NewTek Introduces VT[4] Live Integrated Production Suite
October 06, 2004
San Antonio, TX - NewTek's new VT[4] Live integrated production suite is now available, providing a comprehensive toolset for all professional SD video production needs, the manufacturer has announced.
VT[4] Live offers the most powerful computer-based live production capabilities, able to handle anything from switching and titling for network broadcast to serverless web streaming at the touch of a button. VT[4] Live provides real-time layering and effects for video and graphics in virtually any input standard or file format, operates internally in uncompressed D1 component video, and includes super-scaling technology to provide super-sharp images when video is scaled for picture-in-picture or real-time DVEs. NewTek's VT[4] Live includes integrated timeline and storyboard editing with animated titling, paint, 3D modeling and animation, keying, and much, much more.
Among VT[4] Live's New Features:
• 200+ new DVEs and video transitions (over 500 total DVEs in VT[4])
• DVD Authoring with instant project import and playback
• PowerPoint added as a switcher input
• Real-time DV out
• Image Super-scaling for super-sharp picture-in-picture
• 4 channel audio In and Out with adjustable mic or line feeds
• Improved Audio now allows 12dB of headroom
• 8-band EQ on all audio clips in the editor
• Alpha Out to use VT[4] as CG upstream of switcher
• CG for titles, scrolls, crawls and last-minute changes
• Animated CG pages edited right on the Timeline
• Instant Targa sequence playback for real-time playback and recording
• Preview out for hardware monitoring of the show
• Integrated Genlock for timing to house synch
• Serverless Streaming to accommodate up to 10 simultaneous connections
• Live Integration of Editor to incorporate cameras into projects
• MPEG-2 Encoding for DVD creation
• DVD Authoring with the included DVD Workshop 2 SE
• DVD Project playback is immediate when loading an edit project into DWS 2
• LightWave 3D [8] included for high-end animation
• 3D Audio positioning of all 4 channels in VT-Edit
• 66MHz PCI bus support improves overall performance
VT-Pro I/O Card:
66MHz 3/4 Length PCI Card
4 Channel audio support
Operates internally in D1 Component
Supports Component, Y/C, and Composite I/O, NTSC and PAL
Integrated Genlock
Live Preview Out
Alpha Channel Output
SX-84 Hardware:
Video
8 Component inputs, or 8 Y/C inputs, or 24 Composite inputs. (You may have inputs of differing formats on differing rows, so you can have all three formats feeding to the VT[4] at any time).
Proc Amp controls for each input
Multiple inputs internally synchronized; cameras do not require genlock capability.
4 Component or Y/C program outputs
4 Composite program outputs
Preview output (can also display Alpha)
Audio
In
4 XLR balanced inputs
(mic or line level, switchable phantom power)
4 XLR balanced outputs
12 RCA unbalanced inputs (6 stereo pairs)
2 Auxiliary Return inputs
Out
4 XLR balanced outputs
8 Unbalanced RCA outputs
2 Auxiliary Send outputs
1 PA Mix
Machine Control
3 RS-422 deck controls for digitizing and batch re-capture
VT[4] LIVE, with the VT[4], SX-84 and the RS-8, is priced at $5995 US. VT[4] Card and Software only is priced at $3995 US. Registered owners of previous versions may purchase an upgrade to VT[4] software for $995 US. Localization is in progress for international distribution.
For more information, visit
www.newtek.com
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