EDIUS Pro 3 - Professional Editing Software
EDIUS Pro 3 is the most powerful version yet of Canopus's acclaimed non-linear video editing software application. Freeing video editors from the limitations of conventional editing systems, EDIUS Pro 3 provides a seamless realtime workflow supporting all video acquisition formats, with realtime, multi-track, mixed format HD / SD editing, compositing, chroma keying, titling and timeline output capabilities.

EDIUS Pro 3 directly supports OHCI FireWire, as well as Canopus's range of realtime editing hardware cards, including the DVStorm series and DVRaptor RT2 series, providing video input / output and accelerated realtime editing performance.

EDIUS Pro 3 Product Overview

Realtime Productivity with EDIUS Pro 3
EDIUS Pro 3 provides editors with realtime, mixed format HD / SD editing, including HD, HDV, DV, MPEG-2, lossless and uncompressed video. Featuring unrivaled realtime video transcoding technology, EDIUS Pro 3 performs conversion between different HD and SD resolutions, aspect ratios and frame rates, in realtime. EDIUS Pro 3 also features realtime playback and DV output of all effects, keyers, transitions and titles, and can export projects to any format or medium required, including DVD-Video.

EDIUS Pro 3 features the revolutionary Canopus HQ codec. Built with Canopus Scalable Technology, this
completely new codec offers the highest image quality and performance available today in any HD editing platform. The Canopus HQ codec not only provides superior Luma and Chroma sampling of HD video, but also features an adjustable bitrate, for increased video quality when capturing and encoding on high-performance systems.

To view the Canopus HQ White Paper pdf click here

New Optional Software Modules for EDIUS Pro 3
EDIUS Pro 3 can now be further customized to incorporate support for new and emerging video equipment and formats, including Sony XDCAM and Panasonic¿s P2 and VARICAM.

For more information regarding EDIUS Pro 3 software options, click the Options link from the left toolbar.

Key Features

Realtime, mixed format HD / SD editing, including HD, HDV, DV, MPEG-2 and uncompressed video	Flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title and graphics tracks	High-quality, multi-format video exporting with ProCoder Express for EDIUS
Realtime conversion and output of different HD / SD aspect ratios, frame rates and resolutions		Direct-to-DVD timeline export
Realtime HD / SD effects, keyers, transitions and titles		Inscriber ® TitleMotion ™ Pro

New Features in EDIUS Pro 3

EDIUS Pro 3, the successor to EDIUS 2.5, features over 50 new additions and enhancements. These additions represent Canopus 's commitment to providing their customers with highly requested features, and the continued development of solutions that support both current and future video formats.
 

Migrate DV content to enhanced HDV/HD in realtime

EDIUS Pro 3 is ready to move existing standard definition video to the world of HD. For example, with one simple setting, EDIUS Pro 3 edits DV content in HD resolution, providing the highest quality realtime up-res conversion from standard definition to high definition video, and all project titles, graphics and effects are performed in HD resolution.

Ensuring a painless transition to the world of HD, editors can edit and output newly-created HDV content to hard disks or DVD-R drives without requiring an HDV camera or deck.

* DVCPRO HD compatibility requires the Canopus Codec Option Pack

Canopus has long been regarded as a leader in high-quality, high-performance video codec technology and today, more video professionals rely on acclaimed Canopus technologies for multi-format video transcoding, realtime nonlinear editing and frame-accurate MPEG editing.

EDIUS Pro 3 sets an entirely new level in editing productivity by offering realtime, mixed format editing not rivaled by any other system.

EDIUS Pro 3 can seamlessly edit, in realtime, any mix of HD, HDV, DV, uncompressed, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 video, maintaining the full native format, resolution and color space quality of all video clips. The EDIUS engine is resolution and framerate independent to ensure support of future video codecs and formats.

The productivity gains from realtime mixed format editing are immense as there is no time-consuming format pre-conversion or preparation required prior to editing.

Realtime HDV Editing
When it comes to realtime editing of HDV and other MPEG formats, Canopus's leadership in advanced video codec technologies becomes clear.

EDIUS Pro 3 supports editing of true native HDV MPEG-2 transport stre ams in realtime. For increased realtime performance and the highest image quality for editing, HDV footage can be captured using the Canopus HQ (1080/60i, 50i, 720/30p, 25p) codec. The Canopus HQ Codec is a proprietary video compression algorithm developed by Canopus, for high-quality HD resolution video editing. The HQ codec supports the HDV resolutions employed by Sony and JVC, 1440 x 1080 and 1280 x 720 respectively, with intra-field coding as opposed to inter-frame coding featured with HDV. This provides high-quality, frame-accurate editing of footage, while maintaining the image quality at 4:2:2 chroma sub-sampling, compared to HDV's 4:2:0 sub-sampling.

Realtime, multi-track, mixed HDV / MPEG editing with other formats is a capability that is only found in EDIUS Pro 3.

EDIUS Pro 3 not only provides realtime mixed format editing, but also realtime video output to any format. This means that all aspect ratio conversions between 4:3 and 16:9 video, frame rate conversions, including NTSC and PAL, and resolution conversions between standard and high definition video are processed i n realtime.

For example, EDIUS Pro 3 can up-res a mix of SD MPEG-2 and DV footage for output to HD in realtime. EDIUS can also down-res a HDV project for output as uncompressed SD video in realtime. Realtime output not only provides instant results to tape or monitors, but also delivers any video in the format required.

The EDIUS Pro 3 Video Layout Tool is particularly useful when using mixed video formats as it provides realtime adjustment of video clip scaling, cropping and positioning. EDIUS Pro 3 preserves the original quality and resolution integrity of all clips, so it is possible to scale up higher definition video clips within a standard definition project without quality loss. The Video Layout Tool is realtime, so any resolution changes can be previewed and output instantly.

> EDIUS Pro Video Layout Tool

With Scalable Technology, there are no limits to the number of video tracks, the number of graphic and title layers or the number of effects that can be output in realtime.

Other realtime video editing systems are restricted to processing only two video and graphics tracks simultaneously for realtime video output. EDIUS Pro 3 incorporates Canopus 's Scalable Technology, which ensures that there are no performance limitations in the number of video tracks, the number of graphic and title layers or the number of effects that can be output in realtime.

Future-proof scalable design provides a long product life and high return on investment.

EDIUS Pro 3 empowers editors with an array of realtime filters, keyers and transitions to refine and enhance video projects, without the need for rendering.

Realtime effects, filters and keyers within EDIUS Pro 3 can be stacked and used in any combination to provide unrestricted creativity. Video and audio effects may be customized and saved as presets for use in future projects.

Video Filters and Effects
EDIUS Pro 3 features 28 different realtime video filters to style, enhance or correct any video project. Each filter offers simple yet powerful adjustment controls to further refine an effect.

Realtime keying effects, such as Chroma key, are also included for compositing. With realtime, multi-track editing power and intelligent keying controls, any sequences that feature Chroma key, Luma key or Picture-in-Picture effects, can be previewed and output instantly. EDIUS Pro 3 also provides 16 layer blending keyers for high-quality compositing of video layers, based on different image properties. Blend keyers include Color Burn, Difference, Exclusion and Soft Light.

Transitions with EDIUS FX and Xplode for EDIUS EDIUS Pro 3 features Xplode for EDIUS and EDIUS FX, advanced 2D and 3D video effect engines. These transition effects incorporate proprietary Canopus Effects Technology and provide the power to create stunning and professional quality video transitions. With over 40 transition groups to choose from, each with customizable options, controls and numerous presets, Xplode for EDIUS and EDIUS FX provide sophisticated power for the demanding video editor.	>Xplode for EDIUS
VST Audio Plug-in Support In addition to the included audio filters, EDIUS Pro 3 can make use of any third-party audio effects that make use of the Virtual Studio Technology (VST) interface standard. This allows any number of additional realtime audio effects to plug into EDIUS Pro for more sophisticated audio editing.	> VST Audio Plug-in
Quick Titler EDIUS Pro 3 includes a basic character generator and titling program, to allow editors to quickly create titles for their projects in either HD or SD resolution. Quick Titler features preset text styles and artwork objects for fast title creation, in addition to providing the tools and options for creating customized titles and objects, all of which can be aligned and positioned with absolute precision. Quick Titler also supports text file importing and titles can be set with either a static, roll or crawl animation preset, resulting in effortless creation of project credits.	> Quick Titler
Inscriber® TitleMotion™ Pro for Canopus A co-developed solution created by Canopus and Inscriber, TitleMotion Pro for Canopus is a specially-optimized, full version of the popular broadcast titling package, which provides editors with tools to create high-quality titles with realtime preview and playback during composition in either SD or HD. Featuring keyframed animation capabilities within both 2D and 3D spaces, TitleMotion Pro can produce polished, broadcast titles within minutes. TitleMotion Pro titles can be created and stored within the Bin window, or created directly from the editing timeline.	> Inscriber® TitleMotion™ Pro

Although EDIUS Pro 3 is designed to work offline and independently of any video hardware, its support for IEEE 1394 OHCI FireWire controllers provide editors with connectivity to HD devices, such as the HDV cameras and decks manufactured by Sony and JVC, and Panasonic DVCPRO HD* VTRs, such as the AJ-HD1200A, as well as all standard FireWire-equipped SD decks and cameras.

In addition to providing complete compatibility and support for OHCI FireWire-equipped PCs, EDIUS Pro 3 is compatible with existing Canopus realtime editing hardware solutions**. With EDIUS Pro 3, users of either DVStorm series or DVRaptor RT2 series hardware cards can migrate their existing SD projects and footage to HD resolution and take advantage of the new features with this release, while still retaining the high-quality, high-performing SD-based I/O and realtime processing that these legacy products deliver.

For a limited time, special upgrade pricing and plans are available for any existing EDIUS 1.x or EDIUS 2.x customer. For more information about upgrading to EDIUS Pro 3, click the Upgrade link from the left toolbar.

EDIUS Pro 3 also powers Canopus 's professional range of EDIUS Solutions, which feature tight integration of software and hardware to provide the highest levels of quality, connectivity and productivity in any video production environment.

EDIUS Pro 3 Technical Specifications

> Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0GHz CPU or faster ( Intel Xeon® 2.8GHz dual processors recommended for HD/HDV
   editing, Hyper-Threading supported)
> 512MB RAM (1GB RAM recommended)
> 800MB free disk space for the application
> Windows® XP Home or Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later)
> DirectX 9.0 or later
> Graphics card with hardware-based DirectDraw overlay and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution    (128MB of graphics memory is required when editing in HD resolution)
> ATA100/5400rpm or faster hard disk recommended (Ultra SCSI 160 or better is required for playing two or
   more uncompressed video streams
> Soundcard
> Internet connection for activation

> Installation CD-ROM
> User manual
> Reference manual

> 90-day limited warranty
> Access to the EDIUS registered users website at www.canopus.com