Discreet Announces Versatile HDTV and 601 Finishing Solutions for Multi-Master Editing.Business/Entertainment Editors & Technology Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 National Association of Broadcasters Conference-- smoke and fire to run real-time HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates online editing Online editing is generally the final stage of video editing. When the offline edit is complete, the pictures are re-assembled at full or 'online' resolution. An edit decision list or equivalent is used to carry over the cuts and dissolves from the offline. and finishing on the new Silicon Graphics Octane oc·tane n. 1. Any of various isomeric paraffin hydrocarbons with the formula C8H18, found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent. 2. An octane number. 2 Visual Workstations with DMediaPro DM2 and Onyx onyx (ŏn`ĭks), variety of cryptocrystalline quartz, differing from agate only in that the bands of which it is composed are parallel and regular. 3000 Series with DMediaPro DM3 platforms Discreet dis·creet adj. 1. Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect. 2. Free from ostentation or pretension; modest. , a division of Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ) today announced that its award-winning, non-linear online finishing system smoke(R) will offer real-time, HDTV input/output with Multi-Master Editing(TM) capabilities for SGI's new high-performance Silicon Graphics(R) Octane2(TM) visual workstation with DMediaPro(TM) DM2 and the SGI Onyx The SGI Onyx is a series of visualisation systems designed and manufactured by SGI, introduced in 1993 and offered in two models, deskside and rackmount. The Onyx's basic system architecture is based on the SGI Challenge servers, but with the notable inclusion of graphics hardware. (R) 3000 series with DMediaPro(TM) DM3. smoke and fire(R) are the industry's first unified finishing solutions with Multi-Master Editing features that produce high-definition and standard definition PAL and NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. masters from a single high-definition project. Discreet is demonstrating Multi-Master Editing using a variety of recognizable film and television projects created with smoke and fire at NAB this year (Sands Convention Center S-4100). NAB visitors will see how online editors can take wide screen, high-definition masters in smoke or fire and finish to a wide array of formats for worldwide broadcast distribution. Supporting the new Octane2 with DMediaPro DM2 and Onyx 3000 series with DMediaPro DM3 platforms, smoke and fire will offer enormous improvements in cost, workflow and system utilization by removing the current significant expense of external black box format converters or traditional costs associated with transferring projects to standard definition systems. "As broadcasters and television post-production facilities transition to HD as the production format of choice, they will benefit from Discreet's optimized solutions for delivering multiple masters," said Paul Lypaczewski, general manager of Discreet and executive vice president, Autodesk, Inc. "With support for these new SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. platforms, Discreet's smoke and fire deliver format flexibility and editing power on versatile workstations." "Discreet's effects and editing solutions have always been optimized to take advantage of the graphics and bandwidth capabilities of the latest Silicon Graphics workstations and digital media products," said Greg Estes, vice president and general manager, Telecommunications and Media, SGI. "The powerful combination of Discreet inferno(R) effects and fire editing systems with SGI Onyx 3000 series with DMediaPro DM3 delivers the most robust solution for real-time HD, film mastering, multi-stream SD and stunning visual effects work. Configurations, Pricing and Availability Like Discreet's smoke and fire editing solutions, Discreet's award-winning effects family--flint(R), flame(R) and inferno--also support the new Silicon Graphics Octane2 with DMediaPro DM2 and SGI Onyx 3000 series with DMediaPro DM3 systems. flint flint, mineral flint, variety of quartz that commonly occurs in rounded nodules and whose crystal structure is not visible to the naked eye. Flint is dark gray, smoky brown, or black in color; pale gray flint is called chert. will support an Octane2, single-CPU with V10 graphics as a leading price/performance configuration. Like fire, inferno also supports the new Onyx 3000 series, with configurations ranging from four to eight 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. and a single or dual IR3 graphics display. Prices vary based on scalable configurations. With the introduction of the new platforms, Discreet will offer new price models for its range of online editing and finishing solutions. A base smoke HD system with 90 minutes of storage and Multi-Master Editing capabilities is expected to be priced at under $260,000 with planned delivery in late summer 2001. For additional pricing and configuration details, contact Discreet Sales at 800/869-3504 or 514/393-1616, or visit www.discreet.com. About Discreet Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc., is a worldwide leader in digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. , management and distribution tools. Discreet develops systems and software for visual effects, 3D animation, non-linear editing, infrastructure and integrated workflow solutions, as well as real-time 3D broadcast graphics creation and delivery systems. Discreet serves a broad range of markets involved in content creation, delivery and use, including: film, television and Internet broadcast, corporate/government/educational multimedia, post-production, games and animation and rich media for the Web. Discreet is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc. smoke, fire, flint, flame and inferno are registered trademarks and Discreet, backdraft A backdraft is a situation which can occur when a fire is starved of oxygen; consequently combustion ceases but the fuel gases and smoke remain at high temperature. If oxygen is re-introduced to the fire, eg. , combustion, jobnet, Lightscape, Multi-Master Editing and sparks are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc./Discreet Logic Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. Silicon Graphics and Onyx are registered trademarks and SGI, Octane2 and DMediaPro are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. (c)Copyright 2001 Autodesk, Inc. 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