CineForm's Aspect HD v3.0 Extends High Definition Editing Features and Performance of Adobe Premiere Pro HDV Plug-In

CineForm's Aspect HD v3.0 Extends High Definition Editing Features and Performance of Adobe Premiere Pro HDV Plug-In

Collaborative Development Effort Between Adobe and CineForm Ensures Best HD Workflow Experience for Customers

CARLSBAD, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- CineForm, Inc. today is announcing that version 3.0 of its award-winning Aspect HD(TM) software, which supports the recently-announced Adobe(R) Premiere(R) Pro HDV plug-in, will be shipping next week. Adobe previously licensed portions of CineForm Intermediate(TM) software technologies that integrate HDV-resolution editing support within Adobe Premiere Pro for users of the expanding class of HDV camcorders. Once installed with the Adobe Premiere Pro HDV plug-in, Aspect HD v3.0 triples the timeline editing performance of Adobe Premiere Pro -- with no rendering -- offering up to 4 simultaneous 1440x1080i streams on a modern Windows desktop PC, plus adds numerous features to improve user workflow efficiency.

Aspect HD v3.0 supports important new features of Adobe Premiere Pro HDV plug-in including capturing and exporting HDV material using the standard Premiere Pro capture and export interfaces. In addition to its extraordinary real-time HD editing performance, Aspect HD v3.0 adds Cut/Paste support between Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects(R) timelines, higher-performance video capture enabled by its hyper-threading extensions, increased dynamic range for "superwhite" and "superblack" processing, 40+ real-time transitions and effects, and a separate I/O utility called HDLink(TM) which adds user flexibility when importing, exporting, or converting HDV material.

"We've worked closely with CineForm to ensure Adobe Premiere Pro offers the industry's best HDV-resolution features and video quality for all of our customers," said Ron D. Nydam, senior product manager for Adobe Premiere Pro. "CineForm's Aspect HD v3.0 further extends Adobe Premiere Pro's HD support, raising the bar on HD editing price-performance for any HDV format workflow."

"We're honored that Aspect HD in combination with Adobe Premiere Pro has become known as the industry's highest performance -- and perhaps highest quality -- product for editing HDV-resolution material," said David Taylor, CEO of CineForm, "But we also strive to offer the industry's most comprehensive HD workflow. For instance, in our latest v3.0 release, we've further increased the real-time performance from our HD video engine by 50% over our previous (v2.5) release, and we now support up to four 1080i streams in real time. We've also added improved support for Adobe After Effects to enable an efficient HD compositing and special effects workflow that literally allows our customers to cut and paste timelines between Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects."

About Aspect HD

Aspect HD is CineForm's software HD video editing engine that enables Adobe Premiere Pro to offer unprecedented real-time editing performance for HD post-production. Aspect HD is built on patent-pending CineForm Intermediate software components that include CineForm's Visually Perfect(TM) CFHD codec and CineForm's real-time HD video effects and processing pipeline. Its outstanding real-time performance is achieved in software on affordable Windows desktop PCs -- without the need for specialized hardware. On a modern desktop PC, Aspect HD delivers real-time editing -- with no dropped frames -- on up to four 1080i HDV streams simultaneously, including over 40 HD-optimized real-time transitions, effects, and color corrections, plus real-time graphic and title overlays. CineForm will offer on-going releases of new real-time features in future versions of Aspect HD.

Pricing and Availability

Aspect HD v3.0 will be available for purchase from our expanding network of resellers or from CineForm's website www.cineform.com next week for $499. A bundle with Aspect HD v3.0 that also includes Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, Adobe Audition(TM), and Adobe Encore(R) DVD is priced at $799. CineForm offers a fully-functional 15-day trial version of Aspect HD v3.0 on its website for all users to experiment without obligation. Existing CineForm customers may upgrade to v3.0 without charge.

About CineForm

CineForm, Inc., located in Carlsbad, California, develops software technologies and products for use by media professionals in high-resolution post-production applications. CineForm's acclaimed products provide unmatched video quality and real-time performance within an editing environment while enabling an online compressed Digital Intermediate workflow that runs on affordable Windows desktop PCs. CineForm uses the industry-standard AVI file wrapper to guarantee compatibility with dozens of video-related Windows applications. CineForm sells its products to end users through its reseller channel and from its website; CineForm also licenses its technologies to other video hardware and software manufacturers. For more information, contact CineForm at 760-804-5905 x306, or visit CineForm's website at www.cineform.com.

Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Adobe and Premiere are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Source: CineForm, Inc.

CONTACT: Media, David Taylor, ext. 301, dtaylor@cineform.com, or Mary Reeves, ext. 306, mreeves@cineform.com, both of CineForm, Inc, +1-760-804-5905

Web site: http://www.cineform.com/

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