The Company Is Offering a Special EDIUS Pro 3 Upgrade Promotion to Current
EDIUS Users
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopus Corporation today
announced EDIUS Pro 3, the latest version of its acclaimed professional
nonlinear editing software. EDIUS Pro 3, already available in Canopus's
acclaimed EDIUS HD, EDIUS SD and EDIUS SP/NX for HDV editing systems, frees
video editors from the limitations of conventional editing systems by
providing a seamless workflow with support for popular video acquisition
formats and realtime, multi-track, mixed format HD/SD editing, compositing,
chroma keying, titling and timeline output capabilities. EDIUS Pro 3 is
designed for maximum performance, delivering realtime output of multiple video
tracks, effects, and graphics and title layers. Canopus is offering a special
EDIUS Pro 3 upgrade promotion price of $149 to current EDIUS 2.x users. This
promotion begins today and runs until February 28, 2005.
EDIUS Pro 3 provides editors with true realtime, mixed format editing of
HD and SD footage, including HDV, DV, MPEG-2, lossless and uncompressed video
formats. Featuring unrivaled realtime video transcoding technology, EDIUS Pro
3 delivers realtime bidirectional conversion and playback of HD and SD
resolutions, aspect ratios and frame rates, including NTSC and PAL. To further
streamline the production workflow, EDIUS Pro 3 also features realtime
playback and DV output of all effects, keyers, transitions and titles, and can
export projects to any format or medium required, including DVD-Video with
direct-to-DVD timeline export.
At the core of EDIUS Pro 3's HD editing capabilities is the award-winning
Canopus HQ codec. The Canopus HQ codec features adjustable bitrate settings
and chroma sampling that exceeds HDCAM format to deliver pristine quality HD
video. While EDIUS Pro 3 provides editing support of native HDV MPEG-2
transport streams, editors can also capture from HDV cameras and decks
directly to the Canopus HQ codec for increased realtime-editing performance.
EDIUS Pro 3 includes many new features EDIUS users have requested,
including support for QuickTime import to the timeline, the new Canopus
Lossless codec for lossless capture of SD footage, improved white balance,
layer blending keyers for high-quality compositing, Canopus QuickTitler with
roll/crawl support, improved audio handling with channel mapping functions,
and numerous user interface customization options. EDIUS Pro 3 also supports
EDL import and export, with full timeline reconstruction and project trimming
functionality.
EDIUS Pro 3 directly supports Windows-based OHCI-compliant FireWire
adaptors, as well as Canopus's range of realtime editing hardware solutions,
including EDIUS editing systems, DVStorm series and DVRaptor RT2 series, that
provide video input/output and accelerated realtime editing performance.
Availability and Pricing
The EDIUS Pro 3 upgrade is available now at special upgrade promotion
pricing of $149 for registered users of EDIUS 2.x, and $249 for EDIUS LE and
EDIUS 1.x users. This promotion ends February 28, 2005. A retail version of
EDIUS Pro 3 will be available in February from Canopus, its authorized dealers
and system integrators for a suggested retail price of $699. A Canopus Codec
Option Pack, which includes the DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD software codecs, is
available for a suggested retail price of $999. For additional details visit
the Canopus Web site at http://www.canopus.com.
About Canopus Corporation
Canopus Corporation, based in San Jose, Calif., is a subsidiary of Canopus
Co., Ltd, headquartered in Kobe, Japan. Canopus designs and markets
award-winning digital video and graphics solutions for video professionals and
enthusiasts. The company combines innovative hardware and software designs to
set new standards in performance, functionality and reliability. Industry
leaders worldwide recognize Canopus's advanced HD, HDV, DV and MPEG codec
technologies, which are featured in the company's acclaimed video editing
solutions, transcoding products and network-based video distribution systems.
Canopus also has offices in the U.K., Germany, Italy, Australia and China in
addition to an extensive worldwide distribution network. For more information
contact Canopus at 408-954-4500 or visit the Web site at http://www.canopus.com.
NOTE: Canopus is a registered trademark and EDIUS, DVRaptor and DVStorm
are trademarks of Canopus Co., Ltd. ProCoder and Xplode are trademarks of
Canopus Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are
property of their respective owners.
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