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NewTek Ships SpeedEDIT, World's Fastest Video Editor (6/2/2007)

Revolutionary video editor focuses on what's important -- telling your story.

NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced SpeedEDIT, the World's Fastest Video Editor, will ship today. NewTek SpeedEDIT is nonlinear editing software with a unique next-generation workflow, allowing you to focus on what's most important - telling your story. SpeedEDIT brings a more efficient workflow independently mixing resolutions aspects and formats on any video project. Multi-definition editing of native clips - from web streams to Hi Definition (HD) - help you transition smoothly into HD production, by editing Standard Definition (SD) and HD clips on the same timeline. "The industry is rapidly abandoning the concept of film," says Vice President of Sales and Video Marketing Philip Nelson. "NewTek wanted to design video editing software that leaves the proverbial film on the cutting floor." SpeedEDIT was consequently designed for faster editing of digital video on a computer hard drive. "SpeedEDIT definitely lives up to the moniker of 'World's Fastest Video Editor' by avoiding transcoding steps used in other professional editors, as well as mixing the most popular formats like AVI, QuickTime, MPEG-2 and HDV in real-time," Nelson explains. "SpeedEDIT also provides uniquely linked timeline and storyboard views, focusing on rapid feedback and smooth storytelling."

SpeedEDIT features include:

Resolution independence
Frame-rate independence
Aspect independence
Input most fomats
Aspect independence
Edits in native formats
Real-time, full-resolution HD previews
Combine SD HD clips in real-time
Real-time up and down conversion
Linked storyboard and timeline views
CG Post£ animated titling
White Balance correction
Real-time 3-wheel color correction
4-band color selection
Modify your project while it plays
Clips inherent for instant replacement
Intelligent background rendering
Create and recall clip presets
Tag clips by color
Tool Shed Automation
Optimized for Dual and Quad-core systems
Real-time 3D animation
3D audio positioning
Real-time interpolated slow motion
Output via FireWire£
Output any frame-rate
Output any video resolution
Output any aspect ratio
Unlimited Undo saved with project

www.newtek.com

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