New Products and Software Available from MacroSystem
September 09, 2004
Boulder, CO - MacroSystem US is now shipping Solitaire, the latest addition to its line of stand-alone nonlinear editing systems.
Solitaire is equipped with the fastest processor currently available, the company describes, and will be capable of editing HDV with an optional future update. It now incorporates new features, such as background rendering and one-touch backup working in conjunction with Smart Edit, as well as new add-ons like QuadCam multi-cam editing and CB Paint CG and graphics creation.
As well, the company has announced the availability of new or upgraded products and software, including:
-Smart Edit 3.6 for Avio, Prestige, Kron & Solitaire
This is a free update for all SmartEdit 3 users, with new features and problem fixes, including support for Disk Transfer and for future release of QuadCam.
-Arabesk DVD 2.2
This version is required to use the new Pioneer AO8 DVD burners. .It adds on-screen eject button for use with Solitaire, and supports Disk Transfer.
-Disk Transfer 1.0
Disk Transfer brings great new capabilities to your Casablanca II. With Disk Transfer you select up to 20-minutes from any of your scene bins to save to DVD as AVI files. This is a great medium for archiving/backing up key scenes (remember with the instant scene function of SmartEdit 3 you can make composite scenes of your company logo, program opens, etc).
Disk transfer also provides a great way to share program material between Casablanca units as well as with PC/Mac computers. You can take your program elements, created on your Casablanca II and save them to DVD, then bring them to a colleague who can then download the material onto their Mac/PC. Or you can take animations or other materials from your PC/Mac, save them as an AVI file onto a DVD and then import that material onto your Casablanca II via Disk Transfer.
Disk Transfer also opens greater efficiency for importing motion graphics from some of the industry leaders. For example you can put a Digital Hotcakes DVD into your Casablanca DVD drive and use Disk Transfer to download either one motion animation or the entire disk at once! (with Disk Transfer you have the ability to import scenes either one at a time or the entire DVD folder).
- Xpress Maps
Xpress-Maps offers special effects and a collection of 81 high-quality maps in two versions each, fully interacting with Casablanca. The 3D version of the Xpress-Maps offers a fantastic picture of the continents, with mountains, deep oceans and colors making the result look stunningly realistic.
The 2D version of the Xpress-Maps allows for a more down-to-earth view of the countries, the color of the seas/oceans and landscape can be chosen by user.
It is also possible to combine 2D and 3D versions of the maps.
The maps can me modified using options for borders, cities and city names which can be enabled or disabled as you wish. The most important and largest cities and towns (more than 900) have been accounted for with city-points.
For more information, visit
www.casablanca.tv
# # #
For a listing of all the Industry News Stories...
Click Here |
