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- Contact: Mark Abbate or Philip Palombo
- Tel: 508.376-3712 Fax: 508.376-3714
-
- For Immediate Release
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- ABBATE VIDEO “PLUGS IN” TO ADOBE’S PREMIERE™
- VTK Plug In Pack for Controlling
- Camcorders and VCRs from within Premiere
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- MILLIS, MA (October 18, 1993) -- Abbate Video, Inc., announced today that
- they will ship a $99 "VTK Plug In Pack™" for use directly from within Adobe
- Premiere™. The VTK Plug In Pack consists of software and patented control
- cables which enables Adobe Premiere users direct control of virtually any VCR
- and camcorder ranging from consumer through professional. The product will ship
- by November 15th.
-
- “We've just added external device control capability to Premiere like never
- before. With the VTK Plug In Pack, Premiere users can control the absolute
- widest range of video equipment at the lowest cost imaginable”, commented Mark
- Abbate, Founder and Chief Designer.
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- The VTK Plug In Pack uses the same patented software and control cable
- technology used in Abbate's flagship product, the VideoToolkit™. As a result,
- it can control virtually any camcorder or VCR, from consumer through
- professional, including those with Control-L (LANC), Control-M (Panasonic's
- 5-pin remote), RS-422 (Panasonic, Sony and JVC professional gear), RS-232
- (Panasonic, JVC, NEC PC-VCR, Mitsubishi BV-2000), and ViSCA.
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- The VTK Plug In Pack includes a full Remote and Setup screen (illustrated
- below). It lets Premiere users conveniently control their video equipment by
- remaining active and in the background at all times. Alternatively, the user
- can use Premiere's control panel right from the program.
-
- “Premiere users can now accurately locate and selectively digitize their
- footage without having to deal with VCR at all. Now they can just select the
- scenes they want to digitize directly from Premiere, then walk away and let VTK
- do all the work. Our users wanted it and now they have it. It made sense for us
- to be the ones to deliver it too,” comments Philip Palombo, an Abbate Video
- Principal.
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- The $99 VTK Plug In Pack includes one control cable of the customer's
- choosing. To control different types of video equipment, users need only
- purchase a different control cable from Abbate. Compared to any other device
- control solutions available for Premiere, this is by far the simplest and least
- expensive solution.
-
- In its fourth year of providing video software and consulting services for a
- broad range of customers, Abbate Video, Inc., has a long list of achievements.
- Abbate received a US Patent in 1991 for developing direct cable control of
- consumer video equipment from a personal computer. Also a first was the
- company's delivery of Mac-based support for Sony's ViSCA protocol, used in the
- company's Vdeck and Vbox products. Abbate's VideoToolkit provides exclusive
- software support for Mitsubishi's BV-2000 high-resolution S-VHS deck. It also
- continues to fully support the NEC PC-VCR. Recent enhancements include added
- support for Panasonic's AG-5700 and AG-1970 models, JVC's BR-S605, 622, and 822
- models, and Panasonic's Optical Disk Drive.
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- The VideoToolkit product family is made up of economical tools for
- professionals, independents, educators, and enthusiasts.
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- VideoToolkit is a registered trademark of Abbate Video Inc. and Adobe Premiere
- is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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- For More Information Contact:
- Mark Abbate, President and Chief Designer, Philip Palombo, Product Manager
- Telephone: 508.376.3712; Fax: 508.376.3714 • E-Mail: AppleLink: ABBATE.VIDEO,
- America Online: ABBATE_VID
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