Avid Liquid Chrome HD solutions combine versatile Avid Liquid software with standard- and high-definition SDI (serial digital interface) hardware. Editors and videographers can capture popular formats such as DV and HDV—and encode from analog or digital sources—and then master to tape in both standard and high definition formats. The Avid Liquid Chrome HD family offers a range of solutions that can handle almost any I/O format or codec and then author to a wide range of output formats, including standard- or high-definition tape, DVD, or Web.

Avid Liquid combines powerful video editing integrated with DVD authoring from the timeline; surround-sound audio processing; and powerful visual effects. Editors only have to learn a single interface to create high-quality video productions with sophisticated effects and audio— and quickly output to tape, disc, or streaming media.

Avid Liquid Chrome HD solutions are available in three versions for the I/O flexibility required by professional customers: Avid Liquid Chrome HD Plus – Standard-definition SDI I/O with 4-channel AES/EBU digital audio Avid Liquid Chrome HD Deluxe – Standard- and high-definition SDI with 4-channel AES/EBU digital audio Avid Liquid Chrome HD Elite – A full range of analog and digital standard- and high-definition connectivity in a professional rack-mounted breakout box

Avid Liquid Chrome HD can mix and match a wide variety of codecs in the same timeline: Capture native formats over standard data interfaces, including DV25 and HDV over 1394, DV25 and IMX with Sony XDCAM, and DV25 with Panasonic P2. Capture from standard-definition (SD) analog or digital sources to DV25, MPEG-2 I-frame, or IBP, up to 50 Mb/s or as uncompressed video Capture from high-definition (HD) digital sources to uncompressed HD

Capture and edit natively in HDV with simultaneous output with real-time down-conversion to HD and SD monitors. Create an HD-SDI based master and move easily to SD tape output, a surround-sound DVD, and a Web preview. With Avid Liquid Chrome HD solutions, you have all the tools you need in one place.