JULY 17, 2002 / UNITED MEDIA AND CANOPUS CORPORATION ANNOUNCE MULTICAM SUPPORT FOR DVStORM SE AND DVRexRT PROFESSIONAL

The videographers dream come true: Multicam & Canopus. United Media’s Multicam Software now brings multi-camera editing to the Canopus hardware. Effortlessly sync, view, edit, slice & dice between 4-indenpendet camera sources without losing their reference points and cut on-the-fly to select the desired camera shot. Never before has multi-camera editing been so easy or affordable.




Anaheim Hills and San Jose, Calif. (July 17, 2002) – United Media, Inc., creators of the popular Multicam software, and Canopus, makers of award-winning, digital video editing systems, today announced Multicam now supports the Canopus DVStorm SE and DVRexRT Professional advanced realtime solutions. Multicam is a plug-in for Adobe Premiere and delivers the unique ability to effortlessly sync, view, edit, slice & dice between 4-independent camera sources. Multicam provides perfect synchronization from 2-4 camera sources and the unique tools for cutting between scenes on the fly, as if performing a live camera switch but with complete flexibility of nonlinear.

Multicam delivers all the tools and flexibility needed when editing multiple camera sources simultaneously. The combination of Multicam and Canopus is ideal for event videographers, corporate communicators, educational facilities, news & sporting specialist, and digital filmmakers.

United Media’s Multicam for Canopus is available in the following configurations:

MC2-C Multicam 2-camera Software, $299 USD list price
MC4-C Multicam 4-camera Software, $599 USD list price

Multicam saves valuable time in post-production and provides greater creative freedom when editing between multiple cameras. Never before has there been such an affordable tool to achieve multi-camera editing. Easily synchronize both video and audio, quickly select cut points between multiple cameras - all without losing synchronization between the independent camera sources. After completing the multi-camera edit you can easily export directly to the Adobe Premiere timeline for adding realtime titles and effects. Synchronizing and editing between multiple camera sources has never been easier, faster or more affordable!

"The functionality found in Multicam is exceptional and is exactly what many of our customers have asked for, " said Robert Sharp, vice president of marketing and domestic sales. "We’re eager to have them use Multicam with DVStorm SE and DVRexRT Professional. Together these products create a powerful, highly-productive video editing environment."

"We are very excited to announce that Multicam now supports the Canopus hardware. It is the perfect combination for the event videographer, and anyone doing multi-camera work, " said Leslie Ricci, Sales Manager, United Media, Inc. "With the ability to see, play, scrub and edit between 4-camera sources at once adds a great benefit to the Canopus hardware."

About DVStorm SE and DVRexRT Professional

DVStorm SE and DVRexRT Professional combine stability, reliability, and affordability with an extensive high-performance feature set that boasts render-free, realtime native DV editing, realtime DV and analog input/output and MPEG output for DVD and Internet streaming. For compelling content creation users can take advantage of the DVStormSE’s and DVRexRT Professional’s impressive set of editing tools that deliver an assortment of realtime capabilities including multiple moving titles and graphics layers, audio and video filters, and transitions. DVStorm and DVRexRT Professional feature over 23 realtime filters, such as color correction, motion blur, old movie, picture-in-picture, chroma key, luma key and chrominance.

United Media and Canopus Corporation Announce Multicam support for DVStorm SE and DVRexRT Professional

About Canopus Corporation

Based in San Jose, Calif., Canopus Corporation manufactures award-winning, nonlinear video editing products for video professionals and enthusiasts. Canopus’s DV editing, MPEG-2 encoding and 3D DVE products combine innovative hardware and software designs to set new standards in performance, functionality and reliability. Canopus Corporation has offices in the UK, Germany, Australia and China in addition to an extensive worldwide distributor network. Canopus Corporation's parent company, Canopus Co., Ltd., with headquarters in Kobe, is Japan's largest maker of video editing and graphics products. For more information contact Canopus at (408) 954-4500 or visit their Web site at www.canopuscorp.com.

About United Media, Inc.

Based in Anaheim Hills, California, United Media, Inc. develops PC-based award-winning, digital video editing software for video professionals and enthusiasts worldwide. United Media offers solutions, which provide all of the functions, needed to produce, edit and distribute video using digital media. The video expertise and background of United Media enables the company to make the tools necessary for the post-production process as simple, yet efficient, as possible. United Media software is distributed worldwide by a network of authorized resellers. For more information contact United Media at (714) 777-4510 or visit their website at www.unitedmediainc.com.

Press/Analyst Contact:
Sarah Kavanagh Public Relations
(650) 726-3482
sk@coastside.net

Robert Sharp, VP of Marketing and Domestic Sales
Canopus Corporation
(408) 954-4526
robert.sharp@canopuscorp.com

Leslie Ricci, Sales Manager
United Media, Inc.
(714) 777-4510 ext. 110
leslie@unitedmediainc.com




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