ADS Technologies Announces Professional DV Editing Solution For Less Than $500

ADS Technologies Inc. announced Pyro Pro DV, a complete native DV nonlinear editing solution for professional videographers and pro-consumers. At the competitive suggested retail price of $499, Pyro Pro DV features digital video capture, editing, 2-D and 3-D modeling, animation and video overlay effects, titling, and custom music creation. Pyro Pro DV is a complete digital video production system that includes Pyro 1394 PCI three-port host card for 400 Mbit/sec (megabits/second) data throughput for lossless, broadcast-quality digital video. Pyro Pro DV features a content-creation software suite that rivals high-end DV solutions currently available on the market.Pyro Pro DV includes: Ulead MediaStudio Pro 6.0, Cool 3D, Hash Animation Master 2000, Sound Forge XP 4.5, Sonic Foundry ACID Style 2.0, Boris FX Ltd., Pixelan Software's SpiceMaster Lite, and DV Suite. ""We are excited to offer such a powerful, dynamic and robust DV editing package at such a remarkable value,"" said ADS Technologies President Mike McCoy. ""Now the tools to create professional digital video productions are accessible to the video producer and pro-consumer alike. They can transform what they envision into reality with stunning visual elements such as scenes with 3-D animated character added in and other advanced special effects."" ""We're extremely pleased to participate in the Pyro Pro DV bundle,"" said Travis White, Video Product Manager for Ulead Systems Inc. ""ADS has thought of everything - from 2-D video capture and editing to 3-D effects and customized music creation. This product has it all!"" About Pyro Pro DV The latest addition to the popular Pyro 1394/FireWire product line from ADS Technologies, Pyro Pro DV was designed as an affordable yet powerful professional digital video production system complete with hardware and software suite for DV capture, editing, animation and video overlay capabilities and special effects. Pyro Pro DV includes:- PYRO 1394 PCI three-port host card - 6-foot 6-pin to 4-pin DV editing cable - Ulead MediaStudio Pro 6.0 - Video Capture, Video Editor, Audio Editor, Video Paint, CGI Infinity, Cool 3D - DV Suite - DVMovie and DVPhoto Capture for NT 4.0 - Pixelan-SpiceMaster Lite with 50 Spices from Video Spice Rack Pro - Boris FX 4.0 Ltd. - Compositing and special-effects software - Hash's Animation Master 2000 - True 3-D character creation and animation software - Acid Style 2.0 - Loop-based music production software - Sound Forge XP 4.5 - Digital audio editing and processing tools Pyro Pro DV is supported by Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Video for Windows-based applications, and Adobe Premiere 5.2 and above. System RequirementsIntel Celeron 400MHz or AMD K6-2-400MHz or above; Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000; 64MB of RAM and sound card; AGP video card or PCI with 4MB of RAM; CD-ROM Drive; 200 MB hard disk space for capture/editing applications; 4GB hard disk space (20 minutes of raw DV footage). Availability And Cost Pyro Pro DV suggested retail price is $499, and is available March 2000. About ADS TechnologiesADS Technologies brings the cutting-edge technology of multimedia, upgrade, network and presentation solutions to the personal-computer marketplace. The privately held company manufactures USB and 1394 hardware, and scan converters for both PCs and Macs.

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