Boris RED 3GL to Support Sonic Foundry's Vegas 4.0; Advanced 2D, 3D Compositing and Effects Coming to Sonic Foundry NLE.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NAB2003 Booth Nos. SL1539 & SL1569 BOSTON & MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2003 Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film production, today announces that the upcoming release of Boris RED 3GL, the first integrated 2D and 3D compositing, titling, and effects application to implement OpenGL, will add support for Sonic Foundry's Vegas 4.0 nonlinear editing See nonlinear video editing. application and Vegas+DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. integrated solution for editing, surround mixing, and DVD production. "Boris RED 3GL dramatically expands the compositing and effects possibilities of Vegas," says Boris FX founder and president Boris Yamnitsky. "We know that Vegas customers have the highest expectations for flexible, scalable workflows with exceptional speed and the highest possible quality, which is what they'll find with Boris RED 3GL." "Boris RED is the industry leader in effects for nonlinear editors, and the addition of Vegas to the lineup of NLEs they support is a testament to the strides we've made in the release of Vegas 4.0 and Vegas+DVD," says Sonic Foundry's Brad Reinke, senior vice president and general manager of software. "We invested heavily in providing a robust editing environment for our users, and Boris RED significantly enriches the production workflow by providing the kind of effects required for the highest levels of video and DVD production." Boris RED 3GL will be shown at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. from April 7-10, in booth number SL1539 of the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . Sonic Foundry Sonic Foundry is the former developer of various media software suites, which were purchased by Sony in late 2003. Sonic Foundry's current product line consists of the webcasting, presentation software Mediasite. will be showing Vegas 4.0 in booth number SL1569. Integration with Boris RED and Sonic Foundry Vegas Boris RED 3GL offers three kinds of plug-in integration for Vegas 4.0: transitions, filters, and a media generator to create multi-layer composites on a single layer on the Vegas timeline. Among the many features that only Boris RED can add to NLEs such as Vegas, are four-point motion tracking, vector paint, rotoscoping Creating animated characters by tracing an action movie with real actors frame by frame. Performed via the computer today, rotoscoping was originally accomplished in the early 1900s by projecting each movie frame onto a frosted glass easel, from which the illustrator traced and redrew the , advanced 3D compositing, and the most powerful 2D and 3D title creation and animation tools on a desktop. Support for OpenGL hardware acceleration In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal (general purpose) CPU. Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing units (GPUs) and means that these effects can be created with exceptional speed and flexibility. Vegas 4.0 users will be able to take advantage of other advanced effects features inside Boris RED. These features include support for importing, animating, editing and extruding Adobe Illustrator files, support for many third-party Adobe After Effects-compatible plug-ins, procedural material and texture generators ideal for creating DVD motion menus, and over 1,000 customizable preset animations. In addition to plugging directly into Vegas 4.0, RED 3GL also acts as a standalone effects application for editors who prefer creating effects outside their NLE (NonLinear video Editing, NonLinear video Editor) See nonlinear video editing. . The combination of integrated plug-in effects, a robust standalone effects environment, and the exceptional range of effects possibilities in each of these configurations, provides workflows of unmatched flexibility and power. Pricing and Availability Boris RED 3GL will ship in the second quarter of 2003. Upgrades from earlier versions of Boris RED are $295 US. Owners of Boris FX, GRAFFITI, and CALLIGRAPHY calligraphy (kəlĭg`rəfē) [Gr.,=beautiful writing], skilled penmanship practiced as a fine art. See also inscription; paleography. European Calligraphy In Europe two sorts of handwriting came into being very early. may upgrade to Boris RED for $999 US. The suggested retail price for new purchases of Boris RED 3GL is $1595 US. Customers purchasing Boris RED 2.5 or Boris Motion Graphics Pack after April 3, 2003, will receive a free upgrade to Boris RED 3GL. Pricing for Vegas 4.0: MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) $699; download from Sonic Foundry for $489; boxed version from Sonic Foundry for $559. Pricing for Vegas+DVD: MSRP $999; download from Sonic Foundry for $699; boxed version from Sonic Foundry for $799. Vegas 4.0 and Vegas+DVD also are available from software dealers and distributors worldwide. About Boris FX Founded in 1995 in Boston, Mass., Boris FX is the leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology, delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for the broadcast, post production, film and multi-media industries. Since the company's inception, Boris products have grown to serve over 125,000 artists worldwide. A great part of its success lies in the ability to tightly integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with industry-leading manufacturers including Adobe, Apple, Avid, Canopus, DPS Minicomputer series from Bull HN. 1. (language, text) DPS - Display PostScript. 2. (language) DPS - A real-time language with direct expression of timing requests. ["Language Constructs for Distributed Real-Time PRogramming", I. , Discreet, in:sync, Incite, Matrox, Media 100, Sonic Foundry, Sony, and Ulead. For more information, contact Boris FX at 617/451-9900 or visit the Boris FX web site at www.BorisFX.com. About Sonic Foundry, Inc. Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SOFO SOFO Student Organization Financial Office (University of Colorado at Boulder) ) is a leading provider of desktop and enterprise digital media software solutions. Its complete offering of media tools, systems and services provides a single source for creating, managing, analyzing and enhancing media for government, business, education and entertainment. Sonic Foundry is based in Madison, Wisconsin, with offices in Santa Monica, Toronto and Pittsburgh. For more information about Sonic Foundry, visit the company's Web site at www.sonicfoundry.com. |
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