Venture beyond editing. Discover the intuitive power of creative tools designed expressly for Final Cut Pro editors. Advance effortlessly through each step of the production process: from editing to colour grading to 3D motion graphics animation to audio post with surround mixing to multi-format encoding and DVD authoring.

With Final Cut Pro 6 at the core of a powerful and fully integrated post-production workflow, Final Cut Studio 2 defines the state of the art with Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4 and introduces Colour, an advanced colour grading application.

Features:
• Craft the perfect story using a tightly integrated and innovative suite of products created specifically for video editors.
• Mix and match source material, both formats and frame rates in real time using the new open format Timeline in Final Cut Pro 6.
• Easily create sophisticated 3D environments with depth and realism with the real-time 3D multi-plane compositing tools in Motion 3.
• Fly through audio editing and mixing, create immersive soundtracks, and easily conform audio to video edits using the new, streamlined interface in Soundtrack Pro 2.
• Produce sophisticated, fully interactive, studio-quality DVD titles with drag-and-drop ease using DVD Studio Pro 4.
• Create exactly the look you want for your projects with the complete set of professional colour grading and finishing tools in Colour, new to Final Cut Studio.
• Deliver your best work quickly and easily to virtually any format, encoding hands-free on your local Mac or across a network of connected Mac systems with Compressor 3.

Apple Final Cut Studio 2 includes:

Final Cut Pro 6
Final Cut Pro 6 is the Hub of Final Cut Studio 2. It delivers high-performance digital nonlinear editing, native support for virtually any video format, and facility-class extensibility and interoperability. New features include an open format timeline, Apple ProRes 422, SmoothCam, deep integration with Motion 3, simplified setups, integration with Colour, Cinema Tools 4 and a whole lot more. Its workflow extends through the other Final Cut Studio applications and Final Cut Server for even more power. Whether you’re working solo or collaborating with a team, Final Cut Pro gives you more creative options and technical control than ever before.

Motion 3
Motion 3 takes the complexity out of 3D by extending the 2D tools you already use. With its intuitive interface and rich toolset, the only limit is your imagination. Send particles exploding through space. Swing cameras around an object with breathtaking ease. Squiggle a vector-based paint stroke in 3D through the cosmos. Motion 3 lets you create 3D motion graphics with drag-and-drop ease, startling performance, and unprecedented colour fidelity.

Soundtrack Pro 2
Soundtrack Pro 2 offers unprecedented convenience and power to editors. Fly through audio editing and mixing with a new, streamlined interface that combines the Multitrack Timeline and Waveform Editor in a single view. Easily create immersive soundtracks with innovative surround sound tools. Automatically conform your audio edit to changes made in your video edit. With its familiar interface and intuitive tools, Soundtrack Pro is the Final Cut Pro of audio post-production.

Colour
Introducing Colour, Apple’s new professional colour grading application. Quickly and easily experiment with primary and secondary colour grade adjustments for SD, HD, and even 2K projects. Colour lets you preview the results at any resolution in real-time. When you have just the look you want, render at stunning quality and blazing speeds. Colour uses GPU-accelerated processing to produce RGB output in resolutions up to 4:4:4 with 32-bit float processing. Colour makes it easy for editors to create signature looks for projects ranging from short video pieces to full-length theatrical films.

Compressor 3
With increasing demand for media distribution in multiple formats - ranging from HD broadcast to an iPod screen - it’s more important than ever to be able to output files efficiently while keeping quality high. The streamlined interface of Compressor 3 lets you quickly configure batch processes for encoding to a wide range of industry-standard formats. Or create format and standards conversions at pristine quality through sophisticated optical flow technology. For the ultimate high-speed workflow, set up distributed encoding over a shared-media network powered by Xsan.

DVD Studio Pro 4
DVD Studio Pro 4 makes it easy to extend your creative vision to every aspect of DVD authoring. Whether your project is simple or sophisticated, you’ll enjoy using familiar, easy-to-use tools to produce the perfect presentation of your SD or HD content. A comprehensive set of advanced features is available whenever you want more control.

See Adobe Acrobat pdf datasheet (left) for more information.

Video and film editing plus animation, effects, and DVD authoring Avid Studio Toolkit is the ideal creative combination for editors, event videographers, independent filmmakers, and students who want to add dynamic visual effects and interactivity to their projects. No more importing and exporting graphics. No more jumping in and out of applications. Create and control everything from the Avid editing timeline.

Avid Studio Toolkit combines three powerful applications:

Avid 3D: Animation for busy storytellers
Start animating quickly with hundreds of models from the included Digimation libraries. Create 3D titles with dynamic warping. Use award-winning mental ray™ rendering for the industry's best-looking 3D output. Then simply drag-and-drop your animation directly into the Avid Xpress Pro HD timeline.

Avid FX: Add titles, effects, and more
No combination of external compositing applications and plug-ins provides the full range of features found in the fully integrated Avid FX – no export-import tango necessary here. Native vector titling, motion tracking, rotoscoping, paint, 2D and 3D compositing, a full suite of graphics creation tools and over 110 advanced effects filters are just the beginning. With over 1500 customisable title, effects, graphics and transition templates to get you started, Avid FX offers the ultimate combination of power and convenience.

Avid DVD by Sonic: Author like a pro
Based on Sonic DVD Producer, from the world's leading supplier of advanced DVD technology, Avid DVD makes easy work of authoring even the most complicated DVD interactivity. Now even more tightly integrated with Avid editing applications, Avid DVD offers the perfect balance of speed, flexibility and power. Learn more about Avid DVD by Sonic.

See Adobe Acrobat pdf datasheet (left) for more information.

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Avid Technology has recently announced the Avid Liquid product line, the company’s new non-linear editing software and hardware offerings for event videographers, government and corporate video producers, and high-end enthusiasts.

Developed from Pinnacle Liquid Edition products by Pinnacle Systems, the Avid Liquid family includes the new version 7 of the Avid Liquid and Avid Liquid Pro systems, both of which are packed with new features designed for users who want a single application for creation and delivery of tape, DVD and streaming media.

The Power of Avid for the Individual

Avid Liquid builds on popular Liquid features, including native HDV editing, GPU-accelerated effects, background rendering, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio with AC-3 encoding, DVD creation directly on the video editing timeline and great value I/O hardware.

New features of Avid Liquid 7 software include:

• SmartSound integration – custom music creation directly inside the Avid Liquid application.
  
  
• New multimedia format support – native editing of popular codec’s including WM9, DiVx, and MPEG-4 for repurposing and output of content to the Internet.
  
  
• New effects – Real-time Timewarp, Stabilise, Dream Glow, and over 50 plug-ins from the highly-regarded Commotion effects suite.
  
  
• Avid Open Timeline – native HD and SD editing on the same timeline in real time, without transcoding for fast, flexible editing regardless of format.
  
  
• Preview HDV in SD – for viewing HDV in SD on a client video monitor with Avid Liquid Pro.

1. What is the difference between the Avid Liquid and Avid Liquid Pro products?
   
   The key difference is that the Avid Liquid Pro product comes with a USB2 - based breakout box that provides composite, component, and s-video I/O, along with stereo audio input and surround audio output. In addition, the Avid Liquid Pro product supports capture to uncompressed video and MPEG-2 IBP video.
   
   Avid Liquid software is a software only product that uses the computer's built-in 1394 port to capture from DV or HDV cameras and decks.
   
   
2. Can I exchange projects between the Avid Liquid and Avid Xpress Pro products?
   
   Avid Liquid software does not support total conform with the Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Media Composer families of products. Customers looking for a workflow that includes conform on higher end Avid systems should start with Avid Xpress Pro software.
   
   
3. What formats does Avid Liquid software support?
   
   Avid Liquid 7 software can natively edit the following formats: DV25, HDV, 1:1 (uncompressed SD and HD), MPEG-2 I-frame & IBP, WM9, MPEG-4 and DiVx.
   
   
4. Can I work with film with Avid Liquid software?
   
   Avid Liquid software does not directly support film based workflows. Customers are advised to choose Avid Xpress Pro software for this type of work.
   
   
5. What type of system do I need to run Avid Liquid software?
   
   Key factors in choosing a system for Avid Liquid software include: 1GB system memory, a latest generation graphics card with at least 128MB memory for SD operation and 256MB memory for HD and a USB 2.0 controller for Avid Liquid Pro hardware.
   
   
6. Does Avid Liquid run on the Mac?
   
   No. Avid Liquid software is a PC only product. Mac customers should consider Avid Xpress DV or Avid Xpress Pro software.

• Editing / Audio / DVD / Effects. One application
  
  Avid Liquid software is a powerful SD and HD video editor for the PC that offers integrated DVD authoring, surround sound audio processing, and thousands of amazing realtime effects. Its integrated toolset provides all of the tools needed to create high-quality productions and quickly output to tape, DVD or web streams.
  
  
• Complete HDV workflow
  
  Avid Liquid offers native transfers and frame-accurate editing of 720p and 1080i HDV content. It also includes an MPEG IBP render codec that provides the same 25Mbit workflow editors use with DV media. It features a powerful real-time effects engine that provides multiple streams of HDV in real time; video monitoring either on the VGA monitor or down converted to an SD monitor in real time using the available breakout box; and, most important, a smooth workflow for output to SD or back to HDV tape.
  
  
• Format flexibility
  
  Avid Liquid supports the Avid Open Timeline: mix content from a variety of sources without having to transcode between formats. Videographers can edit DV, MPEG I-frame, MPEG IBP, uncompressed SD, Windows Media, DIVX and MPEG-4, as well as HDV, in the same timeline. With such a broad palette of native codec’s, editors can spend more time creatively editing instead of re-rendering from format to format.
  
  
• Smooth DVD production
  
  Using Avid Liquid Pro software and hardware, editors can capture footage to a DVD-compliant MPEG IBP codec. They can add titles and effects and then dive into a full-featured DVD authoring toolset to define the interactivity; create and customise menus and navigation; preview and modify the DVD from the timeline; add a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix; and then intelligently render out to a finished DVD.
  
  
• Editing for everyone
  
  Avid Liquid software offers a flexible user interface and functions that match any level of editing experience. As users move from other consumer-level or professional-level applications, the transition is smooth and efficient.
  
  See Adobe Acrobat pdf datasheet (left) for more information.
  
  Please note that for hardware upgrades , the breakout box or the card needs to be returned and for software upgrades, the original CD must be returned.

Real-world, realtime HD, SD, DV and film editing for Mac and PC systems.
There’s a reason emerging professionals and independent storytellers alike choose Avid Xpress Pro software to tell their stories. It’s a complete professional video editing environment in an affordable package combining video, audio, film, encoding tools, and custom music creation software. And it includes both Mac and PC platforms in one integrated package.

What's New
With version 5.7, every Avid Xpress Pro system now contains a version of Avid Xpress Pro for the Mac and Avid Xpress Pro for the PC. The Mac version has been updated with a Universal version that fully supports both Intel and PowerPC-based systems.

See Adobe Acrobat pdf datasheet (left) for more information.

This bundle includes the RT.X2 realtime editing card and professional breakout box, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe Encore® CS3, Adobe OnLocation CS3, Adobe Device Central CS3, Adobe Bridge CS3, and professionally designed templates.

Matrox RT.X2

Matrox RT.X2 is part of the RT.X2 family of editing platforms. It delivers powerful realtime HD and SD editing performance.

Key Features:-

• Realtime, mixed-format, multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital sources
  
• Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects — colour correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more
  
• Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects — 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
  
• Extensive camera support including many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony
  
• Native HDV 1080i, HDV 1080p, HDV 720p (JVC ProHD), Panasonic P2 MXF 720p, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing
  
• Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, Panasonic P2 MXF SD, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing
  
• Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha in HD and SD
  
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
  
• Realtime high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline
  
• Accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes
  
• WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects, Bridge, and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, NewTek LightWave 3D, and Windows Media Player with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
  
• Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output
  
• Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output

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