Media 100 Announces 844/X Version 3
January 14, 2004
Marlboro, MA - Media 100 Inc. has announced its "Visual Effects" release--new Version 3.0 software for 844/X. The largest software expansion of 844/X since its inception in 2002, Version 3.0 advances 844/X with many new real-time, multi-stream capabilities:
- Advanced keying;
- 3D digital video effects (DVEs);
- Shadow and glow effects;
- XML-based metadata interchange;
- New performance optimizations for editing longer-form, layer-intensive projects.
As with previous 844/X releases, Version 3.0 contains dozens of user-driven workflow features, enhancements and performance tunings, the manufacturer reports, including:
- Color change filter--select pixels from a video image and adjust hue, saturation, RGB gain and contrast of both selected and unselected pixels;
- Direct manipulation--grab and manipulate the position, anchor point, and scale of a video image directly within the viewer window; view the image position in context with other layers; zoom and pan the viewer window to precisely place content in relation to other layers;
- Video and matte layer effects independence--apply digital video effects to video and/or matte layers completely independently;
- Add randomness--new creative effects parameter that can be applied to any or all 844/X effects;
- Long-form, high-layer-count projects--improved file indexing, Intelligent Layering Architecture (ILA--software) tuning, and better memory management accelerate up to 60-fold timeline manipulation and open/save performance on horizontally large (editing) and/or vertically large (compositing) video projects;
- Workspace presets--user-definable views and presets for specific workspace/timeline views, including the size and screen location of user interface windows.
Availabilty and Pricing
First customer shipments of the "Visual Effects" release are expected to begin this month. 844/X is available worldwide with prices starting at $9,995 for 844/X software and hardware. Complete 844/X system configurations start at around $20,000 and are available exclusively through authorized 844/X value-added resellers.
For more information, visit
www.media100.com
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