Still Image Animation and Montage Creation
Transform still images and photographs into movies with Imaginate 2.0. Featuring
easy-to-use panning, zooming, scaling and 3D camera positioning tools, Imaginate
2.0 is perfect for still image effects such as creating photo montages with
audio, DVD motion menus and documentary style movies.
The only limitation is imagination.
Fun, fast and easy-to-use video
editing
Let's EDIT 2's
friendly user interface will have you capturing, editing and exporting video
with ease. Let's EDIT 2 features intelligent capture functions, optimized
MPEG editing with the “MPEG Speed Index” feature, voiceover recording, CD
audio ripping, and one-click effects. Let's EDIT 2 provides you with the
tools that professional editors use, within a simple, easy-to-use interface.
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Intuitive Interface
Let's EDIT 2 is designed for both experienced video editors and the novice –
there's no experience necessary to start editing video. All major features
within Let's EDIT 2 can be accessed just by clicking on any of the large
buttons within the toolbars. You can also switch to full screen playback for
previewing your projects.
Let's EDIT 2's interface not only provides simplicity, but also offers
powerful editing controls for the video enthusiast. These features include
support for up to 10 title and 10 audio tracks, 16:9 editing, ripple
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Clip Bin Storyboarding
The Media Clip Bin forms a major part of Let's EDIT 2's interface and
allows you to easily manage all the different types of video, audio and even
digital still image clips used in your projects. The Clip Bin also works as
a Storyboard – you can arrange the clips into a specific order and then have
Let's EDIT 2 automatically place all the clips onto the timeline instantly.
This makes creating videos fast and easy. |
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MPEG Speed Index
Let's EDIT 2 features Canopus's new proprietary MPEG Speed Index
technology. This feature provides you with fast, responsive editing
performance when working with MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video clips in realtime.
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CD Audio Ripping
Add music and sound from your favorite CDs into your projects with
this feature. Select one, two, or even all the tracks on a CD and Let's EDIT
2 will automatically save the audio from the CD and import into the Clip
Bin, ready for use. |
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Voiceover Recording
With Let's EDIT 2, you can quickly record narration for your video,
all you need is a microphone connected to the PC. The Voiceover Recording
feature will play back your project and record audio directly to the
timeline. If you make a mistake, you can quickly do an insert recording to
fix any slipups. This feature is also an ideal way to add music from
audiocassettes into your projects. |
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Add realtime movie-style video effects,
titles and transitions
Bring Hollywood special effects wizardry to your home with Let's EDIT 2's
wide selection of realtime video filters, transitions and title effects. Let's
EDIT 2 provides realtime, instant playback and output of everything you see,
while you edit.
Realtime Video Filters and
Effects
Let's EDIT 2 includes 30 different video filters and effects to choose from,
ranging from practical filters to help improve the color and brightness of your
footage, to more creative and sophisticated effects, such as Old Movie and
Chroma Key. Let's EDIT 2 can also slow down, speed up and even reverse the
playback of your footage.
Realtime filters and effects can be used together in any combination to create
an entirely different look for your video. These effect combinations can be
saved, so you can use them again in future projects.
Realtime 2D and 3D Transitions
Rather than having a straight cut between each video clip, pick from
over 100 different realtime transitions available within Let's EDIT 2. Let's
EDIT 2 features transition effects to suit any type of project, with simple
2D-based effects, such as dissolves and wipes, as well as more creative 3D-based
transitions, such as Page Peel and Fly Away.
Each transition features a control panel to customize various properties for
that transition, including direction, speed and even realtime lighting and
shadows for 3D objects.
Realtime Titles and Graphics
No video project would be complete without a title or two, and
Let's EDIT 2 makes titling your projects quick and easy. The Let's EDIT 2
titler lets you place text anywhere on the screen, complete with custom
colors and drop shadows, with a one-click preview feature. Let's EDIT 2 also
supports importing of custom graphics, so you can use any image as a title,
such as a logo for a school or sporting team photo.
To add an extra creative touch, any title can be animated, by choosing from
over 20 different Title Motion effects. These effects include simple
fade-in/fade-out effects and slide effects for rolling credits. |
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> Combine up to 10 realtime titles
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Create DVDs of your home movies
Capture directly to DV, MPEG-1 and
MPEG-2 from any DV camcorder
| Connect any DV* camcorder to your PC, and have
Let's EDIT 2 capture the footage directly to DV AVI, MPEG-2 or MPEG-1
formats. Let's EDIT 2 seamlessly edits any combination of DV and MPEG
footage, with no need for conversion prior to editing. |
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Control a DV camcorder directly from within Let's EDIT 2's interface to
preview and cue DV tapes, set which format to capture your video to and then
record – it's as easy as that. Let's EDIT 2's intelligent capture function
will automatically split up the footage into separate clips based on the
date and time you recorded each scene with your camera.
The MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 capture options also offer three different modes of
quality to choose from, based on how much hard disk space you want to use
when capturing. Use the MPEG-2 capture feature to greatly reduce the time
taken to create DVDs. |
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Let's EDIT 2 Specifications
Minimum System Requirements
Let’s EDIT Minimum System Requirements
> Intel® Celeron®, Intel Pentium® III, Intel
Pentium 4, AMD Athlon™, AMD Athlon™ XP or AMD Duron™ processor, 800MHz CPU or
faster
> 256MB RAM or more
> AV-rated hard disk drive (10MB/sec minimum sustained transfer)
> 100MB free hard disk space + 2.4GB free space per hour of MPEG-2 video or 13GB
free space per hour of DV
> Windows® 2000 (requires Service Pack 3 or higher), Windows® XP Home or
Windows® XP Professional (requires Service Pack 1 or higher)
> Graphics card with hardware-based DirectDraw overlay and 24-bit color display
at a 1024x768 resolution
> IEEE 1394 FireWire port (for DV input/output), Let's EDIT RT 2 or Let's EDIT
RT+ 2
> Sound card
> DVD-R/DVD-RW drive for DVD writing (optional)
Let's EDIT RT 2 and Let's EDIT RT+ 2 also
require one free bus-mastering PCI slot
(v2.1 or later)
Recommended System Requirements
(for realtime performance)
> Intel Pentium 4 2GHz or AMD Athlon 2GHz CPU (Hyper-Threading supported)
> 512MB RAM or more
Package Contents
Let’s EDIT 2 Software Package Contents
> Let's EDIT 2 installation CD-ROM
> Let's EDIT 2 QuickStart Guide
Let’s Edit Realtime Editing
Benefits
Let’s EDIT RT and Let’s EDIT RT+ are the
world’s only OHCI analog and DV editing cards that are completely compatible
with all widely used video equipment and hundreds of video editing applications.
Together with Let’s EDIT software these cards provide realtime render-free video
output to ensure that there is no waiting or rendering required to playback,
output and complete sophisticated video projects.
Let's EDIT RT and Let’s EDIT RT+
Hardware Benefits:
> Connects to all widely used analog and
DV cameras and decks, including VHS, S-VHS, Hi8, Digital8, DV
and DVCAM
> Provides DV and analog video compatibility for leading editing and DVD
authoring applications, including
Sonic Foundry® Vegas®, Final Cut Pro®, Avid Xpress® DV, Adobe® Premiere®,
Pinnacle Edition,
Ulead MediaStudio® Pro, and Windows Movie Maker
> Supports PAL and NTSC video formats
> Compatible with Windows and Mac OS
> Provides the industry’s highest-quality analog-to-DV conversion with locked
audio support for perfect
audio and video synchronization
> Let's EDIT RT+ provides video output to a monitor or television while editing
> Features adjustable brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and sharpness
controls on analog video input
(included software for Windows only)
> The broadest editing software support and video equipment compatibility
ensures a longer product life
and a high return on investment
> Three-year warranty
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Video Input
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Video Output
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Let’s EDIT**
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Let’s EDIT RT
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DV
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Let’s EDIT RT+
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DV/Analog
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DV/Analog
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**Let’s EDIT 2 software for Windows requires a
PC with an OHCI FireWire port.
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