IBM to Introduce Industry's First Complete Video Editing Solution with Avid Technology, Simplifying a Way to Do e-business with Web-Based Video - IBM IntelliStation M Pro workstation, Avid Xpress DV video editing software - Product Announcement

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, Nov 15, 1999

Wide Range of Digital Distribution Options The Avid Xpress DV product will offer a variety of digital distribution options to enable users to easily publish high-quality media to multimedia presentations, DVD, CD-ROM, web sites or stream over the Internet or intranets. Supported multimedia formats will include MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, RealNetworks G2, Windows Media (formerly Netshow ASF), AVI and QuickTime 4 (5).

Powered by the Latest Computing Technology The completely redesigned IBM IntelliStation M Pro features the Intel Pentium (7) III processor running at 600 MHz (6) with the new 133 MHz front side bus. A dual-channel memory bus design improves performance by doubling memory bandwidth, enabling extremely fast memory transfers. The solution is pre-installed with the Matrox (2) Millennium G400 4X AGP graphics card and the Canopus (3) DV Raptor Adapter IEEE 1394 interface. Designed with the Intel 840 chipset, the IntelliStation M Pro can include up to 1 gigabyte of high-performance Rambus ECC memory, 4X AGP capable of 1 gigabyte-per-second transfers, and a high-speed ATA-66 disk drive interface. The Avid/IBM solution includes two Ultra 2 SCSI hard drives: a 9.1 gigabyte drive for the operating system and programs, and an 18.2 gigabyte drive for data.

The Avid Xpress DV system is based on the well recognized Avid editing interface, bringing the power and reliability of Avid video editing to an affordable and easy-to-use solution. The Xpress DV software includes many of the industry-leading productivity and creativity features that distinguish Avid products, including:

- Streamlined edit interface, including precise timecode editing and DV camera control

- Digital distribution options for the Web, CDs, DVDs, and more

- 4 video tracks with Avid nesting for unlimited layering capabilities

- Robust audio features such as real-time mix and monitor of up to eight audio tracks; real-time rubberband gain adjustments; waveform display in timeline; adjustable audio input/output levels

- 8 audio tracks with real-time audio EQ (equalization) with presets to filter noises that are often present in corporate environments

- Digital effects such as dissolves; wipes; color correction; chroma, luma and matte key; 2D picture-in-picture; motion effects; titles; keyframes; more than 50 transitions; support for third-party plug-ins

The IBM IntelliStation series of Windows NT-based workstations deliver high-performance to all digital media creation applications. Combining Intel's most advanced processors with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, IntelliStations deliver the highest levels of productivity for nonlinear video editing, and special effects, image processing, pre-press, Web design, and 3D modeling/animation/rendering. For more information on IBM IntelliStation, visit http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/intellistation.>

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