From bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu Wed Sep 23 13:01:38 1992 Received: from relay1.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.0) id AA01001; Wed, 23 Sep 92 13:01:34 PDT Received: from nyx.cs.du.edu by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA28340; Wed, 23 Sep 92 16:01:14 -0400 Received: by nyx.cs.du.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA29970; Wed, 23 Sep 92 14:01:32 MDT Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 14:01:32 MDT From: bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) Message-Id: <9209232001.AA29970@nyx.cs.du.edu> X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of Denver. The University has neither control over nor responsibility for the opinions or correct identity of users. To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Subject: DMI's Digital Editmaster Status: R (below is the text from the flyer handed out at the WOC by DMI. Any typos are the result of using OCR software to get it into computer format, but I'm pretty sure I caught them all. Content-free hype has been removed where possible) Digital Editmaster - Full-motion JPEG Technology - Real-time 30fps Video Capture - Real-time Video Display & Recording - Frame-by-frame Recording - Direct 32 bit Pixel Bus - Full Screen Non-linear Editing - SMPTE Time Code Read & Write The Digital EditMaster system from Digital Micronics, Inc. allows you to edit and produce professional quality video productions on your Commodore A2000 or A3000. It is the only video editing system for the Amiga that lets you capture in real time full-screen NTSC, PAL and SVHS video to a standard Amiga hard drive at 30 frames per second (25 fps for PAL), edit your production and then output the final results in real time to a standard video tape recorder. REAL-TIME VIDEO CAPTURE - DMI's Digital EditMaster system records NTSC, PAL or SVHS from a video camera or VCR directly to the standard hard disk drive in the Commodore Amiga. The heart of the system is the video compression board which digitizes, compresses and stores video segments onto the hard drive in real time. REAL-TIME VIDEO DISPLAY AND RECORDING - DMI's video compression board decompresses the stored video segments from the hard drive in real time, delivering full screen, broadcast quality video frames to an NTSC, PAL or SVHS recorder or monitor. Making the final master of the production is as simple as hooking up a VCR or Laser disk recorder and pressing record. COMPUTER ANIMATOR'S DREAM COME TRUE - The Digital EditMaster system is a Computer Animator's dream come true. Typical animation frames can be compressed and stored to the hard drive on a frame-by-frame basis. The animation can then be played back in real time, directly to tape, without the aid of an expensive frame-by-frame recorder. Video clips and computer animations can be combined very easily to produce a final production. NON-LINEAR EDITING SOFTWARE - Stored video segments can be edited, modified and played back to tape. DMl's Digital EditMaster software allows instant access to any number of video segments stored on the hard drive, giving complete creative freedom and flexibility to the editor. THE DMI BUS - Supports the DMI 32-bit pixel bus which allows direct 32-bit connectivity with DMl's Vivid 24 (TM) graphics co-processor for complete digital transfer of data to and from the Digital EditMaster compression board. AUDIO - The Digital EditMaster system and sound boards from SunRize Industries are fully integrated using SMPTE time code for simultaneous digitizing and editing of both the audio and video tracks. Based on full motion JPEG technology, using the LSI Logic chipset, the Digital EditMaster system works in full screen, real-time NTSC (30 fps), PAL (25 fps), and SVHS broadcast quality resolutions. The digital video compression board digitizes the analog video signal, from any standard NTSC, PAL and SVHS format video device, and then compresses the digital frames to the hard drive in real time. Video compression ratios are user selectable, from between 15:1 and 70:1. Editing is done on an NTSC, PAL, or 15kHz-capable RGB monitor. The final edited production is decompressed, encoded back to a composite signal and recorded to any standard NTSC, PAL or SVHS format video device. Suggested List Price: $2495.00 Digital Micronics, Inc. 2075 Corte del Nogal, Suite 'N' Carlsbad, CA 92009 (619)931-8554 FAX: (619)931-8516 Specifications and prices subject to change without notice. Commodore and Amiga and registered trademarks of Commodore Amiga, Inc. Digital EditMaster is a trademark of Digital Micronics, Inc.