Canopus Bundles Adobe After Effects Plug-in With DVStorm SE; Advanced Video Output/Preview Plug-in for Adobe's Award-Winning Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Software Available Free With DVStorm SE.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Canopus Corporation, makers of award-winning, realtime digital video editing systems, today announced it has begun bundling its Canopus Video Out Plug-in for Adobe(R) After Effects(R) free with DVStorm SE and DVStorm SE Plus. This offer is also available to Canopus customers who purchased DVStorm SE or DVStorm SE Plus after May 1, 2002. For details visit the Canopus Website at http://www.canopus.com/ppt_afterfxplugin.htm . Developed to enhance preview capabilities within Adobe After Effects 4.1 or higher, the Canopus Video Out Plug-in for After Effects speeds up video production by allowing users to output a compositing image from the Adobe After Effects timeline for preview on an NTSC/PAL monitor. Analog output is done in uncompressed YUV 4:2:2, giving Video Out Plug-in for After Effects the ability to deliver exceptional output results, making it an essential part of a DVStorm SE-based NLE solution. DVStorm SE - When Realtime Means Realtime In addition to delivering five simultaneous realtime video streams, DVStorm combines stability, reliability and affordability with an extensive high-performance feature set that boasts render-free, realtime native DV editing, realtime DV and analog input/output (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394, S-Video or composite) and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). output for 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. and Internet streaming. For compelling content creation, users can take advantage of DVStorm's impressive set of editing tools that deliver an assortment of realtime capabilities including multiple moving titles and graphics layers, audio and video filters, and transitions. DVStorm features over 23 realtime filters, such as color correction, motion blur, old movie, picture-in-picture, chroma key, luma key and chrominance See chroma. . Scalable Technology Architecture - The Canopus Difference DVStorm uses Canopus's highly acclaimed software DV codec and Scalable Technology Architecture to provide full-screen, full-motion video preview, seamless batch capture and harness the power of the CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. to deliver more realtime features. This Scalable Technology Architecture is designed to take full advantage of escalating CPU power as it becomes available, allowing users who upgrade to faster systems to reap performance gains while retaining their original Canopus hardware. It also makes it easy to add new features to existing Canopus NLE solutions through simple software updates that can be downloaded from the Canopus Website. This further extends the life of the NLE system and gives editors a much higher return on their original investment. Priced at $1,088 (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) ), DVStorm SE includes Canopus Video Out Plug-in for After Effects, Xplode Basics 3D transitions software, StormEdit, a realtime editing application, SoftMPG for MPEG and streaming output capabilities, Sonic DVDit! LE DVD authoring software, Boris Graffiti Ltd., and Sonic Foundry ACID Style. Canopus also offers a DVStorm SE Plus version priced at $1299 (MSRP) that also includes Adobe Premiere 6.0 and a StormBay breakout box. About Canopus Corporation Based in San Jose, Calif., Canopus Corporation manufactures award-winning, nonlinear video editing Editing video in the computer. Also called "nonlinear editing" (NLE), digital nonlinear systems provide high-quality post-production editing on a desktop computer. However, some detail may be lost if lossy compression is used to store the images (see lossy compression). products for video professionals and enthusiasts. Canopus's DV editing, MPEG-2 encoding and 3D DVE products combine innovative hardware and software designs to set new standards in performance, functionality and reliability. Canopus Corporation has offices in the UK, Germany, Australia and China in addition to an extensive worldwide distributor network. Canopus Corporation's parent company, Canopus Co., Ltd., with headquarters in Kobe, is Japan's largest maker of video editing and graphics products. For more information contact Canopus at 408-954-4500 or visit their Web site at http://www.canopuscorp.com/. NOTE: Canopus is a registered trademark and DVStorm SE, StormEdit, Xplode and SoftMPG are trademarks of Canopus Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. 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