SAN JOSE, CA -- Nov. 1, 2000 -- Canopus
Corporation announced DVRexRT Professional, a full-featured, professional-level
NLE that boasts extensive real-time capabilities. The DVRexRT Professional
delivers the features required by video professionals to capture and
blend DV and high-end analog footage. With its component video I/O,
balanced audio I/O and RS-422 analog deck control, DVRexRT Professional
allows capture of professional-level analog material without compromising
quality. DVRexRT Professional includes real-time editing, MPEG encoding,
DVD authoring, soundtrack creation and Internet streaming tools to provide
video professionals with a complete NLE solution in one package.
The DVRexRT Professional comes with Adobe Premiere 5.1, Canopus RexEdit
nonlinear editing software and an Adobe Premiere RT plug-in that brings
RexEdit's extensive collection of real-time filters and transitions,
including picture-in-picture, slow motion, movie look, color correction
and chroma key and luma key, to Premiere. DVRexRT Professional offers
native DV editing with real-time analog and DV output for greater quality
and timesavings. DVRexRT Professional supports camera control of DV,
DVCAM and RS-422 devices to give the user frame accurate batch capture
and timeline output for both DV and analog decks.
DVRexRT Professional includes a professional 19" rack-mount breakout
box that brings the connectors to a convenient location making it easy
to integrate the DVRexRT Professional into existing editing studios.
The breakout box features analog audio level meters that can be switched
between input and output levels, and left/right input gain adjustments.
A headphone output jack is also included for monitoring.
Canopus is including its hardware MPEG Module, a real-time MPEG encoder
that creates MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 streams directly from Adobe Premiere or
RexEdit nonlinear editing software. This allows video professionals
to convert DV format to MPEG-2 format directly, resulting in exceptional
video quality. By using Main Profile at Main Level MPEG-2, also called
MP@ML, the Canopus encoder delivers the high-quality video and audio
MPEG-2 output essential for CD-ROM delivery, DVD authoring and network
transmission. While other MPEG-2 systems use I-frame or IP-frame only,
MP@ML features true IBP frame format, providing the highest quality
video at the lowest bandwidth. In addition, the encoder's variable bit
rate capability is one of the most effective techniques used to maintain
video quality while reducing file size.
Internet streaming features are delivered through Canopus' powerful
new video streaming product, Web Video Wizard. Using advanced video
pre-processing algorithms, Web Video Wizard allows users to easily prepare
their edited video productions for Internet-based streaming. In just
a few easy steps, users can prepare their DV productions for Web streaming
and upload them to CanopusVideo.com. CanopusVideo.com is a full service
video hosting site that gives Canopus users an ideal solution for video
streaming. To round out this offering, Canopus is also including ACID
Style audio software from Sonic Foundry for a quick and easy way to
produce custom soundtracks, and SpruceUp DVD authoring software (full
version). SpruceUp is the latest product from Spruce Technologies, the
leading supplier of professional DVD authoring tools.
DVRexRT Professional supports single- and
dual-processor systems running Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 and will be available
in December 2000 from Canopus and authorized distributors, VARs and
mail-order suppliers for a suggested retail price of $4599.
About Canopus Corporation
Based in San Jose, Calif., Canopus Corporation designs and manufactures
graphics and video editing products for the PC. Canopus Corporation's
parent company, Canopus Co., Ltd., with headquarters in Kobe, is Japan's
largest maker of video editing and graphics products. For more information
contact Canopus at 408-954-4500 or visit their Web site at http://www.justedit.com/.
