TextFX and Digital I/O for MicroSphere Debut at NAB.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998-- National Association of Broadcasters Convention, Booth No. 11625 MicroSphere Not to be confused with Glass microphere. This article largely refers to micropheres or protein protocells as small spherical units postulated by some scientists as a key stage in the origin of life. Becomes First Desktop Nonlinear Editing See nonlinear video editing. System With Three Video Streams and Realtime Dynamic Titles Serial digital 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 and the TextFX(TM) PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). board for the MicroSphere(TM) nonlinear finishing system are making their NAB debuts. MicroSphere now runs on the Truevision TARGA(R) 2000 SDX (1) See AIT. (2) (Storage Data Acceleration) An earlier technique from Western Digital that improved performance of IDE CD-ROM drives. SDX-compliant drives used a special 10-pin cable, but the method never took off. board, which offers serial digital I/O, as well as the Truevision TARGA 2000 RTX RTX Russian Traded Index RTX Resiniferatoxin RTX Royal Trux (band) RTX Real Time Executive RTX Re-Transmission RTX Request Retransmission RTX Report Time Crossing (FAA) board. TextFX adds a third realtime image See real time image. track to MicroSphere, making MicroSphere the only desktop nonlinear editing system with the power and flexibility of three realtime video See real time video. tracks. The new board offers realtime dynamic titling effects, including dissolves, rolls, crawls and reveals. The TextFX video track also supports PICT graphics with alpha keys as well as title generation. Version 2 of the Sphere(TM) professional editing application, which supports TextFX for MicroSphere, is also making its NAB debut at the show. Version 2 software and TextFX are scheduled to ship in June 1998. "TextFX redefines the performance level for desktop nonlinear systems," explained Stuart English, director of Marketing at Scitex Digital Video. "By adding a third realtime track for dynamic titling and graphics, MicroSphere gives desktop video users the same level of functionality that high-end post houses offer -- with none of the rendering time or resource-sharing restrictions of other desktop nonlinear systems." The TextFX PCI card A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. integrates seamlessly with the Sphere professional editing software, the Truevision TARGA 2000 RTX or SDX video board and the DveousFX(TM) realtime switcher and 3D effects board. All features are integrated within the Sphere editing application using intuitive operational commands and menu selections. To operate TextFX, users simply pick an effect from a menu, add the needed text or graphics, then drop the page onto the title track. The effect plays back instantly, at the correct time in the edit. Modifications can be made just as quickly. The creative potential of TextFX is enhanced by its flexibility -- PICT graphics and TrueType, PostScript and QuickDraw GX QuickDraw GX was a replacement for the QuickDraw (QD) 2D graphics engine and Printing Manager inside the "classic" Mac OS. Although GX was based on the same general geometry and dimensions of the original QD engine, the underlying drawing platform became a resolution-independent fonts can all be used and combined in graphic designs. "SDV (Switched Digital Video) See switched video. has been making Abekas-brand, broadcast-caliber CGs for a number of years," said English. "We're the only nonlinear system manufacturer with high-end experience in character generators, and we've leveraged these Abekas technologies to deliver unprecedented realtime titling in TextFX and MicroSphere." MicroSphere provides desktop video users with robust, easy-to-use broadcast-quality video postproduction tools and an affordable, compatible entry-point to the entire Sphere family of professional video postproduction solutions. Featuring three simultaneous realtime streams of video and instant effects creation, MicroSphere provides the best images available in the desktop market. Four-channel, CD-quality stereo audio, variable image compression (from visually lossless See lossless compression. (algorithm, compression) lossless - A term describing a data compression algorithm which retains all the information in the data, allowing it to be recovered perfectly by decompression. Unix compress and GNU gzip perform lossless compression. to offline quality), realtime anti-aliased titling, custom effects creation and broadcast-level keyframing are all standard on MicroSphere. MicroSphere is the first desktop-based system to offer fully realtime, broadcast-quality 3D DveousFX(TM) -- the same Abekas(R) video effects and keying technology now in use by the world's major broadcasters. The MicroSphere QuickTime native file format enables users to share files with any other QuickTime applications, and the system can also be networked to form a collaborative workgroup environment. Off-the-shelf storage solutions and upgradeable networking ensure a secure investment for the future. U.S. list price for the TextFX board is $4,995. For international pricing, please contact shortalh@scitexdv.com. -0- With three Technical Emmy Awards, Scitex Digital Video 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. The Sphere(TM) family of nonlinear 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 Redwood City, Calif., with offices in Grass Valley, 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 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 : SCIXF), a world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of visual information communications products, for the graphics arts, 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. CONTACT: Scitex Digital Video Helen Shortal, 650/599-3093 Fax: 650/599-3109 Shortalh@scitexdv.com or Howard Sherman PR Howard Sherman, 212/777-4711 Fax: 212/979-0128 Hshermanpr@aol.com |
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