Virage makes EDLs easy: VS Production is designed to cut post-production time. (Technology).(video editing software)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 2002 by Kerschbaumer, Ken

The video-editing process usually begins with a pen and paper as producers and journalists write down timecode of video clips they would like to see edited into the story. A new toolkit from Virage, called VS Production, is looking to facilitate that process. The $125,000 system (including software and management server) digitizes the material in MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or streaming formats.

Once material is ingested (via video feed or tape), users access the clips via VideoLogger PC and streaming-media player or MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 playback. They can then set up a playlist and export edit decision lists (EDLs) with necessary timecode information to the edit bay. "Rather than chasing tapes around and shuttling decks, they can search in low-resolution from their...

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