Pinnacle DV500 DVD

Pinnacle DV500 DVD

Pinnacle DV500 DVD contains everything that made the original DV500 a classic
The winning formula
Pinnacle DV500 DVD has a proven track record in stability, reliabilityand compatibility. With over 100,000 sold worldwide, it is the world's best selling video editing solution in its class, and has won awards and acclaim from the industry's top journalists.

Now we've made it even better and added even more real time features designed to streamline the DVD creation process. Direct import of MPEG-2 files to the timeline and hardware accelerated MPEG-2 rendering allow you to get video in and out of your system faster; with no need for format swapping.

Pinnacle DV500 DVD also includes our unique Intelligent ReEditing, which allows you to revisit older projects and only render the edits when you've completed your revisions - no more long renders just because you wanted to change one title or shorten one clip!

A creative powerhouse

Pinnacle DV500 DVD gives you the tools you need for instant creativity. Enhance your productions with a vast range of effects from simple dissolves to complex 3D transitions, colour correction and slow or fast motion. Add Broadcast quality titles, graphics and filters, and with the latest dual stream technology you'll see most of your changes instantly, without waiting to render!

All systems go

From the start to the finish line,Pinnacle DV500 DVD gives you complete flexibility. Mix footage from analogue or digital sources. Author and burn your own video CD or DVD, complete with interactive menus, with the included authoring and encoding software. Output to analogue or digital tape or create a streaming file for instant posting to the Web. The choice is yours!

Complete Suite of Digital Video Production Tools

Adobe® Premiere® 6.5

• Professional, broadcast-quality, non-linear editing software
• Video and audio processing
• Drag-and-drop editing, with integrated special effects and filters
• 99 video and audio tracks
• Storyboard window assembly
• Automate to timeline feature

Performance Tools

• Real-time widescreen format support (16:9) for video, transitions and titles
• Real-time video monitoring while creating titles
• Real-time Image Correction filters for changing hue, contrast and brightness controls
• Pinnacle Systems DV2 Speed Codec with Dual Processor support for ultra fast rendering output to DV
• Real-time multi track audio mixing with gain and pan adjustments

Pinnacle Hollywood FX Technology
Pinnacle Hollywood FX

• Blazing fast 3D effects
• 100 3D Transitions
• Real-time Preview
• Enhance effects with easy path rotation, shadows, shine and anti-aliasing Hollywood FX

Pinnacle Hollywood FX Alpha Magic

• Complete collection of more than 400 unique transitions
• Real time transition effects with adjustable width colour borders
• Artistic design for great looking video transitions

Real-Time Pinnacle SceneCutter

• Apply to any clip in timeline
• Automatically detects scene changes
• Generates unique picon for each scene

Pinnacle Impression DVD SE ™

• Produce your own self-playing CD's and DVD's with subtitles and interactive menu creation
• Comprehensive, fully featured multimedia authoring application
  
• Easy-to-understand GUI
• Smart Adobe Photoshop® layer support
• Dynamic asset linking
• Supports full-motion video and still frame diagrams
• Real-time simulation and emulation

Pinnacle TitleDeko™ RT

• Broadcast-quality character generator
• Easily create superb titles directly over video with new
• Compose In Context feature
• See your graphics on the video monitor while composing with new "Take" feature Professional effects include glows, neon, metallic looks, textures, backgrounds, shapes, shadows and edges
• Drag and drop placement, rotation, kerning, leading and sizing

Pinnacle DV Tools™

• Storyboard export to Adobe Premiere
• Automate and simplify the complete capture process
• TapeScan automatically creates a table of contents from DV tapes
• Archive scanned tapes with picture frames for all scenes
• Select scenes for capture with simple drag-and-drop
• Frame accurate device control during capture
• Supports miniDV and DVCAM timecodes
• Snap Shot for still image capture

Pinnacle DV500 DVD also includes a brand new, fully professional breakout box with an integrated 1394 port

Recommended System Requirements:

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 1 GHz or faster processor
• 1 X 32 bit PCI 2.1 slot
• 256 MB RAM
• 4 GB hard disk capacity
• 18 GB video hard disk (SCSI ultra-2/UDMA-IDE)
• 24 bit display adapter with DirectDraw drivers
• CD or DVD writer
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
• Windows® 2000, XP

Minimum System Requirements:

• Intel® Pentium® III, AMD Athlon® 500 MHz or faster, or compatible processor
• 1x32 bit PCI 2.1 slot
• 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM for Windows 2000 & XP)
• 500 MB hard disk capacity
• 4 GB video hard disk (SCSI 2/UDMA-IDE)
• 16 bit display adapter with DirectDraw drivers
• CD-ROM drive
• Sound card
• External video monitor
• Windows® 2000, Me, 98SE, 98, XP

Technical Data:

Hardware

• 32 bit PCI bus mastering expansion card Data Rate
• Two streams of DV data (25 Mbits per second per stream)

Frame Rate

• 25/30 frames, 50/60/ fields per second (PAL/NTSC, US Version NTSC only)

Digitization and Playback

• In real-time. 720x576 (PAL/SECAM) or 720x480 (NTSC) in 4:2:0 YUV (PAL) or 4:1:1 YUV (NTSC), true colour

Video Inputs

• 1x composite video (CVBS), RCA (cinch) jack, high quality comb filter
• 1x S-Video (Y/C) mini DIN
• 2x IEEE 1394 (Firewire®/iLink) six pin connector, external
• 1x IEEE 1394 (Firewire®/iLink) six pin connector, internal

Video Outputs

• 1x composite video (CVBS), RCA (cinch) jack
• 1x S-Video (Y/C) mini DIN
• 2x IEEE 1394 (Firewire®/iLink) six pin connector, external
• 1x IEEE 1394 (Firewire®/iLink) six pin connector, internal

Video Standard

• PAL, NTSC (US Version NTSC only), Widescreen 16:9

Video Systems

• DV, DV Cam, Digital 8,S-VHS, Hi-8, VHS, Video8

Real-time Adjustable Parameters

• Brightness, contrast, saturation, image correction filter

Real-time Effects

• 2 channel video mixer with real-time bit manipulation and real-time multi-track audio mixer

Video Overlay

• Video overlay chip for real-time monitoring on computer screen

Audio Inputs/Outputs

• Input: Stereo, 2xRCA (cinch) jack
• Output: Stereo, 2xRCA (cinch) jack

Audio Input Level

• 0dB, adjustable, selectable Audio Recording and Playback
• In real-time directly to/from hard disc in full CD/DAT stereo audio quality