MediaStudio Pro 7.0

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What's new in MediaStudio Pro 7? Here are just a few of the exciting new features in MediaStudio Pro 7

• Full set of unique real-time features
• Full Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 LE authoring package
• DV Album scan and log functions
• Auto Slideshow
• Creative title effects and animations
• Audio control enhancements, including Audio Mixer and AC-3 support
• Pentium 4, Hyper-Threading and dual-CPU support
• Summary Timeline navigation enhancement
• 16:9 widescreen support
• Sony MICROMV™ support
• Improved integration with Ulead COOL 3D™ Studio and Ulead PhotoImpact 8 - add professional 3D titles and animations, as well as brilliant text and filter effects, to projects in MediaStudio Pro!
• New, extended user's guide and web-based tutorials

Complete Digital Suite

• Video Scan/Capture
• Scan and log your tapes at 10x speed to create a DV Album thumbnail index. Perform space-saving batch captures from DV and D8 camcorders or decks. Import analog video from Betacam, VCRs, TV or a multitude of other sources
• Video Editor
• The professional timeline-based Video Editor brings together all the components of your video project. Communicate your vision effectively with powerful editing and titling features, real-time audio mixing tools and an extensive library of video filters, motion paths and transitions
• Audio Editor
• Professional audio filters and enhancements let you make adjustments in real-time, with pro-level effects and controls
• CG Infinity
• The fully-integrated, vector-based motion graphics generator creates graphics, animated titles, rolling credits, and video overlays to enhance your productions
• Video Paint
• The powerful compositing and rotoscoping tool helps you fix, retouch and adjust your material across a range of frames, as well as create special effects, paint freehand over video, and much more

Real-time Performance
Processing full-motion, full-color video is very hard work for a computer. If your system has a slower processor and less RAM, you may find that there is a slight delay before playback starts, or some frames are dropped, or not all video streams are played back in real-time. However, if you have a processor of P4 2GHz level, plus at least 256MB of RAM, you should get realtime playback of up to five streams comprising two video tracks, a transition, a filter and a title. However, many factors will influence this, such as the complexity of the transition or filters you are using, the level of optimization of your system, and so forth. Make sure that your system is optimized at all times – have a look at our System Optimization advice section.

• Real-time MPEG Capture
• Capture directly to MPEG-1 or DVD-ready MPEG-2 from analog and DV sources to save time and disk space
• Real-time Preview
• No more waiting for a sequence to render, with Instant Play, you see transition effects, titles and filters in real-time. Plus, MediaStudio Pro provides support for a second display monitor
• Real-time Output
• After completing your production, play directly from the timeline to DV or analog device in real-time
• MediaStudio Pro 7 can output in real-time to an NTSC or PAL monitor, full-resolution, using Matrox and ATI graphics cards. See how to configure your display drivers to take advantage of this feature.

All-in-one DV to DVD

• Advanced Format Support
• Supports 16:9 widescreen, Sony® MICROMV™, RealMedia™ encode , Windows Media™ capture and edit, DV Type 1, DV Type 2 and Macromedia Flash import
• Native MPEG Editing
• Encode at either Variable Bit Rate or Constant Bit Rate for best results. Edit in MPEG video for direct content output to DVD
• Dolby AC-3 Audio
• Encode and decode Dolby AC-3 audio for DVD audio streams that are highly compressed yet offer high fidelity
• Auto Slideshow
• Play music on the timeline, punch in cue points to the beat, and MediaStudio Pro automatically syncs your series of images to the beat of the music, complete with your choice of transition and frame off-set
• DVD Authoring
• Integrated authoring tools help to create custom DVDs with intro videos, dual-layer menus and unlimited chapter points. Burn directly to DVD, SVCD, miniDVD or Video CD. MediaStudio Pro is compatible with all DVD-burning hardware standards
• On-disc DVD Player
• Burn a software DVD player directly onto any video disc you create to automatically play content on a PC
• Ulead 3D & Graphics Software Integration
• Users of Ulead COOL 3D™ Studio and Ulead PhotoImpact 8 will appreciate improved integration in the MediaStudio. Drop COOL 3D™ Studio project files directly to the timeline. Right-click to edit 3D graphics and images in their associated program and then update directly to the project.

Q: Does MediaStudio Pro 7 support MPEG-2, DV and IEEE 1394?
MediaStudio Pro 7 offers complete MPEG-2 support. Using Ulead MPEG.Now MPEG software compression technology, MediaStudio Pro 7 can capture IBP frame MPEG-2 video if the capture card supports YUV or RGB data capture. In addition, it can perform MPEG-2 frame-accurate editing and output high-quality MPEG-2 files. MediaStudio Pro 7 also offers complete DV and IEEE 1394 (Firewire) support, through Texas Instruments (OHCI) and Microsoft DV drivers, to control devices, capture and edit DV, then record back to DV tape. MediaStudio Pro 7 may also have legacy support for many DV cards, such as Canopus DVRex-M1, DVRaptor, FAST DV Master, etc.

Media Studio Pro 7 $299.95

Ulead Systems Debuts MediaStudio Pro 7.0 With Software-Only, Real-Time Editing and Output

Performance benchmarks from Ulead show that this newest version of MediaStudio Pro has the real-time ability to play and output five or more DV streams simultaneously on a single processor Pentium(R) 4 processor-based 3.0 GHz system. If complex sections in the project exceed the particular system's RT performance, MediaStudio Pro 7.0 saves time by flagging these sections, giving the user the option to render those segments only. As a result, the entire project can be played back or exported smoothly, without unnecessarily losing time on a full-project render. MediaStudio Pro 7.0 further reduces wait-time by offering a multi-threaded code base to use dual processors and Intel's new Hyper-Threading Technology (HT). HT Technology enables a new class of high-performance desktop PCs that can work quickly among several computing applications at the same time, or provide extra performance for individual software programs that are multithreaded.

"We're pleased that Ulead has designed MediaStudio Pro 7.0 with a multithreaded code base so that it can fully harness the power of our innovative Hyper-Threading technology," said David L. Brown, general manager, Platform Enabling Group, Intel Corporation. "The combination of our new technology with the high performance of MediaStudio Pro 7.0 results in a video editing powerhouse that saves video editing professionals significant amounts of time with robust real-time edit and output capabilities."

"We're thrilled to bring this next generation of MediaStudio Pro to the professional video market," says Travis White, video editing product manager at Ulead Systems. "As a video professional myself, I know what it means to have my creative flow disrupted while I wait to render. With MediaStudio Pro 7.0, you not only have software-only flexibility, but real-time capabilities that significantly reduce your work time, letting you spend more energy in the creative process."

MediaStudio Pro 7.0 offers unique features that save time, increase efficiency and enhance creativity. New features include support for real-time, full-screen display on a second CRT monitor, TV, or 1394 display device. The software handles both Type-1 and Type-2 DV sources in all real-time, dual-display modes. This full-screen display can be sourced from the Timeline Preview and from any effect preview interface in the application, such as transition, motion path and video filter dialogs. Other distinctive features include support for Flash (SWF) and COOL 3D Studio (C3D) files, which can be imported to the timeline, as well as pre-scan tape logging of scenes by thumbnail for expedient, visual batch capture. The software includes convenient scene detection by content on all video formats and improved efficiency with Ulead's patented Summary Timeline view. MediaStudio Pro remains unique with its legacy CG Infinity and VideoPaint modules for 2D motion graphics, rotoscoping and compositing.

Other new enhancements include real-time, multi-track audio mixing, more automatic, add-to-timeline options and enhanced timecode and source management. New creative tools consist of an all-new title tool with advanced texture, shadow and motion effects, as well as new video filters such as Old Film, Smart Blur and Diffuse Glow. MediaStudio Pro 7.0 also handles non-square pixel 16:9 ratio and offers improved overlay key algorithms.

Pricing and Availability
Ulead(R) MediaStudio(R) Pro 7.0 will be available in retail and online stores in March 2003. The estimated street price for MediaStudio Pro 7.0 is $495. Upgrade pricing for MediaStudio Pro 7.0 is to be determined.

About MediaStudio Pro
Ulead(R) MediaStudio(R) Pro 7.0 is non-linear video editing software for video professionals who want the advantages of DV, MPEG-2, Internet streaming video and Video CD/DVD authoring. MediaStudio Pro is comprised of five-modules that include video capture, editing, audio editing, video painting and powerful CG graphics. These modules combine to give the most complete set of post-production creative tools available in the professional desktop editing market. Developed to produce video content for broadcast, tape, CD-ROM, Video CD/DVD and the Internet, MediaStudio Pro 7.0 creates high production value video at a cost-effective price.

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