The Following are Highlights of NAB2000
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FAST
Broadcast The silver family is proud to announce its newest member
silver.DV FAST Multimedia Inc, will feature the award winning silver editing system with the new InTime Processor at the Sands Convention center booth S4150. more |
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Pinnacle
Systems Announces Commotion 3.0 NAB Convention, Las Vegas, NV, Pinnacle Systems, Inc. announced Commotion 3.0, the all-in-one solution that combines the power of the paintbrush with intuitive compositing and effects tools to deliver superior performance on the desktop. more |
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Nothing
Real Ships Shake Version 2.2 LOS ANGELES Nothing Real ,a leading high-end compositing software provider to the digital content creation market,announced that it is now shipping Version 2.2 of its highly acclaimed Shake product line. more |
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Keops
Broadcast MediaWorks Compatible with Panasonic DNA System NAB 2000, Las Vegas, NV - Keops Broadcast announced that its MediaWorks asset management system is compatible with the Panasonic DNA (DVCPRO News Automation) turnkey, digital video server system for news post-production, storage and multi-channel playback to air. more |
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New
Development Program for Quantel Editing Family At NAB, Quantel will be rolling out its Version 8 software development program for its Editbox, Henry and Infinity editing and effects systems. more |
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Discreet
Introduces Innovative Web Streaming Solution LAS VEGAS, NAB, At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Discreet embraces the conference's theme of "convergence" with strong product and company announcements regarding content creation, Web streaming, and rich media delivery across the Internet. more |
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Discreet
Ignites Desktops with combustion* Discreet Introduces combustion* - Powerful Unified Paint, Animation and 3D Visual Effects for the Desktop Las Vegas, Nevada - NAB - April 10, 2000 - Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc., today announced a significant milestone in the company's history with the launch of combustion*, Discreet's newest visual effects product. more |
| Cycore
Announces Discreet To Provide Support for Cult3D Marketing Efforts Cycore and Discreet, announced a cooperative marketing relationship to bring 3D interactive product visualization to the Web. more |
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| Alias|Wavefront
Announces Universal Rendering Policy for Maya 3 Alias|Wavefront, announced additional details about its upcoming release of the Maya version 3 software. New features will include a universal rendering policy that enables Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited customers to "float" the Maya Batch Renderer across any number of machines on Windows NT, IRIX and Linux platforms. more |
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Discreet
edit* V6.0 to Support Matrox DigiSuite DTV Matrox Video Products Group announced that edit* V6.0, Discreet's nonlinear Windows-NT finishing system, will support the Matrox DigiSuite DTV realtime editing platform. more |
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NewTek
Previews Video Toaster 2.0 NewTek manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, previewed some of the groundbreaking technological advancements that will be included in Video Toaster 2.0, the next generation of the desktop video tool that has revolutionized video production. Video Toaster 2.0 will be formally introduced in the second half of 2000. more |
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ICE
Ships New Avid 'On ICE' EZ Avid systems announced it has shipped Avid 'On ICE' 3.5, known as the Avid 'On ICE' EZ release, with exceptional ease in adding effects from within the familiar Avid nonlinear editing environment. Now with more effects and transition treatments, this latest Avid 'On ICE' release includes over 110 superfast special effects filters that leverage ICE's award-winning hardware/software acceleration technology - all easily accessed from within the Avid effect palette. The Basic Edition of Avid 'On ICE' is priced at $5,995 and an Ultra Edition, with added functionality and speed for ICE's ultimate advantage, is available for $9,995. This EZ release is provided at no charge to those registered Avid 'On ICE' users as of April 10, 2000. more |
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Sonic
Solutions Debuts DVDit! PE First Professional-Level DVD Authoring
System for Under $1000 Sonic
Solutions introduced a new addition to the company's award-winning
DVDit! product line - Sonic DVDit! Professional Edition. Based on
Sonic's groundbreaking DVDit!, DVDit! Full story coming soon |
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Lucasfilm
to Shoot Star Wars: Episode II on Digital 24P High Definition George Lucas has formally announced that he will shoot the next episode of Star Wars: Episode II using digital 24 frame progressive high definition in place of film for most of the movie's live action scenes following four months of systematic testing by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Industrial Light & Magic. more |
| Canopus
Shows Scalable Real-time Video Editing Using a Single1GHz AMD Athlon
Processor Canopus Corporation plans to demonstrate that the new 1GHz AMD Athlon processor provides the power to handle the advanced real time features in Canopus' DVRexRT DV editing system. more |
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Pinnacle
Systems and Apple Bring Uncompressed HD Video To the Macintosh Pinnacle Systems and Apple announced uncompressed standard-definition (SD) and uncompressed high-definition (HD) video solutions available only on the Macintosh. more |
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and Apple Announce Real-Time DV Editing for the Mac, Matrox Video Products Group and Apple announced the first PCI video card for real- time digital video (DV) editing on the Macintosh. The RTMac, architected by Matrox and Apple engineers, is tightly integrated with Apple's award-winning Final Cut Pro video creation software to provide real-time editing, effects and compositing. Fully configured systems are expected to start at under $5,000. more |
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Discreet
Introduces inferno*, flame*, flint* and effect* Version 4/7 Las Vegas, Nevada - NAB - April 10, 2000 - Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc., today introduced versions 4/7 for inferno*, flame*, flint* and effect*, the company's most pivotal release of its AcademyŽ-award winning visual effects and finishing solutions since the revolutionary introduction of flame* in 1993. more |
| Philips
Broadcast and Primedia's IndustryClick Announce Alliance for Online
Auction Site LAS VEGAS, -- Philips Broadcast and Digibid, the online industry auction unit of PRIMEDIA's IndustryClick, have formed a strategic alliance whereby the two companies will jointly develop a Philips auction site to sell Philips broadcast and professional video equipment using Digibid technology. more |
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Avid
Unveils Innovative New Products, Solutions and Strategic Alliances
at NAB 2000 At the 2000 National Association of Broadcasters Conference (NAB), Avid Technology, Inc. announced new streaming media, networked encoding, news editing and web publishing products, new versions of current editing and finishing products, significant alliances to more quickly deliver interactive television and web encoding capabilities, and new programs to meet customer satisfaction demands. more |
| JVC
Expands Non-Linear Editing Product Line Las Vegas, NV (NAB, April 10-13, 2000) -- JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY introduces the latest "Timegate" Non-Linear editor family member, the new MW-S1200. more |
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Pluto
and Imagica Deliver HDCAM Images Networked to HyperSPACE Boulder, CO - April 8, 2000 -- Pluto Technologies is pleased to announce the roll-out of a new HDTV software application, called ZSPACE, making work with compressed HD images on SGI workstations and movement of compressed HD files over local and wide area networks, a reality. more |