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Radius Debuts MotoDV Studio 2.0
Combines Award-Winning MotoDV with Adobe Premiere 5 to Provide Complete Desktop Editing Solution for Windows Platforms
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1998--Radius Inc. (Nasdaq:RDUS - news), the premier developer of DV software products, today announced a new version of MotoDV Studio, the company announced at DV Expo here today.
MotoDV Studio 2.0 integrates Radius' full-motion DV capture and playback technology with Adobe Premiere 5 to provide a complete non-linear editing solution for DV camcorder users on Windows 95, 98, and NT.
MotoDV lets users quickly and reliably transfer pristine digital video between a Windows-based personal computer and a DV camcorder or VTR equipped with an IEEE 1394 ''FireWire'' port. Adobe Premiere 5 delivers a streamlined interface, studio-quality audio tools, long-format editing tools, enhanced Edit Decision List (EDL) support and other high end production features.
Bundled together in MotoDV Studio, the system gives video editors a powerful, open standards-based desktop editing solution that integrates easily with other essential tools.
''MotoDV Studio delivers the quality and productivity of much more expensive systems,'' said Brady O. Bruce, vice president of marketing for Radius. ''Even the most demanding video professionals will be excited about this affordable desktop editing DV solution. The addition of Windows NT support makes it that much more powerful.''
Version 2.0 adds Radius Studio Plug-Ins for Adobe Premiere, enabling a seamless and efficient workflow from video capture through final output to tape. Two of the plug-ins provide integrated capture from within Premiere, either manually or automatically from a batch list, with control of the DV device from the keyboard.
Batch capture is especially important because it allows an editor to free up disk space for new projects, knowing that a work-in-progress can be easily restored to the state in which it had been left.
The third plug-in, Radius LiveDV, is a playback module for Premiere that enables video and audio to be played over the 1394 connection in full-motion at full resolution. The video is previewed on a video monitor attached to the DV device.
In addition to playing back the video and audio at normal speed, editors can scrub or step through a particular segment -- an important capability required to properly evaluate a particular edit or effect.
The playback module also enables editors to play full-resolution video from the Premiere timeline without the need to compute the video project into a single file on the hard disk. Only effects, titles, and transitions need to be rendered, saving substantial time and disk space.
In addition, by playing clips in sequence from the timeline, the playback module bypasses the 2GB file size limit, allowing editors to create much longer programs.
MotoDV Studio 2.0 for Windows has a U.S. suggested list price of $899 and is expected to begin shipping in December, 1998. Current MotoDV Studio 1.0 users can upgrade to version 2.0 for $99. The upgrade price for MotoDV users is $199.
Radius is headquartered at 460 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA 94043. Its products are available through a worldwide network of Radius authorized resellers, system integrators and distributors. Radius may be reached at 650/404-6000 or at their Web site www.radius.com.
Contact:
Radius Inc. Cheryl Landman, 650/404-6235 press@radius.com or Crowley Communications Pamela Crowley, 408/377-8384 pamc@pacbell.net |