Editing For The Digital Generation

No other NLE gives you so much versatility combined with sheer speed of editing. The Grass Valley EDIUS 5 supports real-time editing of all popular standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) formats, including Canopus HQ, Canopus Lossless, Infinity JPEG 2000, DV, DVCAM, HDV, AVCHD, MPEG-2, AVC-Intra, and uncompressed video. Less work. More flow.

For EDIUS v5.5, we've added:

Windows 7 support (32/64-bit)

AVCHD native editing-three realtime AVCHD streams using an Intel Core i7 processor

Support for color space of CANON EOS movie files

Edit any mix of SD and HD resolution video content together in real time

Work with many different native video formats, including DV, HDV, AVCHD, uncompressed, and more

New GPU-accelerated 3D transitions

Windows XP and Windows Vista support

Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics tracks

Real-time editing and conversion of different HD/SD aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3

Real-time editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60i, 50i, and 24p

Real-time editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x720, and 720x480

Real-time HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions, and titles

Real-time, render-free DV output directly from the timeline

Multi-camera editing of up to eight different sources simultaneously

Nested timeline sequences

High-speed HDV timeline export, built for multi-core and multiple CPU technology

High-quality, multi-format video exporting to Infinity JPEG 2000, MPEG-2, AVCHD, and AVC-Intra

Direct to Blu-ray Disc and DVD timeline export

High value software bundle includes filters, effects, image stabilization, VST audio plug-ins, and DVD and Blu-ray authoring

Video Formats:

Canopus HQ

Canopus Lossless

Canopus DV

DVCPRO 50

DVCPRO HD

HDV

Ikegami GFCAM

Infinity JPEG 2000

Microsoft DV

MPEG-1

MPEG-2 program stream, elementary stream, transport stream (SD and HD)

P2 (SD and HD)

VariCam

QuickTime (including DV, DVCPRO HD)

XDCAM (SD and HD)

Uncompressed

Windows Media

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU
Intel or AMD CPU with a 3 GHz processor speed or faster (multiple CPUs and/or multi-core CPUs are recommended. SSE2 and SSE3 instruction set supported)
Memory:
1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
Hard Disk:

5 GB of hard disk space is required for installation (including third-party software)

Drive with ATA100/7,200 RPM or faster is necessary for video storage: Available HDD disc space should be twice the size of the file to be edited, RAID-0 is recommended for HD resolution editing

Graphics Card

A graphics card supported by Direct3D 9.0c or later, and PixelShader Model 3.0 or later is required

For SD editing: 128 MB or larger required, 256 MB or larger recommended

For HD editing: 256 MB or larger required, 512 MB or larger recommended

Sound Card
A sound card with WDM driver support is required
DVD-ROM Drive
Required for software installation:
Blu-ray Disc writer, DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW drive is required when creating Blu-ray Discs or DVDs
USB Port
Free USB port (1.1 or higher) is required for security key
Operating System

Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later, 32-bit)

Windows Vista (SP1 or later, 32-bit or 64-bit), including the following operating systems: Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 (32/64-bit)

Note: External video decks/cameras may require either a free FireWire (IEEE 1394) port or USB 2.0 port for connectivity.

Package Contents:

EDIUS 5 Installation Disc Set (DVD-ROM)

USB License Key

QuickStart Guide

Bundled Software:

NewBlue video filters: Art Effects, Film Effects & Motion Effects

ProDAD video effects & image stabilization: VitaScene & Mercalli Expert

iZotope VST audio plug-ins: Audio Effects Suite, AudioRestore, AGC & Mastering Effects Suite

Corel DVD and Blu-ray authoring: DVD MovieFactory

Artbeats HD stock footage and graphics

SmartSound audio software: Trial Version of Sonicfire Pro

mymusicsource.com: Applet to link directly to My Music for EDIUS music library

Graham-Patten Systems: GUI Application to control Sonarae audio monitoring processor (Sonarae unit not included)

Harris TitleMotion Pro titling application