Pinnacle Systems at Siggraph '99; Latest Pinnacle Systems Digital Video Editing Solutions Shown in Adobe, Compaq, Dell, IBM and Intergraph Booths.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1999-- Pinnacle Systems Inc., (Nasdaq:PCLE) today announced that its digital video editing products will be shown at Siggraph '99 in Los Angeles from Aug. 10-12. Featured products include DC1000, 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. 1000, and the ReelTime family of products as well as the recently introduced FreeFX, a 3D effects library for the company's popular line of digital video products. Pinnacle Systems' products can be seen in the booths of Adobe Systems Inc., (NASDAQ: ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ), Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ), Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (NASDAQ: DELL), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation (NYSE: IBM) and Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR). "We are excited to be able to offer our customers a wide array of choices for their video editing needs," said Ajay Chopra, VP of the desktop group at Pinnacle Systems. "Whether you are looking for the latest MPEG-2 content creation and delivery tool or 3D DVE See digital video effects. technology and broadcast quality, Pinnacle Systems has a solution for you," Chopra added. About DC1000 The DC1000 is a fully featured, real-time, non-linear video editing See nonlinear video editing. solution designed for videotape, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , and Internet video production at an affordable price. Using state-of-the-art dual stream MPEG-2 technology provides broadcast quality at data rates half that of MJPEG MJPEG Motion Joint Photographic Experts Group . Proprietary "SmartGOP(TM)" technology makes video editing on the DC1000 frame accurate. DC1000 is bundled with Premiere 5.1A (real-time enabled), TitleDeko, Sonic Foundry ACID Music, Pixelan Software's Video SpiceRack Effects, Adobe PhotoShop LE, RealNetworks RealProducer(TM) and Minerva's Impression CD-Pro CD-ROM interactive video authoring solution. About DVD1000 The DVD1000 is a next generation digital media creation and delivery solution for videotape, CD-ROM, DVD, and Internet video production at an affordable price. State-of-the-art MPEG-2 technology provides real time video editing and broadcast quality at data rates half that of MJPEG. Proprietary "SmartGOP(TM)" technology makes editing on the DVD1000 frame accurate. DVD1000 is bundled with Premiere RT5.1, TitleDeko, ACID Music, Minerva Impression CD-PRO, and Minerva Impression for DVD, a fully featured DVD video authoring tool used to create DVD titles with interactive menus, multiple languages and subtitles. About ReelTime NITRO and ReelTime ReelTime NITRO and ReelTime deliver the power and sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. of a complete post-production system right on the desktop. ReelTime NITRO expands on the extensive realtime 2D effects capabilities of the ReelTime platform with a realtime 3D DVE, for spectacular effects such as 3D pageturns, warp effects, ripples, slats dropshadows with variable transparency, highlights, and rolls and crawls. All ReelTime systems also ship with Pinnacle System's TitleDeko CG application; Pixelan Software's Video SpiceRack for realtime wipes; Pipeline Digital ProVTR Plus for frame-accurate deck control, and a professional breakout box with component, composite, and S-video I/Os. Real-time DV/1394 I/O or Serial Digital I/O are available as options. About FreeFX FreeFX provides Pinnacle Systems' customers with instant access to a broad range of professional effects, which run on all of the company's current DC & DV products. FreeFX is a software-based application specifically tailored to the needs of digital video producers and videographers, and delivers an upgrade to the company's award-winning digital video production systems. This innovative new product takes advantage of Microsoft's DirectX6.0 which supports consumer graphics multimedia cards. FreeFX offers a new family of 3D effects that utilize the acceleration capabilities of many popular 3D accelerated graphics cards to render these effects in near real-time. FreeFX works with many popular 3D accelerated graphics cards available from various manufacturers. About Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Systems' broadcast, desktop, and consumer groups provide video professionals and consumers the digital video editing tools needed to create fun and exciting productions faster and more affordably than ever before. Pinnacle Systems may be reached at 650/526-1600 or on the World Wide Web at www.pinnaclesys.com. Note to Editors: All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification or reference purposes only, with no intent to infringe on copyrights. |
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