#video essentials

Download the Windows Enabler here and the NewBlue files here. Once the files have downloaded then please turn off your anti-virus! Also, please download the codecs here. We’ll need this right at the end.

Once you've downloaded the files, the folder should look like this:

Run the NewBlue Total FX installer. Make sure you install it to the programs that you want (so I installed it to my After Effects as well.)

Once you get to this screen, you can enter a fake email address:

Click Next and then at the next screen click “I Agree”. Then the products should install. It should install NewBlue Video Essentials 6 as well!

Once it’s done installing, turn off your internet connection!

Now go to your start menu, find the NewBlue Fx, click on one of the effects and then Manage Activation.

Then open the windows enabler you downloaded earlier.

Then go back to your NewBlue FX download folder and open the keygen. If your anti-virus + internet connection are still on at this point then your keygen will probably have been removed and you’ll have to re-download it (making sure your anti-virus is off).

Select NewBlue TotalFX in the drop down menu of the keygen.

Copy the Serial number and paste it into the NewBlue activation manager. If you paste the activation number into the activation manager and the “manually activate...” button doesn't unblock, then you’ll need to use your windows enabler.

Drag the little bulls-eye thing over the button that you want to unblock (so in our case it would be the ‘Manually Activate...’ button):

the button should then be unblocked and you can click on it.

Once you get to the screen above, select “I already have an activation key and would like to activate now” and then click next. Then, copy and paste the activation key from the keygen into the NewBlue activation manager (you’ll have to press ctrl + V on your keyboard to paste) and click “activate” to finish! Now do the same for all the other effects.

Once you’re done activating them all, restart your computer and open Sony Vegas (it should take a long time to open because it’s loading all the new plug-ins) - all the plug-ins should be there!

Now before you can continue, you’ll have to install the K-Lite codec that you downloaded earlier, since for some reason (usually, it might not happen with you) Vegas won’t open .mp4 files after installing NewBlue FX.

So close your Sony Vegas and just open the file (it should run an installer). Select Advanced before clicking on Next:

Copy these settings:

then carry on clicking Next until you get to a screen asking you about your language. You can change it here if you want, but I kept mine on English.

Click next until you get to the screen below, then just make sure that all of the formats are checked:

Once you've made sure that every format is going to be installed then just carry on clicking next until the codec actually installs.

Then when it’s done, just click on ‘Finish.’