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MillimeterLeitch ships VelocityHD 9.1 with HDV and Varicam support
Nov 17, 2005 9:40 AM
Harris Corporation today announced that version 9.1 of Leitch's VelocityHD nonlinear editing (NLE) system is now shipping. This new release enhances the six-time award-winning HD/SD NLE solution with support for the HDV high-definition format, variable frame rate processing for content from Panasonic's Varicam, broadened standard-definition format support and more.
VelocityHD 9.1 supports direct IEEE 1394 ingest of both 1080i and 720p material from HDV devices. HDV content can be mixed seamlessly with other HD formats on the timeline. New processing for variable frame rate content from the AJ-HDC27 Varicam camcorder allows the removal of the material's non-active frames while recording the HD-SDI input stream, enabling support for 24fps VariCam content plus VariCam's "overcranking" and "undercranking" for in-camera off-speed effects. VelocityHD editing enhancements include doubling the number of realtime, full-quality camera angles supported in HD multi-camera editing from two to four.
VelocityHD 9.1's broadened, standard-definition format flexibility includes direct timeline support for DV25 material from many tapeless recording devices, and DVCPRO25 and DVCPRO50 content from Panasonic's P2 media-less memory-based products. VelocityHD 9.1 also supports project and media files from Leitch's standard-definition Velocity and VelocityQ editing systems.
"Version 9.1 bolsters the high-performance, 'true realtime' productivity benefits of VelocityHD with broadened format flexibility and support for the unique capabilities of popular acquisition choices such as Varicam and P2," said Randy Fowlie, Leitch vice president and general manager for digital media. "And with new HDV support, VelocityHD is the perfect solution for customers needing to combine HDV content with material from higher-bandwidth HD formats without sacrificing performance."
The VelocityHD nonlinear editing system combines the innovative Altitude hardware platform with the acclaimed Velocity software interface, delivering exceptional high-performance, real-time postproduction editing flexibility. VelocityHD features full-quality, realtime HD playback of multiple video and dynamic graphics streams with true dual-stream, realtime HD transitions and effects. VelocityHD supports 1080i, 1080PsF and 720p frame formats at all common frame rates, with mixable compressed and uncompressed video. All VelocityHD systems also offer outstanding multi-stream, standard-definition editing performance.
VelocityHD version 9.1 is now available as a free download from the Leitch website, www.leitch.com, for all registered VelocityHD users.
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