Avid Media Composer 6™

Avid Media Composer has been the choice of professional editors for over 20 years. The Avid Media Composer 6 family of software, including Avid Symphony and Avid NewsCutter, provides fully integrated support for UltraStudio SDI. Capture and playback in full uncompressed quality, or directly in Avid DNxHD or other popular compressed video formats. Media Composer 6 has fast and familiar operation and it’s new 64 bit architecture plays back complex layered effects in real time. UltraStudio Pro lets you capture, edit, monitor and playback with Media Composer 6, making it the perfect choice for professionals who need the best Avid workflow on Windows 7.

Adobe Premiere Pro™

UltraStudio SDI is the highest quality editing solution for Adobe Premiere Pro. Included are a full suite of Premiere Pro plug-ins with deck control and full support for 8 and 10 bit uncompressed AVI and QuickTime™ files, as well as Motion JPEG and DVCPRO HD which can all be played back on the same Premiere Pro timeline without rendering. QuickTime™ uncompressed files from Mac OS X™ systems can also be played back for cross-platform media sharing! You can even play back AVCHD, DSLR and XDCAM HD. UltraStudio SDI has full support for Premiere Pro's 8 channels of audio capture and playback via HD/SD-SDI, which is great for 5.1 surround sound editing.

Adobe After Effects™

Adobe After Effects is one of the most popular tools for broadcast graphics and animation and UltraStudio SDI has special features that take full advantage of this great app! Because After Effects is fully QuickTime™ based, it works with all Blackmagic's media. You can also open and render Blackmagic's uncompressed 10 and 8 bit AVI and QuickTime™ files too. Files can be dropped into Final Cut Pro™ or Premiere Pro timelines without rendering, so you can move media between tools. UltraStudio SDI also provides full RAM preview playback, so you can always see what you're working on. There is no better solution for using After Effects for high end work than UltraStudio SDI!

Adobe Photoshop™

UltraStudio SDI includes special Photoshop plug-ins, so you can directly capture and output still frames from within the Photoshop. If you're working with 10 bit HD/SD-SDI, you can even import and export 16 bit Photoshop™ images for full quality. Use UltraStudio SDI's 'keying to export' and key standard definition graphics from the video input using Photoshop alpha channels. Outputting Photoshop graphics from UltraStudio SDI lets you see the correct color and the effects of video interlace and field movement. UltraStudio SDI uses 'unity gain on', so you can't get illegal 100% RGB video levels, eliminating surprises when graphics are output to tape!

Fusion™

Fusion is one of the world's most popular effects and compositing software that lets you use node based workflows for both sequential and parallel based effects design and processing. Fusion supports real time out to the video output from any node in the node graph to see live video output from that processing point. Packed with a massive number of powerful features, Fusion is popular with feature film visual effects artists!

SD Alpha Keying with LiveKey

UltraStudio SDI can be switched into standard definition keyer card so you can live insert logos and other graphics in real time using the SDI outputs to an external mixer. The included LiveKey application allows you to turn on and control keying, and can also be used to output still images with alpha channels to key. LiveKey allows custom setting of key blending levels for live up and down fading of graphics. If you want to add a periodic overlay of a graphic, such as "not for copying or distribution" labels on dubs, then LiveKey has an automatic mode where graphics can be programmed to cycle up and down.

Disk Speed Test

Configuring a high speed disk array for high speed uncompressed high definition video is getting easier. Even SATA disks can be connected together for low cost arrays with amazing speed and capacity. Use Disk Speed Test (included free) to get a great real world indication of your disk array performance. Reported in a simple frames per second count, Disk Speed Test uses long sustained block transfers just like capturing and playing video, so it's more accurate than generic disk test utilities.

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