Technology and Innovation

Avid
Avid Liquid (the new name for Pinnacle Liquid Edition), which is for Windows only, is also capal ble of cutting native .m2t. Like all the various Awl editing software products, the design and functions are similar. There are just different features! in the different versions.
Canopus
EDIUS comes in two flavors, software-based (Pnj or hardware- and software-based (NX). If you choose to edit with the software-based solution! the footage will be captured and cut with an Hi] called HQ, which was developed by Canopus.
The hardware-based package, NX, gives more| power to the editor, by allowing I/O hardware ( capture the HDV footage, changing it to the HD| HQ for editing.

HD Editing Software Conclusion
With so many choices, there are several thingsl to consider. Are you using an Apple computer F or a Windows-based system? Whichever one you prefer to use, most of these products cant downloaded as a demo to try out. Most editing! software shares a similar graphical layout, whi helps make things easier if you happen to editj different platforms.

Apple and Windows
Avid
Avid released its latest version of Xpress for Apple and Windows editors, which allows the use of cutting in native HDV, and mixing other videol formats, like Final Cut Pro. Avid has an excellent! intermediate codec, which allows for smooth editing and playback.
Adobe
In January, Adobe announced that its Premiere Pro software would be returning to Apple compul ers with Intel chips, after a four-year hiatus.
Though Premiere Pro can support native m2t editing, it’s highly recommended you capture us-l ing the CineForm intermediate codec (which Cind] form calls a Compressed Digital Intermediate), available for Windows and then cut in uncompressed HD. Ensure you have enough disk space,] as one hour of HD can be anywhere from 40 to 6 gigabytes vs. 13GB for one hour of HDV footage.
The Matrox RT.X2 is an input/output card that provides real-time HDV, HD, and standard definitioi (SD) video capture, but also uses an intermediate col dec to help keeps things running smoothly. It corns] with a copy of Adobe Premiere Pro for Windows.