Radius Announces First Shipments of Radius Edit 2.0; New Application Offers Faster Performance, Animation Controls, and Unlimited Layering for Digital Video Editing.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1996--Radius Inc. (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 : RDUSC) announced today that it is shipping a new version of Radius Edit with VideoVision PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). (see "Radius Ships VideoVision PCI" press release). Radius Edit 2.0 incorporates new editing features that include unlimited layering, audio rubber-banding, redigitization enhancements and faster editing performance. It also includes high quality special effect filters such as Chroma Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation. and Luma The black/gray/white information in a video signal, represented as the letter "Y." Color information is transmitted as luma (brightness) and chroma (color). The luma is a weighted sum of the RGB colors. See luminance, YUV and YUV/RGB conversion formulas. keying and Pan Zoom Rotate to provide integrated compositing and animation control. "With the combination of Radius Edit 2.0 and VideoVision, Radius creates the ultimate digital video editing environment. Now, digital editors can explore new areas of creativity and get professional results on their desktop," said Rhonda Stratton, Radius' digital video product marketing manager. Radius Edit 2.0 combines the professional features of a dual display, three-point editor with unlimited layers and alpha channel support for compositing, and multiple keyframeable effects for animation of all FX parameters. It also provides a number of key features including redigitizing with trim and frame resizing, PZR PZR Protein Zero-Related PZR Pressurizer (Pan-Zoom-Rotate), an enhanced version of the 3D animation DVE See digital video effects. filter from VideoFusion, rubber-banding of audio, faster editing and rendering, and unlimited layers of audio and video. New Features Summary -- Pan Zoom Rotate allows customers to manipulate their video in 3D with true perspective using sub-pixel interpolation interpolation In mathematics, estimation of a value between two known data points. A simple example is calculating the mean (see mean, median, and mode) of two population counts made 10 years apart to estimate the population in the fifth year. . -- Chroma/Luma Keying provides customers with clean mattes for unlimited layering of video, sophisticated softness, transparency, and tolerance sliders sliders a species of tortoise kept as pets. They have a black shell and a red stripe behind the eye. Called also Chrysemys scripta elegans, red-eared sliders. offer unprecedented accuracy and performance. -- Audio Rubber-banding is used to directly manipulate the audio track volume at any point in time allowing for smooth transitions of audio volume. -- Unlimited Layers of video, audio, still images, and 3D graphics can be layered to create composite content. -- Enhanced PICT Import enables customers to directly manipulate size and crop while maintaining alpha channel characteristics. -- Immediate FX Preview allows customers to edit special effects in real-time. -- Power PC Native code greatly improves performance. -- Enhanced EDL See nonlinear video editing. (language) EDL - 1. Experiment Description Language. 2. Event Description Language. Support for CMX CMX Corel Presentation Exchange (file extension) CMX Cisco Mobile Exchange CMX Cloaca Maxima (sewage system of ancient Rome; Finnish rock band) CMX Crisis Management Exercise 3400/3600, GVG GVG Giving GVG Grass Valley Group GVG Guild Versus Guild (Guild Wars, online game) GVG Grundstücksverwaltungsgesellschaft der Stadt Mainz and Sony EDL formats. Customer Profile Radius Edit 2.0 is targeted at video professionals who specialize at incorporating graphics and animation into their productions and graphics artists who are moving into digital video editing. Key strengths of Radius Edit 2.0 include a highly productive professional user interface tightly integrated with the Radius VideoVision and Telecast product lines. Pricing and Availability Radius Edit 2.0 is ships with Radius' PCI based digital video editing solutions. At this time, Radius Edit is not available as a retail product. Existing Radius Edit 1.0 customers may upgrade to version 2.0 for a $15 shipping and handling charge. Owners of VideoFusion, the Radius special effects product for QuickTime may upgrade to Radius Edit 2.0 for $199. Upgrades are available now by calling Radius at 800/867-9916. Radius Incorporated Founded in 1986 and based in Sunnyvale, Radius Incorporated delivers market-leading technologies to computer users in the publishing, graphics, and digital video markets. The Company offers the highest quality digital video solutions, Super Resolution graphics cards, and professional calibrated color displays for Mac OS systems. Radius products are available through a worldwide network of Radius authorized resellers, system integrators, and distributors. Radius may be reached at 408/541-6100. -0- Note to Editors: Radius, Radius Edit, VideoFusion,VideoVision, VideoVision PCI, VideoVision Studio, Telecast, SoftStudio, and Super Resolution are trademarks of Radius Inc. and may be registered in some jurisdictions. QuickTime and MacOS are trademarks of Apple Computer. All other brands and products are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Radius, Inc. Kimberly See, 408/541-5445 (PR) kim_see@radius.com or Blake Roberts, 408/541-5120 (U.S. Marketing) blake_roberts@radius.com http://www.radius.com |
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