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DVDStationNLE from Spruce Is First Turnkey Solution For Turning Nonlinear Editing Projects Into Finished DVD Titles
Spruce Technologies (www.spruce-tech.com) Tuesday introduced DVDStationNLEô, the companyís new turnkey DVD encoding and authoring solution that easily converts projects created on Avid (NASDAQ: AVID), Media 100 (NASDAQ: MDEA) and other nonlinear editing systems to DVD-compatible video and audio streams and finished DVD titles. DVDStationNLE provides video editors with a seamless, end-to-end DVD encoding and authoring system that integrates directly with any popular nonlinear editing system. The system accomplishes this by combining Spruce Technologies renowned DVDConductorô authoring system with the full version package of Heuris MPEG Power Professional-2 version 2.0, the state-of-the art MPEG2 encoder for industry standard file formats. ""DVD development needn't be technically difficult, if you have the right tools,"" says HEURIS President, Brian Quandt. ""With Spruces new DVDStationNLE solution, DVD developers can move from their nonlinear editing system, through a high-end professional MPEG encoding system and a professional level DVD authoring system, to DVD quickly and easily. This allows them to focus on whatís really important - developing exciting and meaningful DVD content."" MPEG Power Professional makes DVDStationNLE ideal for use with all significant nonlinear editing systems, including the products from Avid; Media 100; FAST; Adobe Premiere; Canopus; Matrox, Discreet Logic; and In-Sync, as well as NLE and compositing systems such as Adobe AfterEffects that use QuickTime, OMF, or AVI file formats. Using DVDStationNLEs packaged templates, users easily create the properly encoded video and audio streams for authoring on DVDConductor. DVDConductor is the only DVD authoring software designed with the needs video postproduction and corporate production mind. The recently released DVDConductor version 2.5 has been enhanced with many new features including WebDVDô capabilities, motion menus and an increase to eight audio tracks and 32 subtitle tracks. DVDConductor also features Spruces exclusive DVDonCDô feature that enables authors to create DVD titles that can be distributed on CD-ROM. In addition to the many important new features, DVDConductor offers as standard DVD-ROM support, slide shows, multiple camera angles, RealSyncô (audio concatenation in the timeline), trimming video in the timeline, and RealViewô - Spruces unique real-time preview feature that makes DVD authoring so easy its fun. DVDStationNLE can be used with any encoder creating legal DVD streams. Spruces own MPX-3000 has been designed to give the best possible image and audio quality with controls fully integrated into the authoring user interface. According to Brian Lane, Product Manager at Spruce, ""Spruce is pushing the price/performance envelope with features that you only expect to find in authoring packages costing many thousands of dollars more. We are excited to marry the best authoring features available with Heuris MPP2, the fastest and best quality encoder for industry standard file formats. The potential impact for the video editing world is enormous."" Available as a ready-to-use solution, DVDStationNLE can also be upgraded as the customers needs grow with the addition of DVDConductor add-ons. The DVDPowerPackô option is available to provide power-user DVD features including Memory Management for 128 virtual registers (GPRMS), Playlists, and a host of other features. For the most advanced entertainment applications, the system can be upgraded at to a full DVDMaestro, Spruces flagship authoring system for entertainment and high-end requirements. About Spruce Technologies, Inc. Spruce Technologies develops and markets DVD authoring software and MPEG encoders for the corporate, new media, and entertainment markets. Based in San Jose, California, Spruce combines the best Silicon Valley software expertise with extensive DVD, MPEG and video postproduction knowledge.