Pinnacle Systems Introduces Liquid Purple
April 03, 2003
Mountain View, CA - Pinnacle Systems, Inc has announced Liquid purple version 5, a complete software-based networked DV editing and effects solution designed for broadcasters and video professionals.
Liquid purple v5 delivers real-time 3D as well as 2D effects, integrated DVD authoring, timesaving background processing, and analog video output, the manufacturer describes. Liquid purple v5 can either be deployed as a desktop solution or on a laptop for mobile editing.
While Liquid purple v5 shares many basic features with Pinnacle Edition v5, Liquid purple supports additional capabilities designed to meet the specific needs of broadcast applications, including:
* Networking features including the ability to play from networked media drives, Pinnacle's MAS (Media Access Server) protocol for attachment to Palladium Store, Vortex support and XSend to rapidly share files with Pinnacle Thunder servers and Dekocast graphics systems, as well as third-party server and automation systems.
* Broadcast format interoperability including native DVCPRO 25 codecs, RS-422 machine control, MIDI control, Jog/Shuttle control, Sony ClipLink, ALE import/export and OMFI export.
* Broadcast quality FX capabilities such as Liquid CX color correction and Dynamic TimeWarp.
Liquid purple v5 offers the following key innovations:
* Integration with Pinnacle's new Palladium Store networked media solutions as well as the ability to publish directly to Pinnacle Thunder and DekoCast for a wide variety of applications including promos and playout, postproduction, live broadcasts and more.
* Integration with Pinnacle's Vortex network news solution providing an all-in-one solution for ingest, journalist editing, craft editing, playout and media management.
* Background processing that renders both real-time and complex, many-layered timelines without interrupting the editor's work. With background processing, the project is done when the editing is done - there is never a need for final rendering.
* Direct-from-the timeline DVD authoring whereby the DVD track appears alongside the standard audio and video tracks and enables the user to create and edit graphic menus directly within the Pinnacle Liquid environment. The DVD timeline can be dynamically previewed with full interactivity including remote control simulation.
* Analog output of the timeline, including real-time effects, via an NTSC/PAL connection providing users with a full preview of the final resolution and color of the project.
* Inclusion of Pinnacle TitleDeko character generator, Commotion image editing and compositing software, Liquid CX color correction and many other tools to enable editors to do their best work, in less time and at a very affordable cost.
Liquid purple v5 will be demonstrated at (NAB).
Suggested retail price of Liquid purple v5 is US $1500 for the base software.
Palladium, Vortex, Thunder, Dekocast and Video Out options come at additional charge. Customers of this base software will receive both a PCI 1394 card for desktop installation and a PCMCIA 1394 card for use in a laptop for field operation.
For the price of a single license, the user can move easily between the desktop and field version simply by moving the included USB license dongle. A complete networked turnkey system will be offered at $14,995 for networked broadcast operations.
For more information, visit
www.pinnaclesys.com
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