| Features |
Function |
Benefits |
| Professional I/O connectivity |
Capture and playback via analog component
or SD- and HD-SDI connections with digital audio |
Capture from, and output to, professional
decks, including: BetacamSP, Digital Betacam, HDCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD,
D5 |
| Real-time SD down-convert |
Output simultaneously in SD and HD |
Monitor or record HD projects to SD tape
without rendering; view results in both SD and HD at each points in the creative
process |
| Work with multiple codecs |
Natively capture DV, MPEG-2 IBP, or HDV; capture and encode to DV25, MPEG-2 I-frame/IBP, or
uncompressed SD or HD |
Save time by avoiding cross-codec
rendering; work natively with the input codec of your choice, or work directly
with the output format of your choice; use MXF for exchange with other
applications |
| Integrated DVD authoring |
Author interactive DVDs from the timeline |
No going back and forth between
applications; create interactive DVDs with custom menus and preview from the
editing timeline; update DVDs or re-edit and check changes from the DVD preview
feature |
| Native HDV editing |
Edit pure, native HDV video streams |
Maintain high quality by avoiding multiple generations and
time-consuming transcoding |
| GPU real-time effects |
Avid Liquid software uses the Graphics Processor to process real-time effects |
By using both the CPU and GPU (graphics processor)
to calculate real-time effects, Avid Liquid software maximizes real-time processing
during editing; more real-time power provides the freedom to preview multiple creative
directions |
| Avid Open Timeline |
Mix HD and SD resolutions |
Mixing HDV and SD codecs gives editors the
flexibility to work with a broad spectrum of content, avoid transcoding and
renders, and maintain quality |
| Dolby Digital 5.1 support |
Mix and finish to Dolby Digital 5.1 |
The Avid Liquid audio engine enables
real-time audio mixing including Dolby Digital 5.1; special surround panners
provide perfect control of surround mixes in real-time |
| Multicamera editing |
Choose scenes from up to 16 cameras |
Make multicamera edit decisions in real-time;
select camera angles as the clip plays back; easily compare takes |
| Secondary color correction |
Choose specific colors to correct within a clip |
Select a single color to correct within a
shot; for example, change red to blue and make everything else black and white;
multi-point tone and color balancing offer both color correction and creative
color capabilities |
| Real-time audio plug-in support |
Support for industry-standard VST audio effects plug-ins |
Add audio effects and tools written to the audio industry-standard
VST plug-in specification |
| Background rendering |
Avid Liquid software renders effects in the background without interrupting the edit |
Create complex composites and layered effects; Avid Liquid
software previews the effects in real time; if a final render is required, the software will
finish the effect without interruption by a render progress bar |
