualify for academic pricing.
• College Students: Matriculating college, university, and career school students qualify for academic pricing.
• Faculty/Staff: K-12 and all post-secondary faculty and staff members qualify for academic pricing.
• Non-Profit Agencies: Available to Agencies only, not employees or volunteers.

• A Currently Dated Photo School/College/University Student ID card
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• A Currently Dated Photo School/College/University Faculty ID card
• A Currently Dated Photo School/College/University Staff ID card
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• Purchase orders from academic institutions for educational software.
• Non-Profit Agency's are REQUIRED to submit both a copy of their 501c3 Certificate (from IRS) and an Agency Purchase order.

• Place Order online to receive an Order Number
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• Minimum 5 seats per product
• Available for new purchases and upgrades
• Sony Creative Software offers academic discounts on educational software licensing to Academic Institutions, Government Institutions and Non-profit Organizations
• Contact our Licensing & Bid Desk for pricing

Sony Creative Software Bundles

Sony Imagination Studio Suite is the easiest way to get the most out of your digital video, music, and pictures. Turn your video shoots into Hollywood-style movies. Make your own original music or create remixes and mash-ups of your favorite songs. Organize all your photos. Then, author your project to DVD or burn it to Blu-ray Disc™ and share your digital life with family and friends. This complete suite of multimedia applications is everything you need to get started quickly, including Sony’s innovative Show Me How tutorials. This unique teaching system provides interactive, step-by-step help so you can learn, create, and have fun – all at the same time!

Imagination Studio Suite combines five powerful Sony applications so you can enhance and share your music, photos, and movies like never before.

• Edit standard and high-definition video
• Turn your PC into a complete recording studio
• Record audio from virtually any source
• 360 royalty-free music soundtracks
• Create DVDs and Blu-ray Disc™ projects
• Import and organize photos
• Follow along with the educational software Show Me How tutorials and learn as you go

• Vegas™ Movie Studio HD Platinum 11
• DVD Architect ™ Studio 5
• ACID™ Music Studio 8
• Sound Forge™ Audio Studio 10
• Photo Go™
• Plus 360 Exclusive Music Soundtracks

Sony Creative Software's Vegas software offers...
The Vegas Product Family of educational software provides you not only with integrated applications for digital video and audio editing, but also tools and applications that provide video content for multimedia production.

Vegas Family Comparison Chart & Trial Software Downloads

The Vegas™ Pro 11 collection — Vegas Pro 11, DVD Architect™ Pro 5.2, and Dolby® Digital Professional Encoder — provides an efficient, intuitive and integrated content creation environment for video and broadcast professionals. Now featuring GPU-accelerated performance with OpenCL™-supported devices, Vegas Pro 11 powers through video processing and rendering tasks with ease. With innovative stereoscopic 3D tools, broad format support, unparalleled audio control, and GPU-ignited effects processing and rendering, the Vegas Pro 11 collection streamlines your workflow like never before.

• Professional audio and video production environment
• Broad format support including AVCHD, XDCAM, and AVC QuickTime DSLR files
• Supports SD, HD, 2K, and 4K workflows
• Innovative 2D and stereoscopic 3D tools
• Intuitive DVD and Blu-ray Disc™ authoring with DVD Architect 5.2
• Includes Dolby® Digital professional AC-3 encoder
• Includes native 32- and 64-bit versions of Vegas Pro 11

• 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)
• OHCI-compatible IEEE-1394DV card (for DV and HDV capture and print-to-tape)
• USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, 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-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)
• Supported NVIDIA or ATI cards for GPU-acceleration (please see the GPU acceleration page for more information)

Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 HD software makes video editing easy and fun for students, teachers, classrooms and schools. Best of all, it is a real-time nondestructive video editor. No matter what changes you make to your video and photos in the software, your original files are never affected! Vegas Movie Studio HD software gives you the freedom to experiment and have fun with video editing, without worrying about making a mistake.

• Add special effects, transitions, titles, and music
• Zoom, rotate, and pan across photos to animate still images in your movies
• Commemorate special events such as weddings and anniversaries
• Create exciting, professional-looking business presentations

Creates breathtaking movies that beg to be watched again and again using Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11 HD. Easily drag-and-drop digital photos and video footage onto the timeline and arrange them to best tell your story. Quickly edit out the parts you don’t want and then add style and energy to the rest with transitions, titles, and video effects. Watch your changes instantly to see what your finished movie will look like. Sharing your creation is simple. When you’re ready, export your movie to online sharing sites like Facebook® or post directly to YouTube™ from inside the application.

• Edit and produce movies with special effects and transitions
• Zoom, rotate, and pan across photos to animate still images in your movies
• Easily import photos, video, and audio from popular devices
• Share movies on PSP®, iPod®, iPhone®, online, and more
• Follow along with Show Me How tutorials and learn as you go
• Import music from CDs or MP3 audio files

Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11 Platinum Edition software has everything needed to produce spectacular HD movies. Students, teachers, classrooms and schools can edit video in nearly any format including HDV and AVCHD. Includes powerful features for video compositing, color correction, and soundtrack creation for feature-film results in your home studio. Use the surround sound mixing tools to create 5.1 soundtracks. Choose from hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters. Share, upload movies to YouTube™, burn to Blu-ray Disc™, or author DVDs using beautifully designed themes or create custom menus and graphics. Exclusive Sony Show Me How interactive tutorials help you get started fast.

• Edit and produce movies with special effects and transitions
• Create DVDs and Blu-ray Disc™ media with custom menus and graphics
• Innovative 2D and stereoscopic 3D tools
• Share movies on PSP®, iPod®, iPhone®, online, and more
• Follow along with the educational software Show Me How tutorials and learn as you go
• Includes 360 exclusive music soundtracks

Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11 HD Platinum Production Suite has everything needed to produce spectacular HD movies. You can edit video in nearly any format including HDV and AVCHD. Included are innovative stereoscopic 3D tools, powerful features for video compositing, color correction, and soundtrack creation for feature-film results in your home studio. Use the surround sound mixing tools to create 5.1 soundtracks. Choose from hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters. Exclusive Sony Show Me How interactive tutorials help you get started fast. Use the included Sound Forge™ Audio Studio software for precise audio editing; then enhance your multimedia projects with 400 exclusive music soundtracks.

• Edit and produce movies with special effects and transitions
• Create DVDs and Blu-ray Disc™ media with custom menus and graphics
• Innovative 2D and stereoscopic 3D tools
• Share movies on PSP®, iPod®, iPhone®, online, and more
• Follow along with Show Me How tutorials and learn as you go
• Includes 360 exclusive music soundtracks

Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11 HD Platinum Visual Effects Suite delivers; comprehensive video editing, audio production, special effects creation, Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD authoring come together in a single, powerful solution. The Visual Effects Suite has all the creative tools you need to unleash your inner filmmaker. Produce personal sci-fi, fantasy or action-adventure movies. Use the suite to turn everyday video into entertaining masterpieces. Easily edit video in almost any format including high definition and stereoscopic 3D. Powerful, easy to use audio-video tools help you achieve feature-film results in your home studio, with a wide variety of delivery options.

The Visua Effects Suite includes Vegas Movie Studio 11 HD Platinum, and HitFilm Standard, developed by UK-based effects experts at FXhome Ltd. The included effects transforms your movies with advanced 2D and 3D compositing, extensive film-look filters and over 40 visual effects. Create explosions, shockwaves, and fire with drag-and-drop particle effects. Add 3D gunfire to bring action sequences to life, and replace green screen backgrounds using advanced compositing features. HitFilm Standard — perfect for beginning filmmakers and first-time effects editors.

• 2D Layer Compositing – Blend layers together to create visual effects such as invisibility, with intuitive and sophisticated layering tools
• Genuine 3D Compositing – Add pre-designed 3D particle effects like smoke, fire, explosions and shockwaves, plus extra layers of realism with automatic lighting and shadow effects
• Numerous Effects Filters – Choose from a versatile collection of 40 different filters to blur, warp, color-correct and stylize videos to their specific needs
• Green Screen Removal – Remove green screens from difficult source video and replace them with new video backgrounds to create convincing composited shots
• 3D Gunfire Generator – Safely and inexpensively create fully 3D muzzle flashes to augment action sequences

Sony's Sound Forge software offers...
The award-winning Sound Forge digital audio editor includes a powerful set of audio processes, tools, and effects for manipulating audio. Sound Forge software allows you to edit, record, encode, and master nearly any form of digital audio including WAV, AIFF, MP3, and more.

Sony Sound Forge Family Comparison Chart & Trial Software Downloads

Sony Sound Forge™ Pro 10 efficiently and reliably provides students, teachers, classrooms and schools complete control over all aspects of audio editing and mastering. Whether in the studio or the field, it is an essential tool for media professionals who need to create and edit audio files with speed and accuracy. With new precise event-based editing, integrated disc-at-once CD burning, professional noise-reduction tools, and pristine audio time stretching, Sound Forge Pro 10 delivers the ultimate all-in-one production suite for professional audio recording and mastering, sound design, audio restoration, and Red Book CD creation. Includes Noise Reduction™ 2, plus the Mastering Effects Bundle 2 powered by iZotope™.

Sony Sound Forge™ Audio Studio software is the easiest way to record, edit, encode, and master audio for students, teachers, classrooms and schools on their computers. Capture live performances in high-fidelity sound at the touch of a button. Expertly edit recordings to balance sound levels, trim unwanted sections, or synchronize audio with video. Restore old vinyl and cassette recordings. Customize your creations with built-in effects such as EQ, reverb, delay, and chorus. To share, simply burn your own CDs or convert audio to formats ideal for Web streaming or portable music players including the PSP®, iPod®, and iPhone®. The interactive Show Me How tutorials will have you up and running in no time.

• Record and edit audio from virtually any source
• Digitize and restore vinyl and cassettes
• Vocal Eraser to create custom karaoke tracks
• Over 30 built-in effects & processes
• Follow along with the educational software Show Me How tutorials and learn as you go
• Share songs on CD, PSP®, iPod®, iPhone®, online, and more

Sony's ACID software offers...
The ACID family of products allow you to simply select audio loops from an explorer window, drag them onto the program's track view, and arrange them into multiple-track projects. This easy-to-use but powerful software automatically matches the tempo and key of each loop in real time.

ACID Family Comparison Chart & Trial Software Downloads

Sony® ACID™ Pro 7 software is a DAW (digital audio workstation) powerhouse that combines full multitrack recording and mixing, complete MIDI sequencing, and legendary loop manipulation for seamless music creation and post production. Students, teachers, classrooms and school can get up and running quickly with new interactive tutorials. Other new features include a dedicated mixing console, MIDI track freeze, input busses, tempo curves, and enhanced format support. ACID Pro 7 software includes over 3,000 loops and 1,000 MIDI files for music creation, as well as the Garritan™ ARIA for ACID Pro player, the ACID Pro Effects Rack powerered by iZotope™, Native Instruments™ Guitar Combos, and Submersible Music KitCore™.

ACID™ Music Studio is the best way for students, teachers, classrooms and schools to bring their music to life and share it with others. It has unlimited tracks for audio and MIDI, pro-quality editing and effects, and over 3,000 genre-spanning, studio-quality loops to use in remixes, mash-ups, and original music creations. Record multiple instruments or vocals, each on its own track, for precise mixing and professional polish. Share your creations with others—burn your mix to CD, post it on the Web, or convert it to popular formats including MP3. Create files for the PSP®, iPod® and iPhone®. With built-in tutorials to guide you, you’ll be composing, remixing, and mastering like a pro in no time.

• Record, edit, and mix live vocals, instruments, and MIDI
• Create songs with over 3,000 music loops and produce DJ-style remixes
• Built-in CD burning
• Follow along with Show Me How tutorials and learn as you go
• Share songs on CD, PSP®, iPod®, iPhone®, online, and more