EDIUS Neo 2

Affordable Nonlinear Editing

Featuring a basic, entry-level range of tools and features, our EDIUS® Neo 2 software is ideal for those new to video editing. Yet, it also provides powerful nonlinear editing features common to all EDIUS solutions, such as real-time, multi-track, mixed-format HD/SD editing, chroma keying, titling, and both Blu-ray Disc and DVD authoring.

Built on the same highly-acclaimed technology as our EDIUS Pro application, EDIUS Neo 2 software offers native editing of various formats including AVCHD, HDV, DV, Windows Media, and QuickTime—and provides a seamless, real-time workflow that supports mixing all formats within the same timeline. And you can upgrade it to the full-featured EDIUS editing software at any time. For a comparison of our EDIUS NLE Software solutions, visit the NLE Software page.

EDIUS Neo 2 runs on a laptop as well as a workstation system and can input/output video from any OHCI FireWire-compatible hardware. If you need HDMI and audio monitoring or Blu-ray Disc acceleration support, take a look at the EDIUS Neo 2 HDSPARK™ and EDIUS Neo 2 FIRECODER® Blu packages.

Features:

•Real-time, Mixed format HD/SD editing, including AVCHD, HDV, MPEG-2, DV, Windows Media, and QuickTime video
•Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics tracks
•Real-time editing and conversion of different HD/SD aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3
•Real-time editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60i, 50i and 24p
•Real-time editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x720, 720x480
•Real-time HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions, and titles
•Real-time, render-free video output directly from the timeline
•Nested timeline sequences
•High-speed MPEG-2 and HDV import and export using multi-core and multiple CPU technology
•Segment encoding (smart rendering) export for MPEG-2 and HDV
•Direct to Blu-ray Disc and DVD timeline export with menu
•Quick Titler built in for real-time roll/crawl titling
•AVCHD converter software for converting AVCHD clips to Canopus HQ codec
•Upgradeable to full version EDIUS® software

Begin your journey into the world of standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) video editing today with Grass Valley EDIUS Neo 2 software. Built on the same highly-acclaimed real-time mixed format editing technology featured in Grass Valley EDIUS, EDIUS Neo 2 offers native editing of various formats including AVCHD, HDV, DV, Windows Media, and QuickTime, and supports a seamless real-time workflow, including the ability to mix various formats within the same timeline.

No Special Hardware Required
EDIUS Neo 2 does not require any special hardware to work-it can run on a laptop as well as a workstation system, and can input/output video from any OHCI FireWire (IEEE 1394)-compatible hardware.

Specifications
Minimum System Requirements

Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz CPU or faster (Intel Core 2 Duo processors recommended for HD/HDV editing; hyper-threading supported)
512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended)
300 MB free disk space for the application
DVD-ROM drive for software installation (Blu-ray Disc or DVD drive is required for Blu-ray Disc or DVD burning)
Windows Vista (Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium/Basic), Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later)
DirectX 9.0c or later
Graphics card with support for PixelShader Model 3.0 or later and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution (256 MB of graphics memory is required when editing in HD resolution)
ATA100/7200 RPM or faster hard disk recommended RAID 0 is required for HD editing
Sound card

Package Contents
EDIUS Neo 2 software installation DVD-ROM
EDIUS Neo 2 installation guide
EDIUS Neo 2 registration card
AVCHD2HQ converter software - Version 3
Make AVCHD really easy to edit
Thomson has just released a new version of their AVCHD2HQ software with some great new features and performance boosts.
AVC2HQ software converts high quality AVCHD footage into easy to edit formats like Canopus HQ and now MPEG2.
If you have EDIUS or EDIUS Neo / 2 on your computer you can download and use AVCHD2HQ free of charge.
An exciting new feature is the ability to use the new FireCoder Blu accelerator board for lightning quick conversions.
If you need the ultimate performance in converting AVCHD you can even put multiple FireCoder Blu boards in one computer.

Registered Canopus Software users can download AVCHD2HQ - go to the Canopus Website, create an account and download from 'general utilities'.