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More than just an innovative HD non-linear editor, VelocityHD also features outstanding standard-definition editing performance, with full-quality, real-time playback and mixing of multiple SD video and graphics streams, and a new flexible mixer architecture that combines the guaranteed, real-time performance of hardware with the mixing and effects flexibility of software-based solutions.
This format flexibility makes VelocityHD ideal for the transition to HD, offering the best of both worlds while you continue to work in both realms. Even if you aren’t working in HD yet but expect to in the future, VelocityHD is the ideal solution, offering an unparalleled level of SD performance in its price range, while being immediately ready to handle HD with no expensive options required.
VelocityHD delivers this power through a significantly enhanced version of our flexible and intuitive Velocity™ software interface, with the features and workflow that professionals depend on in our standard-definition VelocityQ™ multi-stream NLE.
The comprehensive feature set includes a broad range of trimming and editing tools. Customizable interface options and a choice between drag-and-drop, trim window, keyboard and optional external jog/shuttle control make VelocityHD easily adaptable to your preferred editing style.
VelocityHD brings the ideal combination of real-time power, quality, productivity, flexibility, reliability, and ease of use to the high definition world. Its dual-stream architecture makes full-quality real-time HD editing more affordable than ever before, while its HD and SD format flexibility makes it ideal for working in both domains.
Outstanding Hardware Technology Altitude also features superb SD real-time performance, with full-quality, real-time playback and mixing of multiple SD video and graphics streams.
The optional A3DX™ 3D DVE daughtercard adds one channel of real-time high-definition 3D DVE and up to four channels of real-time standard-definition 3D effects – including perspectives, warps and rotation – plus real-time masks, chroma/luma keying and more. This effects processing happens right on the Altitude hardware, not limited by the host system’s CPU or graphics card performance.
All of this real-time power can be performed on both compressed and uncompressed HD video*. Recording and playback can be done in 8-bit or 10-bit uncompressed, or using our own online-quality compression format. HD storage requirements are huge, but not every project needs to be fully uncompressed. VelocityHD gives you the ability to balance storage space and bandwidth with your quality requirements. Compressed and uncompressed footage can even be mixed in the same project, without affecting performance.
VelocityHD supports 1080i, 1080PsF and 720p HD formats at all common frame rates, plus 525 and 625-line (NTSC and PAL) standard-definition formats. VelocityHD also provides flexible input and output choices. In addition to HD-SDI I/O, Altitude also features VGA HD output, enabling HD playback to be viewed on compatible VGA monitors and reducing the need for expensive high-definition displays. HD output is also simultaneously down-converted for monitoring on SD displays. Standard-definition I/O is available through SDI or via your host system’s IEEE-1394 interface. Embedded SDI audio is supported, as well as discrete AES/EBU I/O and unbalanced analog monitoring.
VelocityHD also gives you a choice of video storage architectures. An optional on-board dual-channel SCSI daughtercard is available, providing the fastest pipeline directly into the Altitude hardware. The modular nature of this daughtercard opens up the possibility of future modules to support new storage connectivity standards. For those wishing to use a different type of controller or networked storage, VelocityHD also provides the flexibility of using separate system storage controllers over the host system bus.
Of course, the high-definition world is evolving dynamically, and VelocityHD is designed with the future in mind, with exceptional expansion capabilities. Key to this future-proofing is the Leitch Across-Card Edge eXpansion (LACEX) bus, which provides direct interconnection with Altitude and opens the door for possible future hardware modules to add new HD formats and functionality.
* dual-stream uncompressed operation requires the optional SCSI-7000 on-board dual-channel SCSI daughtercard
The VelocityHD timeline interface is both powerful and flexible, with features including independent variable track scaling, mute and solo of video and audio tracks, real-time support for video files with alpha channel, multiple timeline support, and multi-clip editing, enabling edits and effects to be applied to multiple clips simultaneously. VelocityHD also uses our new Interactive Editing paradigm, which enables editing and effects application without stopping timeline playback.
VelocityHD’s customizable interface includes a wide range of features that increase productivity, enhance the editing interface and workflow, and make it easy to quickly become proficient with VelocityHD’s extensive feature set. Whether you’re new to non-linear editing, or an experienced editor moving up from a previous system, you’ll find getting up to speed with VelocityHD quick and easy.
With user-definable hotkeys, selectable A/X/B and single-track timeline modes (which can be viewed top-down or bottom-up), and flexible window layouts, VelocityHD can easily adapt to the editing style you prefer. User profiles allow multiple users easy access to their preferred configuration settings. Standard and Overwrite editing styles can be mode-toggled or performed “per edit” using hotkey modifiers. Editing can be done directly on the timeline or through the Advanced Trim Window, while mouse-based drag-and-drop, fully configurable keyboard controls and optional external hardware controllers let you choose your favorite control method and style of editing.
The powerful heart of VelocityHD is the ground-breaking Altitude hardware, featuring true dual-stream real-time HD operation, real-time multi-stream SD performance, compressed and uncompressed video, format flexibility, and exceptional future expansion capabilities. Altitude was developed with the same hardware expertise that won us an Emmy® Award in 2000 for Outstanding Achievement in Television Technology, and packs all of its remarkable capabilities onto a single card.
Intuitive, Flexible and Customizable Interface!
VelocityHD features an enhanced version of our flexible and intuitive Velocity software interface, and includes the all of the robust editing features that helped make the Velocity dual-stream non-linear editor and VelocityQ multi-stream NLE award-winners in the standard-definition domain.
Integrated Full-Quality Multi-Camera Editing™
VelocityHD features fully integrated, full-quality multi-camera editing. Captured HD sequences from two cameras can be "switched" interactively as they are viewed simultaneously in real-time, directly from the timeline. Sequences can even be edited while playing at faster than real-time, enabling multi-cam edits to be performed in a fraction of the time of the actual sequence. Edits can be refined before applying them back to the timeline with cuts or transitions, and since this was done at full quality (no special resolutions required), there’s no re-capturing necessary; the sequence is immediately ready for final output. Editing a multi-camera shoot has never been easier or faster!
Interactive Editing
VelocityHD features our new Interactive Editing paradigm. Edits (including adding, deleting, moving and trimming clips) and real-time effects can be applied while the timeline plays back, providing immediate in-context feedback while editing and refining effects.
Fast And Flexible Effects & Transitions
Hundreds of customizable transitions and effects are included and fully keyframeable for precision control. 
Transitions can be applied between clips on any video track for editing flexibility, while the Advanced Keyframer provides spline-based adjustments for each effect parameter, delivering maximum control. The A3DX 3D DVE option adds one channel of real-time high-definition 3D DVE and four channels of simultaneous real-time standard-definition 3D effects, plus masks and "garbage mattes", chroma and luma keying, and more. 3D effects such as rotation, perspective and warp can be applied to graphics as well as video. All of these effects, plus variable speed changes, reverse, color correction, pixel effects, transparency and more can be combined simultaneously in true real-time with transitions and rolling and crawling titles, providing maximum creative flexibility. All real-time effects processing happens right on the Altitude hardware, providing guaranteed performance regardless of effects combinations. VelocityHD’s real-time power also provides interactive feedback on the HD monitor while setting and keyframing parameters, providing precision accuracy and the creative freedom to experiment while seeing the results in full quality instantly. If you ever do need to render, Render Bank™ technology remembers previously rendered segments, eliminating re-rendering.
Rolling And Crawling Without Rendering
Title rolls and crawls may be taken for granted in the standard-definition domain, but long credit rolls can take considerable time to render in high definition. VelocityHD saves you that time, with real-time HD (and SD) rolls and crawls. Moving titles can take advantage of the A3DX option’s enhanced
interpolation processing for exceptionally smooth results, and DVE effects can be applied to rolls and crawls in real time.
Easy 3 And 4-Point Editing And Trimming
Clips can be trimmed directly on the timeline or with the flexible Advanced Trim Window. 3 and 4-point edit modes including insert, overlay, slip, slide, and fit-to-fill make even the most complex editing tasks easy. The Trim Window offers a choice between three-window (in/out/preview) and two-window (source/record) trimming styles, letting you work the way you’re most comfortable.
Easy Visual Reference With Eyecon View™
In addition to flexible picon viewing options on timeline clips, VelocityHD features the unique EyeCon View timeline reference. EyeCon View continuously displays the picons and clip timecode of all visible layers based on the current playhead position, providing constant visual reference for all layers on the timeline while scrubbing and aligning clips, and making it easy to precisely align specific frames across layers. It's like having a small preview monitor for each track in the timeline!
Flexible Capturing With Precision Quality Control
VelocityHD provides flexible options for capturing footage, including manually triggered quick capture (with or without time code) and frame-accurate batch capture. Uncompressed (10-bit and 8-bit) and online-quality compressed formats are supported, letting you choose your preferred balance between video quality and the extensive storage space and bandwidth requirements of HD content. Compressed and uncompressed footage can mixed in the same timeline without affecting performance, giving you the flexibility to use higher capture qualities only when needed. Batch recapture allows footage to be captured at offline compression rates, and later replaced with higher quality footage for output. Proc amp controls, color correction, and an integrated waveform monitor and vectorscope display help keep your video levels within spec and allow you to easily fine-tune both incoming and captured video. Captured clips and other media are easily organized into one or more tabbed customizable galleries, and can be played, searched and managed right within the galleries.
Comprehensive Color Control
Color correction is an essential part of any editor’s toolkit. Whether you need to match coloration between clips shot with different cameras or lighting, correct color balance issues caused by mixed or inconsistent lighting, or change the visual tone to give your video a completely different look and feel, VelocityHD has the tools for the task. VelocityHD’s real-time, keyframeable color correction includes three-way color-wheel control, curves, color matching and automatic white and black re-balance. Secondary color correction is available with the A3DX option. The color correction tools also take full advantage of VelocityHD’s full-quality interactive feedback on the video monitor while adjusting parameters, allowing unparalleled precision while seeing the results in the correct color space exactly as they will appear.
Exceptional Audio
Audio is an essential element of most productions, and VelocityHD includes a wide array of flexible features for advanced audio support. VelocityHD features multi-channel audio mixing and I/O, with flexible channel routing and bussing. Tracks can be muted or soloed, and audio control nodes can be created on-the-fly during playback using on-screen sliders or the optional FAD-5000 hardware audio controller. Digital and analog audio scrub make working with audio easy and precise, and voice-overs can be added directly in the timeline while playing back existing audio and video for reference. For additional effects and filters, DirectShow and .VST audio plug-ins can be applied to clips or entire tracks (with automation) directly in the timeline.
Bundled Tools Enhance System Capabilities
Even with everything that’s built into dpsVelocityQ, you may want to add additional tools to your tool kit, and dpsVelocityQ is fully compatible with a wide range of third-party applications. In addition to eyeon’s DFX+ compositing and image processing software, applications for DVD authoring, audio sweetening and character generation are bundled. Plus, every dpsVelocityQ system comes bundled with Q-Tools™ , a suite of standalone modular utilities. Q-Tools applets allow individual function modules to be used separately and independently, allowing you to customize your workflow for specific applications.
REELDVD STUDIO™
dpsVelocityQ is ideal for producing DVDs, giving you all the tools needed from start to finish. After creating DVD-compliant MPEG-2 files directly from the timeline, use the bundled Sonic ReelDVD Studio authoring software to author them into a DVD with menus, buttons, chapters and Dolby Digital audio and output it directly to a broad range of DVD and CD recorders. For users with more advanced DVD authoring needs, MPEG-2 files created with dpsVelocityQ are also compatible with a variety of other third-party DVD authoring packages.
POWERFUL TITLING AND CHARACTER GENERATION
Both basic and advanced titling utilities are included. Simple rolls, crawls and still titles can be created quickly with the integrated QuickTitler, while eyeon’s bundled DFCG provides an easy interface to DFX+’s Text+ tool with advanced features such as text-on-paths. For more sophisticated tasks, the bundled Inscriber TitleMotion adds a more powerful titling interface and enhanced CG options such as graphical backgrounds, logos and more.
SOUND FORGE XP STUDIO™
For advanced precision audio sweetening and manipulation, we include Sonic Foundry’s Sound Forge XP Studio. This comprehensive digital audio editing package includes a wide range of tools, including normalization, pitch bending and shifting, smooth/enhance, noise gate, file format conversion and more.
Options
JOG-4000 External hardware jog/shuttle controller provides tactile precision control for scrubbing, trimming, editing and deck control.
The optional dpsVelocityQ color-coded custom keyboard makes it even easier to take advantage of dpsVelocityQ's extensive array of hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts.
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