Section13 PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO Non-Linear Applied Magic ...............................................800-801 Digital Origin.................................................802-805 Aurora ....................................................................806 Apple Computer............................................807-810 AIST .................................................................811-813 Sony.................................................................814-815 DPS ..................................................................816-819 Newtek ...........................................................820-823 Canopus..........................................................824-829 SourceBook Video Pinnacle Systems...........................................830-843 Matrox ............................................................844-853 In-Sync ............................................................854-857 Avid .................................................................858-869 Media 100 ......................................................870-881 Play..................................................................882-887 Inscriber .........................................................888-889 Boris FX ..........................................................890-891 Hollywood FX ................................................892-893 Adobe..............................................................894-897 Puffin Design.................................................898-901 DigiEffects......................................................902-905 ICE .................................................................. 906-911 Videonics ........................................................912-915 Newtek ...........................................................916-919 The rofessional Play..................................................................920-924 AIST/Vitec..............................................................925 P Non-Linear Accessories ................................926-927 Non-Linear Audio..........................................928-933 Medea .............................................................934-935 CTI .................................................................. 936-939 APPLIED MAGIC SCREENPLAY Standalone Non-Linear Video Editing System ScreenPlay is revolutionary non-linear video production appliance (no computer required) that offers broadcast quality video, real-time performance, and an easy-to-learn, award-winning user interface. Incorporating a real-time effects engine, and advanced Wavelet technology, ScreenPlay delivers full-motion, crystal clear video in realtime. Designed from the ground up and optimized for video production, there is no need for system configuration or add-on boards. Just plug it in and go to work! NON-LINEAR ScreenPlay features broadcast-quality video, real time transi- tions, 2D effects, page turns, picture-in-picture, special effects (including interpolated slow motion), color effects and motion titles. The patented WhiteMagic and ColorGard video tuning features offer real time auto-white balancing and color correc- tion of your video in post-production. ScreenPlay supports stop motion, time lapse recording and multi-layering of video, audio and effects – while maintaining amazing video quality through multiple layers! You can work on up to six proj- ects at a time, and the system supports project backup and restore. 800 ScreenPlay is designed to work on one display device – either a television, video monitor or computer monitor. A single stroke of a key toggles you between the interface screen and full screen playback. When working in the interface mode, the system features a very nice, full 1/4-screen video-viewing window. ScreenPlay comes with a custom keyboard, which is pre-labeled for video production. Software is multi-standard (NTSC and PAL) and supports seven languages. An optional, custom wireless keyboard is also available. FEATURES ScreenPlay uses a proprietary operating system (OS) designed from ScreenPlay ships with SP-edit, ScreenPlay’s editing application, and the ground up for editing, providing a stable, efficient real-time oper- SP-title, ScreenPlay’s titler. SP-edit includes a transition package, ating system. The OS is also extremely extremely tight and efficient, color effects package, special effects package, graphics package and an code is loaded in just 4MB of flash ROM. Quite amazing when you audio package. SP-title supports TrueType fonts and comes preloaded consider that the combination of popular PC-based editing applica- with 8 True-Type fonts (any number and variety of fonts can be tions with Windows NT typically takes up about 160 MB of hard downloaded via CD-ROM). Both SP-edit and SP-title are real-time disk space. The benefit here is pure A/V storage on your hard drives applications. and the fact that your system continues to run even if your hard drive fails! ScreenPlay is an ideal tool for event videographers, educators, corpo- rate A/V departments and government agencies. It can be used to ScreenPlay is more a digital appliance than a computer, and therefore create training videos, presentations, facilities promotions, recruit- doesn’t incorporate many of the computer metaphors such as file ment, product demos or promotions, and distance learning. management. In ScreenPlay, a file is synonymous with a video clip; a Screenplay’s realtime functionality makes it ideal for a school envi- collection of video clips (with audio, titles and effects) is called a ronment, where class time is limited and student captivation a must. project. The only limitation is that a video clip cannot exceed 36GB Students will also find ScreenPlay’s interface so easy to learn that they in size (2 hours and 20 minutes at the highest quality setting). If you will be editing right away. The MIDI time code in and out makes it ever encounter such a situation, splitting the clip would resolve the great for producing music videos. issue. APPLIED MAGIC SCREENPLAY Inputs and Outputs Wavelet Compression Technology ■ Screenplay has two sets of composite and S-Video inputs and outputs (front and Screenplay uses Wavelet compression technology because it offers the best mix of quality rear) and a DV (IEEE1394) I/O option and efficiency. While M-JPEG (Motion-JPEG) offers excellent quality, it uses the most conveniently located behind a front panel hard disk space to maintain its quality, so it is not efficient. MPEG offers the most com- access door for camcorder input. The DV pression while still maintaining decent quality, so it is the most efficient, but the poorest of NON-LINEAR option also incorporates a PCMCIA the three in terms of quality. (MPEG has a tough time with horizontal and vertical lines Type II port for inputting still images and with lots of motion, such as leaves blowing on a tree.) Wavelet offers the best quality of from digital still cameras. the three – about a 20% quality improvement over M-JPEG at comparable compression settings – and an efficiency rating that falls between M-JPEG and MPEG. ■ Stereo audio inputs are provided on the front and rear panels–the system sup- ports four stereo audio channels. There is Award-Winning Interface also a microphone jack for narration, and With one of the most intuitive user-interfaces ever, ScreenPlay lets you be a a headphone jack for monitoring your video editor instead of a computer specialist. On the right side of the audio on the front panel. ScreenPlay control screen you choose your desired editing function from three ■ Additional I/O support includes a CD- simple clickable icons (Clapper Board, Titler and Toolbox). ROM drive (to input software upgrades, digital music, fonts and digital stills and 1) Clicking on the Clapper Board icon activates the Bin area for accessing video clip art.), VGA port (to drive a computer or audio clips, transitions, graphics and effects. Video and audio clips can be monitor if desired), PS/2 port for the dragged and dropped in your desired order onto the Storyboard timeline at the bottom of keyboard and a serial port that is MIDI the screen. Transitions compatible and also provides machine 801 dragged to the control for batch capture. Storyboard are per- formed in realtime, Supported File Formats with no rendering. ■ ScreenPlay’s CD-ROM drive allows you These include dissolves, to import a variety of media through its page turns and picture- auto-install feature. The system supports in-picture. Your options in the Effects Bin include freeze-frame, slo-mo, film look, color JPEG, BMP, PNG, WAVELET, WAV, effects and more—all in realtime. Graphics are also dragged to the Storyboard and placed AIFF and CDDA files, as well as True in the titling track. Type Fonts. Aso supports 3rd party plug- ins, such as Pixelan’s Video Spice Rack. 2) Titler icon designated by the letter “A” provides high quality True Type fonts in your choice of sizes, scroll or crawl, drop shadow, rotation, and many other font options. Titler also Storage includes a powerful drawing tool to create and manipulate complex shapes. ■ ScreenPlay currently comes with a 3) Toolbox icon is where you choose from a wide range of user options like selecting NTSC 9 GB hard drive, and depending on the or PAL, compression ratio (variable from 5:1 broadcast quality to 25:1 demo quality), input quality setting chosen, can hold between sources and even your choice of operating language (English, Spanish, German, French, 35 minutes at the highest quality setting Italian