Bella Shipping New DV Keyboard Series
July 24, 2003
Burbank, CA - Bella Corporation announced the immediate availability of its new series of keyboards with integrated editing technology for the growing consumer market and professional editors.
Two levels of keyboards are offered: The DV Keyboard for the consumer, and the Professional EZ Keyboard for the power user.
The DV Keyboard
The DV Keyboard has a built-in jog/shuttle controller and programmable Specialty Keys. A sticker set is included to help navigate popular editing applications: the Macintosh DV Keyboard includes a sticker set for Apple Computer’s recently introduced Final Cut Express, while the Windows DV Keyboard includes a sticker set for Pinnacle’s Studio and Sonic Foundry’s VideoFactory.
Additional sticker sets will be available for purchase for other popular applications, the manufacturer reports. The keyboard also comes with software that includes presets for the most popular applications, with additional presets available for download. For added convenience there are Web, email and multimedia keys.
Professional EZ Keyboard
The Professional Series is designed for the professional editor. Color and icon-coded keycaps are standard and, for the first time, a jog/shuttle controller has been built into the keyboard, for frame-by-frame control over timelines, video and audio clips. The software includes presets for most popular applications, with additional presets that can be downloaded free from Bella’s website. Just above the jog/shuttle controller are two Specialty Keys, which can be programmed with either direct or combination keystrokes, with editors expected to use the keys for Mark In and Mark Out or similar functions. The convenience of Web, email, and multimedia keys are also included.
The DV Keyboards can also be used as standard keyboards to work with applications such as Microsoft, Word, Excel, and Internet Explorer and is priced at $99.95.
The Professional Series keyboard is available for both Macintosh and Windows versions of leading video editing applications including Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress DV and Adobe Premiere and is priced at $169.95.
For more information, visit
www.bella-usa.com
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