PINNACLE SYSTEMS BRINGS REAL-TIME UNCOMPRESSED EFFECTS TO FINAL CUT PRO.Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based American manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets. It was founded in 1986. In 2002 Pinnacle purchased VOB Computersysteme GmbH (now pinnaclesys.de). , Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE), a leader in digital video content creation tools, has announced that CineWave, the Company's award-winning professional video creation solution, will deliver real-time special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. with uncompressed, standard definition media by leveraging advancements in Apple's Final Cut Pro 2. Final Cut Pro 2 is the next generation of Apple Computer's award-winning professional video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. application. Video professionals working with uncompressed standard definition (SD) video on Apple's Power Mac G4 systems will now have the power to create motion graphics effects, dissolves and wipes in real-time. Editors will no longer need to wait lengthy periods for effects and transitions to render. CineWave will deliver the best of both worlds -- the pristine quality of uncompressed SD video and the speed of real-time effects. CineWave matched with the high-end editing tools of Final Cut Pro 2 provides the features and performance usually reserved for traditional editing systems costing many times more. In addition, Power Mac G4 users working with the CineWave high-definition (HD) option will experience accelerated performance when processing effects and transitions. "With the ability to perform real-time effects and transitions on uncompressed SD video, editors gain greater creative freedom than ever before," notes Laurin Herr, vice president of strategic development, Pinnacle Systems' Professional Media Division. "No longer do professional media creators have to sacrifice quality tools and optimal formats for speed and affordability." "Final Cut Pro 2 delivers to video professionals powerful new media management tools, dozens of workflow enhancements, and support for integrated real-time effects-a perfect match for CineWave's real-time effects for uncompressed SD video," said David Moody, Apple's senior director of Applications Marketing. "The combination of Final Cut Pro's powerful editing features and CineWave's uncompressed real-time effects gives video professionals access to quality and performance previously reserved for only high end post-production facilities." CineWave, with real-time effects and transitions, will be demonstrated at NAB 2001, April 23-26, in the Pinnacle Systems booth, L11327. Release is scheduled for summer, 2001. Pinnacle Systems and Apple are also currently in the process of qualifying the non-RT version of CineWave with Final Cut Pro 2. Release is scheduled for May, 2001. Pinnacle Systems first introduced real-time processing Noun 1. real-time processing - data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process real-time operation data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information with the release of CineWave version 1.1. CineWave 1.1 offers real-time 3:2 pull-down via the TARGA Cine HUB-3 video processor. This operation allows for conversion of SD video to HD formats, or down-conversion of HD formats to SD video, with the appropriate letterbox The effect of displaying a wide screen movie on a standard TV set the way it was originally shot in full panoramic format. On the TV, the image frame spans the full width of the screen, but because of the difference in aspect ratios of the two formats (wide screen movie vs. and poster box masking mask·ing n. 1. The concealment or the screening of one sensory process or sensation by another. 2. An opaque covering used to camouflage the metal parts of a prosthesis. automatically inserted. CineWave is the new wave in digital cinema. It is software and hardware working together seamlessly to deliver unprecedented quality and flexibility on the Apple Power Mac G4. The CineWave solution provides unlimited layering, effects, advanced non-linear editing, motion tracker, and paint and compositing tools. The CineWave solution includes Commotion Pro 3.1, Knoll Light Factory, a full version of Apple's Final Cut Pro and the TARGA Cine Engine. CineWave provides numerous editing capabilities for acquisition, post-production, and delivery in any format, including: DV, DigiBeta, uncompressed 601, PAL, 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. , 1080i, 1080p, 720p, 4:3, 16:9, and Web. There are two Digital Tether tether to tie an animal up by the head or neck so that it can graze but not move away. See also barton tether. ports for connecting to a family of SD and HD break-out boxes for flexible I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output options. CineWave is available from Pinnacle Systems' dealers worldwide at a starting price starting price n (COMM) → precio inicial starting price n → prix initial starting price start n (at auction of $6,495 (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). Pinnacle Systems' broadcast, desktop, and consumer products provide video professionals and consumers cutting-edge digital video tools to create, store, distribute and view web enabled digital video easier and more affordably than ever before. |
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