Grass Valley EDIUS Neo 3 - Firecoder Blu Bundle

Featuring a basic, entry-level range of tools and features, our EDIUS® Neo 3 software is ideal for those new to video editing. Yet, it also provides powerful nonlinear editing features common to all EDIUS solutions, such as real-time, multi-track, mixed-format HD/SD editing, chromakeying, titling, and both Blu-ray Disc and DVD authoring.

Built on the same highly-acclaimed technology as our EDIUS application, EDIUS Neo 3 software offers native editing of various formats including AVCHD, HDV, DV, Windows Media, and QuickTime—and now also supports CANON EOS DSLR video—and provides a seamless, real-time workflow that supports mixing all formats on the same timeline. And you can upgrade to the full-featured version of EDIUS at any time.

EDIUS Neo 3 also faetures a new Source Browser function to automatically search for video contents inside removable media. Efficient editing is possible while preserving the original image quality, with no loss of resolution or frame rate. Enables real-time playback of three or more streams without special hardware. (Verified in internal tests on computers with Intel Core i7 processors.)

Special Hardware Included **Not suitable for Laptops**

**Supports Intel QuickSync for ultra fast h.264 encoding with appropriate Intel SandyBridge CPU/Motherboard combinations**

EDIUS Neo 3 can input/output video from any OHCI FireWire (IEEE 1394)-compatible hardware.

Blu-ray Disc acceleration provided via the bundled FIRECODER® Blu PCIe x 1 expansion board **suitable for first generation core iX and earlier cpu based systems**

Supported video formats: AVCHD, MPEG-2, HDV, DV, Windows Media, QuickTime
Supported hardware: Generic OHCI, HDSPARK, FIRECODER Blu

Edit AVCHD, DSLR movie files (H.264 QuickTime), DV, HDV, and other video formats in real time
Mixed format HD/SD editing, including AVCHD, MPEG-2, DV, HDV, Windows Media, and QuickTime video
New graphical user interface with unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics tracks
Support for 1080p50/60 projects
Real-time editing/conversion of different HD/SD aspect ratios (16:9 and 4:3)
Real-time editing/conversion of different frame rates, such as 50/60p, 50/60i, and 24p
Real-time editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x720, and 720x480
Real-time HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions, and titles
Real-time, render-free DV output directly from the timeline (for DV projects)
Nested timeline sequences
Support for AVCHD export to SD cards/Memory Stick/camera HDD
Segment encoding (smart rendering) export for MPEG and HDV
Direct-to-Blu-ray Disc/DVD timeline export with menu
QuickTitler built in for real-time roll/crawl titling 

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FIRECODER Blu

EDIUS Neo 3 FIRECODER Blu includes EDIUS Neo 3 NLE software and the FIRECODER Blu hardware board for high-speed Blu-ray Disc authoring.

Nonlinear Editing Plus Accelerated Blu-ray Encoding

Based on the PCI Express form factor, our FIRECODER Blu board provides accelerated encoding of Blu-ray Disc compatible video sourced from the included EDIUS Neo 3 nonlinear editing software. You can then output its results directly to a Blu-ray Disc or to a Blu-ray compatible file for additional authoring. The FIRECODER Blu board also lets you transcode between H.264 and MPEG-2 formats; it supports 1080i and 720p as well as native 24p Blu-ray formats. It supports up- and down-conversion of SD and HD sources. Moreover, it encodes HD source materials 2X faster than real time and SD source materials 4-5X faster than real time.