Canopus Announces DVRaptor RT2 and DVRaptor RT2 Power Tools
February 24, 2003
San Jose, CA - Canopus Corporation’s new DVRaptor RT2 and DVRaptor RT2 Power Tools, a collection of powerful effects tools, including real-time 3D Picture-in-Picture, will be available this week.
The DVRaptor RT2 combines Canopus's DV codec with real-time DV and analog out in Adobe Premiere. Targeted at the video enthusiast market, DVRaptor RT2 is a cost-effective, professional-quality, DV capture, editing and DVD authoring solution, the manufacturer describes.
DVRaptor RT2 is fully scalable - as CPU speed increases, so does editing performance. DVRaptor RT2 includes EzEdit, Canopus's own nonlinear editing software. Canopus's DV capture tool provides single-pass scan and capture for up to three video streams at once.
SoftMPG for quick creation of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video and the award-winning Ulead DVD Workshop SE authoring software are also bundled with DVRaptor.
Users of Adobe Premiere 6.5 gain even more editing power with DVRaptor RT2, including the ability to handle multiple moving titles and graphics layers using three streams of video. When combined with Premiere, DVRaptor RT2 provides users with 24 real-time video filters, such as Color Correction, Mosaic, Emboss, Picture-in-Picture, Chroma Key, Luma Key and Chrominance, as well as 30 simultaneous real-time title and graphic layers.
To boost video editing power even further, Canopus is offering DVRaptor RT2 Power Tools to DVRaptor RT2 customers, as well as current DVRaptor RT users. DVRaptor RT2 Power Tools brings the very latest in Canopus Effects Technology to Adobe Premiere. DVRaptor RT2 Power Tools deliver six video filters, eight 3D RT transitions; including the new 3D Picture-in-Picture transition, with flexible 3D PIP handling capabilities.
New video filters include Mirror, Raster Scroll, Tunnel Vision, Loop Slide, Strobe, White Balance and Black Balance, bringing additional color-correction capabilities to DVRaptor RT2 and DVRaptor RT.
DVRaptor RT2 is priced at $499. DVRaptor RT2 Power Tools is priced at $99. Canopus is offering DVRaptor RT2 and DVRaptor RT2 Power Tools together for $549.
For more information, visit
www.canopus.com
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