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	NewTek Toaster [2} screen shot (Click image for enlargement)   NewTek Video Toaster [2] Windows 2000/XP. NewTek's $2995 ToasterEdit is a software-based, real time, multi-format editor for compressed and uncompressed editing. Dual Timeline/Storyboard views speed workflow, and Video Toaster [2]'s multi-format acceptance of everything from uncompressed AVI to DV allows editors to focus on the story, instead of the process. Layering, keying and compositing provide real-time feedback, and the real time color correction can be globally applied across an entire project. ToasterEdit is one of more than 20 production and post-production tools included with Video Toaster [2], including 2D video painting, 3D modeling and animation, live switching, character generation, Digital Disk Recorders, and real-time chroma keying.     Liquid Blue product shot (Click image for enlargement)   Pinnacle Liquid Blue Liquid blue ($34,995, turnkey w/out storage) is Pinnacle Systems' multi-format broadcast editing system. Pinnacle Liquid blue offers end-to-end native digital production in all formats, supporting DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO 25/50, MPEG-2, MPEG IMX, and uncompressed, all with faster than realtime SDTI transfer, both 2x and 4x. The Pinnacle Liquid software is a new generation of editor with logging tools, media and render management, time warp effects, primary and secondary color correction, full 2D and 3D DVE and more. Pinnacle Liquid integrates into a network environment for collaborative content creation and full tape to server workflow. [an error occurred while processing this directive]     Pinnacle Liquid Chrome (Click image for enlargement)   Pinnacle Liquid Chrome ($24,995, turnkey w/out storage) is designed for effects-intensive post settings where time and quality are at a premium. Liquid Chrome brings together three of Pinnacle's components into one editing and compositing system -- Pinnacle's Liquid editing application, the TARGA 3000 compositing engine and Pinnacle's K2 single-chip 3D DVE. Liquid chrome provides a combination of editing tools and real-time effects, and offers high quality codecs for I-frame MPEG-2 4:2:2 up to 50 Mbps, uncompressed and DV25 video formats, as well as extensive real-time 2D and 3D DVE capability, four real-time video streams, and unlimited layering. Liquid's effects processing renders complex, many-layered effects without interrupting workflow. Also included is TitleDeko character generator, Commotion image editing and compositing, Impression DVD authoring, and Liquid CX color correction.     Pinnacle Liquid Silver (Click image for enlargement)   Pinnacle Liquid Silver ($16,995, turnkey w/out storage) is an MPEG-2 post editing solution aimed at long form or corporate editing. Liquid Silver uses MPEG-2 4:2:2 and uncompressed formats, offering the same quality as traditional MJPEG systems for 40% less disk usage. It also offers direct MPEG-2 IBP capture, and integrated MPEG-2 IBP export and DVD burning. Like its liquid brothers and sisters, Silver sports logging tools, media and render management, timewarp effects, primary and secondary color correction, full 2D and 3D DVE and more. It also integrates into a network environment for collaborative content creation and full tape to server workflow. [an error occurred while processing this directive]     Pinnacle Liquid Purple (Click image for enlargement)   Pinnacle Liquid purple ($2,995 for board set including Liquid editing software with FX digital effects and XL advanced editing tools) is networked DV editing and effects software designed for professional videographers and broadcasters. Liquid purple delivers industry firsts among low-cost software-based DV editing products including: real-time 3D as well as 2D effects, integrated DVD authoring, background processing and analog video output. Support for Pinnacle's Palladium network storage systems, Vortex networked news systems, Thunder servers and DekoCast graphics systems and file compatibility with other Liquid systems enables easy deployment of collaborative workflow solutions. Other features include strong logging tools and color correction, as well as support for DV, DVCPRO25 and DVCAM.     Pinnacle Cinewave HD (Click image for enlargement)   Pinnacle CinéWave CinéWave is software and hardware working together to deliver more speed and flexibility on the Mac G4. CinéWave, the first uncompressed editor for Final Cut Pro, provides non-linear editing, unlimited layering, uncompressed real-time effects, motion tracker, paint, and compositing tools. CinéWave is designed to work in DV, DigiBeta, uncompressed 601, PAL, NTSC, 1080i, 1080p, 4:3, 16:9, DVD, and the Web. Using the same TARGA Ciné card, at any time you can install new software (for example, CinéWave RT) or add a new breakout box (e.g., CinéWave HD) to upgrade your system. For example, you can start by editing SD and later upgrade to CinéWave RT and CinéWave HD. Base price: $6495 (US) includes the TARGA Ciné Engine, Final Cut Pro, Commotion Pro, Knoll Light Factory and the GeeThree Stealth Serial Port. Reduced cost options are available if you already own Final Cut Pro.     Pinnacle Targa 3000 (Click image for enlargement)   Pinnacle Targa 3000 The Targa 3000 desktop editing and compositing hardware provides uncompressed video as well as MPEG-2 and DV video processing. Targa 3000 also supports the RGB A format for effects processing and compatibility with video and a key provided by animation and compositing applications. Pinnacle's new HUB3 100 Mpixel/s video processor has a memory-centric architecture that enables complex multi-layer editing and compositing in real time with sub-pixel DVEs, RGB chroma keying and advanced color correction operating simultaneously on multiple layers of video. Targa 3000 offers a complete range of analog and digital I/O. $5995 base price includes Targa 3000 with Adobe Premiere & Commotion Pro. Pinnacle Pro-ONE Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, $1199. Pinnacle's newest entry in the DV capture card derby sports the ability to create two 3D effects in real time, multiple layering and extensive keyframability of effects. Includes the full version of Adobe Premiere 6, Pinnacle TitleDeko RT, Pinnacle Impression DVD SE, Pinnacle Hollywood FX RT and AlphaMagic, Pinnacle DVTools, SmartSound Quicktracks, Media Cleaner EZ, and Photoshop LE. If you like the idea of multiple 3D effects on screen at the same time but don't plan to output to DV, check out the Pro-ONE. Although it is capable of outputting to DV, that requires rendering. But it has lots of never-before-seen features and is a laudable 1.0 effort. Source: DMO Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next