NewTek Introduces VT[3] Integrated Production Suite
July 22, 2003
San Antonio, TX - NewTek, Inc. is now shipping VT[3], its new integrated production suite that provides a comprehensive toolset for all professional video production needs from network broadcast to web streaming. VT[3] provides real-time layering and effects for video and graphics in virtually any input standard or file format and operates internally in uncompressed D1 component video, the manufacturer reports. NewTek's VT[3] includes integrated timeline and storyboard editing, paint, 3D modeling and animation, titling, keying, live-switching and much, much more.
Live production capabilities include live switching of DV cameras and decks connected via the host system's Firewire ports, as well as switching of 8 component, 8 Y/C or 24 composite sources (or a dizzying array of combinations of the three types) with the SX-8 option. Any of the hundreds of DVEs supplied with the software may be applied to live sources, as well as titling and graphics from the integrated character generator as a downstream key. On the post production side, in VT-Edit the number of layers and effects that can be applied to clips is limited only by the power of the host system. VT[3] includes full 3D control of the position, rotation and scaling of layers, with soft and colored borders, cropping, shadows and many other parameters available. VT-Edit also allows full spline-based control of all animateable parameters. For both live and post production, VT[3] offers component, Y/C, composite or optional SDI output, as well as web-streaming.
VT[3] offers built-in integration for a wide range of popular tools for film and television visual effects, including Digital Fusion®, After Effects®, combustion, 3ds max, and more. VT[3]'s built-in frame buffer output support for these applications provides artists with instant feedback on what their shots, graphics elements, and composites will look like at broadcast time. In addition, VT[3] includes a new VT Project Codec(TM) that lets any application that supports AVI files use VT project files with no conversion or rendering, allowing VT[3] to integrate into virtually any production pipeline.
VT[3] Integrated Production Suite overview:
- Ease of use - designed for professionals who need to get work done on time and on budget
- Complete suite of virtual equipment created in software - monitors, decks, switchers, waveform/vectorscopes, audio mixer and more
- Integrated timeline and storyboard editing
- Multiple layers in real-time - as many as your system can handle - not limited by the software
- Real-time keyframeable color correction and blur
- Multi-format and multi-standard editing, with standards conversion on the fly in real-time
- Real-time playback of compressed and uncompressed clips
- Native DV support, component, Y/C, and composite I/O
- Real-time 3D transitions, slow motion and reverse, chroma and luma keying
- 2D video paint with pixel tracking, filters, more
- LightWave 3D, world-class 3D graphics and animation
- Optional SX-8(TM), up to 8-component or 24-composite input Switcher
- Optional RS-8(TM) Switcher Control Surface
- Optional SDI I/O
- Stream live events or finished productions to the Web in real-time
Pricing and Availability
VT[3] is available now in North America, priced at $2995US. Registered VT [2] owners may purchase an upgrade to VT[3] software for $595US.
For more information, visit
www.newtek.com
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