The Leitch VelocityHD™, a revolutionary, format-flexible non-linear editing system brings the power of Leitch's Velocity™ non-linear editing line to the realm of high-definition video. Bringing full-quality, real-time editing performance to HD at a remarkable price point, VelocityHD makes HD non-linear editing as efficient and easy as standard-definition editing. The VelocityHD extends Leitch's Integrated Content Environment solutions with an exceptionally powerful and affordable HD editing solution for post production.

VelocityHD's Altitude™ hardware, features full-quality, online playback of two HD video streams, two dynamic HD graphics streams, and true dual-stream, real-time HD transitions and effects. VelocityHD's real-time power also enables interactive full-quality feedback on the HD monitor while keyframing transitions and effects. Altitude supports 1080i, 1080PsF and 720p frame formats at all common frame rates, with compressed and uncompressed (8-bit and 10-bit) recording and playback, and the flexibility to mix compressed and uncompressed footage within a project. In addition to SMPTE-292 HD-SDI I/O, Altitude also features VGA HD output, enabling HD playback to be viewed on VGA monitors and reducing the need for expensive high-definition displays. HD output is also simultaneously down-converted for monitoring on standard-definition displays. Audio is supported through embedded SDI and discrete AES/EBU I/O, plus unbalanced analog monitoring.

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 flexible new mixer architecture.

The optional A3DX™ 3D DVE module adds one channel of real-time high-definition 3D DVE and four channels of real-time standard-definition 3D effects, including perspectives, warps, rotation and more.

VelocityHD delivers this power through a significantly enhanced version of our flexible and intuitive Velocity software interface, and combines exciting new capabilities with the powerful editing features that made the VelocityQ™ multi-stream NLE an award winner in the standard-definition domain.

Key features include: · Easy visual reference with the unique EyeCon View timeline interface tool
· Fully integrated, full-quality multi-camera editing
· Real-time color correction including three-way color-wheels, curves, color matching, and automatic white and black re-balance
· Real-time secondary color correction with the A3DX option.
· Interactive Editing paradigm, enabling editing and effects application without stopping timeline playback
· Effortless 3 & 4-point editing with a choice between three-window and two-window trimming styles
· Real-time rolling/crawling titles and graphics keys
· Fully customizable window layouts, hotkeys, timeline styles and more
· Advanced real-time audio features with DirectShow and .VST plug-in support
· Virtual Tape File System™ (VTFS™) for seamless and transparent interchange between video files and popular graphics file formats
· Optional OMF and AAF interoperability

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