Digital Origin Enhances Its Award-Winning EditDV With New Features For Mac Users

Digital Origin continues to build on its award-winning EditDV by adding two application packages for Macintosh users to perform non-linear digital video (DV) editing on a desktop, the company announced at DV Expo in Long Beach, California. Purchasers of EditDV 1.6 for Macintosh will now receive a full version of Digital Origin RotoDV, a video paint and special effects tool, as well as a full version of Digital Origin PhotoDV which enables still image capture from DV camcorders and tape decks equipped with IEEE 1394 FireWire ports.Based on IEEE 1394 FireWire and QuickTime standards, Digital Origin EditDV was heralded as a breakthrough non-linear DV editor when it was introduced two years ago, and has won multiple industry awards since. Designed specifically for professional DV editors, EditDV provides the fastest 100 percent DV post-production environment for the desktop, coupling high-quality special effects along with high-performance 3-point editing.Newly added to the EditDV package for Macintosh users is RotoDV 1.0, the award-winning paint and special effects tool introduced by Digital Origin earlier this year. RotoDV is a powerful application for doing touch-ups, video painting, special effects, compositing, rotoscoping and animation. RotoDV is also available as a stand-alone product retailing for $399.Also added to EditDV is Digital Origin PhotoDV, which allows users to quickly and easily grab a frame of video, edit it, and then print to paper or publish to the Web. PhotoDV is a useful tool for anyone performing DV editing, with an array of time-saving features such as automatic re-sizing, de-interlacing and file naming as well as keyboard deck controls. PhotoDV software, which includes Adobe Photoshop LE, is also available as a stand-alone product for $99.The enhanced EditDV includes the EditDV software application with built-in DV capture, RotoDV for painting and special effects, PhotoDV for still image capture, Media Cleaner EZ from Terran Interactive, and a Digital Origin 1394 (i.Link) interface card and cable. EditDV 1.6 can be purchased for $799. A software-only version is available for $599.Digital Origin is the leading developer of a full suite of digital video (DV) products for DV camcorder owners, with products for still capture, motion capture, non-linear editing and post-production. These products not only increase productivity and enhance existing creative processes, but also make possible new applications of digital media. Digital Origin is headquartered at 460 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA 94043. Its products are available through a worldwide network of Digital Origin authorized resellers, system integrators and distributors.

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