Digital Video - NAB Show Special - March 14, 2008 - (Page 30)

NAB EDITING and 720x480. The software is designed to run on any Windows workstation or laptop and can input/output video from any OHCI-FireWire-compatible hardware. Another strong software-only NLE is Vegas. At IBC 2007, SONY CREATIVE SOFTWARE launched Vegas Pro 8, which includes features for multi-camera editing, support for tapeless workflows, a new ProType titler and enhanced scripting capabilities. At last year’s NAB, Sony Creative Software announced it was developing a 64-bit version of Vegas Pro software to address the greater computing power requirements of HD workflows. This year, the company will demonstrate the 64-bit version of Vegas Pro at a user event to be held at the LVCC the evening of Monday, April 14. As yet, no shipping date has been announced. Let’s not forget MEDIA 100 as the longtime NLE competitor on the Mac. The company is still around, under the Boris FX umbrella, and offers a strong alternative to FCP, Avid and Premiere Pro CS3 for Mac users. Boris FX has continued the R&D, keeping up with Apple’s hardware and OS changes to finally bring the software to a point where new features can be added. They offer software-only and hardware/software solutions including Media 100 SDe, HDe and HD Suite, which include OEM capture cards from AJA. Media 100 has always been QuickTime-based and allows a wide range of codecs and file formats to be mixed on the timeline. It’s now in version 12, which added P2, progressive format and VTR-mode XDCAM support. This version also starts to reap the benefits of Boris FX and Media 100 synergy. Boris FX’s clip effects and transitions can be applied and saved as favorites within the Media 100 interface. Effects can be processed in 16-bitper-channel color space for maximum quality and color accuracy. AJA, Blackmagic Design and Matrox return as the go-to companies for third-party hardware support among software-based NLEs. AJA made a big www.dv.com Adobe Premiere Pro GUI. Filmlight and Digital Vision are on the must-see list for many facility owners. This is no more evident than with ASSIMILATE, which will be present in the Red Digital Cinema booth and will host private demos at the Renaissance. Scratch is designed for film-based DI, but Assimilate has also developed software and products for Red’s native .R3D media files. One of these products is the Scratch Red PrePost system, a bundle built on hardware partner Maxvision’s MaxCube and configured with modules optimized for RedCode files. Scratch is currently unique in its ability to natively read and manipulate .R3D files at 1K, 2K and 4K resolutions. Users can access the full conAssimilate Scratch GUI. form and DI-style color grading capabilities of the software just as if the images were DPX or Cineon. After finishing a conform or color grading session, Scratch can then perform a real-time video output up to Dual Link 2K-RGB at 2048x1080. The editing application that is probably the best in handling a large number of different formats and codecs is THOMSON GRASS VALLEY’s Edius. This year, the company will roll out the software-based Edius Neo. Its hallmark is real-time mixed-format HD/SD editing, including DV, HDV, AVCHD, MPEG-2, Windows Media and QuickTime. Edius Neo will also convert different frame rates (60i, 50i, 24p) and different resolutions, such as 1440x1080, 1280x720 28 dv april 14, 2008 NAB Show special http://www.dv.com

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