NEW PRODUCTS / OPTIONS
Some of the new products available on the market now (or soon!):
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT
The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT GPU offers a powerfully immersive entertainment experience designed for extreme high-definition gaming and video playback. Play the hottest DirectX 10 games with awesome speed and watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with brilliant clarity. Featuring next generation GeForce and PureVideo® HD technologies, the GeForce 9600 GT GPU puts amazing graphics performance within your reach. info
Media 100 Producer and Media 100 Producer Suite v12. adding support for progressive frame formats and deeper compositing and effects integration with the Boris FX product line. With version 12.0, Media 100 editors will be able to acquire, edit, and master progressive formats. The enhanced integration with Boris FX plug-ins will enable Media 100 editors to apply Boris filters and preset effects directly to individual clips as well as a range of video within the Media 100 timeline.
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The DL.3 Digital Light integrates a media server loaded with a wealth of digital content with a high output 3-chip light engine, a highly sensitive HAD sensor camera and an infrared illumination system. DL.3 mounts like any other intelligent moving luminaire and controls just as easily with plug-and-play operation using standard DMX cabling and protocols. Production set-up time is reduced as there is no need for RGB cabling, and racks of servers are no longer necessary at front-of-house or backstage area.
A Content Management Application running on your MAC or PC workstation or laptop computer gives you remote control of uploading and crossloading content, upgrading software and fixture configuration for multiple DL.3 fixtures on a fixture network.
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TP-551 and TP-552 are a twisted pair transmitter and receiver for HDMI signals from Kramer. The TP-551 converts an HDMI signal into a twisted pair signal and the TP-552 converts the signal back into an HDMI signal.Up to 60 meters (200 feet). Greater distances possible depending on signal resolution and cable.3 units can be rack mounted side-by-side in a 1U rack space.
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Intensity features HDMI-in for connecting to cameras and digital set-top boxes for the highest quality capture. Get higher quality capture from HD cameras by capturing direct and bypassing the HDV compression chip for high quality video captured direct from the image sensor. As edit software can't play back to HDV cameras for monitoring, Intensity is ideal to use for monitoring uncompressed HD or HDV, and even DV edits on the latest big screen televisions and video projectors by connecting to the built-in HDMI out.Intensity comes in two models so you can choose which one is better for your needs. If you're looking for incredible HDMI and analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video capture and playback, then the new Intensity Pro card is perfect at only $349. If you don't need analog connections, then the HDMI only Intensity model is perfect at an affordable $249
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Beacon DigiGobos® serie 3-4 HD from Beacon.Two new series with 1920 x 1080 /p looped clips aviable as total royaltyfree material.Each serie contains 10 loops and are on one DVD disc.Also as standard res. 720x576 as series 21-22.A big option is that hire companies are allowed to rent their systems out with the content without any restrictions.The DigiGobos® Bundle that contains series1-10 or 11-20 are also out on the market thru the GoboGroup or Beacon direct
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V3HD turns your Mac or PC desktop or laptop computer into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation equipped with all the video and audio I/O you need.Connect all your gear, from SD camcorders and CRT monitors to today's latest professional HD cameras, video decks, LCD reference monitors and plasmas — all at the same time, with no cable swapping. Choose your input source, then log and capture HD and SD clips directly into Final Cut or Premiere, converted on the fly and ready for fast, CPU-efficient editing in pristine native DVCPro HD quality, without the costly overhead required for uncompressed HD. Monitor simultaneously in HD and SD with real-time SD-to-HD up-convert, HD-to-SD down-convert and real-time pull-down insertion or removal.Cross-platform operation (Mac OS X, Windows XP, Windows Vista) info
The VizomoTM video processor is the Swiss Army knife of high definition video production. It combines five different products—a switcher, scaler, text engine, media server, and display optimizer—into one seamless, state-of-the-art solution.
Unsurpassed flexibility and configurability, together with the most advanced video processing technology available, conquers virtually any creative or technical challenge. Use the broad set of tools and effects to create intricate visual arrangements with multiple real-time, HD video streams. Or make old LED video displays look like new with the processor ’s advanced color correction technology.
BlueprintTM configuration files allow the Vizomo processor to be customized for virtually any task. Vizomo can be configured to give users a simple control interface using either the built-in touch screens or via remote connection, while hiding underlying complexity. Power users can make their own sophisticated Blueprint layouts or download new ones from the Element Labs website.
Robust hardware matches the processor’s performance. Massive computational power allows smooth HD 1080p content delivery on up to four channels. Multiple connectivity and options, including DMX input, give flexibility with system integration. Plus, a custom-designed case with an internal, isolated shock-mounted chassis withstands demanding environments info
The digital luminaire DML-1200 from Barco can be used both as super bright moving digital light source and high quality video projector, and allows lighting designers to design a truly unique show for every event, client and purpose. Applications for Barco’s DML-1200 are wide ranging, including concert music tours, theater and opera.In light mode, the DML-1200 produces a perfectly circular light beam with a light output equivalent to that of a 1200W hard edged moving light and four times as bright as any other digital light on the market today. An internal optical dimming mechanism ensures smooth, accurate intensity control from 0 to 100% ensuring that a fade to black is a fade to true black, not video black (grey).
In video mode, the DML-1200 features a fully sealed DLP engine which delivers full color DLP quality video with SXGA+ (1400 x 1050 pixel) resolution and features a light output of 10,000 lumens. The DML-1200 also features a subtractive CMY color mixing system allowing for instant color changes as well as smooth, timed color cross-fades over several minutes. The DMD engine inside the unit is fitted with liquid cooling to ensure reliable operation. info
StageQube 324
Robe’s revolutionary StageQube 324 is a new-generation of LED panel designed for ‘plug & play’ application, that doesn’t require any external power supply or control boxes. The complete electronics are located in the IP54 housing, and an integrated rigging system means that very large systems can be built quickly and easily. The resolution of StageQube 324 is 18 x 18 px at a size of 80 x 80 cm (a pixel pitch of 4.44 cm). The StageQube 324 system uses a video input (VGA) that is connected to the StageQube Server. Using a Robe Media Hub, it can be DMX controlled – offering intuitive control via a lighting desk. info
XLM HD30 is the brightest projector available on the market today. As the first DLPTM projector with a native wide-screen aspect ratio, native 2048 x 1080 resolution and light output of 30,000 center lumen, the XLM HD30 projector is ideally suited to ultra wide-screen and HD projectionsThe XLM HD30 is able to show all 4 signal inputs simultaneously on screen. Leading the way in wide-screen projection, the XLM HD30 can be used for multiple window widescreen presentations without the need for an external image processor.The projector’s integrated rigging points allow easy double-stack installations, which can be truss mounted. When placed on the ground, the XLM HD30 projector can even be triple-stacked without requiring additional support structures. info
DigitalSpot 5000 DT is a 5500 ANSI Lumen output digital moving head projector.
The highly versatile Robe DigitalSpot 5000 DT offers two digital gobo layers with the selection of up to 244 x 255 video clips or images per layer. Two independent effects channels on each gobo layer offer 120 effects including kaleidoscope, squeeze in/out, alpha or black flash, Gaussian filter, Laplacian filter, gobo disc mirror and colour key effects, etc.
There’s also individual X and Y positioning and a scaling (zoom effect) for each gobo layer, plus rotating and indexing with continuous rotation for each gobo layer and adjustable playback speed.
Additional functions include Picture Merging in fields of up to 8x8 DigitalSpot 5000DTs with full precise synchronization, full remote configuration using a www browser, digital keystoning, a CMY colour mixing system, strobe effect, mechanical iris, zoom and focus, digital iris and digital framing shutters.
Supported video formats include MPEG1 and 2, and image formats include PNG, TGA, BMP and JPG.
S-Video and VGA inputs for direct video input to data projectors are ideal for performing presentations, and S-Video and Composite live video inputs enable the use of the fixture’s potent Graphics Engine effects. info
Hippotizer V3 aims to make convergence a reality rather than a buzzword. Melding the video and lighting backgrounds of the Green Hippo design team results in multi-discipline operation and suitability for a variety of new AV tasks.
Timeline functionality, HippoNet advanced networking capability, new media management, and efficiency-focused features all accessible via a definable interface. Hippotizer can work autonomously, control other devices or be controlled externally.
Hippotizer V3 keeps all its award-winning features: True HD capability, frame-blended playback and proven reliability but following a full rework, now heralds a quantum leap in Media Server technology. info
The Catalyst / Pixelmad / SAMSC software will continue and be sold through SAMSC Designs Ltd and have a new website info
LED Mapper extension for ArKaos VJ DMX .The LED Mapper extension for the ArKaos VJ DMX media server software allows mapping of the server's video output directly to any configuration of LED panels without the need of using expensive hardware to convert video signal (VGA or DVI) into DMX signal.
Pixel colors or intensity are sent directly from the media server to the panels through the ArtNet protocol (DMX over Ethernet) which, if needed, can easily be converted into a standard DMX signal using simple Ethernet-DMX node. The LED Mapper extension allows you to import your own mapping of LED devices into ArKaos VJ DMX and makes it possible to control many of them from a single ArKaos VJ server (the only limitation being the 256 DMX universes).. info
Hippotizer V3 aims to make convergence a reality rather than a buzzword. Melding the video and lighting backgrounds of the Green Hippo design team results in multi-discipline operation and suitability for a variety of new AV tasks.
Timeline functionality, HippoNet advanced networking capability, new media management, and efficiency-focused features all accessible via a definable interface. Hippotizer can work autonomously, control other devices or be controlled externally.
Hippotizer V3 keeps all its award-winning features: True HD capability, frame-blended playback and proven reliability but following a full rework, now heralds a quantum leap in Media Server technology. info
Final Cut Server, Apple’s powerful new media asset management and workflow automation software. Final Cut Server takes the headache out of managing large collections of media files, then extends to tracking job status, managing reviews and approvals, and automating complex sequences of tasks—all with Apple’s legendary ease of use, and all in a single product designed to work seamlessly with Final Cut Studio.Use the fully configurable event-based response model in Final Cut Server to track job status, monitor media changes, facilitate review and approval, and automate complex sequences of tasks. Get started quickly with professional workflow templates for your type of facility, then modify them or create completely custom flows. Final Cut Server scales to support workgroups of any size, ranging from a two-person post house to a multisite global news operation. info
Final Cut Studio 2, with major upgrades including Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, SoundTrack 2 and Compressor 3. Apple also introduced its own color grading and finishing software called, appropriately enough, Color.Use Final Cut Pro 6 for native editing of virtually any format — from DV and SD up to HDV, XDCAM HD, DVCPRO HD, and fully uncompressed HD. Or use ProRes 422, a new post-production format from Apple that offers uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes. Drag clips with different formats and even different frame rates into the new open format Timeline.Motion 3 sends your animated graphics into exciting new dimensions with its intuitive 3D design environment and a range of sophisticated image processing tools. info
Magic Bullet 3
The Magic Bullet line now includes three individual products: Magic Bullet Looks™, Magic Bullet Frames™, and Magic Bullet Colorista™. Magic Bullet Suite is a collection of these tools and also includes Instant HD.
• Magic Bullet Looks lets users define the style of their video or film with powerful imaging tools in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, and Avid. The new user interface makes it much easier to create Looks and has 32 tools for doing everything from simple exposure adjustment to radical color changes.
Magic Bullet Looks is also a stand-alone design application—giving users the finishing power and on-set creation in one package. Users can take Magic Bullet Looks on set to create looks or presets during production. The presets are portable and load into any of the hosts so the same Looks can be finished in an editorial suite. It’s no longer necessary to have a pricey finishing system. Magic Bullet Looks provides hundreds of options with one click.
• Magic Bullet Frames offers fast and high-quality conversion of 60i materials to 24p or just de-interlacing of video in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Avid, Premiere Pro, and Avid.
• Magic Bullet Colorista is the same exciting color correction tool that Red Giant launched in 2006. New support will be available for After Effects CS3 Professional, Premiere Pro CS3, and the new Final Cut Studio. Also there will be updates for Mac Intel across the board.info
Multibridge Eclipse introduces 3 Gb/s SDI connections. Normal HD-SDI operates at 1.5 Gb/s and these new SDI connections are twice as fast,while retaining compatibility with normal HD-SDI and standard definition SDI equipment. 3 Gb/s SDI allows 4:4:4 RGB using a single BNC connection, however the
most exciting aspect is we have developed a new technology that allows 3 Gb/s to connect real time 2K (2048 x 1556) feature film resolution
video. This means you can connect real time 2K video between equipment just as you do with SD and HD video today.
Multibridge Eclipse captures and plays back native 2K via SDI using a single BNC cable but also includes dual inputs and outputs for
compatibility with current dual link 4:4:4 equipment. Multibridge Eclipse is compatible with existing equipment today but also has
potential to support even higher resolutions in the future using dual link 3 Gb/s SDI connections.
If you’re working with HDMI and analog video, then Multibridge Eclipse allows capture and playback in HDMI as well as analog component, NTSC,
PAL and S-Video. Multibridge Eclipse also includes 3D lookup tables on playback, so you can simulate film stock looks, or compensate for displays etc.info
The Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL 2.0 PCI-E based 2500 card model includes the H.264 /Advanced Video Coding (AVC) codec as well as MPEG2, and offers real-time MPEG2 encoding and greatly accelerated H.264/AVC encoding. In addition, the card is resolution independent, offering significant speedup to standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) formats. The Sorenson SqueezeHD XCEL 2.0 card also incorporates all features of the Sorenson Squeeze Compression Suite PowerPack, including batch mode encoding, multiple format support, Web video output, watch folders, command line control and more.’info
Quadro FX 5600
NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today unveiled a new line of professional graphics solutions: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600, and NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS Model IV. Armed with the largest increase in GPU power and functionality to date, these solutions are designed to help solve the world's most complex professional graphics challenges.
sTackling the extreme visualization challenges of the automotive styling and design, oil and gas exploration, medical imaging, visual simulation and training, scientific research, and advanced visual effects industries, these new Quadro solutions offer:
* Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability—Shader Model 4.0 enables a higher level of performance and ultra-realistic effects for OpenGL and DirectX 10 professional applications
* Largest Frame Buffers—Up to 1.5 GB frame buffers deliver throughput needed for interactive visualization and real-time processing of large textures and frames, enabling the superior quality and resolution for full-scene antialiasing (FSAA)
* New Unified Architecture—Industry-first unified architecture capable of dynamically allocating compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power for optimized GPU performance
* GPU Computing for Visualization—Featuring NVIDIA CUDA technology, developers are, for the first time, able to tap into the high-performance computing power of Quadro to solve complex, visualization problems . info
Matrox DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go for Mac
Now Mac users can benefit from Matrox's multi-monitor expertise with the award-winning Matrox DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go products. DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go are palm-sized boxes that connect externally to the VGA output of the compatible Mac notebooks and Mac desktops, uniquely allowing users to attach two or three monitors to their systems, creating an incredible multi-monitor environment.Upgrading your system with DualHead2Go or TripleHead2Go1 will provide a larger viewing area which is ideal for digital content applications. Creative professionals using animation or video editing applications are now afforded ample onscreen desktop space with three monitors for the placement of multiple UI elements (viewports, image windows, toolbars and dialogs). Audio editing professionals can also benefit from extended desktop space, as they can stretch tracks, and place effects and mixers across all three displays for the complete digital audio editing workstation experience . info
MAXEDIA COMPACT
Offering a simple plug and play digital media solution for clubs and retail environments, Maxedia Compact offers the Maxedia software in an attractive and small system designed for powerful video and animation playback and real time manipulation.
The Compact system comes as a stand alone without a keyboard, mouse or screens and are a Shuttle XPC P3100G - Pentium D 3,2 GHz with 2 GB 200 SA Memory- ATI PC I Express X1600 video card- 2 Hard drives SATA WDC 200GB-DVD/RW -/+ RW- ArtNet Out-USB Sentinel Software Protection Key. info
BORIS RED 4 is the only integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects application to deliver unparalleled performance at an affordable price to over twenty nonlinear editing applications. Designed specifically for editors, Red offers an unprecedented range of features and adds a standalone engine for rendering. Red integrates advanced 2D and 3D compositing, sophisticated titling, paint, rotoscoping, a full suite of tools to create and extrude vector objects, robust 3D creation and animation, and the industry-leading software DVE technology in a single application. Expand the capabilities of your editing system with just one application. Save time and money using one interface, in one system.BORIS FX 9 offers a Library Browser with hundreds of high-quality presets for easy application in over 20 NLEs. Sophisticated vector paint and spline tools allow you to create animatable masks. More than 115 video filters include motion tracking and image stabilization, as well as self-animating natural effects that easily interact with timeline video.Graffitti 5 create titles and graphics directly inside your nonlinear editing system without importing and exporting. Easily create sophisticated title animation including type on text, text on a path, jitter and randomization. Create 3D text with bump maps and reflections. An expansive Style Palette and the Boris Library Browser provide easy access to hundreds of preset effects and styles info
Magic Bullet Colorista 1.0 make your whites look white and your talent look their best with controls for modifying shadows, mid-tones and highlights. The familiar Lift, Gamma, Gain color wheels allow for easy adjustment of color balance and luminance with ultrasensitive control for precise results. Additional, Saturation and Exposure options let you makes flesh tones look natural, plus set the highlight and shadow levels exactly.Maximize your performance with the power of the DeepColor RT engine inside Colorista. Playback SD and HD (720p) projects in real-time by efficiently using your system’s graphics processing power. The next-generation DeepColor RT engine preserves quality in every application host so that 10-bit projects remain 10-bit. info
LaCie Revamps Biggest FW800 RAID LaCie announced increased performance of its Biggest FW800 RAID subsystem with hardware RAID controller. The FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 dual interface RAID now comes with internal SATA drives for faster performance, and a sleek new silver design with lockable hard disk drawers to prevent accidental removal or damage. LaCie Biggest FW800 for Windows®/Mac OS® X is also equipped with the same great features as before including choice of four RAID levels (0, 0+1, 5, 5+spare), the ability to hot-swap drives, automatic drive rebuilding, and a bright LCD panel to monitor operation status. It’s available in 1TB or 2TB capacities. . info
Media 100 Producer and Media 100 Producer Suite. Delivering the full range of Media 100 11.x features within the user-friendly Media 100 interface, Media 100 Producer and Producer Suite software-only editing solutions provide a complete mobile editing environment integrated with the legendary Boris compositing and effects creation tools. Cross compatibility with all version 11 systems ensures that workflows are fully optimized. Media 100 Producer and Producer Suite users can record via FireWire or Panasonic P2, assemble projects in the field, and then offload to their projects to Media 100 HD Suite for HD up-conversion or faster processing of projects such as DVD creations. " Media 100 Producer and Producer Suite are ideal for editors who are in the field shooting on a Panasonic P2 camera and would like to begin editing immediately - further, they can offload the media from their P2 device and continue shooting," comments Rob Newman, product manager, Media 100. "Fully compatible with our entire version 11 product line - these new software only solutions are a tremendous value and time savings option for our customers,
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Axon™, a rack-mount media server High End Systems today launches Axon™, a rack-mount media server featuring the same graphics engine as the DL.2 digital light.Axon provides all the functions of the DL.2 – including the new Collage Generator™ and Curved Surface Support – but it allows the user to choose their own output device. Axon can feed video to High End Systems' DL.1, LED panels or large format projectors. Because it is controlled exactly like a DL.2, it fits in perfectly on shows with DL.2s needing an extra media server for other video display devices.Because all stock content is locked down and protected, each Axon will always be consistent from rental house to rental house. The XP Embedded Operating System also protects Axon from drive corruption and O/S degradation over time. info
Beacon DigiGobos® serie 1-2 HD from Beacon.Two new series with 1920 x 1080 /p looped clips aviable as total royaltyfree material.Each serie contains 10 loops and are on one DVD disc.Also as standard res. 720x576 as series 21-22.A big option is that hire companies are allowed to rent their systems out with the content without any restrictions.The DigiGobos® Bundle that contains series1-10 or 11-20 are also out on the market thru the GoboGroup or Beacon direct
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The HDW-1800 operates at the frame rates used for prestige and mainstream content creation and distribution. It offers HDCAM recording and playback at 1080/50i, 1080/59.94i, 1080/25P, 1080/29.97P, 1080/23.98P and 1080/24P.The HDW-1800 is ideal as part of an end-to-end HDCAM production chain. It also makes business sense even when post production and programme distribution remains at 625/50 standard definition. An inbuilt HD to SD downconverter provides a standard definition output from your high quality HDCAM original recordings helping smooth your transition to the world of high definition
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HVR-V1E has newly incorporated the "3 (three) ClearVid CMOS Sensor" imaging technology. Coupled with Sony's Enhanced Imaging Processor™ (EIP), these sensors provide high sensitivity, low noise and a wide dynamic range to achieve high-quality images. The ClearVid CMOS Sensor also eradicates picture smear and has 4 times high speed scanning capability enabling "Smooth Slow Rec" function.
The Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* Lens features Extra-low Dispersion (ED) Glass and a 20x optical zoom lens with F2.8 at the tele-photo end for greater light sensitivity and long-range image acquisition for maximum shooting flexibility. A Digital Extender feature also enables the tele-photo focal length to be extended by around 1.5 times to a maximum of 1100mm at 35mm conversion.
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Appro 3U XtremeServer™ is designed to address the needs of Enterprise High-Performance computing. Appro 3U XtremeServer offers redundant and hot-swappable features making these systems easy to install and maintain. It provides crucial operational strengths such as tremendous reliability, scalability, serviceability with best performance/value to support technical and enterprise applications.The APPRO 3U XtremeServer offers more power, impressive memory scaling, and end-user flexibility.
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The V-Shutter is your low-cost alternative to achieving full theater blackout with a video projector. Controlled by your light console, via DMX512, you can slowly fade out your projection or quickly blackout as fast a .5 seconds! Weighing in at under 1lb, it’s the lightest one out there and only one that secures to your projector without the sticky mess of gaff tape!
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The HDC-3300 from SONY is a camera based on the proven HDC-1500 HD multi-format camera, and therefore offers the same functionality, including outstanding, reliability, as well as its slow-motion capability.In addition to its high-quality, slow-motion images, the HDC-3300 camera also provides real-time, normal-speed images thanks to a dedicated signal-processing LSI. This output is available simultaneously with the Super Motion output, allowing users to employ the HDC-3300 for both slow-motion and standard shooting purposes for increased versatility.
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Xserve quad-Xeon 64-bit server The fifth-generation Xserve is packed with features designed to meet your needs. Powered by the dual-core Intel “Woodcrest” Xeon processor running at up to 3.0GHz, this quad-core 64-bit system delivers performance up to 5 times (1) faster than the Xserve G5. For flexible storage, there’s support for both SATA and SAS — and up to 2.25TB of internal capacity. Internal ATI Radeon X1300 PCI Express graphics is included with a mini-DVI output with VGA support. Dual redundant power supplies gives extra piece of mind. And you can control it all from across the hall or around the world, thanks to integrated lights-out management hardware and powerful, easy-to-use software.1U rackmount server that fits easily into any network environment. And this award-winning UNIX-based server just got a 5x (1) performance boost over the Xserve G5, thanks to quad-core 64-bit Intel Xeon processing. Additional features include up to 2.25TB storage, two eight-lane PCI Express slots, dual onboard Gigabit Ethernet, and a combo drive
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Mac Pro.Based on Intel’s next-generation Core micro-architecture, the 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor combines both high performance and power efficiency. Designed for systems with multiple processors — like Mac Pro — it runs at clock speeds of 2GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3GHz. And it delivers the fastest Mac ever, one that runs up to 2x faster than the Power Mac G5 Quad.Augmenting the speed delivered by the processors, the system architecture features 1.33GHz dual independent front-side buses that maximize the performance of the dual-core, dual-processor system and deliver maximum processor bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s. The Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor also offers an enhanced SSE3 vector engine. Capable of delivering 128-bit vector computations in a single cycle, the SSE3 vector engine accelerates data manipulation by simultaneously applying a single instruction to multiple data — ideal for transforming large sets of data, such as applying a filter to an image or rendering a video effect.
Count on the Cache
Performance also benefits from 4MB of shared L2 cache per processor. The availability of that much L2 cache enhances processor performance by keeping data and instructions closer to the processor cores. What’s more, the Dual-Core Intel Xeon takes advantage of Intel Advanced Smart Cache technology. Smart Cache allows either of the two cores to utilize all 4MB of cache if the other core happens to be idle.Mac Pro now comes with four, 3Gb/s internal SATA hard drive bays, each on its own independent channel. While the standard configuration comes with a single 250GB drive, you can fill yours with up to four 500GB SATA hard drives for up to 2 terabytes of lightning fast data storage. Using Mac OS X, you can stripe two, three, or all four of those drives in a RAID 0 array to increase performance and create a massive volume for video editing; or create a RAID 1 array for instant backups — as you work — of photos or other digital media.
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Movimento is a new software, which captures the motion of non-rigid objects from multiple (2 or more) image sequences. Movimento is a state-of-the-art video-based motion capture solution “Powered by SMART”, REALVIZ’ powerful automatic tracking engine.Movimento offers users a complete and flexible solution for facial, hand, arm and full-body motion capture across a wide range of applications, from special effects to behavioral analysis amongst many others. Movimento also offers users the possibility to combine matchmoving (3D camera tracking) and motion capture processes for rapid on-set mocap, and to automatically reconstruct 3D meshes from the tracked data.
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Flip4Mac WMV Version 2.1.Universal binary support for Intel and PowerPC Macs.Significant export optimizations for PowerPC Macs.Multi-language audio support in the WMV player.Improved support for MMS servers and live streams.StudioPro provides 1-pass, standard definition Windows Media encoding with standard audio – a great starting point for those with limited encoding requirements.
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Wafian HR-1 direct-to-disk recorder.Targeting on-set and on-location production acquisition, the HR-1 can record up to 18 hours of 10-bit CineForm Intermediate files through the HR-1's HD-SDI interface
The HR-1 is ideal for recording maximum quality on live shoots by bypassing camera tape compression which invariably lowers spatial and chroma resolution plus lowers arithmetic precision. The HR-1 records directly into full-raster (1920x1080 or 1280x720) CineForm Intermediate files with 10 bits of precision and 4:2:2 chroma resolution.
After recording, post-production workflow efficiency is extraordinary. The HR-1 completely eliminates the time-consuming and expensive "ingest" process required with tape-based capture. Files may be easily moved from the HR-1 over the network to archive servers, editing/compositing workstations, or to Firewire drives for portability. Because CineForm Intermediate files are optimized for post-production performance, material is immediately available for real-time editing using CineForm's Prospect HD with Adobe Premiere Pro plus effects/compositing work with Adobe After Effects.
If you just can't give up your trusted Final Cut Pro or Avid system (and don't care about real-time editing performance anyway) you'll be pleased to know that CineForm Intermediate files can be converted using various PC industry tools into SD or uncompressed HD files compatible with both FCP and Avid. In this manner the CineForm Intermediate files can be your online digital master for either an uncompressed HD workflow or an offline proxy workflow.
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Instant HD up-converts DV video into a variety of HD video formats. You can choose from a list of preset resolutions to make it easy to integrate DV video into your next High Definition production. When scaling from standard definition (SD) to high definition (HD), the missing pixels must be generated in an intelligent way. Instant HD provides a high-quality method for converting SD sources to HD within After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere Pro.
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SRDVD-100 High Definition Multimedia Player provides a reliable and affordable solution for HDTV / HDV archiving and distribution and other applications which require full resolution HD / SD Mpeg-2 video playback using inexpensive, media that will not deteriorate from wear. A great source for digital signage and other public display applications, the SRDVD-100 provides 24/7 playback of high-definition digital media files generated by HDV camcorders, Scala and similar digital signage software (Mpeg-2) applications. The SRDVD-100 can start playback automatically at power on and will repeat a play list indefinitely. Up to 30 min of 720p/1080i HD footage can be stored on a regular DVD-R disk (60 min on Dual-Layer media) plus hours of digital media can be played off external USB storage and/or an IP network.
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Apple Final Cut Pro/XDCAM Transfer Software from Sony available now to download, PDZK-P1 XDCAM Transfer software provides users of Apple's Final Cut Pro non-linear editing system with native, utterly seamless support for the XDCAM product family - including all Standard Definition XDCAM formats and XDCAM HD at XDCAM HD at 24p, 50i and 60i (25Mbps). Support for other XDCAM HD variations will be added soon.
Once installed, the software enables FCP users to mount Professional Discs into the Mac's Finder by simply plugging in a Firewire/i.Link cable from an XDCAM camcorder or deck. Proxy A/V content can be directly browsed within FCP, as well as the full resolution content, and edited sequences can exported directly back onto a connected XDCAM disc.
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HVR-M25E from Sony supports HDV1080i, DVCAM and DV recording and playback - providing users the ability to work with both standard definition and high definition content. The HVR-M25E is also compatible with standard size cassettes. The DigitalMaster™ cassette can provide over 4 hours recording of HDV content - the ideal choice when longer recording times are required.
The HVR-M25E is designed for professional use - and includes a convenient, integrated 16:9 LCD screen for content monitoring, and HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) for simple connectivity to HD consumer displays for added flexibility.
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AG-HVX200 Panasonic´s handheld HD camera.True high definition image quality with low-compression DVCPRO HD intraframe recording -Multiple formats: DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO, DV selectable.High definition recording formats: 1080/60i, 1080/24p, 1080/24pA, 1080/30p, 720p (variable frame rates).Standard definition recording formats: 480/60i, 480/24p, 480pA, 480/30p
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Catapult is the world's first device to allow capture of video footage from DV or HDV video cameras directly to iPods or virtually any USB drive, and begin editing immediately. A battery powered device not much larger than a Blackberry, the Catapult eliminates the time consuming and tedious task of digitizing video footage.
Time Lapse Recording-The completely configurable Time Lapse feature allows the recording of frames of video at specific intervals. For example, recording only a few frames per minute would show a flower blooming, while a longer duration could be used to document building at a construction site.
Remote Trigger Allows More Freedom
The Catapult offers Remote Trigger Recording, which allows either a remote switch or a motion detector to trigger recording on the Catapult. This can be particularly useful in recording nature and wildlife events, and also for surveillance operations.
Pre & Post Record
Pre-record and Post-record settings are two of the most exciting features of Catapult. With the Pre-record setting, users can set Catapult to begin recording for a preset amount of time prior to actually hitting the “record” button on the camera. This is feature is great for use with live action, such as sporting events allowing you to capture that winning point every time.
The Post-record setting is useful when used in conjunction with a remote trigger, such as a motion detector. For example, to record hummingbirds visiting a feeder, the motion sensor would prompt the Catapult to begin recording, and the Post-record feature would allow recording to continue for a pre-determined amount of time.
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The new Media 100 Product line
Media 100 HD Suite
HD and SD Nonlinear Editing System with Integrated 3D Compositing
Media 100 HD Suite is a powerful new SD and HD nonlinear editor that adds integrated 3D compositing, titling and effects. Media 100 HD Suite not only bridges the HD/SD gap, but also serves as the hub for digital post. With all the features of Media 100 HDe, you can also take advantage of full 2D and 3D compositing and the industry's most advanced 2D and 3D titling, without the aggravation of importing and exporting. You can conform SD to HD or HD to SD during capture, output or monitoring.
Media 100 HDe
HD and SD Nonlinear Editing System
Media 100 HDe is a powerful SD and HD nonlinear editing solution that works the way you do—mixing multiple sources, handling multiple file formats and delivering multiple versions. Start with legacy Media 100 content and add content in the Uncompressed 10-bit codec—in the same timeline without re-rendering. Now mix some native DV. These codecs play in real time, in the same timeline with stunning quality. Downconvert your HD to SD during capture or output and monitor HD downconverts to 4:3 while you edit
Media 100 SDe
SD Nonlinear Editing System
Not yet ready to make the leap to HD? Media 100 SDe is a powerful SD nonlinear editing solution that features the easy to use Media 100 user interface with the cost-effective AJA OEM SDe board. This is the ideal solution for editors, event videographers, corporate video producers or anyone who want to be productive now, without closing the door on future expansion into HD
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Verbatim 2x Blu-ray Recordable and Rewriteable Media
BD-R
To optimize the performance and reliability of its BD-R media, Verbatim needed a recording layer that would be highly sensitive to the blue laser but resistant to sunlight, heat and humidity. MKM responded by developing a new metal nitride recording layer with an exceptionally wide power margin. This ensures quality recording on the entire disc surface, regardless of drive power fluctuations or smudges on the disc surface. The breakthroughs achieved with the new recording layer technology will also be an advantage as Verbatim prepares for the launch of higher speed and Dual Layer (DL) 50GB Blu-ray media in the near future.
BD-RE
Like its BD-R media, Verbatim BD-RE media has an exceptionally wide power margin to achieve stable noise-free recording. To deliver high-speed rewriteable performance, Verbatim BD-RE media is produced with a technology based on Super Eutectic Recording Layer (SERL) technology, the proprietary phase-change recording layer technology developed by MKM and proven in Verbatim’s earlier DVD+RW and DVD-RW media. Fine-tuned for next-generation Blu-ray media, the new recording layer enhances the media's read/write performance and longevity, ensuring that repeated recording and playback will not cause any deterioration in picture or sound quWality. By combining the SERL-based recording technology with MKM’s precision stamper and precision molding technologies during the manufacturing process, Verbatim BD-RE media provides a high level of stability during recording and playback.
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Grass Valley EDIUS NLE Software Version 4 With EDIUS Pro version 4, you can create projects within projects, complete with all of the realtime effects, keyers, transitions and titling features already available in EDIUS Pro. Combine your sequences together for the final edit. Sequences can be handled like standard clips on the timeline, allowing you to apply any number of filters and effects.Previously available as an option, EDIUS Speed Encoder for HDV is included in EDIUS Pro version 4, as well as in EDIUS Broadcast. It boosts the speed of HDV MPEG-2 export, by not only taking advantage of dual CPU system configurations, but also of the new Dual Core processor technology featured with newer Intel® and AMD® CPUs. This optimization dramatically reduces the time needed to encode native HDV MPEG-2 transport streams from the EDIUS Pro timeline
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HVR-M25U from Sony This innovative feature allows six different types of cassette tapes to be used without the cumbersome process associated with additional mechanical hardware. It allows for HDV long-time recording for up to 276 minutes with a PHDV-276DM, Digital Master Tape. The HVR-M25U offers HDV 1080i, DVCAM and DV SP recording and playback capability for easy migration from standard to high definition production, as well as playback of HDV 720p pre-recorded tapes (analog output only). Compatible with mini-size DV cassettes, it is also compatible with standard-size cassettes that allow up to 276 minutes of HDV recording with compatible tapes. Additionally, the HVR-M25U also has a down-conversion function from HD to SD and is switchable between 60 and 50 Hz (NTSC/PAL) to provide full flexibility depending on production needs.The HVR-M25 is able to adjust the edge crop position when down converting from HD (16:9 aspect ratio) to SD (4:3 aspect ratio). By displaying the edge crop marker on the monitor, you can check the crop position on the LCD monitor before down converting. Edge cropped pictures can be output from both i.LINK and each analog video jacks.
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GridIron® Nucleo™ PRO.Nucleo Pro introduces the concept of rendering AND working at the same time in Adobe After Effects 7.0 - while still maximizing your computers performance. By Introducing the background render queue, Nucleo Pro opens up exciting new workflow possibilities.It's simple - add something to your After Effects render queue, and then tell Nucleo Pro to render it in the background. Not only will your CPU's power be maximized, but you'll also notice absolutely no impact on your computer's performance when working in other applications. Meaning you can now work in different applications...or better yet, on another After Effects project while the last one is rendering.With support for both Windows and Mac, Nucleo Pro gives you complete flexibility to monitor, manage, and control all the aspects of concurrent background renders, allowing you to make sure "all is well" while at the same time, working on something else entirely..
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VPS-700 Ginga switcher The VPS-700 "GINGA" (the Japanese word for "Galaxy") from FOR-A features completely new work flows, and is bursting with special effects that were not available until now. It paves the way for ground-breaking creativity in LIVE productions and editing suites. VPS-700 Ginga, a compact 1 M/E digital switcher, really do offer more than ever before. Features include up to 16 SD I/O, six keyers, six chromakeyers, and six channels of 3D DVE. All inputs include a frame synchronizer (FS) that enables asynchronous input and a frame store function using FS memory. More than 100 wipe patterns are available..
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MGP464 A four-window multi-graphic processor offers picture-in-picture display of high-resolution computer-video graphics and HDTV or PAL/NTSC video sources. It accepts up to 19 input sources and features a true 19?4 input matrix switcher that allows any source to be displayed in any or all four available onscreen windows for use in command and control, network operations centers, videoconferencing, or other AV environments requiring high-quality multi-image displays. The processor can incorporate static or full-motion images as backgrounds. Extron's Graphic Still Store feature enables live screen captures or images uploaded from a PC to be stored for use as presentation background images.
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4x4 HDMI Matrix
This matrix interlaces any four HDTV sources — such as HD DVD players, satellite television feeds and digital video camcorders — together with four HDTV displays. The device allows users to assign each of the sources to any one of the displays for use in multi-room venues with varied viewing requirements. The plug-and-play unit comes with four HDMI inputs/outputs, a 24V power supply, four source connector cables, an IR remote, and an optional RS-232 port for home automation control. It also supports uncompressed HD video up to 1080p and multichannel digital audio distributed in the same cable.
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The Multibridge Extreme is the world's first uncompressed video product to feature 2K, real time 10 bit RGB playout for the world's two most popular editing applications - Apple Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X and Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 on Windows XP. This new software driver 5.5 for Multibridge Extreme also features 2K real time preview for popular compositing and paint applications such as Adobe After Effects 7.0, Combustion, Shake and Photoshop.
True 2K, at 23.98 and 24fps enables editors, broadcast paint and special effects professionals the ability to monitor 2K video and graphics on Dual-Link DVI-D LCD displays, such as the Apple 30" Cinema Display and the DELL 30" flat-panel display. Each individual pixel is digitally mapped pixel-for-pixel for the most color sensitive and accurate image quality available - perfect for detailed video and film work.
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Pronto2K.2 and ProntoHD.2 Digital Video Systems adds two additional systems to its product line-up. The new disk recorders set standards by their additional format options. The Pronto2K.2 has been optimized for operation in the area of Digital Intermediate. The disk recorder is equipped with a dual-link HD-SDI interface and supports SD, HD, HSDL as well as 2K in 8-, 10- or 12-bit in RGB and YUV. The ProntoHD.2 is best suited for presentations and HD production work. The single-link HD-SDI interface effortlessly handles 8-bit or 10-bit playout and capture of SD and HD.
The disk recorders Pronto2K.2 and ProntoHD.2 will complement the model range of the Pronto2K and ProntoHD. For these new products, DVS developed a special video board enabling a number of new features, including full autoconforming with transitions.The current disk recorders Pronto2K and ProntoHD allow instant access to uncompressed 2K, HD and SD data thanks to the NT file system. On top of these features, the new Pronto2K.2 and ProntoHD offer additional conforming with transitions. The software handles the corresponding rendering so that in addition to hard cuts, transitions are supported as well. The new chassis makes further configurations with enhanced storage capacities possible.
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Final Cut Studio 5.1 Apple is now shipping the first Universal version of its Final Cut Studio video production suite that delivers up to 2.5X the performance when running on a MacBook Pro* notebook computer. Final Cut Studio features state-of-the-art tools that complement Final Cut Pro 5 including Soundtrack Pro, an audio editing and sound design application that makes video projects sound as good as they look; Motion 2, the world's first realtime motion graphics application with GPU-accelerated 32- bit float rendering; and DVD Studio Pro4 for professional DVD authoring..
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The HDTV Axi-vision camera can simultaneously acquire both an HDTV color image and a high-resolution depth image of a scene. What? Essentially, the Axi-vision acquires infrared information about the distance between the camera and what's in front of the camera at the same time as the usual broadcast info. The resulting grayscale image can be used to key footage in real-time without using a green/blue sceen, or painful frame-by-frame rotoscoping.
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Stack & Play LaCie Brick Hard Drives to add colors to your computing life while expanding capacity. Easy as 1, 2, 3, these playful drives, designed by Ora-Ïto.Available desktop models are: 160GB (white), 250GB (red), 300GB (blue) and 500GB (red).
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iCon H600 Barco’s most powerful network centric visualization solution features a native 1920 x 1080 HDTV resolution on a 16:9 wide canvas and a light output of 6000 ANSI lumens.
The intelligent visualization solution
• Native HDTV resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels)
• Advanced picture in picture combined with network connectivity on a 16:9 high-resolution screen
• Shows 4 external sources simultaneously
• Shows additional application windows from the projector hard drive
• Shows data and video from the network
• Real time interaction and file sharing for collaborative meetings
The iCon H600 is the first member of a new product family of high-definition, 16:9, network centric projectors. It offers 1920 x 1080 for meeting environments, such as classrooms, boardrooms and conference centers. It is fully compatible with HDTV video standards, turning it into the ideal visualization solution for AV applications.
The projector integrates a powerful display server and can be easily connected to the user’s network infrastructure, enabling collaborative meetings between remote meeting sites, real time interaction, file sharing and remote control & diagnostics. Via mouse and keyboard, four external sources can be processed with complete and flexible picture-in-picture (PiP) functionality.
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LaCie Biggest S1S 2TB SATA speed and superior RAID security, this powerful RAID subsystem comes in a 4-bay array with hot-swappable hard disks and hardware RAID controller. Preconfigured at RAID 5, it supports RAID levels 0, 0+1, 5 and RAID 5+hot spare, and offers automatic background rebuilding (in RAID 5). Its SATA interface provides a speedier boot process and faster loading of programs and data and even simpler cabling, enabling rapid sustained transfer rates of up to 80MB/s. Ideal for saving hefty files, protecting databases or working directly on the drive, it delivers high-capacity performance at a comparatively low cost.
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Kramer VP-724xl ProScale™ Digital Scaler/Switcher is an 8-input scaler/switcher with unbalanced stereo audio. It will scale any composite, s-Video (Y/C), component video (YUV), DVI video or computer graphics video signal up or down to a selectable graphics or HDTV output resolution and provides glitch-free switching between sources through FTB™ (fade-thru-black) switching technology.Picture-In-Picture: Video in graphics (or vice versa) in sizes up to quarter screen at any location, or split-screen (2 images side-by-side); freeze frame, zoom, selectable vertical refresh rates, audio and video proc amp, output image scaling, and aspect ratio
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Video Performer XT system from Spotligt, consists of a powerful graphic workstation, a dedicated software for multimedia handling and a complete series of files with images, animations and video: these allow to create and process an endless series of automated digital projections that could not be obtained so far with the use of conventional effect projectors. The images, taken from the program files or imported from any other external source, thanks to the video projector, become "intelligent" multimedia projections: the light designer can handle them directly through a DMX light desk by modifying the different parameters: position, shape, rotation, transparency, trichromatism, fading, solid projection, etc. superimposing, processing and mixing more images at the same time to obtain amazing effects that can be created "live" directly on scene or programmed in the desk memory.
New Arkaos powered video engine allows a new generation of extremely powerful and customizable video and 3d effects.Also the Arc Video DMX motorised yoke small/medium video projectors: the perfect companion for any Video Performer installation.By combining the power of video projection with the creative possibilities of automated effects lighting, ARC-VIDEO enables the creation of a new generation of automated lights that will deliver many new creative possibilities.
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SteadyCAMPRO is a MultiTarget camera animation plugin for Cinema 9.1 and 9.5. both Windows and Mac OS.
It greatly enhances and speed up the work with camera animations. SteadyCAMPRO includes:
SCPRO. The main camera animation tool.
SteadyGOAL. A target damping plugin.
SteadyFLIGHT. A flying camera tool using Vector controllers (R9.5 only)
N.A.V.I.G.A.T.O.R . A simplified camera tool using Vector controllers (R9.5 only)
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GridIron® Nucleo™.Unlike other solutions for improving the performance of After Effects using a network of computers, such as network render farming or GridIron® X-Factor™, GridIron Nucleo is designed exclusively for multiple CPUs or multi-core processors on a single computer. No additional computers, no network, and no configuration are required to speed both final render (image sequences and movies) and previews.Nucleo divides the work ordinarily performed on a single processor by Adobe After Effects and allows it to run in parallel on multiple cores or multiple CPUs, just like a multithreaded application. Nucleo ensures you are squeezing every available morsel of power that your multi-processor or multi-core CPUs provide when rendering and previewing with After Effects.
GridIron Nucleo supports Adobe After Effects 6.5.1 or higher on both Windows XP and Mac OS X.
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Silhouette Roto v2 for Apple Final Cut Pro & Adobe After Effects. Silhouette Roto allows you to quickly create sophisticated animated mattes using Rational B-Spline, NURB or Bézier shapes. Intelligent design and easy-to-use tools, such as variable edge softness on a point by point basis and realistic motion blur, assist you in creating shape animations. Integrated motion tracking makes the normally tedious task of rotoscoping a breeze.
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Media 100 sw Media 100 sw currently does not capture or output to tape without the HDX video I/O board, but all the other functionality of the Media 100 HD is ready to use. A future version will add support for Firewire capture and output from a range of DV and HDV decks. Media 100 sw allows existing Media 100 users to add an affordable software-only NLE to their current workflow.
Media 100 sw Key Features:
• A full-functioning editing application, with the familiar Media 100 interface
• Edit SD and HD material
• Full support for all Media 100 codecs
• Real-time effects, depending on processor and drive speeds
• Full media and graphics import and export capabilities
• Fully integrated Boris Graffiti vector-based titling solution is included.
• Move programs to and from Media 100 HD.Media 100 sw can open any program created on Media 100i. Your Media 100i system cannot play a program created on Media 100 sw, but QuickTime exported from Media 100 sw imports and plays to tape on Media 100i. If you capture material with timecode, you can also output an EDL from Media 100 sw to use in a wide range of online conform workflows. All existing import and export workflows, including sending to third party compressors for MPEG2 for DVD or MPEG4 for web, work as they do with the current Media 100 products.
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Imago-Mediasynth from SGM. A media server system with 24 layers,plus two video layers and an input layer that enables an external feed to be imported with connection to video camera controlled using any DMX control desk. Manipulation of 3D objects is carried out in real time.The on-board library includes over 4,000 different objects, all of which can be previewed, while chromakey effects are also available
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Avid Liquid V.7
is a powerful SD and HD video editor for the PC that offers integrated DVD authoring, surround sound audio processing, and thousands of amazing real-time effects. Its integrated toolset provides all of the tools needed to create high-quality productions and quickly output to tape, DVD or web streams.Capture and edit DivX v.5; use the new EZ Capture tool in combination with Avid Liquid Pro to capture, edit, and finish in the high-quality, low-bandwidth DivX codec. Import and edit existing Windows Media 9 content; make edits to existing Windows media content without time-consuming transcodes; easily mix Windows Media footage with other source footage
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SOFTIMAGE®|FACE ROBOT™ allows 3-D artists to achieve realistic, lifelike facial animation for high-end film, post and games projects. Based on extensive anatomical research, Face Robot™ uses a groundbreaking new computer model of the soft tissue of the face to mimic the full range of human emotion. Designed with input from leading animation experts, Face Robot™ gives artists an intuitive way to interact with their characters while providing control over details like wrinkles, frowns, flaring nostrils and bulging neck muscles.
Face Robot™ supports both keyframe animation and motion capture, the primary techniques used for digital acting today. The soft tissue model at the core of the Face Robot™ technology removes the need to manually create dozens or even hundreds of 3-D shapes for different facial expressions and allows animators to work with an optimal number of control points. Keyframe animators can gain very direct, intuitive access to facial expressions, while motion capture animators can work with fewer markers to reduce setup and cleanup time.
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THE NEW RENDERMAN® PLUG-IN FOR MAYA®
RenderMan® for Maya® delivers all of RenderMan's legendary performance and quality to provide your creations with that distinctive visual edge. Combined with an intuitive workflow, RenderMan for Maya sets a new standard for rendering high-quality visual effects and animation. RenderMan for Maya is a next-generation Maya plug-in.
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AG-DVX100B 24p/30p/60i Mini-DV Camcorder from Panasonic. The 4-pound, hand-held AG-DVX100B boasts new specifications that are tailor-made for full-fledged video production. For instance, it is the industry’s first DV camcorder to allow camera-to-camera time-code syncho and user-settable file transfer over IEEE 1394, facilitating the AG-DVX100B’s use in simultaneous, multi-camera shoots. Other innovations include 16:9 Letter-box Display Mode on the large electronic viewfinder (EVF) and 3.5” color LCD monitor for distortion-free Squeeze Mode or Anamorphic Display; Remote Control of Focus and Iris (wired) for easier operation when mounted on a jib or tripod; Single Button Character Off for LCD and EVF displays; improved Video S/N for better low light recording; and higher resolution LCD (210,000 pixels) and EVF (235,000 pixels) monitors.
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Data Animator This eight plug-ins create a wide range of chart types from business graphics to scientific visualization. The results are perfect for news programs, simulated displays, corporate communication projects, and any other animated visualization of data. Users import a tab-delimited text file to build the chart, then customize the look and animation of their data. Features include separate controls for the chart and data elements, a column/row sorter, legend/label manager, and a depth choice of 2D or 3D charts. The eighth plug-in, EasyChart, provides an easy-to-use interface that makes the creation of these seven chart types an even simpler task. Because Data Animator dynamically updates the source data file, it is great for collaborative work and projects started before the data is finalizedData Animator works in After Effects 5.0 and higher, and runs on Windows 98ME-XP Pro..
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Silhouette Paint™ using powerful multi-layered match moving capabilities, Silhouette Paint can non-destructively apply color, tint, erase, blemish, mosaic, and grain brushes to 8-bit, 16-bit, and floating point clips. Silhouette Paint's clone brush features are especially powerful. To more exactly match a foreground element, paint sources can be transformed on-the-fly by rotation, corner pinning, and scaling in addition to being offset in time or XY space. Four independent clone sources are maintained simultaneously for added flexibility.
Silhouette Paint is tightly integrated with Silhouette Roto's shape features such as motion tracking, variable edge softness and realistic motion blur. Brushes can be automatically applied to shape layers which are themselves automatically match moved. Blemishes, for example, can be automatically erased over time with minimal set-up by attaching the blemish brush to a rotoshape tracking the blemish itself.The plug-in version is the first raster paint option for Apple® Final Cut Pro® and Adobe®) After Effects®.
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Trapcode Echospace is used to duplicate, manage and animate layers in a convenient manner.It works similair to an echo effect, but instead of creating 2D echoes, it creates new instances of a layer in 3D space.
Trapcode Echospace can be applied to footage, text, solids or even nested compositions. It features a built-in animation delay to create time-rippling effects. It can also add randomness to the positions of layers to spread them out randomly in 3D space.
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Beacon DigiGobos® serie 11-20 from Beacon new series with looped animated clips aviable as total royaltyfree material.Precoded for HighEnd Catalyst ,RADlite ,Pandoras Box,EX1 and Martin Maxedia/Eureka systems. Each serie contains 10 (serie 1-4 contains 20 each) loops and are on one DVD disc.The DVD´s are also standalone disc´s playable on normal DVD Players.Another big option is that hire companies are allowed to rent their systems out with the content without any restrictions.The DigiGobos® Bundle that contains series1-10 or 11-20 are also out on the market thru the GoboGroup or Beacon direct
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Magic Bullet™ Editors 2, the world’s first real-time film look plug-in for desktop video editors. Using the new DeepColor RT GPU render engine, Magic Bullet Editors 2 Look Suite plug-in now runs up to 12x faster than the CPU alone—allowing users to do real-time film look treatments on the desktop in standard definition.Magic Bullet Editors 2 Compression Correction™ deartifacting tool is designed to repair the damage caused by video compression and video formatting. Our proprietary engine does chroma reconstruction that smooth the edges of outlines and objects to provide better looking output (see example below). This tool can also be used to pre-process video material for better chroma-key results from DV and HDV formats.
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Media 100 sw a software only version of the Media 100 HD. The public beta of Media 100 sw, a fully functioning version without firewire I/O, can currently be downloaded from the www.Media100.com. Support, repair and sales will continue as before for the Media 100 HD editing system. Future development of both the HD and sw systems will include improved integration with existing and future Boris FX products Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film production, announced a definitive agreement to acquire all operating assets and the Customer Technical Support obligations of Media 100, a division of Optibase. All Platinum support subscribers and customer phone and e-mail support will continue uninterrupted as Boris agrees to provide the same high level of customer service. The newly formed Media 100 Support Division will operate independently as a business unit of Boris FX.
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Mac G5 Quad introduce dual-core PowerPC processors, a modern PCI Express architecture, and wicked-fast workstation graphics.With two dual-core processors, at speeds up to 2.5GHz per core, the Power Mac G5 Quad doubles the punch of its dual-processor predecessor. Do the math: Quad-core processing means four Velocity Engines and eight double-precision floating-point units for blistering performance of up to 76.6 gigaflops. That means you can manipulate mountains of images or miles of footage. Crunch enormous data sets. Encode HD video or high-bit-rate audio. All at speeds you never imagined possibleQuad-core processing dramatically accelerates performance in real-world applications. Take, for example, Adobe After Effects: The Power Mac G5 Quad renders 3D images up to 69 percent faster than the fastest dual-processor Power Mac G5 ever built.
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NG1 digital media server is the first member of Radical Lightings unique ‘click and fit' range, a range that will ultimately offer a broad spectrum of streamlined products, each specialising in a different display control requirement. Each NG unit will operate as a stand-alone programme in addition to merging with its associates as a ‘build your own', bespoke digital media server.
As with all Radical Lighting products the NG1 output can be manipulated on the fly via dmx.
The NG1 takes advantage of the RADlite engine, which has been in development for the past 7 years. This technology allows multiple layers of video to be displayed simultaneously.
The NG1 also debuts two brand new RL fixtures; RL video and RL view. These features include mapping video clips to 3D object surfaces, comprehensive keystone correction controls, perspective effects and colour effects.
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VP-1201 is a high performance 12x1 RGBHV switcher for high resolution video signals. It monitors and displays the availability of the inputs on eight three colored LEDs. The VP-1201 can be cascaded to a 24x1 switcher. It has a sequential switching feature that lets you switch the inputs in configurable time frames of up to 16 sec. The VP-1201 is locally controlled from the front panel keyboard,
or remotely controlled via RS-232, RS-485, and Ethernet or via Kramer’s Infra Red Remote Control. The RGBHV signals are connected on HD15 pin connector, to reduce enclosure size. It is dependable, rugged, and fits in one vertical space of a standard 19” professional rack enclosure (1U). High bandwidth of more than 400MHz ensures that the VP-1201 remains transparent even in the most critical applications.
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Kramer FC-20 is a portable, broadcast-quality, bi-directional DV (IEEE 1394a FireWire™) and SDI converter, with embedded AES/EBU digital stereo audio conforming to SMPTE-272M-A (audio at 48kHz, synchronous to the video). The unit will auto detect standards and supports both NTSC and PAL. The converter supports DVITC time code in the SMPTE 259M data stream, and also provides a separate SMPTE 12M Vertical Interval Time Code (VITC) input and output on BNC connectors. The FC-20 will also support linear time code via the RS-422 port.
The FC-20 can operate in two modes, DV Decode and DV Encode. By default the unit is shipped in the DV Decode mode. Selecting between DV Decode and DV Encode modes is done by the non-linear editing system if present and via front panel buttons when there is no non-linear editing system present. On the unit, audio group and channel are selected via convenient DIP-switches on the front-panel of the unit. Both 4-pin and 6-pin connectors are provided for the DV signal. The unit has RS-422 machine control (Sony protocol) and can control tape decks and other video sources that conform to the Sony protocol.
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FogScreen is a break-through technology, literally! FogScreen allows projection of high quality images in the air. It is the only currently available walk-through projection screen, based on our proprietary technology.With our new interactive add-on you can also use the air as your user interface. Operate computers by touching only the air with your bare hand. Write and draw in the air.
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Kramer VS-2DVA. The new VS-2DVA switcher is a unique and convenient one-box solution for user whose systems have both traditional computer graphics video sources (VGA through UXGA resolutions) on 15-pin HD connectors and DVI video sources on DVI-D connectors.
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G5 2x2,7Ghz.Two 64-bit G5 processors reaching top speeds of 2.7GHz, room for up to 8GB of main memory, pro performance graphics cards and ultrahigh-bandwidth system architecture will give you more results than systems costing twice as much.The 16x SuperDrive built into every dual-processor Power Mac G5 now supports double-layer (DVD+R DL) discs. While single-layer DVD-R discs hold up to 4.7GB of data, double-layer discs have two layers of data, allowing the SuperDrive laser to read and write on either layer, almost doubling the storage to 8.5GB. Using iDVD — included on every Power Mac G5 — or DVD Studio Pro, you can author discs with over three hours of MPEG-2 video on one DVD+R DL disc. If you work with high-definition video, use the SuperDrive to burn double-layer discs with more room for high-bit-rate H.264 video. OSX TIGER has more than 200 new features and innovations including Spotlight, a revolutionary desktop search technology that lets users instantly find anything stored on their Mac, including documents, emails, contacts and images; and Dashboard, a new way to quickly access important information like weather forecasts and stock quotes, using a dazzling new class of applications called widgets
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Shake 4 a major upgrade to the industry’s leading compositing software used by independent artists and visual effects facilities to create the world’s most celebrated visual effects for film and television, delivers 3D multi-plane compositing, cutting-edge optical flow image processing and unprecedented integration with Final Cut Pro 5.
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yellow technology G5 rackmount .The Yellow Technology G5 Rackmount is a custom-designed solution aimed at professionals to whom practicality and aesthetics are important. The modification involves the removal of the existing handles and the attachment of a frame to which the attractive anodised front panel is affixed. There is no impedance to the airflow and access to the inside of the machine is unhindered. The solution is supplied with support rails for supported rack cabinets and the front panel can be custom-engraved at extra cost.
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Final Cut Studio From Apple the new package combines the industry-standard Final Cut Pro 5 — including powerful SD, DV and HD editing capability — with the real-time design engine of Motion 2 for stunning motion graphics, the flexible audio creation and control tools of Soundtrack Pro and the sophisticated SD and HD DVD authoring features of DVD Studio Pro 4. Create eye-popping motion graphics with GPU-accelerated, 32-bit float rendering. Then author your finished product to DVD, complete with highly interactive titles and fast, distributed encoding. Do it all with Final Cut Studio and its integrated, state-of-the-art applications
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Wondertouch Particle Emitters for Apple Motion is a collection of many exciting particle effects: Smoke, fire, water, explosions, sparkles, backgrounds, motion graphics elements, creatures etc. No matter what you use Motion for,this is the library to work with Motion's particle system.
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Multicam Lite is a standalone application wich works in conjuntion with FinalCit Pro for the input and output of sequenses via XML files.DV,DVCPRO25 or OfflineRT source clips can be used by the software and there are comprehensive trimming and camera swapping features built in.
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Beacon DigiGobos® serie 11-14 from Beacon.Four new series with looped clips aviable as total royaltyfree material.Precoded for HighEnd Catalyst ,RADlite ,Pandoras Box,EX1 and Martin Maxedia/Eureka systems. Each serie contains 10 loops and are on one DVD disc.A big option is that hire companies are allowed to rent their systems out with the content without any restrictions.The DigiGobos® Bundle that contains series1-10 are also out on the market thru the GoboGroup or Beacon direct
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VP 740 Presentation Scaler / Switcher. The VP 740 is a high quality graphics and video digital scaler/switcher that scales any input format and resolution to a user-defined output resolution. The VP 740 switches between the sources using FTB™ (Fade-Thru-Black) technology, outputting an extremely high quality image even from a low quality source, and feature 2xCV, 2xY/C, 2xYUV/RGBHV, 1xVGA, 1xDVI-D inputs, and RGBHV/YUV, and DVI outputs. All popular graphics and HDTV output resolutions are supported. Aspect ratio and film-related enhancements make this the perfect companion to any Home Cinema set up. Our unique Kramer K-IIT™ image insertion technology gives a Picture-In-Picture facility for graphics-into-video and vice versa, as well as video-into-progressive scan component and vice versa
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XLM H25 Barco's new XLM projector has been specifically designed for the demanding rental & staging and large events markets.
The first DLP projector with a native wide-screen aspect ratio, native 2048 x 1080 resolution and light output of 27 000 Center Lumen, the XLM is the most powerful projector available on the market today.Featuring a fully sealed DMD engine and high-power 6kW XENON-lamp, the XLM projector also ensures reliable,high-quality performance in even the most demanding environ- ments.
As the ultimate ultra-high brightness projector, the XLM is purpose built to work around the clock: it's functional design and adjustable convergence system allow it to stay in the field while still maintaining a premium picture over its entire lifetime
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840 DVI pattern generator. The 840 is a DVI display evaluation tool and an ideal product for engineering and sales personnel in the business of selling and calibrating DVI capable displays and accessories.
The 840 comes with 32 built-in patterns including some unique patterns containing movement, say the company. All 32 patterns in the 840 have been carefully chosen to ensure that the 840 can effectively evaluate every important aspect of a DVI display or accessory. These include, but are not limited to, the refresh rate performance, testing of overall linearity, the linearity of each pixel component and identifying missing pixel components of fixed resolution display devices such as LCD and plasma monitors and LCD and DLP projectors. The 840 also has patterns that are designed to aid in the testing of DVI accessories such as scalers, distribution amplifiers and switchers, as well as DVI cables.
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The RLM R6+ Performer projector is Barco’s latest high brightness Mercury projector with 6000 Ansi Lumen light output.
The RLM R6+ offers all the benefits of the reliable RLM projector range, with the added benefit of SXGA+ resolution. Renowned for its extreme low noise levels, the RLM R6+ is the ideal projector for use in noise sensitive environments.
With its sealed engine and long lifetime lamps, the RLM R6+ offers a reliable, high brightness projection solution with a low total cost of ownership.
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OLite 510 Barco’s brand new indoor/outdoor SMD LED display, the OLite 510, combines the benefits of indoor and outdoor LED technologies in one reliable, robust LED tile built specifically for the Rental & Staging industry.
With its 5000 Nit light output, 15 bit processing, IP65 rating and full TUV approval, the OLite 510 brings you an ultra bright indoor /outdoor LED display with all the benefits of SMD LED technology, such as wide viewing angles and short viewing distances, combined with the rugged reliability you have come to expect of Barco’s outdoor LED displays.
Built specifically for use in the Rental & Staging industries, the OLite 510 can be used for both indoor and outdoor applications, guaranteeing the highest possible ultilization rate and return on your investment. The OLite 510 LED display solution facilitates quick, easy set up & tear-down by inclusion of robust "click & play" connector and locking mechanisms as well as solid, TUV approved truss beams, stackers or feet.
For the ultimate dual usage SMD LED display with unequalled image quality, rugged, IP65 reliability and maximum utilization capacity, look no further than Barco’s brand new OLite 510.
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Sony's HVR-Z1.Sony has announced that its professional version – HVR-Z1E.Through the HDV format Sony's HVR-Z1E allows you to capture High Definition pictures on a standard DV format cassette - providing both a highly cost effective format and full 1080 line resolution. With the Sony HVR-Z1E, you are able to switch between HDV, DVCAM and DV recording giving you full flexibility to record in either Standard or High Definition depending on your production needs.
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TP-300FW is a unique high quality Video FireWire (video) Range Extender from the Kramer TOOLS family of compact, high quality and cost effective solutions. Video FireWire (video) signals (IEEE 1394) inherently have a 15 foot (4.5m) distance limitation. Kramer has pioneered a solution to this distance limitation for 100Mbs video (DV) FireWire (video) signals with the TP-300FW. One TP-300FW will convert a FireWire (video) signal so it can be sent over inexpensive and unshielded CAT 5 cable up to 300 feet (100m) to a second TP-300FW that will convert the FireWire (video) signal back to its native format. Additional TP-300FWs can be added a system to extend the overall signal range to a total of 300 feet (100m) with each additional TP-300FW added to the system. The TP-300FW is ideal for use in digital video production facilities, digital video editing suites and live digital video broadcasting applications where FireWire (video) is the signal of choice
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Pinnacle Liquid™ Edition version 6, the most powerful and comprehensive editing solution available, is more powerful and accessible than ever with familiar interface options and transparent interoperability with Pinnacle’s Studio. Liquid Edition now delivers native HDV editing, SmartRT real-time power, SmartEDIT multi-format native editing and DVD authoring, all within a single highly intuitive interface.
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Kramer 7508 is a high quality analog to digital converter for Composite and s-Video. This multi-standard unit converts analog video to SMPTE-259M serial digital video (SDI). Many professional video units on the market today, such as Betacam decks and DVD players have high quality analog outputs, and the 7508 Kramer TOOL is ideal for preserving the quality, and minimizing the artifacts, when converting to digital. The converted SDI is available on 2 buffered and reclocked SDI outputs.
There is an RS-232 port and a user-friendly Windows®-based program is included, which can be used to modify video parameters such as contrast, saturation and hue. These parameters are then stored in non-volatile memory. The input standard (50/60Hz) is automatically detected, generating the appropriate output. True 10-bit digitizing is used, making the unit ideal for the most demanding applications. A 12V power supply is included. The 7508 is part of the Kramer TOOLS family of compact, high quality and cost effective solutions for a variety of applications.
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Kramer VS-21DVI belongs to the Kramer DigiTOOLS™ family of high quality digital products in a small enclosure. The machine is a 2x1 switcher for DVI-D (Digital) signals. The VS-21DVI is a technologically advanced electronic switcher supporting ?Dual Link? and the DDWG DVI 1.0 standard. This allows a bandwidth of over 3 Gbits/sec., making it compatible with the switching of signals having resolutions beyond UXGA. High resolution DVI signals are very sensitive to cable quality and to PCB layout. The VS-21DVI uses a carefully designed PCB and includes all buffering, conditioning and amplifying circuitries to provide a top-notch output signal.
The machine selects between 2 DVI sources by electronic means, routing the selected signal to the output. The VS-21DVI is housed in a small Kramer DigiTOOLS™ enclosure, and is 12VDC fed
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Axon v2
From HES .The new Axon v2 offers a solution for unlimited graphic effects. The Axon v2 media server supports DMX, Ethernet and Wireless input control without the need for exterior protocol converters and devices. Multiple servers can be racked together with communication and content management achieved by High End Systems’ unique Content Management Application (CMA). Axon v2 media servers may be used with Soft LED curtains, Plasma monitors, LED Displays, LCD and DLP projectors and High End Systems DL1 Digital Light fixtures. High End Systems’ newly debuting DL2 integrated digital lights can also be operated seamlessly with Axon v2 media servers using the CMA, and both have similar graphics protocols.
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Sony HDV-FX1 The camcorder's best-in-class video resolution is enhanced by Sony's new three-chip, one-megapixel Super HAD ™CCDs. The new 1080i HD CCDs have several improvements, including an on-chip micro-lens on top of the CCD sensor that increases the light focusing rate for focusing on the fly. There is also a newly developed 16:9 aspect mode for recording in widescreen. By giving each lens its own megapixel imager, the camcorder captures the intense detail and color that expert videographers and HD lovers appreciate.
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MagicQ allows simultaneous control of lighting, video, LED, and lasers from one console, enabling powerful mixing of different show elements .With full Cue Stack capability on every playback fader, it becomes easy to control highly cued shows. The distributed design will allow future systems to control an almost unlimited number of channels
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"BRASH" is an integrated visual composer designed to create and manipulate live visuals in real time. Its powerful render engine allows complex imagery and dazzling effects including video, live video, true 3D objects and particle systems to be displayed simultaneously. Up to 192 effects can be controlled in real time. Visuals are generated in a true 3D space with up to 24 individually controllable effects being displayed at once (24 layers). 2 layers of animated gobos, 2 levels of high resolution video, 4 discrete particle generators, fully controllable 3D camera with dynamic field of view, frequency analyzer to respond to live audio input, library of textures, video footage & 3D objects, user customizable and 100% MIDI in and out. If your company is involved with visual media and you would like to check out the video demo (please allow a couple of minutes for the video to completely download or there will be pauses in the play function), pics and specs on the amazing new "Brash" system.
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MiPIX is Barco's brand new modular intelligent LED pixel block, which measures only 4cm by 4cm. A revolution in the LED market, its small size and shape allow for it to be used to create intelligent lighting effects on large-scale backdrops of any form, shape or size, while also offering the possibility of full video content on 3D logos or other free-form shapes. The MiPIX blocks further facilitate the construction of large-scale backdrops by the fact that they can be spaced apart at various distances, making the pixel blocks a cost-effective medium for ultra-large applications. MiPIX Creativity Pack is a new improved type of MiPix coming soon
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Media 100 HD Support for up to 99 video tracks, each able to contain video, motion graphics with embedded alpha channels, Boris Grafitti® titles and still image data. Version 10 also allows editors to view a single frame of the composite of all tracks wherever the CTI (Current Time Indicator) is parked. This allows users to easily design complex effects and deep compositions by instantly viewing all graphics and video elements in both the subsampler window and on the output video monitor. Advanced keying with real-time RGB, YUV, HSL modes and softness/offset controls. The powerful, intuitive keyer yields superior quality and is fast to use, with keyframeable opacity controls right in the timeline. RGB and YUV color correction in real time for SD images with live output to an attached broadcast monitor for accurate color picking and monitoring of adjustments. Real-time Effects at SD resolution include transitions, opacity control, keying, color correction, audio mixing, equalization, and broadcast-quality format conversion with aspect ratio conversion. Other SD effects render in near real-time, and effects on HD images are optimized for the Power Mac G5 platform.Compatibility with a wide number of codecs at both SD and HD resolutions. Most remarkable is the ability to seamlessly mix codecs in the same SD timeline, where the system's native 10-bit uncompressed media can be combined in real time with images created with other codecs including Apple Animation, Apple DV, Apple 10-bit YUV (Final Cut Pro), and our own 844/X and Media 100 i MJPEG Info
DigiGobos serie 5-6-7-8 from Beacon.Four new series with looped clips aviable as total royaltyfree material.Precoded for HighEnd Catalyst ,RADlite ,Pandoras Box,EX1 and Martin Maxedia/Eureka systems. Each serie contains 10 loops and are on one DVD disc.A big option is that hire companies are allowed to rent their systems out with the content without any restrictions.
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Pandoras Box Mediaserver,one of the most powerfull DMX Mediaservers on the market.Pandoras Box offers realtime 3D image compositing and videoplayback via DMX from any lighting control.The system fully exploits cutting edge lighting control technology to operate and manipulate each image layer separately.
The new 3D rendering procedure allows for using one image layer as a background while layering or fading other images on top.
Furthermore, 3D rotation allows keystone correction even at extreme projection angles.
With Pandoras Box mediaplayer we introduce the firstlowcost2 Layer Videosoftware o
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30-inch Cinema HD Display ,The Apple Cinema Display line features a gorgeous new anodized aluminum enclosure to complement the Power Mac G5 or PowerBook G4 and includes PC-compatible 20-inch and 23-inch models .The 77% increase in screen real estate of the 30-inch Cinema HD Display gives you the space you need to visualize your entire creation yet provides the resolution necessary to edit in place. So you can lay out a two-page spread and edit text without squinting. Or work with a Photoshop document with room for more than 30 layers in a palette. Take in the whole timeline in Final Cut Pro HD, with audio controls. Display an unheard of 126 Logic mixer controls simultaneously. Or peer into four different modes of a molecule visualization with subatomic detail
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Cycore Effects HD 1.0,Cycore will release a 16-bit version of it's Cycore Effects plug-in package during this summer. Cycore Effects contains 61 professional effects and comes bundled with Adobe After Effects 6.5. Cycore Effects HD will in addition to these 61 effects include an improved version of Particle World, as well as some brand new plug-ins
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New G5´s from Apple offers dual processor models across the board at 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.5GHz, for a substantial speed boost at the top of the line. The 2.5GHz model packs so much power into tight quarters that Apple designed a liquid cooling system, resulting in a cool tower that runs Photoshop nearly two times faster than a Pentium 4-based system. In fact, for most creative endeavors , the Power Mac G5 simply has no competition in its class.
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Mbox PRG's Mbox technology enables you to achieve totally synchronized control over all of the video, projection, and lighting elements in your production through a single lighting console.Mbox is using Apple Xserve or G5 tower.The 4 way Mbox rack can house 4 Apple Xserves.The 1 way Mbox rack houses 1 Apple G5.
Mbox is able to play any video clip or still image that can be operated by Apple Quicktime. .
With Mbox, you can perform rapid, onsite editing of video and still images without the need for offline rendering. Mbox also gives you the ability to implement many special visual effects, including image layering, resizing, rotations, color changes, cross-fading, and masking with over 700 DHA gobo masks.
Each Mbox system comes with 120 stock video clips — and will allow you to call up over 65,000 custom video clips and still images from the system hard drive
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Final Cut Pro HD combines unmatched scalability, precision editing tools and seamless workflow in one high-performance, comprehensive application. Now supporting DVCPRO HD capture and output over FireWire in addition to HD-SDI capture over PCI, Final Cut Pro HD works with the widest range of input formats available.HD Over FireWire.Final Cut Pro HD changes the rules for high-definition production. Now you can capture DVCPRO HD footage over FireWire without the generational loss that can happen in other systems that force recompression using proprietary codecs. With Final Cut Pro HD, you edit in camera-original format and output via FireWire when you’re done.
HD Real-Time Effects
Final Cut Pro HD introduces RT Extreme for HD. The real-time playback of effects, filters, transitions and composited video streams that you’re used to in SD is now available for HD. Choose from over 150 real-time-capable effects, transitions and filters: no rendering and no expensive hardware add-ons are required. With RT Extreme HD, you can select between full-resolution, high-quality playback or preview mode for maximum simultaneous streams and effects.
HD, SD, DV and Film -Final Cut Pro HD has the power to scale from DV to SD, HD and Film. With small file sizes and quality high enough for broadcast, you can avoid down-converting using DVCPRO HD. Work in 1080i and 720p HD from start to finish without managing multiple offline formats
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Motion Apple’s high-performance motion graphic design and production application lets you explore new creative territory using self-propelled behavior animation, character-by-character title animation and a powerful new interface. Motion integrates seamlessly with Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro 3, making it quicker and easier than ever to create motion graphics for film, video and DVDs.New procedural animation technology — called behaviors — creates movement and simulations without keyframes. Simply drag and drop one of over 40 customizable behaviors onto type or graphics. There are four kinds of behaviors: basic, text, simulation and parameter. You can customize and combine them to create unique effects. For frame-by-frame control and precision use Motion’s innovative, powerful keyframe toolset with Bezier and B-spline controls.
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DX Series MultiViewers .are versa tile, cost-effective solutions for a wide range of broadcast applications. The MultiViewers' 1RU compact design delivers modular configurations for 4, 8, 12 or 16 SDI or composite inputs, with auto detect of NTSC, PAL or SDI formats. Composite, component, SDI and line doubled VGA outputs provide customers with a wide range of flexible display options. Front panel controls and remote control via RS-232/422 provide the user with the ability to view real-time multiple images in various pre-configured displays. Optional software allows the user configuration of displays, and multi-system control, while options also exist for in-picture audio monitoring of analog, AES/EBU and SDI embedded audio. Standard alarm features include loss of video sync, black picture & frozen picture detection.
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HDLink™. connects post production quality SDI video directly to any supported DVI-D based LCD computer monitor for incredible true HDTV resolution video monitoring. HDLinkís extremely compact design combined with full resolution HD makes it perfect for the studio, edit suite, telecine or even location video shoots.
Because every single pixel in the SDI video standard is mapped digitally onto the pixels of a 1920 x 1200 resolution LCD display, you get a perfect digital pixel for pixel HDTV image quality display.
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Catalyst DV v1.0 Media Server
High End Systems is now segmenting its Media Server products into Catalyst Pro and Catalyst DV offerings. In 2003, High End introduced the Catalyst Pro v3.0 Media Server, featuring four video layers and twin outputs. Now designers also have the option of the Catalyst DV v1.0 Media Server and Software, which offers three crossfadable video layers and one output, sized for many new budgets and projects. The Catalyst DV v1.0 Media Server and Software has RS232 and RS422 serial control capabilities, allowing it to control a multitude of video switchers and playback devices.
Catalyst DV v1.0 Media Server gives the user the ability to apply more than 80 visual and color effects to digital media. It can be used with the High End Systems DL1 Digital Light fixture or any other video output device. The real time rendering capability translates to zero down time for modifying content. All software packages are based on the fastest Apple Power MAC processing and video card technologies needed to make them fly. Add any effect to a Quicktime movie or still image and instantly see it applied. This creative freedom allows the user to build on an initial concept without costing production time and money.
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Virtuoso ®EX1 media server. The EX1 employs five independent light sources (an ambient light source and four directional lights) to model objects in a three-dimensional environment. Another innovative feature of the EX1 is the positional camera. This moving perspective feature has the ability to dolly in and out, and orbit on the x-, y-, and z-axis. This allows the camera or viewer's perspective to "fly through" anywhere in the 3D environment, including going inside any of the 3D objects. The camera also has a"field of view" feature that allows for imaginative forced perspectives on any object or layer.
The 3D virtual environment includes up to two separate backgrounds, which can be scaled, textured and rotated. The EX1 also allows up to three interactive geometric objects, which can be colored, rotated, scaled, and mapped with textures, static images, or movie files in a 3D environment. The creation of "virtual scenery" is completed with the positional camera and the five light sources which can be directional, ambient, colored, and intensified to provide realistic environmental lighting
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mokey V3.1 Imagineer Systems' aim is to deliver targeted, cutting edge tools to the post production market. Imagineer's mokey product is a revolutionary visual effects tool that automates common tasks to increase productivity – ensuring that there is more time for truly creative tasks. Offering motion compensated algorithms for fast, high quality tracking, wire and rig removal, keying, image stabilization, noise reduction, film grain management and lens distortion correction, mokey reduces the time that is spent on these laborious aspects of film and video post production. mokey v3.1 Soho Edition is aimed at post production facilities working with SD, HD and film. It is resolution independent, supports import and export of Cineon, DPX, QuickTime and other standard file formats and is available as a standalone application for IRIX, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.Track2d -Matte-Remove-Stabilize-Grainsurgery .Modules tools for effects artists .Now you can do difficult 2D tracking shots without going into 3D! This module is a very sophisticated 2D tracker that avoids the drawbacks associated with 2D point trackers, such as point tracks being obscured or passing out of shot. It achieves this by tracking the entire surface for which the 2D motion is required instead of a small number of tracking points.read more about
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SteadymovePRO SteadyMove works by studying the images to calculate the relative camera movement from one frame to the next, it then uses this to remove unwanted movement. A number of controls allow the user to specify how much movement to remove, and how smooth the final result is. Have you tried taking a hand held shot whilst walking down the street? It's hard! With SteadyMove you can adjust the controls to just take out the shake from your hand, but leave in the bounce of your step. Alternatively you can increase the smoothness control to remove the step movement too, so that the shot looks like it was shot on a professional dolly!
SteadymovePRO is available as a plug-in for editing and compositing systems and software including Adobe Premiere and After Effects platforms.
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Combustion 3 for Mac . Discreet combustion 3offers the creative tools, speed and interactivity that professionals need and artists crave. Paint, animation, editing and 3D compositing are combined in an integrated environment based on Discreet's legendary user interface .Designed to satisfy the world's most demanding effects artists and priced to fit within any budget, combustion 3 is the best solution for creating effects and motion graphics for video, film, DVD, and the web.Design JavaScript-based Expressions to craft complex animations without having to keyframe each parameter
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Trapcode Lux Trapcode announced the release of a new plug-in for Adobe(R) After Effects(R) 6.0. Trapcode Lux simulates the phenomena of light reflection in a sparse medium, also known as "visible light". This can be observed when lights are present in a slightly foggy environment, like on stage during a concert or outdoors on a misty night.Lux uses Adobe After Effects built-in lights to create visible light that matches how layers are lit. Lux will read properties such as position, color and cone angle from all point lights and spotlights and render visual representations of them. For even more integration, the spotlight cones can be set to reach a specified 3D layer in the composition.
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Catalyst Version 3 Media Server
High End Systems introduces new Catalyst® Version 3 Media Server for its DL1TM. The software contained within the Media Server has recently been successfully beta-tested on a variety of projects including the EurovisionSong Contest 2003, the Radio Music Awards, and The Muse and Radiohead tours. 3 Media Server and the DL1 digital lighting fixture are products which combine the functions of automated lighting with digital effects.The new Catalyst Version 3 Media Server and Version 3 software is a substantial upgrade for an existing Catalyst Media Server system. It has been completely re-written to take advantage of the new Apple® MAC OS–X.3 Panther and the latest developments in Open-GL based video cards. The most obvious enhancement is the twin outputs – allowing two, completely independent Catalyst video feeds from one Media Server. Drive two Catalyst orbital heads or DL1s from one Catalyst Version 3 Media Server – each one controlled and operating independently.Catalyst Version 3 software offers many other enhancements:Cross fading -Video dissolves between layers are a fundamental production technique used by the video industry. Catalyst Version 3 Software has the capability to cross fade between all four layers using the intensity channel.Preview - Catalyst Version 3 software allows complete, independent preview of content on a local monitor before sending it to the output device.Video Montage - Using the four layers, the programmer can use scaling and positioning functions to create virtual scenery or montages.Masking - Catalyst Version 3 software offers comprehensive masking and keying functions for overlay effects. Both alpha channel and black & white key effects are available. 3D Effects - Catalyst Version 3 software allows the programmer to wrap content onto different shaped 3D objects such as spheres or cubes. These objects are then fully controllable in 3D space for size, position and rotation. Spectrograph - Allows Catalyst Version 3 users to input audio into the media server. The audio input creates visual waveforms that can be sent to video output devices such as the DL1 fixture, allowing the user to "see the sound." Serial control - Allows for serial control of video switchers and playback devices. .
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DVD controller The DVD controller enables you to control a DVD player from the lighting-desk. With simple DMX commands you can start and stop the DVD player, jump to a specific track, plays it for 2 sec, jump 2 tracks back and , and , and …
In a very simple way you can implement your video / audio source to your light-cue’s, and run it like normal light.
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PANDORAS BOX Animate and edit your videos, grafics and 3D objects in realtime. Easy control via DMX512. Up to 9 videolayers are handled and stored like movinglights. Make use of the benifits of modern lightingconsoles i.e. GrandMA, to adjust and create your projections on location or during rehearsals.And gives you the complete control on the position rotation and scaling of your image content, as well as realtime color correction, tiling etc...
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Nvidia Quadro FX 3000Introducing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000G 256MB 128-bit floating point precision graphics pipeline, delivering real-time industrial realism to full-scale collaborative engineering and design reviews. By combining NVIDIA POWERwall technology and multisystem Genlock/Framelock withhigh-performance, high-precision programmable graphics in a cost-effective solution, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000G revolutionizes advanced visualization.
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