by David Nagel
Executive
Producer
dnagel@digitalmedianet.com
Media 100 has announced
the launch of Media
100 CineStream, a software-based interactive streaming media authoring suite for
Web developers and professional content creators. CineStream is the latest release
of EditDV, a video editing application acquired from Digital Origin.
Available for
both Windows and Macintosh platforms, Media 100 CineStream uses several streaming
media technologies developed by Media 100 that enable users to capture video content
directly from digital video (DV) sources, edit video content, author interactive
elements directly into the editing timeline and encode the final product in all
major streaming media formats, including Windows Media, RealSystems, QuickTime
and MPEG-1.
Included in
the release of CineStream is EventStream, a technology Media 100 introduced last
year in its high-end Media 100 i system and later adopted in Cleaner 5, the company's
encoding and compression package. EventStream enables Web designers to embed interactive
instructions directly into streaming media programs, including graphics, Flash
animations and Java applications.
CineStream also includes
a number of other features, including:
- "Pan and Scan" capability
for eliminating unwanted portions of video images
- Pan, zoom and rotate with
true perspective
- Picture in picture with
crop
- Multiple composition support
- On the fly, editable submaster
creation
- Chroma and Luma keyers
- Unlimited titles with backgrounds
and shadows, independent control of gradient colors and transparency, rotation
and fill-with-video effects
- Create, save and reuse
effects and transitions
- Unlimited keyframes of
any parameter
- Unlimited video and effects
layers
- 2D, 3D and keying effects
for video layering
- 200+ SMPTE standard and
user-customized transitions.
CineStream is available
for both Windows (98/2000/ME) and Macintosh (OS 8.6 or later) platforms. It requires
a Power Mac (604 or higher) or Pentium, 128 MB RAM, a CD-ROM drive and an available
PCI slot.
Media 100 CineStream
will be available in February and will be priced at $499. CineStream will be available
to registered users of EditDV or MotoDV for $149. For
more information, visit http://www.media100.com.
