PINNACLE SYSTEMS Announces PRO-ONE 2.0 and PRO-ONE RTDV
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA., July 30, 2002 - Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: PCLE) announced
today Pro-ONE 2.0 and Pro-ONE RTDV - two advanced, real-time
DV editing and authoring
solutions. Pro-ONE 2.0 significantly extends the capabilities
of the current
Pro-ONE product through enhanced software to enable automatic
scene detection,
motion tracking, advanced color correction, lens flares, faster
MPEG encoding,
and editing of MPEG video. Pro-ONE RTDV includes all the capabilities
of Pro-ONE
2.0 and adds the ability to output timelines to a DV camcorder
or a DV deck in
real-time --without any rendering.
"I've been using Pinnacle editing solutions to produce
documentaries and travelogues
for three years," said Gary Gillam, a 20-year veteran
in the video industry and
owner of Richmond, VA-based G2 Productions. "The ability
to output 2-D and 3-D
transitions, composites of multiple layers of digital video,
3-D effects and
text in real time means no more waiting. As an independent
film producer, time
is money; and Pro-ONE RTDV makes me instantly more productive."
With the improved workflow that Pro-ONE RTDV offers, businesses
and professional
videographers, corporate video producers, event videographers,
and multimedia
artists have the ability to substantially reduce project completion
schedules
or simply spend more time exploring their creativity.
"We've extended the real-time capabilities of the Pro-ONE
so that the professional
video editor can be so much more creative and productive,"
said Bill Loesch,
vice president of product management and engineering for Pinnacle
Systems' Business
& Consumer Division said. For example, now you can have
a lens flare, title,
or graphic track a moving object within a video clip by using
the motion tracker
filter; see the result in real-time; and output the result
in real-time to DV
tape without having to render."
About Pro-ONE RTDV
Pinnacle Pro-ONE RTDV is a real-time DV editing and DVD authoring
solution.
Pinnacle Pro-ONE RTDV includes a hardware DV capture effects
and real-time DV
output card and break-out box with analog and digital I/O
connections. Pinnacle
Pro-ONE RTDV comes bundled with Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle Hollywood
FX-RT, Pinnacle
TitleDeko Pro, and Pinnacle Impression DVD-SE.
About Pro-ONE 2.0
Pinnacle Pro-ONE is a real-time DV editing and DVD authoring
solution. Pinnacle
Pro-ONE 2.0 includes a hardware DV capture and effects card
and break-out box
with analog and digital I/O connections. Pinnacle Pro-ONE
2.0 comes bundled
with Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle Hollywood FX-RT, Pinnacle TitleDeko
Pro, and Pinnacle
Impression DVD-SE.
Availability & Pricing
Pinnacle Pro-ONE RTDV can be used with WindowsÒ 2000
and XP systems and will
be available August 1 from major US computer retail stores
and professional video
resellers at a suggested retail price of $1,099. Pinnacle
Systems also offers
Pinnacle Pro-ONE 2.0 for Win98, Me, 2000 and XP users for
$899. Pinnacle Pro-ONE
version 2.0 offers the full feature set of Pro-ONE RTDV except
it is not equipped
with a DV hardware encoder and does not provide real time
output in the DV25
format.
About Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
Pinnacle Systems provides cutting-edge digital video creation,
storage, streaming
and viewing solutions for broadcasters, video professionals
and consumers. Pinnacle
Systems solutions help enable the creation, management and
distribution of video
via cable, satellite, video-on-demand (VOD), digital video
discs (DVDs) and the
Internet, along with consumer editing products for home movie
making and DVD
creation. The company has won eight Emmy Awards for its technical
innovations
for broadcast products and carries its commitment throughout
all of its product
lines. Pinnacle Systems may be reached at (650) 526-1600 or
at www.pinnaclesys.com.
