[0] Videonics CommandPost Receives NAB 2000 Top 10 Award from Government Video Magazine.Business Editors & High-tech Writers NAB2000 CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000 Videonics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VDNX) is pleased to announce that its CommandPost multimedia application controller received a NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) 2000 Top 10 award from Government Video Magazine. CommandPost is a programmable device that adds controls to multimedia applications including pushbuttons, jog/shuttle, joystick (hardware, games) joystick - A device consisting of a hand held stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two dimensions to a computer. Joysticks are often used to control games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. and a T-Bar. CommandPost includes intelligent interface software, which is easily customized to virtually any application; and a hardware control panel that is connected to a computer via a Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ). "With thousands and thousands of products at NAB2000 it was a huge challenge to pick just 10," said Tom McAuliffe, Editor of Government Video magazine. "But based on cost vs. performance, true innovation and usefulness to the public service marketplace we were able to select the winners of the first annual GV NAB Top 10 Awards. Videonics' CommandPost product provides video editors with the traditional feel of a jog shuttle while its saves them time by automating the tasks of today's top NLE (NonLinear video Editing, NonLinear video Editor) See nonlinear video editing. software packages on both the Mac and the PC!" "With the magnitude of technology products on display at NAB2000, we are especially proud that CommandPost has been recognized by Government Video Magazine as a top ten product, " stated Matthew McEwen, Product Manager for Videonics. "Much of the success of CommandPost can be attributed to the numerous multi-media partners and customers who have embraced and endorsed its benefits. " CommandPost enables customization of workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. by utilizing familiar standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. device controls for multimedia applications. CommandPost comes with keysets for popular video and graphics packages, including Videonics Effetto Pronto pron·to adv. Informal Without delay; quickly. [Spanish, from Latin pr  mptus; see prompt. , Apple iMovie, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Puffin Commotion, Canopus RexEdit, Digital Origin EditDV and others. CommandPost brings the most popular function controls from video editors, DVEs and VTRs into the NLE world. CommandPost eliminates awkward keyboard and mouse sequences and offers enhanced speed and productivity to users of popular NLE systems. CommandPost's intelligent interface enables the creation of keysets for virtually any application. Each keyset matches the individual CommandPost controls to the application's primary key sequences. Controls include jog/shuttle, joystick and T-Bar controls in addition to 15 user-definable function keys. The CommandPost application is supported by Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Mac OS. CommandPost is available now through the Videonics worldwide distribution network at a U.S. suggested retail price of $199.00. A complete list of distributors can be found on the Videonics web site: http://www.videonics.com/. About Videonics Videonics is a leading designer of affordable, high quality, digital-video, equipment for the broadcast, cable, business, industrial, presentation, Internet, and home video production markets. Videonics products include application controllers, edit controllers, mixers, character generators (1) Circuitry that converts data characters into dot patterns for a display screen. (2) A device that creates text characters that are superimposed onto video frames. , and video editing software Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of video sequences on a computer. It usually includes the ability to import and export video, cut and paste sections of a video clip, and add special effects and transitions; and it sometimes includes the solutions. Its stock is traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market under the symbol VDNX. More information on Videonics may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Videonics home page at http://www.videonics.com. |
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