Dazzle introduces industry`s first scalable, software-based real-time video editing solution for video professionals

Edutain Distribution/Alien Technologies, a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, have announced the release of the ultimate solution for video professionals demanding true real-time performance and quality: the Dazzle Real-Time Video Producer.

Real-Time Video Producer is the first product from the new Dazzle Professional Series. This revolutionary video editing solution delivers real-time performance through an innovative software architecture, which enables it to offer unmatched scalability, flexibility, portability and ease of use for professional videographers.

Hardware-based real-time editing products require video cards or other devices to be installed into the PC, and their rigid architecture limits their ability to adapt to a user`s evolving needs. By contrast, Real-Time Video Producer requires no complicated hardware installation, and is flexible in allowing additional features to be added over time.

Because it is software-based, Real-Time Video Producer is just as powerful when used on a laptop for on-location editing as when used on a desktop in the studio. The solution also delivers performance that is scalable with the speed of the CPU, enabling it to leverage not just today`s computers, but also the powerful new systems being introduced over the next few years.

"Dazzle`s software-based approach delivers the real-time productivity that videographers demand while literally outperforming hardware," says Voula Philippides, MD of Edutain/Alien. "Through its scalable and extensible architecture, Real-Time Video Producer defines a new standard within the industry for real-time, multi-stream video editing."

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Real-Time Video Producer`s software architecture overcomes the limitations of hardware solutions that support only two video channels. For example, when used on a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 computer system, three or more video streams, three colour correction filters, transitions, picture-in-picture with motion, and title overlays can be processed simultaneously - and viewed instantly.

Real-Time Video Producer features Dazzle`s scalable Native Video Pipeline Technology and leverages the industry`s most popular professional editing software, Adobe Premiere 6.5. Native Video Pipeline technology allows Adobe Premiere to work with multiple channels of broadcast-resolution video in real time and with perfectly preserved colour. This is achieved because Native Video Pipeline`s playback and effects engines are designed from the ground up to process video in its native YUV format rather than converting the video to the PC`s standard RGB format. Also included is the award-winning Dazzle DVD Complete Deluxe DVD authoring software and Boris FX integrated effects and composition application.

Real-Time Video Producer`s DV Analogue I/O breakout box connects to the PC via a 1394 port. In real time it captures either native DV, or analogue video at full resolution in 4:2:2 YUV format. Its full-resolution output enables productions to be viewed on a TV monitor or recorded to a VCR in real-time.