Edius

Infobox Software
name = Edius



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latest release version = 5.0
latest release date = Sept. 2008
operating_system = Windows
genre = video editing software
license = Proprietary
website = [http://desktop.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/EDIUS/index.php]

Edius is a video editing software package originally developed by Canopus Corporation and now owned and sold by [http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/ Thomson Grass Valley.] Edius is a time-efficient editor which can handle nearly all HD and SD video formats on a mixed timeline and output to most modern delivery formats, including standard DVDs and Blu-ray discs (in version 5). Edius is designed for any broadcast and post-production environment, especially those with newer, tapeless forms of video recording and storage. Perfect for file-based workflows, Edius offers real-time, multi-track, mixed-format editing, compositing, chroma keying, titling, and timeline output capabilities. Edius supports all DV and HDV cameras and decks plus Infinity™ JPEG 2000, DVCPro and DVCProHD, P2, VariCam, Ikegami GigaFlash, MXF, XDCAM, and XDCAM EX video.

Edius key features, as stated on the developer's webpage are:

*Realtime, mixed format HD/SD editing, including DV, HDV, HD, MPEG-2 and uncompressed SD video
*Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title and graphics tracks
*Realtime editing and conversion of different HD/SD aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3
*Realtime editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60i, 50i and 24p
*Realtime editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x720 and 720x480
*Realtime HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions and titles
*Realtime, render-free DV output directly from the timeline
*Multicam editing of up to eight different sources simultaneously
*Nested timeline sequences
*High-speed HDV timeline export, built for Dual Core CPU technology
*High-quality, multi-format video exporting with ProCoder Express for EDIUS
*Direct-to-DVD timeline export
*Inscriber TitleMotion Pro for EDIUS*

Version 5.0 was released in September, 2008 with a retail price of $799 (US), and is available through the end of the year for existing users at an upgrade price of $249. For more information on the upgrade see [http://desktop.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/upgrades/upgrades.php] .

External links

* [http://desktop.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/EDIUS/index.php Edius product info]
* [http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=7 Edius user forum]
* [http://desktop.thomsongrassvalley.com/canopus/subscribe/login.php?originpage=/support/downloads/demos.php demo download section]
* [http://desktop.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/upgrades/upgrades.php version 5 upgrade info]
* [http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/ Thomson Grass Valley web site]