Pinnacle Delivers Multi-Stream CinéWave 4.6 for DVCPRO HD
May 12, 2004
Mountain View, CA - Pinnacle Systems is delivering CinéWave 4.6, with support for multi-stream real-time effects with simultaneous HD and SD video out for Panasonic's DVCPRO HD (DV100) format, the company has announced. First announced three weeks ago at NAB, CinéWave 4.6 is the product of a three year collaboration between Pinnacle, Panasonic and Apple.
CinéWave 4.6 provides complete support, including overcrank and undercrank, for Panasonic's VariCam progressive scan, variable frame rate HD camcorder. CinéWave also supports capture and transcode of all popular HD formats and frame rates to DV100 from legacy HD decks and devices.
Pinnacle CinéWave 4.6 features include:
* True real-time multi-stream DVCPRO HD (DV 100) editing and effects in all popular formats and frame rates with simultaneous monitoring of video on true YUV SD and HD monitors.
* Capture and compress in real-time to DV100 from all popular HD formats and frame rates through HD-SDI legacy decks and devices.
* Seamlessly transcode popular formats and frame rates in real-time (e.g. 1080/24PsF to 720/24p).
* Complete support for all frame rates with Panasonic's VariCam progressive scan variable frame rate HD camcorder, allowing for undercrank and overcrank.
* Full support for native FireWire capture of DV100 directly from the new Panasonic AJ-HD1200A deck.
In addition to full support for Apple RT Extreme with video out, CinéWave delivers guaranteed CPU-independent native real-time performance. Exclusive CinéWave features include mixed formats within a timeline, 16-bit video support, real-time native RGBA support, real-time animation codec support, real-time HD (16:9) pan and scan downconvert with keyframeable controls to uncompressed SD (4:3), simultaneous live SD and HD outputs, and more.
Beyond DV100, CinéWave offers real-time uncompressed HD effects with simultaneous keyframeable downconvert to SD. CinéWave's new, fully keyframeable real-time HD video controls include: phase for color adjustment, setup for adjusting black range, video levels for adjusting brightness, and chroma level for adjusting
saturation.
Pricing and Availability
CinéWave 4.6 is available for download by all current CinéWave 4 customers. Owners of versions prior to CinéWave 4 can purchase a CinéWave 4 software upgrade for SRP $295 (USD) from authorized Pinnacle resellers.
For more information, visit
www.pinnaclesys.com/cinewave
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