NewTek to launch World’s Fastest Video Editor, SpeedEDIT (TM)

Monday, November 13, 2006 – NewTek, maker of innovative and industry-standard video and 3D animation products, is launching its newest creation, SpeedEDIT(TM), The World’s Fastest Video Editor, November 14. Simultaneous launch events are planned in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago and Dallas.

NewTek SpeedEDIT(TM); is nonlinear editing software with a unique next-generation workflow, allowing you to focus on what’s most important – telling your story. SpeedEDIT™ brings a more efficient workflow with resolution-independent, aspect independent and format agnostic editing to any video project, from web streams to Hi Definition (HD), helping you transition smoothly into HD production, editing Standard Definition (SD) and HD clips on the same timeline.

“With so many editors that are accustomed film editing workflows, the problem today is that we are no longer editing film. In fact, most of Hollywood is leaving film behind. When designing SpeedEDIT, NewTek focused on the goal of developing the fastest way to edit digital video on a computer hard drive,” explains Philip Nelson, NewTek Vice President of Sales and Video Marketing. “SpeedEDIT lives up to the moniker of ‘World’s Fastest Video Editor’ as it avoids transcoding used in other professional editors and allows you to mix most popular formats like AVI, QuickTime, MPEG-2 and HDV in real-time. SpeedEDIT also dynamically links a timeline and storyboard views to put the focus on storytelling instead of technique.”

SpeedEDIT™ features include:

• Resolution independence
• Frame-rate independence
• Input most formats
• Edits in native formats
• Real-time, full-res HD previews
• Combine SD & HD clips in real-time
• Real-time up & down conversion
• Linked Storyboard & Timeline views
• CG Post™ animated titling
• White Balance correction
• Real-time 3-wheel color correction
• 4-band color selection
• Modify project while it plays
• Clips inherent for instant replacement
• Intelligent background rendering
• Create and recall clip presets
• Tag clips by color
• Tool Shed Automation
• Optimized for Dual-core systems
• Real-time 3D animation
• 3D audio positioning
• Real-time interpolated slow motion
• Output via FireWire™
• Output any frame-rate
• Output any video resolution
• Output any aspect ratio
• Unlimited Undo saved with project

 

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