About Us

NakedEye DV is almost 9 years old and is run by Dave Evans…Dave has worked with Digital Video for about 12 years starting with Media Studio Pro 5 & Adobe Premiere using his first system to edit skydiving videos and other promotional type shorts.

“My first PC was not really up to the task…I had bought it as a dedicated video editing system but this was back in the day when the whole Digital Video Editing process was still fairly specialised (not to mention expensive)…getting stuff on and off the system was a real pain, not to mention many painful hours of rendering to create a finished program. That was what initially sparked my interest in building computers for video editing....to make something that actually did the job with components and programs that worked seamlessly together….so with much testing and fine tuning our first systems slowly started to evolve into fairly reliable workhorses”.

“It was about this time we discovered a little company called Canopus….these guys revolutionised the Digital Video world for videographer’s like us, bringing stable video input/output hardware to the PC (and at a great price point)…DV capture with working batch lists…direct timeline output to DV tape along with a true DV preview out to a connected monitor meant you could see the results live from the timeline as you edited your program, but most importantly a high quality DV codec that produced stunning images even after many layers of rendered FX”.

“Well Digital Video Editing on the computer has come along way since those days, for several years now everything has been happening in Real Time for Standard Definition DV….in other words no long painful renders waiting to see the results of your creative ideas, your work has been instantly available for previewing on your connected monitor…..which has been great for the creative process”.

“However if you work in the world of High Definition HD or HDV there are still challenges to overcome…..there are now more formats than ever, often needing there own specialised workflow. Rendering is also back, along with the lack of a true video out preview (read YUV not RGB video overlay). Not surprisingly Canopus now Thomson Grass Valley is at the forefront of technological innovation in HD video production, bringing the same High Quality Real Time performance and stability along with a true high quality YUV preview output (to connected monitor) via its Edius platform, to the HD HDV video production environment”.

“As you have probably guessed, we really like Canopus/Thomson Grass Valley Edius solutions.
A few reasons why:
Stability, High Quality, Real Time Performance, Format Support (anything in anything out), Ease of Use, and of course happy editors who are able to simply get stuff done without to much fuss.
This of course makes us happy as we have achieved one of our aims which is to provide you with reliable high quality digital video editing tools.
Of course our systems can be tailored to work with all the popular video editing applications available for the PC today”.

“Please feel free to contact us regards your needs….we wont have all the answers for you (but we will endeavour to get them). Knowing that the tool you are considering will actually fit with your workflow and actually give you the end result you are looking for will save you a lot of wasted time and money…not to mention heartache.
Now is a great time to consider the move to HD production, so get in touch there is no obligation to purchase from us either”.

Our Aims

To provide you with reliable high quality digital media editing tools HD or SD.

To help you raise the quality of your finished product HD or SD.

To help you streamline your workflow and make you more productive.

“We are very fortunate to have many longstanding clients with whom we have enjoyed excellent relationships with over the years. Thank you for your support it is most appreciated”.

Dave Evans