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EDIUS SP for HDV is the most advanced professional nonlinear editing solution in its class. Boasting hardware editing acceleration and high-quality video input and output circuitry, EDIUS SP for HDV interfaces with professional and consumer video equipment, including HDV, DV and all consumer analog formats, with optional native editing support available for DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD.
Designed to seamlessly integrate into existing studio environments, EDIUS SP for HDV features support for professional video equipment with component video and balanced audio input/output as well as frame-accurate RS-422 VTR control and external reference sync input connections.
EDIUS SP for HDV Key Hardware Benefits
• Optimized, realtime integration and acceleration with EDIUS Pro software
• Extensive analog and digital video equipment inputs/outputs, including RS-422 control and external reference sync input
• Additional component HD/SD video output for broadcast monitor preview
• Onboard DV hardware codec
• Advanced analog video adjustment, enhancement and synchronization technology
• Analog video capture to lossless, uncompressed, DV, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 †
• Precise RS-422, DV, and HDV device control
• VTR control via AV/C-RS-422 conversion*
• Realtime bidirectional analog / DV conversion and capture (ADVC functionality)*
• Realtime editing plug-in for Adobe® Premiere® Pro
• Scalable, future-proof hardware and video codec design for unrestricted realtime capabilities and long product life
*Compatible with popular Windows® NLE applications that support OHCI, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Xpress® DV, Vegas® and more
† DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD codec pack is available as a separate option for EDIUS SP for HDV
Complete HDV Input/Output
While editing HDV, the ability for editors to view their compositions accurately is critical, only a HD monitor can faithfully display HDV output modes, including 1080i. EDIUS SP for HDV includes specialized HDV hardware featuring component HD video output for high-quality, realtime monitor realtime monitor preview of 1080i HDV.
Additionally, the HD component output module's audio processing ensures that audio playback is in perfect sync with video output.
EDIUS SP for HDV includes capture utilities for Sony's HDR-FX1 camera, which provides direct capture support from the HDR-FX1, as well as export-to-tape functions for edited sequences. EDIUS SP for HDV also supports full device control options for the HDR-FX1.
Realtime Multi-format Analog Capture
Using EDIUS SP for HDV's extensive analog inputs, editors can, in realtime, convert and capture video to Canopus's high-quality codecs, including lossless, uncompressed and DV25, as well as the optionally-available DVCPRO 50 codec.
High-quality Video Equipment Connectivity and Synchronization
EDIUS SP for HDV's expansive inputs and outputs provide connectivity to a broad range of analog and digital video equipment. Featuring component analog video I/O, balanced audio I/O, component HD video output and an external reference sync input, EDIUS SP for HDV can integrate into any existing studio environment.
Adjust and Enhance NTSC Analog Video
EDIUS SP for HDV employs advanced image enhancement technology to adjust and filter analog source video prior to capture. Adjustment features include l uminance, chroma and hue color controls, as well as 3D Y/C separation and 3D noise reduction filtering on NTSC analog video input.
Onboard Canopus Hardware DV Codec with ADVC Functionality
EDIUS SP for HDV features Canopus 's proprietary DV codec chip, also found at the core of Canopus 's acclaimed line of ADVC products. This DV codec chip provides the best picture quality preservation and audio/video synchronization during analog-to-DV and DV-to-analog conversion.
The DV codec chip greatly increases EDIUS realtime editing capabilities by providing constant, realtime DV output from the timeline, without impacting on system performance or limiting the number of realtime video tracks.
EDIUS SP for HDV is also the first nonlinear editing system to feature full ADVC functionality. Available from both EDIUS Pro and any other Windows-based NLE application that supports OHCI, EDIUS SP for HDV provides realtime bidirectional analog/DV conversion and capture. This feature is also available independently of any editing application to provide direct analog/DV deck video transfer. EDIUS SP for HDV also features AV/C-RS-422 control conversion, to provide control of analog VTRs from within any NLE application, as though they were a DV device.
• Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0GHz processor or faster (Intel Xeon® 3.2GHz dual processors recommended,
Hyper-Threading supported)
• 1GB RAM
• One free PCI 64-bit/66MHz slot (rev. 2.2) *
• One free PCI 32-bit/33MHz slot (rev. 2.2)
• 800MB free disk space
• ATA100/5400rpm hard disk or faster recommended (requires Ultra SCSI 160 or better when
playing two streams or more while reading uncompressed files)
• Graphics card with hardware-based DirectDraw overlay and 32-bit color display at a
1024x768 resolution
• Windows® XP Home or Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack 1 or later)
• DirectX 9.0 or later
• Soundcard
• DVD-ROM reader to access sample content
*EDIUS SP for HDV can also be used in a 32-bit PCI slot for editing in SD resolution, however HD hardware acceleration and HD component output will be disabled
Tested/Recommended Hardware
Canopus has successfully tested EDIUS SP for HDV with the following hardware:
• Motherboard - Intel SE7505VB2 (64-bit PCI bus), uses the Intel E7505 chipset
• PC Workstation - HP Workstation xw8200/CT, uses the Intel E7525 chipset
• EDIUS SP for HDV PCI bus card
• EDIUS SP for HDV HD component output card
• 1 x FireWire cable (4-pin – 4-pin)
• 1 x Multi I/O cable
• 1 x 6-pin connector cable for HD component card
• 1 x 4-pin internal video connector cable
• 1 x 4-pin internal audio connector cable
• EDIUS Pro installation CD-ROM
• EDIUS Pro user manual
• EDIUS SP for HDV utilities CD-ROM
• Sample footage DVD-ROM
• Ulead DVD Workshop installation CD-ROM
• Sony ACID Music Studio installation CD-ROM
Video Formats (Capture)
• Canopus DV - 720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• YUY2 (Uncompressed) - 720x486/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• Canopus Lossless - 720x486/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• HDV/Canopus HQ - 1080/59.94i (NTSC), 1080/50i (PAL), 720/30p (NTSC), 720x480/60p (NTSC), 720x576/25p (PAL), 720x576/50p (PAL)
• Canopus HD *: 1280x1080/59.94i, 1280x1080/60i, 1280x1080/50i, 1280x720/59.94p, 1280x720/50p
Video Formats (Output)
Digital Video (FireWire)
• NTSC: 720x480/59.94i
• PAL: 720x576/50i
• HDV: 1080/59.94i (NTSC), 1080/50i (PAL), 720/30p (NTSC), 720x480/60p (NTSC),
720x576/25p (PAL), 720x576/50p (PAL)
• Canopus HD* (DVCPRO HD): 1280x1080/59.94i (NTSC), 1280x1080/60i (NTSC),
1280x1080/50i (PAL)
Analog Video
• NTSC: 720x480/59.94i, 720x486/59.94i
• PAL: 720x576/50i
* Canopus HD format only available with the Canopus Codec Option Pack
Digital Video Input/Output
• 1 x 4-pin FireWire
Analog Video Input
• 1 x component (BNC – Y, B-Y, R-Y )
• 1 x S-Video (4-pin miniDIN)
• 1 x c omposite (BNC)
• 1 x Ref input (BNC)
Analog Video Output
• 2 x component (BNC – Y, B-Y, R-Y )
• 1 x S-Video (4-pin miniDIN)
• 1 x c omposite (BNC)
Analog Audio Input
• 2 x XLR-3-31 female (1-gnd 2-hot 3-cold) (balanced)
• 1 x stereo (RCA) (unbalanced)
Analog Audio Output
• 2 x XLR-3-32 male (1-gnd 2-hot 3-cold) (balanced)
• 2 x stereo (RCA) (unbalanced)
Device Control
• 9-pin D-sub RS-422A
• IEEE 1394 FireWire
• Three-year limited warranty (hardware)
Migrate DV content to enhanced HDV/HD in realtime
EDIUS SP for HDV is ready to move existing standard definition video to the world of HD. With one simple setting, EDIUS SP for HDV edits DV content in HD resolution, while providing output to HDTV monitors using the onboard HD component output. EDIUS SP for HDV provides the highest quality realtime up-res conversion from standard definition to high definition video, and all project titles, graphics and effects are performed in HD resolution.
Ensuring a painless transition to the world of HD, editors can edit and output newly-created HDV content to hard disks or DVD-R drives without requiring an HDV camera or deck.
EDIUS Pro sets an entirely new level in editing productivity by offering realtime, mixed format editing not rivaled by any other system.
Canopus has long been regarded as a leader in high-quality, high-performance video codec technology and today, more video professionals rely on acclaimed Canopus technologies for multi-format video transcoding, realtime nonlinear editing and frame-accurate MPEG editing.
EDIUS Pro can seamlessly edit, in realtime, any mix of HD, HDV, DV, uncompressed, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 video, maintaining the full native format, resolution and color space quality of all video clips. The EDIUS engine is resolution and framerate independent to ensure support of future video codecs and formats.
The productivity gains from realtime mixed format editing are immense as there is no time-consuming format pre-conversion or preparation required prior to editing.
Realtime HDV Editing
When it comes to realtime editing of HDV and other MPEG formats, Canopus's leadership in advanced video codec technologies becomes clear.
EDIUS Pro supports editing of true native HDV MPEG-2 transport streams in realtime. For increased realtime performance and the highest image quality for editing, HDV footage can be captured using the Canopus HQ (1080/60i, 50i, 720/30p, 25p) codec. The Canopus HQ Codec is a proprietary video compression algorithm developed by Canopus, for high-quality HD resolution video editing. The HQ codec supports the HDV resolutions employed by Sony and JVC, 1440 x 1080 and 1280 x 720 respectively, with intra-field coding as opposed to inter-frame coding featured with HDV. This provides high-quality, frame-accurate editing of footage, while maintaining the image quality at 4:2:2 chroma sub-sampling, compared to HDV's 4:2:0 sub-sampling.
Realtime, multi-track, mixed HDV / MPEG editing with other formats is a capability that is only found in EDIUS Pro.
EDIUS Pro not only provides realtime mixed format editing, but also realtime video output to any format. This means that all aspect ratio conversions between 4:3 and 16:9 video, as well as up-res and down-res conversions between standard and hi-definition video are processed in realtime.
For example, EDIUS Pro can up-res a mix of SD MPEG-2 and DV footage for output to HDV in realtime. EDIUS can also down-res a HDV project for output as uncompressed SD video in realtime. Realtime output not only provides instant results to tape or monitors, but also delivers any video in the format required.
The EDIUS Pro Video Layout Tool is particularly useful when using mixed video formats as it provides realtime adjustment of video clip scaling, cropping and positioning. EDIUS Pro preserves the original quality and resolution integrity of all clips, so it is possible to scale up higher definition video clips within a standard definition project without quality loss. The Video Layout Tool is realtime, so any resolution changes can be previewed and output instantly.
With Scalable Technology, there are no limits to the number of video tracks, the number of graphic and title layers or the number of effects that can be output in realtime.
Other realtime video editing systems are restricted to processing only two video and graphics tracks simultaneously for realtime video output. EDIUS Pro incorporates Canopus's Scalable Technology, which ensures that there are no performance limitations in the number of video tracks, the number of graphic and title layers or the number of effects that can be output in realtime.
Future-proof scalable design provides a long product life and high return on investment.
Fast, Flexible Interface and Design
EDIUS Pro offers powerful customization control over the appearance and functions of the user interface. Features include a floating window design with adjustable preset positions, options to add and remove EDIUS Pro function buttons within each window, and a keyboard shortcut mapping utility that provides users with the ability to change virtually any keyboard commands to suit their workflow.
The EDIUS Pro interface also features advanced bin window media management and searching tools, productive yet simple mouse gestures for clip trimming, scrubbing and playback, and a realtime Vectorscope and Waveform monitor for detailed analysis of footage while capturing and editing.
The EDIUS Workflow: Importing, Editing and Exporting
EDIUS Pro provides simple, streamlined and responsive controls for importing of media into a project. EDIUS Pro capturing modes not only include industry-standard options for batch capturing and scene-detection, but also allow editors to perform three and four-point edits of footage from an external VTR and directly place them onto the timeline.
In addition to extensive video format support, EDIUS Pro can also import many popular digital media formats such as 32-bit QuickTime™ clips, MP3 audio files and Adobe® PhotoShop® images. EDIUS Pro also features a still image sequence importer to allow editors to quickly import compositions created in other third-party 3D modeling and animation packages.
Editing operations within EDIUS Pro are engineered for high-speed productivity, without compromising on quality. EDIUS Pro editing modes include ripple, slip, V/A split, slide and rolling, as well as combinations of these modes. With EDIUS Pro, editors can also easily speed up, slow down or even reverse the playback of any clip and get instant, high-quality realtime playback
and output.
Export to Other SD and HD Formats
Upon completion of a project, EDIUS Pro offers export support to all widely used file formats and mediums with ProCoder Express for EDIUS. Built with the same high-speed, high-quality encoding and media technology found in Canopus ProCoder 2.0, ProCoder Express for EDIUS exports to QuickTime, Windows Media™ and DivX®, along with MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV, HDV and more.
With ProCoder Express for EDIUS, any project can be exported and burned directly to DVD from the timeline, complete with chapter points. EDIUS Pro also takes advantage of Canopus realtime MPEG encoding hardware where available (either included or available optionally for all EDIUS solutions).
EDIUS Pro empowers editors with an array of realtime filters, keyers and transitions to refine and enhance video projects, without the need for rendering Realtime effects, filters and keyers within EDIUS Pro can be stacked and used in any combination to provide unrestricted creativity. Video and audio effects may be customized and saved as presets for use in future projects.
Video Filters and Effects
EDIUS Pro features 28 different realtime video filters to style, enhance or correct any video project. Each filter offers simple yet powerful adjustment controls to further refine an effect.
Realtime keying effects, such as Chroma key, are also included for compositing. With realtime, multi-track editing power and intelligent keying controls, any sequences that feature Chroma key, Luma key or Picture-in-Picture effects, can be previewed and output instantly.
Transitions with EDIUS FX and Xplode for EDIUS
EDIUS Pro features Xplode for EDIUS and EDIUS FX, advanced 2D and 3D video effect engines. These transition effects incorporate proprietary Canopus Effects Technology and provide the power to create stunning and professional quality video transitions. With over 40 transition groups to choose from, each with customizable options, controls and numerous presets, Xplode for EDIUS and EDIUS FX provide sophisticated power for the demanding video editor.
>Xplode for EDIUS
VST Audio Plug-in Support
In addition to the included audio filters, EDIUS Pro can make use of any third-party audio effects that make use of the Virtual Studio Technology (VST) interface standard. This allows any number of additional realtime audio effects to plug into EDIUS Pro for more sophisticated audio editing.
> VST Audio Plug-in
Inscriber® TitleMotion™ Pro for Canopus
A co-developed solution created by Canopus and Inscriber, TitleMotion Pro for Canopus is a specially-optimized, full version of the popular broadcast titling package, which provides editors with tools to create high-quality titles with realtime preview and playback during composition in either SD or HD. Featuring keyframed animation capabilities within both 2D and 3D spaces, TitleMotion Pro can produce polished, broadcast titles within minutes. TitleMotion Pro titles can be created and stored within the Bin window, or created directly from the editing timeline.
EDIUS Pro Software Feature List
User Interface
Floating window user interface for easy workspace customization. (Customizable for single and dual monitor setup)
• Dual or single preview windows (recorder and player)
• Up to 10 user-definable workspace layouts
• Customizable toolbar buttons
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts
• Renaming of video, audio and title tracks
• User-definable effects presets and folders
• Re-mapping of missing media clips
• Timecode and VU meter overlay display
• Timeline window
• Bin window
• Effect selector window
• Information window
• Marker window
• Realtime waveform and vectorscope window (available while capturing and previewing video)
Timeline Editing
Fast and flexible timeline editing for efficient workflow and increased productivity.
• Unlimited video tracks
• Unlimited title and graphics layers
• Unlimited audio tracks
• Audio waveform display
• Transparency track keyframe
• Audio volume / pan keyframe
• Lock / Hide tracks
• Three-point editing
• Four-point editing (fit to fill with realtime speed control)
• Ripple editing
• Slip, slide and roll editing (performed while viewing in / out points)
• Video / audio split editing
• Voiceover recording support
• Realtime audio output mixer
• Multiple clip selection for moving, cutting and copying
• Apply filters and transitions to multiple clips
• Clip division through all tracks
• Video/Audio unlinking
• Transition on same track (all tracks)
• Transition between video tracks
• Tools for realtime cropping, scaling and frame repositioning
• ShuttleScrub preview window control
• Unlimited undo / redo levels
• Auto save feature
Effects
• Simultaneous realtime effects for unlimited creativity
• Realtime video and audio tracks
• Realtime title and graphics tracks
• Realtime video filters: - Anti Flicker, Blend Filters, Block Color, Blur, Chrominance, Color Balance, Color Wheel, Combine Filters, Emboss, Loop Slide, Matrix, Median, Mirror, Monotone, Mosaic,
Motion Blur, Old Movie/Film, Pencil Sketch, Raster Wipe, Region, Sharpness, Smooth Blur,
Soft Focus, Strobe/Freeze, Tunnel Vision, Video Noise, White Balance, YUV Curve
• Realtime audio filters: - Delay, Graphic Equalizer, High-pass Filter, Low-pass Filter, Panpot and Balance, Parametric Equalizer, Tone Controller
• Realtime video keyers: - 3D Picture-in-Picture, Chroma Key, Luma Key, Picture-in-Picture
• Realtime 2D and 3D transitions (including SMPTE transitions)
• Realtime title effects
• VST audio plug-in bridge (VST plug-ins not included)
Titles
• Inscriber® TitleMotion® Pro for Canopus
• Realtime roll / crawl
• Animated titles with 3D effects and motion
Bin Media Clip Handling
• Group selection of media
• Multiple folder support
• Detailed list folder view
• Media clip search options
• Drag-and-drop file/folder import from Windows Explorer
• Adjustable video clip aspect ratio and field order
• TGA file sequence importer
• Supported video file formats:
- MPEG Video Stream (*.mpv; *.m2v)
- MPEG Program Stream (*.mpg; *.mpeg; *.m2p; *.mp2)
- MPEG Transport Stream (*.m2p; *.m2t)
- DV, uncompressed AVI (*.avi)
- QuickTime (*.mov)
• Supported audio file formats:
- Aiff File (*.aif; *.aiff)
- Ogg Vorbis File (*.ogg)
- MPEG Audio Layer-3 (*.mp3)
- MPEG Audio Stream (*.mpa; *.m2a)
• Supported image file formats:
- Inscriber (*.icg; *.ips)
- Targa (*.tga; *.targa; *.vda; *.icb; *.vst)
- Windows Bitmap (*.bmp; *.dib; *.rle)
- JPEG (*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.jfif)
- Flash Pix (*.fpx)
- TIFF (*.tif; *.tiff)
- Photoshop (*.psd)
- Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
- PICT (*.pic; *.pct; *.pict)
- QuickTime Image (*.qtif; *.qti; *.qif)
- Silicon Graphics Image File (*.sgi; *.rgb)
- CompuServe GIF (*.gif)
- Windows Meta File (*.wmf)
- Wave File (*.wav)
• Clip sorting functions:
- File name
- Clip name
- File size
- Date
Video/Audio Input
• Full DV deck control capture
• Batch capture
• Direct-to-timeline capture
• Audio-only capture
• Automatic file division capture at date and timecode break
• 32-bit uncompressed video import (for video clips with alpha)
• EDL import - BVE-9100/5000 and CMX-340
• Direct CD / DVD clip import
• Analog deck control capture with RS-422
Video/Audio Output
• Realtime DV output from timeline
• Embedded timecode on exported video
• TGA file sequence export
• MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, Windows Media™, RealVideo®, QuickTime™ and DivX® export via
ProCoder Express for EDIUS
• Direct-to-DVD timeline export
• Hardware MPEG encoder support for Canopus MVRD2200 and MPEGPRO MVR
• High-quality Canopus HD, DV and MPEG codecs
Supported Hardware
• IEEE 1394 FireWire
• EDIUS for HDV series
• EDIUS HD / EDIUS SD
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