Scitex DV Unveils Sphere Version 3 Software in Amsterdam.AMSTERDAM, Holland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1998-- New Software For StrataSphere, VideoSphere and DigiSphere Workstations Gets World Premier At IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention , With Shipments Scheduled For Q4 1998 Scitex Digital Video has unveiled Sphere(R) Version 3 software for its StrataSphere(R), VideoSphere(R) and DigiSphere(R) workstations on Stand 1.330 at the 1998 IBC Convention in Amsterdam, Holland. Sphere Version 3 introduces a number of new software productivity tools specifically designed to support complex editing projects and online video finishing. "At its first public showing, we are tremendously pleased with the functionality and the stability of Version 3 for Sphere workstations," said Director of Marketing Stuart English. "All of our Sphere systems at IBC are being demonstrated with Version 3 software, and it will be available for shipment by year-end." -- ClipSheet clip·sheet n. A sheet of paper containing news items and other newspaper material, usually printed on only one side for convenience in clipping and reprinting. Project Organizer with Sort, Find andMedia File Locator LOCATOR, civil law. He who leases or lets a thing to hire to another. His duties are, 1st. To deliver to the hirer the thing hired, that he may use it. 2d. To guaranty to the hirer the free enjoyment of it. 3d. -- Audio waveform level indication with Enhanced Digital Scrub on ClipSheets and TrackSheets -- Extensive Drag and Drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. between and within ClipSheets and TrackSheets -- Intelligent Project Archiving with AIT data tapes -- AutoSave See auto save. with user-specified parameters -- Keyboard-command mapping to customise user interface -- Video Color Picker copies selected video color to wipe borders, key borders, or digital effects Synthetic sounds and animations created in the digital domain. Reverberation, morphing and transitions between video frames are examples. See digital video effects. -- 999 event Multi-Layer Undo to complement Unity Undo feature -- Enhanced EDL See nonlinear video editing. (language) EDL - 1. Experiment Description Language. 2. Event Description Language. support with FluidFrame(TM) processing for slow-motion clips Sphere Version 3 software is the second major software release for Sphere Media Processor workstations this year. Version 2, which was announced at the NAB in April and shipped to customers in July, offers DTV-compatible Anamorph(TM) 16:9 image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished ; Macintosh(R) 0S8 and Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. (R) G3 support; the fully realtime rotoscoping Creating animated characters by tracing an action movie with real actors frame by frame. Performed via the computer today, rotoscoping was originally accomplished in the early 1900s by projecting each movie frame onto a frosted glass easel, from which the illustrator traced and redrew the Graphics Package(TM) for VideoSphere and StrataSphere; plus title border extrusions and ten high-speed video compositing modes for StrataSphere. Version 3.0 software will ship as a standard feature with new Sphere workstations, and is available as an upgrade for existing systems. Advanced Project Management At the heart of Version 3 software's advanced project management tools are a fully revised ClipSheet Project Organizer and TrackSheet Editor. The new ClipSheet Project Organizer offers an expanded range of Sort and Find routines for all types of media clips used within a project. Its sophisticated Media File Locator traces media files back to any attached media storage device, whether on a local bus or a network. The ClipSheet provides an indication of the actual footage used within a selected clip, and audio waveform level indication. Custom viewports into a project's media files can also be configured by the editor, to allow efficient project and media file management. Within the TrackSheet Editor, all timecode data may now be freely copied or exchanged between In Point and Out Point Bins (including to and from the Macintosh Desktop), using simple Drag and Drop mouse or pen commands. In addition, drag and drop operation has been extended to selection and movement of audio and video clips between the ClipSheet and a TrackSheet workspace or any defined audio or video track, which complements the system's keyboard command equivalents. Intelligent Project Archiving, using low-cost high-capacity AIT format digital data tapes, is also provided by Sphere Version 3.0 software, which supports direct attachment of the tape drive to Sphere Media Processor(TM) and StorageDock(TM) modules. When archiving, Sphere V3 searches for all documents and files used by a specific project before backing up, so subsequent restores from AIT tape recover every element of the original project if a re-edit or reversion is required. Rounding out the Version 3 productivity tools are AutoSave, which automatically saves all open files to disk without the requirement for operator intervention; and a custom keyboard command mapping routine, which permits editors to customize the Sphere user interface to their own favorite layouts. Enhanced Video Finishing Tools Version 3.0 software features many new video finishing tools including a Video Color Picker, which allows an operator to pick and match any desired color directly from the Program video monitor, then assign the color to a wipe border, key border or digital effect. The Video Color Picker may also be used as an automatic input device of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color hue and luminance The amount of brightness, measured in lumens, that is given off by a pixel or area on a screen. For example, dark red and bright red would have the same chrominance, but a different luminance. data to the Sphere system's Abekas Powered(TM) realtime digital chroma key See color key. and luma key circuits. With 999 events, V3 software's new Multiple Level Undo expands upon the system's existing Unity Undo feature, providing the editor with the flexibility to quickly propose alternative edits and setups to a client in an online session. Audio Waveform Indication and enhanced Digital Scrub provide the ability to quickly scrub through a clip to find a quiet spot, desired word or phrase to edit against. The enhanced EDL import function transfers all EDL notes into the Sphere system's ClipSheet for future reference, and also adds sophisticated slow-motion batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. . This new mode permits all video clips defined by the EDL as slow-motion clips to be digitised at normal speed from a VTR (VideoTape Recorder) A videotape recording and playback machine. VTR may refer to consumer MiniDV and DV recorders or to professional machines such as Betacam, DVCPRO and DVCAM. , and subsequently batch processed using FluidFrame video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. algorithms, which provide a visually smoother and higher resolution slow motion than is available directly from a VTR. (C)1998 Scitex Digital Video Inc. Abekas and DigiSphere, Sphere, StrataSphere and VideoSphere are registered trademarks, and Abekas Powered, the Abekas Powered logo, Anamorph, DveousFX, "Realtime All The Time", and SPORT are trademarks of Scitex Digital Video Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. All rights reserved. With three Technical Emmy Awards, Scitex Digital Video Inc. leads the video industry with innovative digital solutions for professional video postproduction, effects generation and multimedia development. Scitex Digital Video offers the industry's broadest range of fully realtime solutions for applications from desktop to broadcast. Its Sphere(TM) family of nonlinear editing See nonlinear video editing. systems and Abekas(R) family of effects generators, production switchers, character generators, and disk recorders are employed by leading facilities worldwide. Scitex Digital Video is headquartered in California with additional offices in Europe and Asia. Its products are sold through a worldwide network of distributors. Scitex Digital Video is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scitex Corp. Ltd. (Nasdaq: SCIXF), a world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of digital imaging solutions for the Digital PrePrint pre·print n. Something printed and often distributed in partial or preliminary form in advance of official publication: a preprint of a scientific article. tr.v. , Digital Printing and Digital Video markets. For more information about Scitex Digital Video, contact Helen Shortal at 650/599-3093, or visit the Scitex Digital Video website at http://www.scitexdv.com. Scitex Corp. Ltd., a world leader in digital imaging solutions for graphics communication, designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports products, systems and devices for the digital preprint, digital printing and digital video markets. Digital preprint includes image capture, output, proofing and telecommunication solutions. Digital printing includes Scitex Digital Printing's very high-speed, inkjet printers for variable long-run printing, print on demand digital front-ends, Idanit's wide format ink-jet printers, and Karat's digital offset presses. Digital video includes video post- production and on-line systems for non-linear editing and creation of 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. . A worldwide network of direct sales and service offices, dealers, resellers and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners provide global sales and customer support. Scitex shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol SCIXF. 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