Introducing Avid Liquid 7

Avid Launches Avid Liquid – Great Deals on Liquid Edition 6

Just before NAB2005 Avid announced it was purchasing Pinnacle Systems. The deal took a little longer than expected to close, but this past August it all became official. Since that time there has been a ton of speculation over the future of Liquid Edition. Avid’s engineers have discovered what I (and thousands of other Liquid Edition users throughout the world) have known all along, Liquid Edition ROCKS! It is a tremendous video editing application loaded with integrated tools and breakthrough technologies.

This past week Avid officially announced Avid Liquid 7, the next version of Liquid Edition. Just as before there will be two flavors, software only at $499.95 and Avid Liquid Pro w/ professional breakout box “Robert” for $999.95.

Current Liquid Edition and Edition Pro owners (any version) can upgrade the software only for $199.95. “Robert” stays the same – only change is the sexy new Avid logo!

New features of Avid Liquid v.7.0 software include:

• SmartSound integration – custom music creation directly inside the Avid Liquid application.
  
• New multimedia format support – native editing of popular codecs including WM9, DivX, and MPEG-4 for repurposing and output of content to the Internet.
  
• New effects – Real-time Timewarp, Stabilize, Dream Glow, and over 50 plug-ins from the highly-regarded Commotion effects suite.
• Avid Open Timeline – native HD and SD editing on the same timeline in real time, without transcoding for fast, flexible editing regardless of format.
  
• Preview HDV in SD – for viewing HDV in SD on a client video monitor with Avid Liquid Pro.
  
  

Anyone who purchases Liquid Edition 6 or 6 Pro today gets a FREE upgrade to Avid Liquid 7 when it ships the end of this month. We’ve got some fantastic specials on our existing inventory, but only while supplies last!

• Pinnacle Liquid Edition 6 w/ FREE Upgrade to Avid Liquid 7 Pro $475.00
  
• Pinnacle Liquid Edition Pro 6 w/ FREE Upgrade to Avid Liquid 7 Pro $749.95
  
• Pinnacle Liquid Edition Pro 6 upgrade w/ FREE upgrade to Avid 7 Pro $499.95
• For existing Liquid Edition 6 software owners this means you get the “Robert” breakout box and the Upgrade to Avid Liquid 7 for just $499.95!!
  

For more information about Avid Liquid, or to order your upgrade go to http://www.videoguys.com/avidliquid.html

Pinnacle Liquid Edition 6 - IN STOCK!

Liquid Edition 6 Feature Focus

SmartRT Unleash the Native Power
SmartRT is Liquid's industry leading format-independent core software based real-time effects engine. Unlike others, Liquid's SmartRT harnesses the full power of your computer's on-board central processing unit(s) (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) to perform 1,000's of amazing format and resolution independent broadcast quality multi-stream 2D and true 3D real-time effects. Why spend another penny on quickly outdated cumbersome proprietary hardware cards, when all of the power you crave is right underneath your fingertips. With Liquid Edition, you have the confidence of knowing you can harvest all of the available resources of your off-the-shelf hardware to power the most complicated resolution independent real-time projects. And SmartRT is flexible enough to go anywhere you go, even to a new computer or on location with your portable.

SmartEDIT Feel the Freedom
Liquid SmartEDIT provides the freedom to edit in most any SD and HD format (DV, MPEG-2 IBP, MPEG-2 I-Frame, uncompressed and even HDV) independently or more incredibly in the same timeline. Liquid SmartEDIT's unique support for native MPEG-2 IBP material means you can actually edit in the format of choice for HDV, DVD and many servers. This amazing functionality eliminates the need for costly plug-ins and time-consuming quality damaging format conversions when outputting your finished HD or DVD projects. Furthermore, you can maximize your quality while minimizing your hard drive space requirements by choosing the formats that are most appropriate for you. For example, with SmartEDIT you can use uncompressed to garner the best quality possible for effects-laden shots and then go with MPEG-2 IBP where cuts are more standard. And of course, SmartRT works seamlessly with SmartEDIT so that you can always maximize your real-time power in any timeline with any format.

Robert The ultimate Break-Out-Box (BOB)
Liquid Edition PRO version 6 includes the highly acclaimed Liquid Edition software and the all new Liquid Edition PRO breakout box. The Liquid Edition PRO breakout box provides all of the centralized I/O options professionals demand within a convenient external USB-2 plug and play breakout box. The handy breakout box offers access to both consumer and professional camcorders and VTRs using composite, s-video or component video. Impressive new professional audio options supply stereo and S/PDIF audio, and output in full 5.1 surround sound. Now you can view all of the amazing Liquid SmartRT powered real-time effects with surround sound on your NTSC/PAL video monitor.

Multicam Editing Event Videographers rejoice!
The new multicam is awesome and it will save event videographers hours on each multi-camera production. best of all, you can go back and keep cuttingbetween your sources from the timeline - while maintaining perfect sync!

Integrated DVD w/ Dolby 5.1 surround sound
With LE6 you can edit and author DVDs with Dolby 5.1 surround sound - directly from the timeline. The new BOB has advanced audio output to allow for easy monitoring of the 5.1 surround sound.

MPEG2 editing No need to transcode for DVD
With LE6 you can edit in MPEG2, saving you even more time because you won't have to trancode from DV.

HDV Included - nothing extra to buy!
- If you are planning on getting a new HDV camera over the next year - LE6 has complete support for HDV. You'll be able to capture and edit native HDV files in real-time. And mix your old DV footage with new HDV footage.

Pinnacle Liquid Edition 6 Pro Competitive Upgrade $499.95 after Rebate!! Attention all owners of Premiere 5.x or higher - $200 Mail In Rebate Exp 9/30/05 Bonus! FREE LE6 Training book! In this book, former Liquid Edition team member Paul Ekert uses simple step-by-step instructions peppered with loads of tips and visual aids to show readers how to streamline their workflows and enhance their creativity with Liquid Edition. . LE Pro 6 Competitive Upgrade $699.95 More Pinnacle Liquid Edition 6 Upgrades Upgrade any previous version of Pinnacle Edition to LE6 software for $199.95 Upgrade to Liquid Edition PRO 6 from any Pinnacle Edition or STUDIO $699.95 Attention Pinnacle STUDIO Owners: Upgrade to LE6 Software for only $299.95 Upgrade to Liquid Edition PRO 6 from any Pinnacle Edition 5.x Pro $499.95 after rebate Click here for $200 Mail in rebate form exp 9/30/05

The Videoguys Professional Cable Kit for Liquid Edition PRO 6 only $49.95 w/ LE Pro 6 purchase! (Reg Sale Price $79.95) The USB2 and FireWire cables are included in all Liquid Edition PRO 6 packages but this kit includes all of the other cables you need to connect your equipment to this revolutionary new breakout box. All of the cables included are high-quality gold-plated, 6' cables perfect for use in most video production enviroments. Complete kit includes: VIDEO CONNECTIONS Two HDTV rated Component Video (YUV) cables Six RCA to BNC adapters for Beta Decks Two S-Video Cables Two Composite Video (RVA) with Stereo Audio cables PROFESSIONAL AUDIO CONNECTIONS Two Toslink Digital Optical Cables for Dolby Digital/SPDIF/ADAT in/out Two Digital Coax Cables LE Pro Cable kit regular cost $79.95 w/ LE Pro purchase $49.95

Class on Demand - Dive Into Liquid Edition 6 "Dive Into Liquid Edition 6" is complete, comprehensive, Liquid Edition training, at its very best! Whether you're a newbie or an experienced Edition editor, "Dive Into Liquid Edition 6" is for you! YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO:  • Optimize your system for trouble-free editing  • Create Timeline templates  • Import Studio 9 projects  • Restore a project  • Manipulate and modify transitions  • Create interesting digital backgrounds from "garbage"  • Author DVD's from the Timeline  • Manipulate and modify Clip FX  • Use your favorite plugins   • Master keying  • Create stunning titles using TitleDeko  • And much, much more... ROYALTY-FREE MEDIA: In addition to project files, Disc 6 contains ready-to-use digital backgrounds, Photoshop® images, and music ABOUT TONY TERRANA Tony Terrana, owner of dv8digitalkid - a company specializing in new media development - has logged tens of thousands of hours on the Liquid Edition interface. Starting with version 1.0, he has continually evolved with what he thinks is the most feature-rich video editing application on the planet. Having trained hundreds of broadcast and multimedia professionals, Tony has a passion for editing and the power of Liquid Edition, which is evident in his training style and substance. Class on Demand - Dive Into Liquid Edition 6 $99.95

1,000's of Real-time SD & HD Effects with SmartRT

Pinnacle Liquid Edition offers an incredible amount of real-time compositing and effects to bolster, not hamper your creative workflow. Up to 10 streams with real-time effects including 2D, true 3D, advanced color correction and chroma/luma key effects to name just a few.

All-format Editing from SD to HD with SmartEDIT
Liquid now includes SmartEDIT with expanded native support for just about any SD and HD format (DV, MPEG-2 IBP, MPEG-2 I Frame, HDV and even uncompressed) in the same timeline. This eliminates the need for untimely and damaging transcoding for HDV output and DVD authoring.

Integrated DVD Authoring
Create wizard based DVD/VCD/SVCD with motion menus, motion buttons and automatic links using the same intuitive easy to use interface directly from the Liquid timeline. Over 40 templates are provided to get you started. Furthermore, Liquid SmartEDIT's native MPEG-2 IBP editing eliminates the need for time-consuming renders at the output stage.

Advanced Multicam Support
Now even the most complex multi-camera productions can be edited in a breeze with Liquid's new powerful resolution independent Multicam feature.

Accessible
New Windows' friendly user interface options to complement the classic Liquid look and feel make Liquid more accessible and easy to use than ever. Add to this, import and export wizards, seamless Pinnacle Studio project import and plug-in support, a highly configurable keyboard and interface layout, and a Liquid programmable jog/shuttle control for fast and tactile control of the media and you are in editing heaven.

Advanced Audio Editing with Surround Sound and VST Plug-in Support
Pinnacle's Steinberg inspired new audio effects engine commands an advanced audio mixer and full surround sound and VST plug-in support.

Broadcast Quality Effects
Liquid features the Liquid CX Color Correction with both secondary and selective color correction, Dynamic Slow Motion and a host of other resolution independent high precision, sub-pixel software effects.

Background Processing
With Liquid, you can continue to drive your creativity while you are rendering high quality format and resolution independent SD and HD output transparently in the background.

InstantSave
Why take the risk of losing work when with Liquid's unique InstantSave technology, every step you make is immediately and automatically protected. You can even drop back to an earlier version of your project by using the Undo History palette.

Network Native
Liquid allows you to map your networked drives so that multiple users can view and access the same media. Liquid is based on open networking standards and is optimized to work with 100-baseT, Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel storage solutions. Liquid uniquely offers the ability to share not only media across a network, but also to share projects for multi-user workgroups, and even communicate by SMS between users.

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#2 - Pinnacle Liquid Edition 6 One of the most overlooked 'features' of Liquid Edition 6 is just how many tools are packed into this application. You don't have to buy any special plug-ins or utilities or hardware to get the job done since Pinnacle has already included all this, and more: Multicam - the most time saving tool of all. It makes editing multiple sources of video dramatically easier. DVD authoring - integrated on the timeline w/ motion menus, AC3 surround sound and excellent MPEG2 encoding 3D FX - Galore! Tons to choose from, all with excellent keyframing tools for complete control of your transitions and effects. Sure some of the HFX get cheesy, but many of them also emulate DVEs being used by the network broadcasters. Color Correction - Superb. You can use a little or go crazy. Did you know there are books available that teach you how to become a professional colorist? I'm not suggesting you go that far, but if you did, LE6 would be up to the task. MPEG2 & HDV editing - sure other applications will have these features or plan to add them with a plug-in. With LE6 you get both. You can capture directly into MPEG2, edit and then go to DVD. You can capture native HDV, and edit it without any additional encoding. This saves time and maintains the original quality of the video. Analog In/Out - The LE6 Pro breakout Box- "Robert" as it's known around here - delivers this and much more. I can't edit without having an NTSC monitor to watch my work on. All too often what looks great on the VGA preview window just doesn't cut it on the NTSC output. I find this especially important for color correction, title sequences and compositing with 3 or more layers. Background rendering - I'm still amazed that other NLEs don't have this features yet. I hate waiting for renders. It's not the time it takes, but the way it interrupts my editing. When I'm in the "Editing Zone" I lose track of time and everything around me. I'm incredibly productive at this point. Waiting for a render knocks me out of the 'zone'. With LE6, the only time I have to stop editing is to go to the bathroom ;-) Multiple Sequences - I often find myself coming to a split in the road when editing. Do I do it this way, or try out this other idea? With LE6 you can do both! You save what you have as two different sequences, then edit away on them both. When I do this, I rarely end up going with A or B. Most times I find a way to create sequence C, which pulls in the best of both! I've also done this with my DVD authoring - creating two versions. One with limited navigation to just play the movie, the other with more menus and options. Storyboard editing - this is something Dennis Radeke, Pinnacle's Edition Guru, brought to my attention with LE5, and I must say I use it often. I'll make a rough-cut of the video by dragging thumbnails into the workspace and trimming them. When my rough-cut is complete, I'll send it over to the timeline for finishing. Variable Speed Control - In Edition it's called Dynamic Time Warps (Sony Vegas calls them velocity envelopes). I use them all the time in my sports videos of the kids. It's a fun and powerful tool. You can change the speed of the clip over its duration. As an example I like to slow the speed down gradually as the pitch comes in and the batter swings - then I speed it up to full speed as the ball hits the bat. It makes for a great effect and adds drama to the sequence. There's even more! I'm sure everyone has a couple of favorites. For the money, no other application comes close to the feature set of Pinnacle's Liquid Edition 6!

Top Ten New Features in Liquid Edition version 6

1. Comprehensive HD Support
   Fully integrated FireWire (IEEE1394) based HDV capture with native real-time HDV editing, effects and compositing powered by Liquid SmartRT.
2. Multi-format Support
   Mix and match native DV25; MPEG-2 I-frame; MPEG-2 IBP (SD & HD); and uncompressed in a single timeline with Liquid SmartEDIT.
3. Extreme Makeover
   New Windows' friendly user interface options to complement the classic Liquid look and feel.
4. Multicam
   Powerful editing tool for demanding multi-camera projects.
5. Simple Setup
   Import and Export wizards to eliminate set-up hurdles.
6. Step Up From Studio
   Seamless Pinnacle Studio project import and plug-in support.
7. Plug and Play
   FireWire I/O access to DV and HDV cameras and devices. Liquid Edition PRO adds an expanded set of professional analog and digital I/O options conveniently centralized in an all new plug and play USB-2 based breakout box.
8. All New Audio Engine
   Advanced audio mixer; full surround sound; VST plug-in support; send busses, audio TimeWarp and much more.
9. Advanced Effects
   Added functionality and control with parameter-based Bezier keyframe compositing and new powerful real-time Track Matte and Mosaic effects.
10. One Step Backup
    Simplified backup and restoration

Full Screen preview – Real time preview of your timeline on your VGA monitor for all formats including HDV
If you do not already have the full screen preview icon on the timeline toolbar then first add the button to timeline toolbar.
Hit play and then click the button to run the full screen VGA preview. Once in preview mode, one can start and stop playback by touching the space bar
Preview appears on the Inlay monitor. In the case of dual monitors, the preview appears on the monitor which is selected for the source/master viewers.
Improved HDV Support – There is now greatly improved HDV support with the addition of comprehensive deck and device control for the shipping Sony & JVC HDV cameras & decks. The following HDV-specific features are added to this version:
Device Control (Sony and JVC)
Batch Capture (Sony)      
Print to Tape (Sony and JVC)
IPB Rendering
VGA Preview
LE Pro now supports HDV capture via the 1394 port on the breakout box

Note: The HDV implementation of the JVC GR-HD-1 camera does not support an embedded timecode, so the batch capture function is not frame accurate.


True MPEG-2 IPB HD Rendering - With version 6.1, Liquid Edition now includes 25 Mbit IPB rendering, so users can now have a complete 25 Mbit workflow with HDV material. This is similar to the DV workflow in size, but far better in quality. This render codec is now the default codec when working with HDV sequences.

Replace Edit Function – When dragging a clip from a rack while holding the “CTRL” key, effects and transitions are now maintained on the replacement clip.
The replacement clip must come from a Rack (not from the Timeline) and must be at least as long as the clip that is being replaced.
If necessary, the replacement clip will automatically be trimmed (at the end) to fit the destination clip size.  The clip’s Mark-in will not be affected. The total length of the Sequence will be maintained.

Drag Clips Disbanded to Timeline – Drag a clip from a bin to the video track, which is marked with the “V” at the left side of the track headers in the timeline and it will now split up to show both the video and audio information. If you do not want this behavior, hold down the CTRL+SHIFT keys, or select “Insert Grouped” (right-click the “+” on the timeline track header).

Display Keyframe of Existing Effects - If you are applying multiple effects to a clip, you can now see markers of the keyframes for all of the other effects applied to the clip. In the Effects editor, select the option icon and activate “Show keyframes of other effects” selection. Then you will see all of the keyframes as markers in the preview window.

Many more, great feature additions and bug fixes

Liquid Edition Pro 6 Graphics Card Compatability

We are also finding that some older non-DirectX9 graphics cards will not even give you any output via the new BOB. Pinnacle is aware of these issue and they are addressing them. For complete details follow this link to the Pinnacle Tech document. Examples of graphics cards that meet the specification: ATI Radeon 9800 or higher or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra or higher. The following cards have been tested with Liquid Edition version 6 and the new Pro hardware BOB

• ATI Fire GL V3100 256MB Y PCIe
• ATI X700XT 256MB Y PCIe
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Y AGP 8X
• ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB Y AGP 8X
• nVidia Quadro FX4000 256MB Y AGP 8X
• ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 128MB Y AGP 8X
• nVidia FX5700 128MB Y AGP 8X
• nVidia Quadro FX 1300 128MB Y PCIe
• ATI Radeon 9600 SE 128MB Y AGP 8X
• ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB Y AGP 8X
• nVidia GeForce 5700 LE 256MB Y AGP 8X
• nVidia GeForce 5950 Ultra 256MB Y AGP 8X
• nVidia Quadro FX3400 256MB Y PCIe

Can I use my old Liquid Edition Pro with the new Liquid Edition version 6 software?
Yes. The old Liquid Edition Pro graphics card and breakout box, based on the ATI Radeon 8500, is supported with version 6. You should get similar real-time performance as you did in Liquid Edition version 5.5.

Can I use my old Liquid Edition Pro graphics card (ATI Radeon 8500) with the new Liquid Edition Pro USB2 breakout box?
This configuration is not recommended. To work with the new Liquid Edition Pro breakout box you need a graphics card that is DirectX 9 compliant. The old LE Pro graphics card (ATI Radeon 8500) is not DirectX 9 compliant. The ATI Radeon 8500 would provide a single stream output through the new LE Pro breakout box. A patch will be made available to support this configuration on the Liquid Edition support site (http://www.pinnaclesys.com). We strongly encourage you to upgrade to a DirectX 9 compliant card.

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