A transportable plug-in solution that works with HD and SD in Final Cut Studio 2; with a single FireWire 800 connection, it supports the new Apple ProRes 422 Codec natively, in hardware, to bring production-quality HD editing to the Mac Pro desktop and the MacBook Pro laptop. 530-274-2048;www.aja.com Booth: SL2513
COLOR CORRECTOR
FOR-A UFM-30DCC
Offers balanced, differential and sepia modes as well as red, green and blue controls over white, black and gamma levels; available in single- or dual-channel configurations; upgradeable to 3Gb/s capability. 714-894-3311;www.for-a.com Booth: SU3507
EDITING SOFTWARE
Avid Media Composer v3.5
Now includes native support of the Sony XDCAM format, allowing users to playback and edit directly from the disc, render, mixdown, export sequences and clips with eight audio tracks, and write back with sequence time code; supports stereoscopic workflows, enabling users to acquire, edit and display stereoscopic 3-D material; eliminates the need for a dongle key to activate new software purchases and upgrades; all new software sales and single seat upgrades will be licensed by a system activation key. 978-640-6789;www.avid.com Booth: SU902
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