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- Zorro! Puts QuickTime to Work in Video Editing & Archiving
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- Contact:
- MASS Microsystems
- Diane Scott
- 810 W. Maude Avenue
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086
- 408-522-1200
- D0817
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- Boston, MA 04 AUG 92 -- MASS Microsystems(R) (NASDAQ:MMIC) will unveil
- Zorro!(TM), its Macintosh(TM)-based video editing and archiving software at the
- opening day of the Macworld Exposition and Conference being held in Boston,
- Massachusetts this week in the Company's booth #5644 in the World Trade Center.
- The QuickTime(TM)-based product provides non-linear, off-line editing
- capabilities for videotape editing professionals and video enthusiasts.
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- Robert Scott, Manager of Engineering, states that “Zorro! offers a wide range
- of advantages over more traditional video editing systems, as it incorporates
- digital editing capabilities at a reasonable cost. Edits are instantaneous,
- multiple versions of the same scene can be created and compared, and constant
- access to the video tape deck is eliminated. The product will provide cost and
- time savings to cuts-only editing tasks.”
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- Unlike other QuickTime-based multimedia editing packages, Zorro!’s primary
- function is to edit analog video tape. While QuickTime movies may be created
- and edited using Zorro!, the important features of the product center on its
- ability to use QuickTime to perform non-linear editing tasks. Zorro!’s
- picture-editing method, a storyboard of digital sequences, is used to create an
- edit decision list as well as the finished analog master videotape.
- User-selectable levels of video compression and motion quality are also
- included.
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- A QuickTime-compatible video capture card is used to display real-time video
- in a window for previewing and editing. One configuration of Zorro! will
- include Mass Micro’s own QuickImage(TM) 24 video capture card. However, the
- software can be used with any QuickTime-compatible video capture card, such as
- VideoSpigot(TM) from Supermac Technology and Raster Ops’ 364 board. Macintosh
- users who already have a video capture card will be able to purchase a version
- of Zorro! which includes only the software and media controllers, thereby
- eliminating equipment redundancy.
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- Zorro! allows use of the Macintosh computer‘s built-in sound recorder, and
- also compatible with many other third-party audio capture devices to
- simultaneously capture synchronized sound.
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- An integrated database for logging and retrieving video footage is an key
- feature of the system. Easy-to-use search criteria on either single or multiple
- fields enables the user to locate any clip or group of clips. Fields include
- graphic depiction of in and out frames; timecode information; camera, reel and
- shot information; and flexible text areas for clip descriptions and
- transcripts.
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- The system incorporates the use of SIR(TM) media controllers developed by
- Advanced Remote Technologies, Inc. (ARTI) of Campbell, CA., which allow the
- user to control VTR’s, VCR’s, laserdisc players and camcorders. Zorro! and the
- SIR devices provide machine control for video equipment with Control-L,
- Control-M and Control-S ports via on-screen buttons. Up to 16 separate video
- devices may be controlled from a single Macintosh by daisy-chaining one SIR
- attached to each device. An optional SMPTE control interface making Zorro!’s
- Edit Decision List frame-accurate is available.
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- While Mass Microsystems has not finalized pricing for Zorro!, the company
- estimates that the suggested retail price for the software and two media
- controllers will be under $2,000. Zorro! is currently scheduled for release
- in the fourth quarter of 1992. The QuickImage 24 currently has a suggested
- retail price of $495.
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- This information is provided by the product's developer or distributor and
- constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Apple Computer,
- Inc.. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to selection, performance or
- use of this product. All understandings, agreements and warranties, if any,
- take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.
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