Canopus Launches EDIUS Pro 3
December 01, 2004
Carlsbad, CA - EDIUS Pro 3, the latest version of Canopus Corporation's professional nonlinear editing software, is now available. A special price promotion has also been announced for the product.
EDIUS Pro 3, already available in Canopus's EDIUS HD, EDIUS SD and EDIUS SP/NX for HDV editing systems, frees video editors from the limitations of conventional editing systems by providing a seamless workflow with support for popular video acquisition formats and real-time, multi-track, mixed format HD/SD editing, compositing, chroma keying, titling and timeline output capabilities, the company reports. EDIUS Pro 3 is designed for maximum performance, delivering real-time output of multiple video tracks, effects, and graphics and title layers.
EDIUS Pro 3 provides editors with true real-time, mixed format editing of HD and SD footage, including HDV, DV, MPEG-2, lossless and uncompressed video formats. Featuring unrivaled real-time video transcoding technology, EDIUS Pro 3 delivers bidirectional conversion and playback of HD and SD resolutions, aspect ratios and frame rates, including NTSC and PAL. To further streamline the production workflow, EDIUS Pro 3 also features real-time playback and DV output of all effects, keyers, transitions and titles, and can export projects to any format or medium required, including DVD-Video with direct-to-DVD timeline export.
At the core of EDIUS Pro 3's HD editing capabilities is the award-winning Canopus HQ codec. The Canopus HQ codec features adjustable bitrate settings and chroma sampling that exceeds HDCAM format to deliver pristine quality HD video. While EDIUS Pro 3 provides editing support of native HDV MPEG-2 transport streams, editors can also capture from HDV cameras and decks directly to the Canopus HQ codec for increased real-time editing performance.
EDIUS Pro 3 includes many new features EDIUS users have requested, including support for QuickTime import to the timeline, the new Canopus Lossless codec for lossless capture of SD footage, improved white balance, layer blending keyers for high-quality compositing, Canopus QuickTitler with roll/crawl support, improved audio handling with channel mapping functions, and numerous user interface customization options. EDIUS Pro 3 also supports EDL import and export, with full timeline reconstruction and project trimming functionality.
EDIUS Pro 3 directly supports Windows-based OHCI-compliant FireWire adaptors, as well as Canopus's range of realtime editing hardware solutions, including EDIUS editing systems, DVStorm series and DVRaptor RT2 series, that provide video input/output and accelerated realtime editing performance.
Availability and Pricing
The EDIUS Pro 3 upgrade is available now at special upgrade promotion pricing of $149 for registered users of EDIUS 2.x, and $249 for EDIUS LE and EDIUS 1.x users.
This promotion ends February 28, 2005. A retail version of EDIUS Pro 3 will be available in February from Canopus, its authorized dealers and system integrators for a suggested retail price of $699.
A Canopus Codec Option Pack, which includes the DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD software codecs, is available for a suggested retail price of $999.
For more information, visit
www.canopus.com
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